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.
Any of you without Redmond/Tadic and the Liverpud midfield set, wondering what is going to happen next?
The ideal midpark looks like Hazard, Mahrez, Redmond, Firmino and the perma-benched 4.5 i.e. Cappooey.
If you have Kubra, how on earth are you going to fit them all in? Lest we forget KDB, Ozileyes, Payet, Sanchez, et al.
Who are they?
There is no "they." Read the post again.
My bad. I'm not native.
you can diomande up front and play a 3-5-2 either with cappooey and a decent defence or upgrade to Ramierez and a weaker defence.
WOW - Just seen the new FPL Twitter account and it's bloody annoying that casuals are finding out about a load of things including the Kane needing Dembele saga.
We live in the Information Age. Welcome. Get used to it - it will be with us for some time to come.
Spoiler Alert 😡
So after "some time" it will go away?
Really. Wow. That's too far! Telling them who scored the previous week is OK but not little industry secrets like that. Hopefully though most casuals will be too casual to follow FPL Twitter.
you think casuals follow FPL on Twitter...? / if they do are they really that casual, or would they not follow something like FFS and get the same information and more. Why are you annoyed about other people getting free information. If they end up making better decisions than you, that's on you.
Our "secret" getting exposed did have me concerned and I have some other worries for FFS. In this particular case in afraid anyone so follows FPL twitter is most likely not a casual.
*who follows
What's a twitter? 🙂
Who's your 4.5 defender of choice for next 6 gameweeks?
Maybe I'm missing someone, but for me it's Evans - and it's probably not even close.
Mine also.
Don't really have one
McAuley. Better bap potential than Evans and doesn't get injured every other week.
Start Friend or Capoue?
Always the attacker unless your fourth defender has an amazing fixture, and I don't know that Sunderland on the road is amazing.
I started Capoue thankfully last week and was rewarded, leaning towards him atm.
the way im thinking about it, if you're not confident enough to play someone against sunderland, who will you really play them against, and why are they on your team to start. lets be real, sunderland are going to be at the bottom of the table, although defoe could always snag one.
Well, I think you play Friend at home to Stoke, at home to Palace, at home to Watford, etc. Cheap defenders have a role on your team - you play them for very select matchups, and they don't play but take up little budget otherwise.
Also, Sunderland and Middlesbrough is a derby, so I'd expect some goals.Fair enough, I try to show a little faith in the team I pick but only where it's earned, and they certainly have something to show still.
I'm not sure how much to read into the derby situation. Does anyone have data to back it up, or would it even apply to teams like this who very rarely meet up? I could see it being a slightly more intense match, but not convinced it will translate.Yeah, I have Friend and am playing him, but that's only because I went super-cheapo on my defense to start the season and also have Souare (tot) and Mee (LIV) on my squad. I just mostly default to playing attackers over defenders in a 3-4-3 or a 3-5-2 when I can, particularly when my alternative scored a goal last week.
solid strategy. however, would you play Williams (wba away) ahead of Capoue (che home)
Well, see, now you're not playing fair because I probably would 🙂
Admittedly, some of this has to do with a bias against the unknown. As much as the data tells me Middlesbrough is strong defensively, I KNOW that Williams is strong and a BAPS magnet, so I feel comfortable playing him.
I'm guessing if Middlesbrough had kept a clean sheet last week I'd feel better about playing Friend, but that late-goal disappointment colored things a bit for me.thats exactly where my mind is now. i have 0.5m itb for the upgrade, but i would rather be able to get stones out against west ham in week 3 i think
Fair point usually but this game is a derby and derby's have to be assessed differently imo.
Form and fixtures don't apply in derby's. It's all about pride and passion with a different energy usually applying on the park and in the stands.
Always expect the unexpected in a derby. 😉thats for the heads up. another benching headache for the next two days.
i have the same issue currently.
Mandanda (Heaton)
Stones Valencia Morgan (VVD Parades)
Hazard Silva Mahrez Delafeu (mane)
Rooney Gray Long
Suggestions? gonna hold off before ditching mane
Firmino or mahrez
Bith
Can't find space tbh
Who's the rest of your attacking 7?
Redmond * Mahrez * Hazard * Martial (capoue)
Aguero * Defoe * RooneyPlay Mahrez and Firmino over Redmond for definate.
I would but no money for Redmond > Firmino
If you have a bench head ache then why waste a transfer?
Wildcard played
Firmino 100% and I have Mahrez haha
Who to play?
Redmond (mun)
Amat (HUL)Amat imo
Both to get 6 or more points
You think Redmond will score/assist?
Potentially
Redmond
Clean sheets unpredictable and Redmond higher potential score
I suppose.
Although hard to see him scoring more than one at Old Trafford and therefore close to Amat's score if a clean sheet which is easier to predict that a goal?united at home are generally pretty safe clean sheets.
Redmond, of course. Don't let the matchup put you off. Playing an in-form attacker is smarter than playing a defender for a sub-par side - even if they are playing Hull.
But Swansea have been defensively strong under this manager even last season.
Hey, you asked the question 🙂
If your mind is made up the other way, go for it.
Is this my best line up for GW2?
Courtois
Walker Shaw Stones Amat
Hazard Firmino Lamela
Aguero Gray Costa
Subs: Jakupovic Redmond Friend FletcherI'd play Redmond
Who would you play Redmond over?
A defender, I'd usually favour and attacking player. Higher potential and clean sheets are unpredictable anyway
Redmond over Stones.
What would you do with Ayew (out for 4 months) in your squad if you did't have a FT?
You know his gonna drop 0.1 and some1 like Barkly likely to gain 0.1 (scored last game+heading into soft fixtures+nailed).
a) (it's a double down) would you take the hit if you can't field 11?
b) (it's a double down) would you take the hit if you can field 11?
c) (no double down) would you take the hit if you can't field 11?
d) (no double down) would you take the hit if you can field 11?
(I don't have Ayew - just think it's an interesting spot)
A player out for 4 months after gw1? Wouldn't think twice about ripping the bandaid off immediately and taking a hit.
I don't know what the heck you're saying but I got Ayew and nothing in the bank. My transfers in preference are
Lamela
Barks
Townsend
Willian (I have Hazard)Now you know how the rest of us feel when you post 😉
*draws blinds
😆
What's your thoughts on Lamela as Ayew replacement. Next 2 fixtures very lovely, especially if Moreno is still playing
He's the best replacement for Ayew, imo.
Thanks. Nice assurance. I think it's my first time owning him. My differential hopefully benefits from Dembele absence. His positioning v Everton was quite advanced
I honestly don't know and the entire dynamic of the team could change when Dembele comes back . I would have liked to leave it another week min before making such a decision 🙁 . I am completely confused
Do you have Ayew? What you doing with him?
If I knew that I would ... still be on here but less agitated about price drops .
Now you're not making any sense 😉
I'm in same boat. Wat thinking to go with a 5.5 or 6 Mil mid to free up enough cash to do vardy -- zlatan if he continues to score heavily as he's backed heavily.
Redmond?
The problem is I have tadic. If I save and keep ayew on the bench I might decide between redmond and tadic. Don't need this headache aftr 1 gw
One injury shouldn't leave a team struggling to field 11 at this stage of the season
Foster
Terry Stones Valencia
Hazard Lamela Redmond Firmino
Aguero Vardy Gray
(Jaku, Capoue Friedn Smith)
1FT Bank=1.5
Planned on a shot with Vardy v Hull and then a switch to Ibra. However, I also mistakenly chose the wrong Smith. Had him for most of last season and when I saw a cheapie def at Bournemouth with that name, didn't think twice about it.
A) Vardy to Ibra
B) Fix the Smiths (Later gw or how soon is now?)
C) Save
??C
c
Save. You have four solid defenders. There is no rush. You'll probably be able to keep Smith #2 until you wildcard, as long as injuries don't strike your defenders.
Hey Guys,
Hope you had a good summer 🙂 Stung by Butland but don't want to waste FT on GK at this point...
Butland Hennessey
van Dijk Walker Stones Amat Wollscheid
Firmino Payet Cazorla Eriksen Fletcher
Agüero Long Musa
A) Long/Musa > Carrol/Defoe/Llorente (if so, which combo)
B) Musa > Janssen
C) Fletcher > Fer play 3-5-2 (if so, which 2nd striker)
Rather unhappy with team for obvious reasons i.e. it's a tad crap...so any help gratefully received!
Cheers.no-one?
Are you confident Hennessey will play? I'd look at Hennessey to Foster, actually.
Don't like any of those options. Fer scored last week but he probably won't get good points over the next 6-8 games. I'd probably get Defoe or Rondon for Musa. Too many players in your team aren't nailed. Get players who will start every week
Sorry, I see that was option A. It's been a long day!
Hi guys, Feghouli > Ramirez sounds good?
Yup
Oh yeah
Anyone fancy this new-look everton defence? I very much do, I think.
That in mind, Baines or Williams? It's basically assist potential (although I feel he's lost almost all his set pieces) vs. guaranteed 2-3 bonus for each clean sheet.Baines will surely be out on flanks a bit more as I see Koeman building towards three at the back structure with Coleman and Baines coming up on outside as Gueye protects the back three.
Expecting that Baines isn't on pens anymore, but no recent proof. If you want attacking potential from your Everton defense, Coleman might be the way to go.I definitely fancy Coleman a bit more from open play, but he's currently injured I believe. I'm wondering if they will keep up to Williams' bonus.
Short term injury, I believe. Wait for the pressers
And remember that bonus are always a result of the context. Swansea didn't score a lot of goals, so many bonus went to defenders. Everton looks much more attacking under Koeman, and if goals are getting scored, then goal-scorers are going to be getting those bonus points
After this week yes
Any news on Williams staring this weekend?
Think he could be used as a sub?
I think Everton will be tight away from home (like Southampton last season) so I'd like to play him if starting but would be gutted with a sub appearance.Everton fullback Leighton Baines is full of praise for young teammate Mason Holgate.
Baines has been mightily impressed with how the young defender has made the step up to the senior squad since Ronald Koeman became manager.
“He [Holgate] has been around us long enough and has featured heavily in pre-season, and he has handled the whole thing well," Baines told evertontv.
“He's already earned the trust of the players and the manager - that's why he was out there.
“He's done himself the world of good with that performance and I'm sure he'll feature a lot throughout the season.
If Koeman is having doubts about Williams fitness and he rates Holgate then chances are Holgate will get one last start . I have not heard his presser btw . Predicting defender subs is impossible it depends on how the game is going . I would be wildly guessingThere was also a pretty high-praise article in preseason quoting Koeman about Holgate. I was sooooo hoping that he might come into game at 4.0, but alas.
Stick with Mahrez instead of jumping over to Mane / Firmino / Coutinho?
I wouldn't jump to Mane. That's for sure.
Mane might not start after the training ground collision. Arsenal will still be patchy defensively...but I can see the temptation 🙂
Mane picked up an injury, in doubt for this weekend. Firmino still preferable to me.
In saying that, I'd stick with Mahrez. You picked him for a reason.
Stick with Mahrez, I was contemplating getting Firmino in but he'll likely be playing out wide this week with Mane's injury and Sturridge's return.
he'll play in the ten one would thimk
Cheers lads, think he may be worth keeping especially with Swansea after.
Too soon to cut bait
Not sure if common knowledge but Jack Sullivan (son of owner) tweeted that Ayew will be having surgery and out for around 4 months. With that news.. Tadic or Firmino?
Current team;
Foster
Valencia (UTD), Francis, Amat
Hazard, Redmond, Deulofeu, Ibe
Kun, Zlatan, Negredo
Valdes, Ayew, Wollschied, Ward
Even playing false 9, Firmino wasn't as advanced as Tadic and the former had more chances however don't want to sell myself short having 2 SOU mid...
What's everyone else doing with Ayew?Hulk the Ayew news!
said tweet has since been deleted...
"We are devastated that Ayew will be out for about 4 month. He needs a surgery"Hulk the deleted the tweet!
Ayew out.
Tadic in.
Honestly believe Costa will be highest scorer this GW. Can see a hatrick.
That's nice, I own him. 🙂
Toying with the idea of dropping Vardy.
BUT
Vardy vs SWA week after... And Firminio replacing Nolito seems safer this week
Watford stats v Soton were shocking
most of those shots were pot shots, happens when a team sits deep. it was a fine defensive performance
I haven't seen the game. Just going by members area. I'll take your input into consideration
They also played a man down for much of the second half. I think someone on here posted that 11 of Soton's 24 shots came in the final 15 minutes, when they were a man up. So the stats are a little deceiving.
Triple Captain?
im starting britos, watford CS
Borderline delusional.
D.Silva Mahrez Delafeu Mané Hazard
Would anyone make a change to this midfield, don't wanna make a rash decision on Mané just yetStrong MF, you'll be fine.
dnt expect mane to start
I don't but happy to bench him got a week tempted to do silva to Firmino
Not so sold that Silva can regain his form of two years ago. His ankles are just too far gone.
Mahrez and Hazard are fine.
Mane -- gotta wait on news, but long term keeper. Might miss this week.
Gerry D. Gotta see if he steps up. Koeman not happy with his work rate and conditioning and he never lasts 90. With Bolasie coming into team and with Lukaku coming back to play up top, he might get squeezed a bit. I own him, but might not be keeping him for longWait for the press conference for Klopp's update on Mane
Gray
LIV (H)
CHE (A)
LEI (A)
In the next four. Not a fan of doing transfers this early but it does not look promising. I'm sure Burnley won't have TOO many chances during these games.
Andy Carroll could be a nice replacement at 6.5M. Depends if he starts in Europe.I'm holding for Liverpool then it's Rondon time
rondon and gray both play for v.defensive teams, both below par options imo
Not necessarily him. Could be any of the 6.5 fwds. I think Gray will fall 0.2m if he blanks again and I don't wanna lose precious TV
Yup. Especially when the likes of Rondon/Carroll have decent fixtures.
Liverpool defense is pretty bad
As a fan I would say it's inconsistent. I think they'll do better than Arsenal for sure, especially if Milner comes in.
Thats true, but i cant see Liverpool keeping a CS so Gray has a good chance to score. After the Liverpool game i cant see gray doing much
If hull can score 2 vs Leicester, Im sure Gray will get his chances in that game also.
He could surprise you. Im expecting him to come good, could turn out to be similar to Wilson last season imo, just more expensive.
Go Carroll. He hasn't hit double figures in goals for a season since 2011. This year he's due.
Carroll.
Start Stones or Amat
i think I'm starting both
I'm in the same both. Think I'll stick Stones as his % could hurt more.
May end up with both.
Any one expect chamberlain to play 90 mins anytime soon. Only 6m. Frees up cash while getting rid of ayew??
How about matt Philips??? Good fixtures..
Haven't a clue wat to do with ayew.Ayew to Redmond Lamela Barkley
Ox: Potential rewards aren't worth the risk.
Phillips: WBA attacker, too defensive for me.
Ayew -> Barkley? Siggy? Tadic? Redmond?
Ayew -> Barkley would be my move, if you have one of the Saints too.I assume you already have Redmond (?)
Philips is an interesting, differential option, particularly given their fixtures.Only Ox's parents expect him to play 90 right now.
Ayew likely dead. Shift him out.
Tadic
Out of 10, how likely is it that Koulibaly will join Chelsea?
7.5
7.6
Barkley or Sigurdsson?
Barkley
Sparkley
Barkley? but barely
Those taking out Vardy might want to think again.
With Mahrez signing a new contract both will be highly motivated against Arsenal. They will both be out to prove they made the right decision remaining at Leicester and turning Arsenal downYou owning/keeping, or thinking about bringing him in?
I think that his current price is baked on him being on penalties and is overpriced if he isn't.
Shot conversion from last year unsustainable.
Regression to mean says that on the whole, he doesn't earn it this year. Surely he'll have some great matches and make us regret going without at times, but he won't make it into my squad in near future.I agree with this assessment. Still, I'm hoping he looks lively against Arsenal, because I'd love to hold him through SWA, liv, BUR, and then transfer him out GW6 for Lukaku or even Deeney (and use the funds elsewhere).
Play Amat (HUL) or Kone (MID) this week? Leaning towards Amat atm, didn't see games but Middlesbrough sound like they were decent going forward vs Stoke
Amat
Amat
im going kone for goal threat
What is the best price change site? Totalfpl has not been updated. Does fplstatistics show us which players have fallen or risen? any other sites?
FFFix
Thanks mate. That website is pretty sweet and I only just found out about it. Do you pay for any of the xtras??
No. Decided to go for the FFS membership this season instead. Only used fffix free version. Its nicely designed and I prefer the fixture planner tool to the season ticker on FFS members section. Used Fix a lot last season to check imminent price changes
Yeah they have really screwed up the fixture ticker here on FFS, it used to be much easier to use. Very disappointed with it this year. Where can I find the fixture planner tool on fffix, is it part of the free tools?
Don't understand the logic of subbing someone out because they blanked one week. Have faith!
No logic in that practice, not unless team structure has changed, or other reasons, such as discovery of better bargain at same price point that you had previously overlooked
Rmt please...
Foster
Azpilicueta. Walker. Valencia
Sterling. Dier. Eriksen. Barkley
Ibrahimovic. Costa. LlorenteNo Aguero....
Dier is terribleLooks decent. Not convinced on Sterling and Dier will score poorly now he's a mid. Like the Llorente pick. Trouble with Costa is he doesn't get bonus even when he scores and he gets booked a lot
Solid team except for Dier (big no-no) and possibly Llorente. I like the Sterling pick, nice differential
Thank you
There is every chance Vardy outscores Ibrah and Kun and as such, I"m putting the armband on him.
Kun has a way of firing away blanks when everyone has him as captain and Vardy a nice differential with people getting rid.I have Ibra and fancy him to score on his home debut but I like your style. Too early to rip up the team we all spent weeks building and tinkering with
Go for it then.
Good luck.
If your looking for a cheeky punt or have an injured player that needs fixing, a Bournemouth attacker could be worth a go;
Ayew, Lanzini, Feghouli (hamstring problem, nothing confirmed but I'd guess he's out) injured
Payet a doubt (knock)
No decent right back
Antonio training ground bust up (rumours)
New left back, even though solid, he's new.
New stadium pressure
Poor at Chelsea
In Romania for game tomorrow, play Sunday.
Bournemouth won the same fixture last year
Wilson scored a hatrick.
Both defences look poor, could be a game similar to Arsenal v Liverpool just gone. With that, I'm off to sleep, night guys.Ibe didn't look great and Gradel didn't start so who would be your favored choice? Wilson for me
Thanks jay
Yikes. Good luck...
