In the first of a number of members articles over the international break, we delve into the data from the Gameweek gone by. Palace’s approach with Christian Benteke arrives under the radar, whilst we also take a look at Paul Pogba’s first away outing for United, Chelsea’s in-form attacking duo and the performance of City’s playmaker in the weekend win over West Ham.
Foster, Jak
Toby, Valencia, Williams, Dawson, Amat
Hazard, Sterling, Cazorla, Lamela, Capoue
IBRA, Lukaku, Benteke
Thoughts? Is Amat the best 4m choice?
Aye.
Pretty much. He is not 4 anymore but 4.1
Yes
amat will get dropped soon
Incorrect.
Nailed on Worzel? Be much happier knowing he was
He is first choice. The guy they bought is back up IMO.
OK thank you
Cheers. If he is due to be dropped would it be safer to go with a 4m non playing that shouldn't drop in price?
Aguero cash = too many tinkering possibilities
Need to make a decision on where to pick my bench fodder, who to go for:
A) Benteke (Capoue)
OR
B) Sterling (Diomande)
Thanks in advance!A
A
I would go with sterling. Close call though.
Agreed.
I like A
A
Thanks all. With Sterling at MUN, I'm thinking of putting the faith in Tekkers.
Leaves team as:
Foster / Pickford
Shaw / Baines / Collins / McAuley / Amat
Hazard / Ozil / Barkley / Lamela / Capoue
Ibra / Lukaku / Benteke
What's your plan to get Aguero back?
This formation leaves 0.8m ITB. Would likely downgrade Benteke to Diomande, should hopefully have enough for Lukaku to Aguero for a -4
Alternatively, am happy to -8 or to only have one of Aguero or Zlatan at a time
I'd go with A, as Sterling is unlikely to do aynthing in the next game.
What do you think?
WC draft:
Foster, jakup
Azpi, walker, williams, evans, smith
Hazard, ozil, mane, lamela, capoue
Costa, lukaku, tekkers
Me like.
I'd have either Shaw or Valencia in the side.
This. But I like it.
Im considering this, want to also see mustafi's price. Hoping he comes in at 5.5
no utd? at all?
Chelsea fan 🙂
In all honesty though. Theyre attack just doesnt appeal to me. Only player im considering is Valencia.It should, it will be top 3 easily this season.
thats reasonable. like the idea of that frontline with HUGE mid. personally i would go mkhi over mane, but taking your opinion, your team look v.good
Thanks 🙂
Have a little money itb for mkhi/payet if they start pulling off wonders.
Need more replies so I have something to go on.
a) Tekkers, Gray and Sanchez (no hit) 1 vote
b) Costa, Gray and Ozil (no hit) 1 vote
c) Tekkers, Lukaku and Ozil (-4) 2 votes
d) Tekkers, Negredo/Defoe and Sanchez (-4)
A
Wait and see news on Gray first I would say
Might miss a price rise/drop
Gray dead. You can't advocate killing gay folk;
C, by some margin.
didnt gray also say s'thing about whiteys? life ban imminent
WC?
Foster --- Jaku**
valencia stones** friend souare** pieters
hazard redmond firmino townsend* capoue
kun* ibra gray*
*players i need to get rid (kun/townsend/most likely gray)
**players i dont like (stones, jaku, pieters)
initially was thinking townsend + kun >> ozil + kaku (-4) but if gray is also banned, might as well WC?
You could do with the **.
Your transfers at the bottom there look good.Wait to see if Gray gets banned. If so a WC could be a good call.
Thanks,
so i could do ozil/sanchez + kaku (-4) tonight and if gray gets banned, then WC tomz?
Kun, Lamela and Gray all stinking up my team. Glad I have 2 FTs to get these bada**es out of my team.
How is Lamela a problem?
i dont know, people just seem to dont believe that assists count as assists and give points, so they think that the very idea person who uninteniontally passing to a teammate, leave whole heart and fight for straight 90 minutes, even make teammates rub their head with magical nutmegs, have no idea how to play football. best spent 7.0 in fpl since i dont know, ever.
oh god, sorry, autocorrect sucks. there seems to be some sort of hate on erik currently. i assume everyone who do that avoid watching spurs.
Yeah, Im bringing him in on WC actually. Good stats this yr and last, gets in the box and wants to score...whats not to like?
Because he might get banned though.
If only Kane was showing a bit more form.
sto, SUN for the 2 games Kun is out.
Stoke away last year was 4-0 and he grabbed a brace, albeit with Dembele in the side. Then Sunderland at home with Moussa back.
Let's see how he plays for England.Could be a good choice
Form is abysmal though compared to some cheaper options.
Yes. Would be great if he was firing. Would make the game more interesting!
Kane never score PL goal in August. Think he has 1 in September, so there you go.
So odd to consider disrupting my whole squad just to ship the best player in the league who I'll need back for gw6. That money burns such a hole in the pocket.
I might just get him back GW8.
Would love to hold out until then.
No denying the team you can get without him is very tasty though.
A suspended or hurt player is no player at all...
Any word on Stones and Friend?
Hoping at least one will be fit by GW4Hoping they'll both be ok. I'll be playing 6-a-side otherwise.
Both will be fine.
The thing with wildcarding now, is I still don't really trust the teams with good fixtures over the next few weeks.
Everton, West Ham, Palace....
Assuming Gray & Kun miss 2 games min and I'm already on -4, would you rather -8/-12 or wildcard?
Gray likely to get just one game ban
Based on what (meant in a nice not arsey way)? There isn't really a precedent is there?
Previous homophobic tweets that happened like 4 years ago?
Source?
Not sure if intentional but I think you have those teams in the right order. Everton feels safe. Not sure you can fit much in from West Ham and palace anyway with the options at Chelsea, United and Arsenal?
Sanchez likely to raise tonight? I've hit my wild card and my knees are jerking every which way
Those not on a WC, bench or sell kun?? He'll be out 2 weeks...
Sell. Bring him with your FT later. Or WC then to reshape if required.
I'd never bench someone so expensive. You're basically playing someone who you expect to get 2 points max instead of getting someone who is captain material.
im selling kun tadic for costa ozil -4 then i will wait and see what the score is with lamela gray amat stones jaku lol
Sell.
Sell and possibly wild card to get back.
Thx guys, quite unanimous.. Costa oezik then !
Lamela or Redmond? (Money no issue)
Lamela
Lamela
Money is always an issue so redmond. He is the best 4th mid you can get. Upgrade Lamela with the change as he is pretty mince.
What does Chambers joining Boro mean for the defense? Who drops out?
Less likely to get clean sheets.
This. And no one drops out, he's just an Ayala back up.
RB, ie not Friend who everybody has
If Wilshire joins Palace its
1. Bad for Puncheon or Cabaye
2. Bad for BentekeIrrelevant as he'll be injured in training.
Well I don't think they'd bench Cabaye. Doesn't affect Puncheon.
Puncheon has been playing deep alongside Cabaye? Surely that's who's place would be at threat?
Really, has he? If so didn't know that. Thought Puncheon only plays on the flank or in the #10.
Why would it be bad for Benteke?
Just an opinion after seeing him play with coutinho and firmino.
Sanchez in for
a) Townsend
b) Redmond
Kun out for
1) Costa
2) Lukaku
(Have Haz and Barkley)A as he is going to drop
2 I simply don't like CostaA1
*A2
With Aguero banned and Sanchez likely to rise soon please vote and thoughts on the following who scores more over the next 2 gameweeks atleast?...
A. Firmino and Aguero > Sanchez and Lukaku with 1.5 itb
B. Townsend and Aguero > Barkley and Perez (If he signs and starts)
C. Townsend and Aguero > Ozil and Lukaku with 1 itb
D. Gray and Aguero > Perez and Lukaku with 2 itb
E. Townsend, Aguero and Stones > Sanchez Lukaku and 4.5 for -4 and 0.1 itb
If there are other options im open to it. Just don't have Arsenal or Everton cover at the moment ahead of what looks like decent fixtures.
ThanksA or C.
Sanchez is preferable to Ozil as he provides a captain option GW 4.
But Firmino is better than Townsend.
A probably edges it since Townsend at least has good fixtures.I would go with C
C
Cheers all - a lot of ozil love thats for sure
Funny how every season Sergio Aguero forces us to come up with a 'Kűn Plan'
No player quite defines your season like him
The ones involving Dzeko worked best.
^ True that.
Which option for when Aguero returns?
A:
Valencia 4.5 4.5 4.5 Amat
Hazard Ozil Firmino Lamela Capoue
Aguero Zlatan (Diamonde)
B:
Valencia 4.5 4.5 4.5 Amat
Hazard Ozil Firmino Capoue (Hojberg)
Aguero Zlatan Benteke
C:
Valencia Baines 4.5 4.5 Amat
Hazard Ozil Lamela Capoue
(Hojberg)
Aguero Zlatan Benteke
Please Help!I prefer A
Thanks
Nailed on players 5.0 to 7.0 looking at fixtures....
Ozil hazard lamela lallana (capoue)
Kun ibra stuani
Fancy everton or westham..plss suggest
Burnley medical for Jeff Hendrick tomorrow. Club record fee - (BBC)
Manchester Utd have turned down Inter's approach for Matteo Darmian - (Sky Italia)
Chelsea have asked about Angelo Ogbonna, appreciated by Conte - (Di Marzio)They can leave Oggy alone!!!
Hendrick is poo
Pick one:
A) Baines + Valencia + Bolasie + Zaza
B) Holgate + Amat + Lanzini + LukakuA by an absolute mile, not close at all in my eyes.
Possibly stretch another 0.4 from somewhere to get Benteke instead of Zaza.
From the Guardian "It might get even worse for Gray now it also turns out the charge sheet, covering an eight-week period from 9 January 2012, has been extended to include another tweet – beginning with the declaration “I hate lightys!”–from July 2014, shortly after he had signed for Brentford from Luton. A “lighty” is slang, often regarded as offensive, to describe a light-skinned person of mixed race. If you think back to Rio Ferdinand’s disciplinary case for retweeting someone who had described Ashley Cole as a “choc-ice” (meaning black on the outside, white on the inside) it is probably safe to assume Gray needs a good lawyer."
LOL. This guy is getting nailed IMO.
No, it's ok, he's a changed guy...
He really is dumb. Pity I have him on my team.
whilst I understand he made offensive tweets, it was many years ago
People act like they have never said anything offensive in their life and are perfect people. I am sure everyone has made some sort of comment in their life which they somewhat regretThey are highly offensive comments. He wasn't a child when he made them
moral: don't use twitter
it's a bit different when you're in the public eye
A) Sanchez + Costa
B) Ozil + ZlatanB and not close at all.
Yeh thats what im on.
Just sanchez can be so explosive and i hate missing his hauls
B easily
B by a wide margin
V
B
Foster, Jakupovic
Valencia, Terry, Stones, Friend, Amat
Hazard, Sterling, Lamela, Redmond, Capoue
Aguero, Ibrahimovic, Gray
0FT, 0.3 in bank
A)
Aguero & Gray -> Costa & Negredo (-8 hit)
B)
WC to:
Foster, PICKFORD
Valencia, WILLIAMS, EVANS, Friend, Amat
Hazard, OZIL, Sterling, Lamela, Capoue
Ibrahimovic, COSTA, NEGREDO
Then do Ibra & Costa -> Aguero & Rooney when Aguero is back.Which looks better?
A) Rondon to Benteke
B) Lamela to Ozil/Payet
ThanksBoth or just B to Ozil first.
Tough. A though for me, just.
I would go with A
Both, though id wanna keep lamela if he isnt banned.
thoughts on this wildcard any improvments?
foster/pickford
Collins willliams holebas smith amat
haz sanch barkley zaha cap
lukaku kane benteke
2.6m in the bank for agueropickfords at risk of removal (pun intended)
Really don't like Kane until he ups his score
is the Aguero 3 match ban pretty much a done deal? need to shift him out today to catch a couple of price rises but will be gutted to lose the .1 on him if he isnt banned
He'll be banned.
Yes
Sanchez likely to rise tonight or not?
On 90% and pretty much bedtime for Europe now.
Thanks
I started the season resisting the Aguero-Ibra template and instead went with heavy hitters in mid. Friday I crumbled. I used my WC to tear down all my midtown skyscrapers to fund Aguero-Ibra up top. Well, you know what happened. Now I have 13.1-and-dropping on my bench for two gameweeks. All rough, no smooth.
