Our next members article of the week takes a closer look at goal threat from the back. We focus on Fantasy Premier League defenders priced at 5.0 or below as we delve into the Opta data in an attempt to seek out value in our five-man backlines.
Will Foster rise tonight ?
Worst top post ever.
Obligatory ask his missus
This
Wouldn't want to be relying on him not too. Likely I reckon.
Fpl Stats you lazy git 😉
Fpl stats has been trolling for almost a week 😀
The WildCards are playing havoc with FPLstats
Can the combination of Ozil and a WBA defender outscore two forwards like Benteke and Defoe?
I'd rather Ozil & the WBA defender.
oh really? I've been set on that for ages but I've just got slightly weak in the knees due to it. Cheers
Equal at best imo. WBA defender may have 1 cs, but I wouldn't rely on them against West Ham next week.
Yes. Defoe quality but largely PKs are how he scores goals
I wouldn't say so... from his last 16 PL goals only 2 were penalties.
In fact 2 penalties from last 20. He scored more in 3/11.
More in Toronto
Wow. I was wrong. Thinking Toronto I guess. Thanks Bela
I don't really understand the question.. that prob says more about me than you tbh.
They are not mutually exclusive ?Understandable. One is 4-5-1, the other is 3-4-3.
Is Lanzini likely to star every game for West Ham?
Need to save 0.5 somewhere and Lanzini over Antonio is a convenient way of doing so.start*
Not 100% imo
Is this based on anything ?
No just an opinion. They have a few options in midfield when they are all fit.
His opinion obvi
You can base opinions off things ya'know
I think while it's not guaranteed, it's likely that he starts most games if he can continue what he did last season.
Should be but you'll never know. There are lots mid midfielders there this year. But with Payet coming back, Antonio surely scores some headers
Not nailed, a lot of new signings in that area of the pitch.
Lukatroll. No league goal since March. 11games. Thats poor form. I know he has the fixtures but that form is really damning.
Lukaku isn't predictable that's why he is a troll
Which is why hes a poor selection when there are so many midfield options. In Jonty's hot topic "the one that got away", the majority of responders named midfielders. Once bitten, twice shy.
I Was lucky last year tbh and owned him in his good run , hope he can find his form again him,Ibra and benteke are my current strike force
I hope it comes off for you mate.
Thanks mate 😀
Personally, I'm disregarding anything from last season with Everton due to Martinez. Under Koeman I think Lukaku will do great. He's already a good striker and looked promising enough for me in the minutes he got so far.
Look's nothing like this ATM
https://youtu.be/SReOGYRAOoMAbsolutely. And that game was a year ago. Point backed up.
Why so confident in Koeman when Southampton were equally bad and inconsistent at attacking?
Does it mean if he scores this week there will be a bandwagon bringing in him next week?
Probably. And he will troll everone, including me im sure.
Hat trick incoming...
Bottomed
People WC'ing hows your midfield looking?
I'm set on Hazard, Ozil & Puncheon. Other spot looking to be between Lamela / Antonio / Sterling / Firmino / Snoddy... Thoughts?Antonio or sterling.
I got Haz, Sanchez, Sterling, Capoue and 5.5 (not sure who)
Why Puncheon?
Curious.He had some good stats vs Bournemouth and now he has benteke who can convert his created chances into goals
Haz Sanchez Ozil Puncheon for me. Doubling on Arsenal as they need to make a run to stay close to the leaders
Hazard Sanchez Ozil/Mane/Sterling Antonio
One of O M S needs to go or even two of I revert back to 3-4-3 as per my question above.
Vardy out for Lukaku, would save an extra 0.9 for another transfer and it would be for long term whilst Everton have good fixtures
Like it
As long as it's not for a hit. But waiting until GW6 on that one might make sense. Vardy's next two fixtures aren't bad at all, and it gives you two weeks to see if Lukaku is really the forward in that bracket that you'll want.
Still so undecided..
A choice of either Ozil/Sanchez to come in..and then either a 10m or 8.5m striker!
(Sanchez looks more exciting and better stats but is Ozil going to be getting into the box more as we ve seen)
Current team-
Foster, Heaton
Valencia, Souare, Stones, Friend, Amat.
Redmond, Hazard, Barkley, Lamela, Hojbjerg
Aguero, Benteke, Ibra.
1 ft, 0.5m in bank..
What would u do here?
bottomed
these is my two options
team 1
pickford Foster
williams valencia mcauley amat smith
sterling antonio sanchez hazard capoue
ibra lukaku defoe
Team 2
pickford foster
wiliams valencia mcauley amat smith
ozil sanchez (7.8) hazard capoue
lukaku ibra stuani
which is better?
and what options for midfield player for 7.8 for team 2?Team one
i love sanchez but ozil loves me
i wanna go team 2 .. talk me out of it
Is Walcott a viable option this season if nailed? Off to a strong start.
Nah
Lol
On points per minutes every year he is hard to beat especially at that price. But he won't play a full season so no. Don't know why Wenger does not give him more game time.
I agree with you. I feel like if Caz/Theo nail their spots, they can be great alternatives to Ozil/Sanchez.
Because he can be so poo sometimes he makes Jason "pineapple" Lee look like Messi.
"If nailed" is the key ... He's not and won't be at Arsenal
It's a big if. Arsenal have so many options in the midfield that nailing a spot will be hard. But I think he has potential (never been said before I know) to be a decent option if he keeps up his current form.
Bolasie is the only player I don't like in my wc team but i can't see any better options at the same price due to his fixtures & very occasional explosive returns.
Only other player in same brace worth considering is redmond right? But sotons fixtures are dodgy. Am I missing anyone?Downgrade him to Holberg, bench him and get a better defender like Koscielny.
Puncheon (or Januzaj, if you like a bit of a punt) for four weeks and then a switch to Snodgrass saves you 0.5.
Play Capoue or Redmond this week?
Capoue.
I'd go Redmond. He's much more explosive, and there's no guarantee that Arsenal will be settled for the first few weeks that Mustafi plays. Communication between CBs is critical.
Deliberately waited on Sanchez because of another Chile game. Thus missing the 0.1 rise.
Now let's just say it out loud. I hope he stubs his toe and misses the next PL match.Lol
Not happening. Biiiig haul incoming 😉
😀 oh, I'll get him if his toe is ok!
Vardy out for Lukaku. Saves 0.9m. Your thoughts
If you are on WC yes.
Otherwise no as I assume you have to move Aguero out this week too?I didn't have aguero or Ibrahimovic at all from the get go. Just using my free transfer
Vardy has Burnley at home in GW5 and is probably back on pens.
But on paper Lukaku's fixtures look better.Only concern is after the burnley game Leicester fixtures get tough. Also worried I have no arsenal coverage but I'd have to downgrade hazard or firmino to get ozil or Sanchez which I don't want to do, so just hope arsenal flop
What is your rank after 3 weeks without both? I am thinking of going that path in the short to medium term.
I'm currently ranked 643, 724. Last game week I moved up 1.3 million places because aguero and Ibrahimovic blanked
Not too bad. High risk reward or total failure strategy. Haz and Sanchez should be good enough for captain I think.
Currently have hazard in my team. I'm sitting on 160 points from first 3 game weeks. How's your rank doing
If you were 643,725 I would have gone off the idea 🙂
Currently have no arsenal coverage which is a risk but they tend to struggle against Southampton
I cant decide between:
A) Baines, Collins, Antonio
B) Baines, Masuaku, Lanzini
C) Williams, Masuaku, AntonioC
A
C. Williams could easily match Baines, and - at least at this point - Antonio (8 goals and 7 assists in 2057 minutes last year) just has a lot more end product than Lanzini (6 goals and 3 assists in 1910 minutes).
Collins nailed?
No
His place to lose atm imho.
Pretty great from Darmstadt, what a club. Just renamed their stadium in honor of a fan who died from cancer. On top of that, they're still continuing their policy of offering free season tickets to those on low-income.
https://twitter.com/cnyari/status/772795679945138176I love stories like this, both for the respect side and in learning about football in other nations.
That is great. Not much of that sort of decency left in football these days.
Indeed man, sad but true.
Good on them. Family/community club. Unlike my team.
Still a conundrum with Citeh full backs? Is Zabaleta seemingly nailed now?
Who knows?
I presume you're a Hammer, do you think Collins can keep his place?
Still think it's 50/50 for either side atm50/50 although he's been playing pretty solidly.
Kone suddenly looking a decent differential.Article highlights his attacking potential. Guess he will not be in many squads at the moment
PVA is stuck in my team atm, even ahead of WHM and EVE
I've just brought PvA in. Not happy with him?
I very much am. Bit jittery when you've got Athur Masauku and Williams but he's electric atm.
Nearly got a goal last game. I'm keen on him, but Moyes' effect on Sunderland so far is putting me off. When they start keeping clean sheets, he's in, but I don't like the idea of having a defender just for attacking returns.
Iwobi started against Liverpool first game of the season. Is it likely he will come back into the side gwk4?
Doubt it. Imo
A) Puncheon + Defoe
B) Snoddy + BentekeB, particularly in a few weeks when Hull's fixtures turn for the better.
No Free transfers. Should I do Townsend or Alli > Sanchez or Ozil for - 4
or use WC
Heaton
Stones / Shaw / Morgan
Alli / Hazard / Townsend / Ramirez
Costa / Gray / Ibra
Bench: Jaku, Amat, Capoue, FriendGet Sanchez in for one of them, if Gray gets banned then just pull the trigger imo
Townsend to sanchez.
If Gray escapes the ban (unlikely) then that looks a decent -4.
Alli to Sanchez if you can afford.yeah I can afford. With Shaw in doubt , Townsend & Ramirez not performing i think the gray ban will force the WC
Foster
Walker - Stones - Shaw
Özil - Hazard - Barkley - Lamela
Ibrahimovic - Costa - Negredo
Subs: Jakupovic, Pieters, Amat and Höjbjerg.
Bank: 0.3
What do you think of my wildcard team? Any change?Hmm not bad at all.
How you getting Aguero back ?
Looking set? Lamela still nailed with new signings?
Cech
Williams Shaw Evans
Sterling Lamela Hazard Ozil
Zaza Ibra Lukaku
Pickford Capoue Pieters AmatLamela might be back late.
Could I get your advice on my WC team you kind chaps? Cheers.
Heaton
Valencia | McAuley | PvA
Antonio | Sanchez | Sterling | Hazard
Defoe | Ibra | Benteke
(Foster | Williams | Capoue | Amat)Needs some Spurs and Toffees attack for those fixtures I think.
Yeah, you're probably right. What/who would you change in order to do that?
Antonio Ibra Defoe
> Lamela Lukaku Zaza??
Ha now that option is on paper might like your original more.
Really nice balance. Whats your kun back in strategy?
Panic. Then use my 2 FT's.
Looks good. Save transfer next week and then GW6 Sterling and Benteke (after they blank twice 😉 ) out to accommodate Aguero ?
A) Sanchez & Snodgrass
B) Ozil & LamelaOzil and Antonio
this my team now:
foster heaton
amat shaw friend soare stones
redmond hazard lamela capoue firminio
aguero ibra gray
1 FT and 0.4 in the bank
who to play next week and do u thing i need to use wildcard?Good squad. If Gray is banned, don't WC. Take a -4 to get two new strikers, there's loads to choose from.
Perhaps WC GW6 to get Aguero back in. Then look at it as 4 point hit on 2 strikers for 2 weeks that you think will score best.and who you think to play in midfield redmond or capoue
defence best 3 to play?
who do u suggest for strikers instead of aguero and gray( incase of banning)I won't pick your team for you, I just threw out a few comments 🙂
Check the watchlist for striker options. Good luck!thank u
Keep switching between Lukaku and Defoe as Kun replacement, was set on Defoe but just remembered it is only a 2 game punt essentially, so back to Lukaku now. It also prevents me spending the extra funds around the team and thus making it harder to get Kun back in
I took lukaku this week for aguero. Defoe next.
bottomed.
on a wc
pickford/foster
mccauley/pieters/amat/vertonghen/williams
hazard/payet/ozil/sterling/snodgrass
diomande/ibra/lukaku
.2 itb
gonna do payet and lukaku to aguero and capoue once aguero is back
good to go?Payet to Antonio and upgrade Snoddy?
unfortunately if I did that, I would have to do do 3 transfers to get aguero back in because I'd need funds from 3 different players
dont get diomande. Hull signed a couple of new strikers so may lose gametime
I'm not going to play him and i've already had him so I'll keep him unless there's any other strikers under 4.7 that are better
Critical opinions please on the wc bunch.
Foster
Shaw, Valencia, Williams, McAuley
Hazard, Sanchez, Sterling, Barkley
Ibra, Costa
(Jaku, Smith(4.0), Capoue, Keane)Great team
Quite pleased with my current draft:
Heaton / Robinson
Valencia / Williams / Evans / Kone / Amat
Sanchez / Hazard / Antonio / Snodgrass / Capoue
Ibra / Kane / Benteke
0.1 itb.
Thoughts?reposted next page
