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.
Bottomed:
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?
Yep, like it a lot.
Is Robinson Heaton's understudy? Thought there's another guy in the frame too?
I like the Antonio, Snodgrass, Benteke and Kane picks. Slightly risky that they all come good but calculated risks.
Defence is great too.Think Robinson is second choice yeah, he's been the benched goalie for the first three games at least.
Looks solid. Not sure on Kane though...i'd rather Vardy
Anyone have a link to the previous West Ham hot topic? Thanks.
Thanks for that!
Hey lads, do I take out Aguero here? Not sure if I should just hold...bit concerned if he drops again
Foster - Heaton
Baines - Valencia - Morgan - Friend - Amat
Haz - Lamela - Tadic - Bolasie - Capoue
Kun - Ibra - Gray
0 FT and 0.2 ITB. Thanks!
Jesus yes take him out. That 13mil will give you nightmares.
To who? And for a hit?
Kun & Mahrez to Costa & Ozil for (-4) ?
Appreciate your thoughts!Why not.
Yep
Though I did Lukaku
Just Kun to Costa for now. There's no reason why Mahrez can't outscore Ozil over the next two weeks, and you are asking Ozil to outscore Mahrez by more than four points.
Bottomed
Critical opinions please on the wc bunch.
Foster
Shaw, Valencia, Williams, McAuley
Hazard, Sanchez, Sterling, Barkley
Ibra, Costa
(Jaku, Smith(4.0), Capoue, Keane)
Jaku no longer nailed on, maybe swap with pickford?
Double United defence, their fixtures turn a bit tricky. Same with WBA. I'm not a big fan of 4-4-2.
playing 4-4-2?
Shaw to baines. Williams to pieters once his price drops.
Oh snap, didn't see Pieters' delta/target. I owe you holmes.
Great team. I can tell you've thought it through carefully.
If it bombs, you're not a million miles away from Aguero and/or a formation change.442? Double United defence with their fixture run and 4.0 Smith? Maybe look at PVA (5.0, so .5 to spend elsewhere) and Amat as a 4.0?
Midfield is stronk, but Costa is always a worry for me - can go missing and attracts both injuries and yellows.Or Baines for Shaw straight swap.
something's wrong . . . you've got 6 defenders and 2 forwards
Picford/Heaton
Valencia/Williams/Evans/Amat/Collins
Haz/Sanchaz/Mane/Punchon/Capoue
Ibra/Lukaku/Defoe
Should I downgrade mane to upgrade punchon to either barkley or lamela? (Liverpool fixture looks good after gw5)
Is collins nailed? any other defender suggestions?
Thanks.
No-ish
Definitely not Watford from gw6, bou from gw7 offer alternatives,
After over a week of contemplation, it boils down to this:
A) Safe option: Keep Aguero, get Özil but play Capoue next 2 weeks
B) Risky option: Get 2 players with potential for lots of points, Sanchez and Lukaku but most likely need a hit to get back Aguero.Definitely B
B easily
You need to get rid of Aguero but have a plan to get him back
My plan is probably going to be getting rid of Sanchez which might be dofficult if he does well in these 2 weeks...
Exactly the illogic of this sell Aguero buy sanchez then sell sanchez buy aguero over 2 weeks
1. It costs hits
2. If Sanchez is going to repay those hits and then some over your 5th mid manages then why would you sell him
3. If Sanchez is not going to perform tremondously enough then why take hits to get him in the first place.
That's a good position to be in.
Cheers guys. Looks like I'll be ditching Aguero then
Hi All... Just logging on now and am wondering if price changes have happened yet today... Thanks.
Not until 2:15 a.m Uk time
thx - much appreciated.
Quite probable no one will even notice after they have.
James Collins has been around for over 10 years and I still don't really know if he's good at football or not.
He's not.
Hey parm and acqua. You guys on wc!
?
Still considering it... waiting for Gray verdict.
My team is in decent shape so might wait and WC Aguero back in GW6 but not completely sure yet. Still a small chance I WC this week.
Current team:
Foster, Jaku
Valencia, Stones, Evans, Friend, Amat
Hazard, Firmino, Lamela, Redmond, Capoue
Aguero, Ibra, Gray
If Gray is suspended can just do Aguero + Gray > 2 of Costa/Luk/Tekkers
Or if he can play I can do:
A) Aguero > Costa / Luk / Tekkers
B) Aguero + Lamela > 1 striker + Alexis (-4)Lol had the exact same team apart from Evans, I used my wildcard anyway though
If grey suspended play capoue.
I went aguero and tadic to lukaku and Alexis. (Still Have carrol on bench).
I really like b. No need to wc.So you say either way, get Alexis for a hit? (and play Capoue)
Lukaka's fixtures swayed you? I thought you were set on Costa?Fixtures totally swayed me. 2week punt at worse case scenario. If he is ever going to score, surely it must be imminent.
You're right. Fixtures say him over Costa. and he's 0.7 cheaper.
No dude, but I can give you a hand if need be.
I'm holding too
Forced to play capoue this week but I think it's worth holding.
I think my current plan is to WC him back in 2 weeks time...
Do either of you think Alexis is worth a hit this week?I did Alexis. -4
The guy is streaky.
I think he's worth a hit, especially if you'll captain him this week.
Yes play capoue either way. Decent fixture and the guy has form.
All I know is that he's priced 4.5 there is always a mini bandwagon. Every. Single. Season.
I'm really happy about my wc team but then 1 game where City goes nuts and I'm screwed. Getting Aguero back in as soon as he returns would minimise this risk but selling Ibra before 2 home games and the clash with Liverpool doesn't seem ideal either. Funding this move is even worse. Selling Lukaku before Bournemouth and Palace, selling Antonio before Middlesbrough and Palace, Firmino before Hull and Swansea. This game is giving me a headache!
That's why you should have saved your wc
Disagree, mad 10 changes on my wc, which I think will all have a positive impact on my fpl score
This WC is already sending me enough around the twist without worrying about Aguero too. Don't worry about him too much, go with the flow. I wrecked my team last week for Ibra and that got me nowhere.
Really not sold on Sterling, not least because Pep will probably want to play him in CL games.
Give me an excuse not to get him please 🙂Went with Firmino over him for that exact reason. Hope I get it right 😀
Feel as though if you want to take someone from Pool right now despite their run, surely Coutinho > Firminho?
How he reverted to type for England so quickly?
If you had an unlimited budget, what would your 4 man midfield be?
Snodgrass, Snodgrass, Snodgrass and Snodgrass
😀
Good shout actually. This trumps my 4
Who is your 5th man?
Has to be Mendy
What is all the hype with Snodgrass?
He put 3 past some part timers hard to find them on the map team.
If Hull come up against some non-Leaguers in the next few game weeks he is going to run riot.
Fletcher, Capoue and Barry, Forshaw.
Ozil, Mane, Hazard, De BruyneSanchez, Hazard, Mane, Payet
This
Sanchez - Hazard - Payet - Ozil
Sánchez, Hazard, Mané, Özil.
Sanchez Payet Hazard Mane
Sanchez - Hazard - Payet - Nolito
Sanchez, Hazard, Payet, KDB
Help me choose 1 from each group please:
A) Barkley
B) Lamela
C) Antonio
D) Cazorla
1) Snodgrass
2) Redmond
3) Other at max. 6m?
Leaning towards C1 at the moment, but I may have been too brainwashed by all the recent RMTs to see the bigger picture. (N.B. Have Sanchez already)C
2
for me
If no Lukaku
A 2
If you have Lukaku
C 2A1
Rank around 50k, so no real need to take big risks.
Thinking about bringing in someone for Redmond
Would be for a -4 but I’m fine with that. Hits don’t stop your rank soaring in my experience – if they are the right hits...!
What do you think?
A. Sterling
B. Caz
C. Barkley
D. Someone else (up to £9.4m)
E. Leave it as is.
Thanks!!!
(Current) Team below :
Foster. Jaku.
Shaw. Williams. McAuley. Collins. Amat.
Ozil. Hazard. Mirallas. XXXXX. Capoue.
Ibrah. Costa. Negredo.Antonio was good to my team last year...
-4 does stop your rank from soaring this early in the season with teams so tightly packed.
(E) Leave it as is.Disagree
A hit is just a purchase decision. Timing is irrelevant if it's good or bad.
I got up to a high of 300 in the world taking at least a hit most weeks (ended around 1400 as I fell for a cute Cali girl and got totally distracted from this stuff, but the point stands!)Appreciate the reply though!
Mane
E
D... Payet
wow, just looked at WH fixtures - boy are they tasty
Yep... I think you just have to have one of them. Safe call Payet, No money- Antonio. Felling punty - Zaza.
If Payet and Zaza combo hits the ground running, they could rip teams apart over the next 6 weeks
next 35 weeks
Agree
Though ant was great for me last year
Excellent value
Thoughts please:
Remove one
A) Stones
B) Morgan
Replace with
1) Baines
2) WilliamsA2
B
1Morgan ➡ Williams.
B2, 5.0 for 5.0. Stones is garb but MC have a better run of games after the Manchester derby.
thanks all.
You don't think Baines is worth the extra 0.5 being on corners and pens?If you've got .5 to spare without it screwing the rest of your squad, go for it.
Of course he is. Would even prefer Jagielka than Williams. Jags is better in BPS and they won't score many anyway
1 A
Keep Negredo on WC or punt on Zaza with fixtures up coming?
I think I'd probably keep at least for a couple of weeks til you know if he actually plays
Surely nailed with no other options right now. Valencia sold, Carroll and Ayew injured and Fletcher say no more.
Keep Lamela or Redmond for the next 2 weeks?
Lamela: Stoke (A), Sunderland (H)
Redmond: Arsenal (A), Swansea (H)
Looking at possibly Aguero + Mid > Lukaku + Alexis (-4)Lamela
Has to be Lamela doesn't it.
- 4 looks good.I though it read somewhere that lamela is returning Friday for internationals.
So do you think he's at risk of not starting vs Stoke?
I think he is a risk vs stoke. If I knew he would play both, I prefer to shift Redmond.
Keep Lamela. Although there maybe some doubt about Lamela after the internationals? (thougt I saw something but didn't take too much notice as I don't own him).
I'm most likely WCing in 2 GWs so this is strictly based off the 2 fixtures listed above.
I'll look into Lamela's return... both you and CF have mentioned it.
Lamela
Can I get your thoughts on Lamela vs Liverpool ? . I thought he was awful and he was very lucky with the assist .
This does not fill me with confidence either and with the Champions League around the corner I am worried that there is going to be rotation . Thoughts on these comments ?
“We need a player who is more direct, more aggressive offensively,” Pochettino revealed. “Because we have players like Eriksen, [Heung-Min] Son or Lamela who like the ball played into their feet. So we need someone who has characteristics like we saw from Liverpool, like Sadio Mané, the type of player that can break the defensive line. I'm not talking about kicking or punching someone, only running and having the right mentality.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/tottenham-transfer-news-why-mauricio-pochettino-has-decided-to-spend-30million-on-moussa-sissoko-a7219236.htmlI agree he wasn't great, although Tottenham as a team were poor.
I asked a question below regarding how Spurs will line up with Sissoko, as I think he will definitely nail down a starting birth looking at those comments. Most likely on the wing meaning Lamela/ Alli/ Eriksen will fight for 2 spots.
Any Spurs fans around?
How will you line up with Dembele back, and where will Moussa Sissoko play?Not a Spurs fan but i would expect:
Vorm
Walker Alde Vertonghen Rose
Dier Dembele (box to box)
Lamela Eriksen Alli
Kane
The risk is of course that Eriksen plays wide and Alli drops to the bench with Janssen moving to striker and Kane dropping deeper in more of a 4-4-1-1Sissoko?
F Spurs, but I heard Sissoko may start over Lamela this weekend to rest the latter. Not sure though.
Sissoko a non-PL starter, or occasional rotater for Lamela or Eriksen pre-CL games.
Won't be a regularly starter. Can also be deployed in second half of games if the opposition are sitting back, in place of Dier.Hmm interesting. I would have thought he would be a starter rather than a squad player for depth.
Pretty sure he won't be, despite the huge price tag. Spurs have too much depth of quality. He should start most/all non-PL games though, of which there could be many.
How does this look for a wildcard team?
Foster, Pickford
Valencia, Williams, Evans, 4.5, Amat
Haz, Sanchez, Ozil, Antonio, capoue
Ibra, Benteke, Defoe
What 4.5 looks best long term? Currently stuck between Robertson and holebasVery similar to mine right now.. I'm trying to get Baines in for Williams but .2 short.
I like. With both Ozil and Sanchez give you/us flexibility to downgrade and upgrade forward to Kun.
Still tempted to start with Mane over Sanchez or Ozil thoJose
Kone , Pieters, Friend
Taylor 4,4 and downgrade Capoue to 4,5
Reply fail... that was a suggestion to Le God
My current team
Heaton ( jaku )
Shaw / Stones / Morgan ( Friend, Amat )
Alli / Hazard / Townsend / Ramirez ( Capoue )
Costa / Kun / Ibra
or WC
Heaton ( pickford )
Shaw / WIlliams / Evans ( souare, amat )
Ozil / Antonio / Hazard / Coutinho ( capoue )
Lukaku / Benteke / Ibra
Save your WC for when you actually need it.
okay. I have 4.7 itb should I do Townsend or Alli > Sanchez ?
Final draft, think im nearly there, feel free to offer opinions on WC team for me to sleep on!
Heaton, Pickford
Valencia, Baines, Evans, Holebas, Amat
Sanchez, Hazard, Antonio, Lamela, Capoue
Ibra, Lukaku, Defoe
0.0 ITB!
Very nice. I think you still be happy after a sleep. Hard to pick holes in it. maybe Valencia for Walker due to fixtures. Only short term though.
Thanks for your reply, Lamela biggest doubt for me
The best 2 out of these 4
A) Mirallas
B) Antonio
C) Redmond
D) ShaqiriB and Bojan
BC
Sterling/Lukaku or Barkley/Costa the better combo?
Prefer Lukaku over Costa but not keen on Sterling or Barkley myself
the second pair
Foster Jak
Valencia Stones Friend Pieters Lenihan
Hazard Mahrez Redmond Townsend Capoue
Aguero Negredo Ibra
0.2M, 1FT.
WC or not?dont WC
West Ham attacking cover... Antonio or Zaza?
Ant/Payet
Ha ... see below
This route to West Ham really has me stumped. Surely with those fixtures one of Lanzini, Payet, Zaza, Antonio, Collins or Feghouli will rack up some serious points. It's just the complete lack of certainty around any of them that is risky ... and perhaps its best just to avoid altogether until the clear choice is obvious.
There are obvious choices - Payet, Masuaku and Antonio.
Why would Payet be an obvious choice? You're right about Masuaka of course, and Antonio has the goals already, just nervous about Bilic tinkering with his formation.
Payet is healthy in France team, you will see him tomorrow in qualifiers in Belarus. He is as obvious choice as no one else in WHU.
Chances of shaw starting?
Not certain, wait until Pressers on Friday ... I'd say likely though given they would be desperate to get him up in time. If both he and Valencia are out you can imagine Sterling, Nolito and Silva having a day out.
Less than a month for the October 2nd series debut of Westworld 😯 Don't think I've ever seen a cast as stacked as this, & since it's HBO, productions values look to tugging near Game of Thrones too. Hope it's good!
Anyone taking the Foster rise and switching to Heaton?
If Foster ever does rise. The missus needs to sort that poor man out he has been at half mast for 3 nights now.
i might.
the Kun plan i've drawn up needs .2 more.
that would be .1 . . . a Sterling rise would give me the second . . . so would another Kun drop.
plus, i think Heaton's equal to Foster and i've got Evans to cover West Brom.
Going AoA:
Foster
McAuley Williams
Pereyra Redmon Antonio Hazard Barkley
Lukaku Negredo Ibra
Wish me luck!You can;t use it the same week as you WC.
If not, best of luck! 🙂I didn't WC. I thought it'd be better to use the chance to upgrade my 5th mid with the Aguero cash so AoA is actually worthwhile for once. Perfect timing really with Stones and Shaw highly unlikely to keep a cleansheet as well.
I'll WC Aguero back in so no problems with the number of transfers required to fix the team back up.
