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.
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If you transfer & take a hit of -4 & then u wildcard will that -4 still be considered??
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No, the -4 is cancelled
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Afternoon lads, anything here worth a hit?
Foster jaku
Valencia stones friend kone amat
Hazard coutinho barkley redmond capoue
Ibra lukaku gray
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Redmond to Sanchez could be worth it.
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^ this
or Stones > Williams
I'd be hanging onto that coin for your Aguero buy-back scheme -
.1 short
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Redmond→Sanchez imo
Who's your captain btw ?-
.1 short unfortunately. Could have done it before snachez rise but was waiting on gray news. Would have to be ozil.
Haz (c)-
Özil will be better in the long run. Sanchez' run as a striker is over now with Giroud back. So guess Sanchez will be back to inconistent deliceries. Özil is far more consistent.
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Winger Sanchez > Striker Sanchez
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Next 2gwks.
Lamela - Hazard - Tadic - Ramirez
Ibra - Lukaku - Gray
Gray is probably playing against Hull so I dont think im chancing him.
Lamela or Tadic for Sanchez?
Like Lamelas fixtures but he's maybe benched.
Or for Ozil and Gray to somebody? -4hit.
If Gray ban then I have to play Capoue and only two forwards.
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The target shown for Mahrez is -97.9. Will his price drop today?
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Unlikely ... a lot of transfers are now happening as part of all the WC activity.
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If Shaw and Valencia are out for this weekend then I'd be couch-hiding not having a zippy City asset this weekend ... it could either be a 1-0 slog or a high-octane 4-3 affair. Either way the derby is going to be amazing viewing.
Pep vs Jose - it's what we came to see!!!-
Both may play , come on mou always do these things.
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GTG?
Schmeicel
Valencia / Evans / Friend
Hazard / Redmond / Firmino / Bolasie
Zlatan / Grey / Lukaku
Jaku / Capoue / Stones / Pieters
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With Gray probably being good for the weekend, and the complete lack of price moves are any of you wildcarders regretting pushing the button? Be honest
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You WCed TL ??
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No, was wavering for a bit but decided not to
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Will save it for the December DGW after the surprise November snow falls 😀
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Lol ... GW6/GW8 looks good too.
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e.g Liverpool fixtures from gw6 onwards
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You won't get anyone admitting it
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Didn't own Gray and had 4-5 critical moves to make so thought it as good a time as any. Having said that I'm still quite unsure about my desired 15 and have flip flopped between 20 different iterations ... which suggests that maybe it could have waited. I worry about Liverpool mids hitting their straps, City assets and getting Aguero back ... but everyone is in the same boat to ho hum!
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Just wait until they want to do it all again after next week.
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Sorta but not for those reasons. I'd just like to see a few of the options I'm interested in play a bit first. Wildcarding on Aguero's return would have allowed me to do that.
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Not really, no. I never owned Gray but had several issues to fix, and now I have a much more balanced team.
Could I have waited? Yeah sure, but I'm more than happy with my new squad
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What changes would you make for this front 8
Hazard Coutinho Tadic Snoddy (cap)
Kun Vardy Gray
2fts 1.0 itb-
Kun to Lukaku and Tadic to Sanchez?
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Yep looking like this will my transfers .. was asking to know whether people prefer tekkers over luk or not ?? And Vardy or gray→ibra or ekkers worth -4 too or not ?
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Aguero + Coutinho -> Ibrahimovic + Ozil
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Tadic instead of Cout actually.
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Tbh I prefer sanchez over ozil .. so if I want ibra this will be vardy→ibra -4
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Lukaku and Sanchez sounds good then. Tough fixture for Ibra this week anyway.
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Why is everyone selling Pieters?
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Not enough are, price drop would be nice, hes hovering in the Townsend zone
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Best mid for 6.5 or less:
A) Townsend
B) Lanzini
C) Pereyra
D) Snodgrass
E) Januzaj-
Don't like any of those 4h or 5th mid ,
Why are people getting off Redmond btw-
Exactly, people spend a month bashing the template into place. Redmond was picked, and scored yet all of a sudden he is being forgotten about.
I would be more than happy if he could keep up with a goal once every Three matches-
I think it's more a lack of faith in Southampton on a whole than it is anything to do with how Redmond has performed. Easy to ditch on a WC when you see Arsenal, West Ham and Leicester away in his next 4.
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I am keeping him for a while , just because I don't want to take a hit and don't see any other great options in the price range.
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Everyone will say Snodgrass, few weeks ago they would have all said Townsend, few more weeks and they will all say ?
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Not a fan of Snoddy's fixtures.
I'm glad I didn't get Townsend from the start but wouldn't be surprised if he's in the points soon. Palace should be much better going forward with Benteke and Remy. -
Bolasie
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Going with Baines and Lukaku.
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B probably
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Worried about his game time but could work out nicely.
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Well price rises certainly haven't been dynamic . phew.
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No surprises, happened last year too.
Wildcard in a few weeks to reap the rewards.
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Pick 2 of 3
A) Shaw (assume he plays)
B) Williams
C) McAuley-
A and C
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Pick one
A
Lanzini Firmino Sanchez Gray
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Antonio Firmino Sanchez Hernandez
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Antonio Mane Ozil Gray
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Antonio Firmino Ozil Benteke-
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D looks good but what about
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I like D. But that's because I'm in the camp of not seeing much separating Sanchez and Ozil long-term, not seeing much separating Mane and Firmino long-term, and thinking Benteke is miles ahead of Gray and Hernandez.
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Cheers lads!! Personally Sanchez is my favourite..... Just love that guy.....so probably going with him!! It hurts not to have him when he does well
Cheers!
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Last one
Vardy→Ibra worth a hit ??
Adv: won't be in my team when we play against them plus penos
- dis : -4 plus ibra looks boring with his ownership tbh-
Certainly not worth a hit for now. Vardy has a decent matchup this week and a great one next week.
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Why no love for negredo??
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He's still in my WC team at the mo.
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Check his stats.
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The underlying stats for him and his side are rather dire.
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who would you recommend cheaper than him??
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If you had to pick one -
Ozil or Sanchez ?
I can do both but It would be overkill.-
ozil
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Ozil
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If both are fit and playing at home vs the worst team in the league at home .. who will you pick as your cap. ?
Silly me 😀 .. Sanchez
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Anyone brave enough to go Payet over Sanchez/Ozil? Maverik or just dumb?
Not sure I can stand following the herd, getting Sanchez and getting 4 pts from the next two HAHAHA *insane laugh*-
I scooped up Payet GW2 in hopes of glory. The hurt from his subsequent disappearance is still too fresh to want to go anywhere near the lad.
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actually u have to be a little dumb to go for payet over these two..... although Sanchez and payet can pay dividends this week I think
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Looks like Andre Gray is available for the Hull game when I thought I had my WC team all figured out...
tinkering starts again...Benteke or Andre Gray? Yes I know Benteke is a more proven PL striker with Townsend,Puncheon and Zaha whipping crosses in, but surely Andre Gray is in better form and playing at home?
My current strike force combo is very template: Lukaku, Ibra and Benteke. Should I change that to Lukaku,Ibra and Gray and use that 0.9 to upgrade my mf and defence or even go Gray, Benteke and Ibra? I have a feeling that I will end up picking the wrong strikers and these 2 gameweeks will became the make or break moment...
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Ah, what the hell. I'll toss this question out there. Aguero and Gaston Ramirez out for Benteke and Sanchez for a -4? Curious to see opinions on this scenario.
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sounds very good IMO do it already
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I'm close to pulling the trigger. Just getting hesitant with thoughts of a cheeky Aguero and Jack Rodwell out for Kane and Snodgrass.
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I like snonddy but Kane looks bang out of form and very fatigued tbh.... although u can wait until Sanchez returns from international break in case he picks an unfortunate injury as his price is already up to 11.0 so don't matter much anyway too.......
plus hull's next run of games is very difficult-
Yeah. You make excellent points. I may just wuss out and go Aguero to Costa for free. Am not 100% convinced to do a hit for Sanchez after an international stint. Probs best to sit on it for a bit.
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plus Costa scored 2 last night for Spain ...he is a very worthy option just his yc and low bonus potential are putting ppl off ....
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Yep. I've had him for a period of time in both of the last two seasons. He's not really the kind to put up 17 points in a GW, like an Aguero or Sanchez are capable of doing more than once. But, he seems to be finding that form from two seasons ago, and that means some pretty damn good consistency at a fair price.
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ypp scored or assisted in every single game he has played this season for club n country
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benteke !!!!!!! 1-0 palace .... can't get that out of me haha as the weekend gets closer day by day this sound is going loud n loud
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RMWCT
Foster| Pickford |
Valencia| Kone| Collins | Pieters| Amat
Hazard | Sanchez | Firmino | Antonio | Fletcher |
Ibra| Costa| Gray
Defence might be an issue........
Plan is to play Valencia every week and play 2 of Pieters Kone and Collins And they rotate quite well!! Might be missing an Everton defender though
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ypp u r missing everton def. lol.... get Evans or mcAuley imo as west brom are a good option than sunderland
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pieters have doubts too with butland injured as low chance of CS points
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Cheers! Butters is back soon!
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Should I WC ?
Heaton
Shaw / Stones / Morgan
Alli / Hazard / Townsend / Ramirez
Costa / Gray / Ibra
Bench: Jaku, Amat, Capoue, Friend-
alli n Townsend falling in price plus Ramirez
your mid is bang out of form
gray n friend don't fill me with any confidence
I would have tbh although u HV missed some price rises even though only.1 -
anyone else think i should WC ?
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Don't WC unless you are at least 80% knows how to bring Aguero with just 1 or 2 FT. WC seems to be a good tool to bring Aguero back.
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Özil will be better in the long run. Sanchez' run as a striker is over now with Giroud back. So guess Sanchez will be playing a lot deeper again and return to the inconsistent deliveries we know him for from last seasons. Özil is far more consistent.
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would you rather have Sanchez or ozil for two weeks? explosiveness of alexis can pay dividends in the absent of aguero .....
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lol explain exactly as to how sanchez will play 'deeper'. Your facts are based on theory and nothing else. If anything, Sanchez is more deadly cutting in from wide. It sounds like you simply can't afford Sanchez, so instead resort to regurgitating the same old info that people say when can't afford him.
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Ibra Gray benteke..too much of a punt for a strikerforce? Is Lukaku a better option than Benteke or even Andre Gray at the moment? Not a big fan of Bony. Costa is simply a card magnet and no bonus points.
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Costa scored 2 last night .... so for 2 weeks is better option than ur strikers
although I do think benteke gonna score at the weekend
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Anybody here with an Aguero plan of not removing him?
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I think I've had just about every possible Aguero plan. And I'm just as close to reaching a conclusion as I was when I began. It's doing my head in to some degree, and the international break is only furthering the muddying of the water.
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This is an ideal situation to WC. 2 weeks on non stop high octane punts..then your wife is back and you kick out the hoes
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Lol. I blew my WC after GW1. Thus, no more WC fun for me. Not for a while, at least. 🙁
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don't worry many would hv blown theirs too till next international break 😀
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What do you think about this WC?
Foster / Jaku
Valencia / Evans / Baines / Stones / Amat
Hazard / Sanchez / Antonio / Cazorla / Fletcher
Benteke / Zlatan / Defoe-
Can you get a Liverpool mid im for Caz??
Downgrade Baines-
Yea may be downgrade Baines but I think I prefer Caz instead of Liverpool mid. The only Liverpool mid I want to take is Mane but he's too expensive. Caz is on for penalty and share corner and free kick.
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Firmino's stats are rather impressive, tbh.
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Hey guys, can't decide between Hazard or Sanchez for captain?
What do you suggest?
Cheers-
Hanchez
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toss of coins lol or wait for the captains poll results
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Is Williams (In) Stones (Out) a good move?
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for next few weeks surely
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I've done this on my WC and it feels good!
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As long as you aren't taking a hit.
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i've played my wildcard... so i think i'll do it... thanks
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who thinks sadio mane has created the most buzz among supporters of Liverpool after signing for the club ..... certainly more than very underwhelming transfers of the past windows
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Thoughts on Abel Hernandez
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if you have funds upgrade to Defoe or benteke....
very difficult hull fixtures to come
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