Our first members article of the week delves into the Gameweek 10 data. We take time to assess the recent ascent of Joe Allen and Eden Hazard and analyse the City and United attacks, before casting an eye over Bournemouth’s improving playmaker and Tottenham’s raiding left-back.
Who here has bought the Gun? O/
5.5 for a City midfielder who has scores 4 goals in 4 days 🙂
Wasn't convinced but am now. But not this week, although would be a handy time to bring him in if Theo is out mid-term.
Yep I did you Walcott >> Gundogan
Ramsey/Giroud returning I was just a little worried about his mins this GW.
With Walcott dropping in value and Gun going up the chances are I'd be able to buy him back once things are clear about the same price.
You reckon Gün can cement his place in starting XI? or he has already?
I think he already has. Gotta be worth a punt for next few fixtures surely
Good move...
Gundo-firmino-cout-sanchez-allen is my mid this gw. AOA
Excellent!! I'm benching Allen 🙁
Have the same midfield GL Rocco10
ye i swapped Allen for Gun
5.4 in for Capoue - no brainier , woof woof.
Hi Everyone
1 FT and Need to replace Arnie with someone before the next GW. Not sure which move to do. Help a fellow out please 🙂
1) Gundogan (missed the rise today ffs, bank the rest)
2) Allen (bank the 2)
3) Redmond/Tadic (for Hull fixture cover)
4) Gylfi (punt)1
Thinking the same. City in form.
2
Chadli has a run of 3 nice games after this weekend.
Got lost. Any chance of assistance- Play Mustafi or Williams?
Does my teams bum look good in these jeans?
Foster
Mustafi Morgan Stones
Sanchez Firm Son Allen
Kun Lukaku AustinMustafi
Mustafi
Team looks as good as any this GW. Son only weak link here
lose son. go gun
Worth a hit?
Play Mustafi get rid of Son.
Son->Coutinho will give you the same attack+miid as me
What to do this week? 2FT 0.1 ITB
Have lots of issues and injuries with Ibra,Valencia,Snodgrass,Walcott
Thinking of Ibra,ValenciaSnodgrass to Austin,Hazard,Austin
Foster-Pickford
Valencia-Pieters-Holebas-McAuley-Amat
Walcott-Coutinho-Firmino-Capoue-Snodgrass
Aguero-Ibra-Lukaku
Thanks*Austin, Hazard,Fuchs
I like that, you could keep those three right to the end of the season.
agree
Lol yeah right. I bet people thought that about ibra, valencia and snod after the first three gw's
Jagielka to Stones? Or is there any other defenders I need to consider?
Have Williams and Lovren.
Good move
thanks alot!
Stones
thanks!
3rd def that cost over 4.5 is a big no-no for me. But yeah I like Stones.
Haha a bit offensive?
I have a attacking 8 of:
Sanchez - Coutinho - Allen - Lallana - Redmond
Aguero - Lukaku - Costa
I think that is fairly okey.Its very good. Perhaps you should go for it.
I do own Stones since week1 I think. Has been a headache. I think the time to move him is comming thou. He is awesome for next 3 weeks but after that a transfer to Cedric seems logical to me. Just my 2 cents.Good idea. Double Everton defence have been my headace. I think Stones for the next 3 GW's then recondsider keeping him after that.
Morgan.
Anything think Kompany and Nolito will play this weekend?
There is a possibility
I do chuckle reading random posts about player X being a rotation risk. Poster just pontificating talking themselves out of getting player but writing with air of knowledge 🙂
some even say Gundog minutes is not guaranteed yet. they probably need him to play 10 games straight for it to be guaranteed. irks me instead of chuckle
Is Shaqiri definitely out next game?
No
Nothing confirmed yet but wait until the press conferences
It's a hamstring issue. Even if he does start he's a risk of getting subbed early if it acts up which = 1 point. Great player but a bit risky IMO over the next couple of weeks.
Have an up vote. All you do is ask questions.
Ha. There's a bloke on here who came 2nd in FPL one year and all he did was ask questions. The DZ got him that rank. Never bothers helping anyone else, mind. Selfish feckker.
Could Gundogan rise again this week or is 0.2 the limit?
0.3 is th limit i believe
Really? anyone this season has rised 0.3 in a week?
Capoue, Walcott have, off the top of my head. Maybe a couple more.
He wil rise again this GW.
Could be 6.0 after the int. break, woof
Do we still think Chadli is a good option in this West Brom side ?
After the int break. But still its a WBA attacker...
No
Not enough goals coming out the team
He's on pens.
I think he's worth a short term punt and sell him before Xmas
My plan this time last week was to save my FT this week for the int break! Now today I find myself with a quadruple (-12) change to my team and wait for it...my team still has three flagged players (Arnautovic, Walcott & Bellerin)!
It's a funny old game 😉Who did you replace instead? 😀
see below...
How?
see below 🙂
If you're not in the top 100,000, what the heck, roll the dice, go for it!
Cheers, I've certainly rolled the dice this GW(see below)!
Well first I convinced myself that I needed to have Hazard and to get rid of my failed captain punt Deeney: Payet + Deeney to Hazard + Austin.
Then Arnie got suspended (but want to hold) and Walcott flagged so wanted to get Gundogan in for Capoue: Lloris + Capoue to Heaton + Gundogan.
I'm 20k but I think (hope) my team will be much the better for it over the next 4-5 GWs 🙂All right! Good luck. I got Heaton myself to keep til the end. If you still have Austin, he rotates/compliments with Gundogan fabulously over the next 15 game weeks (if he starts of course.)
Cheers mate, Yep I knew keeping funds tied up in Lloris was a mistake so Heaton looks great.
Yes that rotation will be my plan and could be great if they both keep their places and keep fit of course 🙂
I know -12 is never a good thing but I'm content enough with my madness! Good Luck to you!!
Bolasie to gundogan?
Good choice.
Yes
no debate here really...
Morning!
Those of you with Sanchez and Walcott double-up, are you selling one of them for likes of e.g. Haz, 'pool mid, KDB? Walcott price is dropping, and will drop further if blanking against Spurs and United. But then three plum fixtures after that. Not an easy call. imho.I would move him for free. Regardless of who else I got.
You must be kidding, still 4th best midfielder score
Doesnt matter what his previous score is. Considering his fixtures and injury history is not currently one of the better picks in midfield. In addition given his price he is easily replaceable I fully stand by my comment. Move him if it is for free and if you dont have bigger fish to fry.
I'm holding for now. Price drops don't really matter, it's all profit at the moment and 2 drops is only worth 0.1, and if he keeps his place he's still a bargain. Ramsey/Giroud displacing him in the side would be the biggest threat.
Can't but thinking Liverpool double-up would be preferable over the next games. Would be Firmino coming in to partner Couthino for me, but would be for a hit. Not sure it's worth that.
I think you're right. But the Liv mids worth getting are all half a million more expensive, and if you factor in the hits or even the intangible value of the transfer (or transfers if Walcott becomes a bandwagon again in a couple of weeks) then it becomes less clear-cut. Like you, I might have done it if I had a free, but other priorities like Valencia are, I think, more important.
Thanks for my cooling down my trigger happiness! Very easy to be obsessed by the price changes due to fear of loosing out on TV.
Cech
Vertonghan Lovren Francis
Sanchez Mane Allen Firminio
Kun Lukaku Deeney
Pickford Capoue Williams Amat
1FT 0.3ITB
A) Sanchez > KDB
B) Deeney > Austin
C) save.C
B, but see what happens on Thursday night with Southhamptons Europa League match first.
Did B yesterday.
Dont like neither of A and C. Would consider moving Verth as well if for free.Are you Kevin Rowlands?
Cheers for comments.
Kevin Rowlands?Oh haha. No I'm afraid not Jafalad.
Some great tunes though
Which option for FT?
A) Sell Valencia for max 5.8 def (who?)
B) Do Sterling to Hazard this week
Foster, Pickford
Valencia, Williams, Evans, Friend, Amat
Walcott, Gundogan, Firmino, Sterling, Barry
Aguero, Lukaku, CostaA. Fuchs
Play 2 of these for AoA team please:
Lovren (WAT) Daniels (SUN) - current
Walker (ars) Holebas (liv) AmatDaniels, Holebas
Lovren - Daniels
Lovren+Daniels is best. Would not play Holebas at Pool.
Thanks all
I slept over price rise for Austin and Gundo... And now I won't have enough money to get Hazard next week or so...
🙁
Yeah,happened night before too,the victim was Snod drop,hurts me so much.
Even reckless risk takers like me are captaining Aguero this weekend. Anybody going against the grain?
Non owners worried?Austin is tempting
Saints just don't score enough for me and Hull have defended better last two. Aguero looks a better shout.
Wilson/Firmino/Coutinho but probably Aguero
Tempted by the Pool assets. Certainly Phil if I owned him.
Man City looked so good last night.. gotta be Kun doesn't it.. if I owned KDB I'd probably back him over Kun right now tho
Coutinho really tempting me.
Aguero C probably
Ride the wave...Gundogan(C) 😉
Noice!! out scored Kun last night 🙂
Man City 4 (Aguero 7, Gundogan 34,59, De Bruyne 38)
Mid 0
😉
Yeah he looks a great cheap entry point to them now he's nailed down a spot. I would have to take Allen out though. Which ain't happening...
Yep, but in all seriously I will not be going all punty again after last week's disaster Deeney(C) so Aguero(C) for me, no-brainer 🙂
I'm tempted by Ibra.
Crazy I know, but swansea are rubbish and they don't have Heaton.
If Ibra gets those chances against Swansea he'll score 4 and have a couple assists for good measure.
Nuts?A few teams played this card last week.. would you want him after Swans tho.?
I'll assess it after Swansea.
He's been frustrating to own, but I'm still confident of returns very soon. If he wasn't getting the chances he's had I'd be more concerned and probably would have shipped him by now.
I also think our performance against Burnley was very good. The only thing missing was the finish. I think we're actually starting to finally click, hence I think the goals will flow soon.
Man Utd assets looked very promising in the first few game weeks, but not so much now. And that's irrespective of opposition.
I think this is rubbish, and wonder if you actually watched the Burnley match?
United were excellent, and only denied a heavy win by one of the best goalkeeping performances in recent time.
I wouldn't say excellent.
Ibra has been missing big chances for weeks now. Heaton was good, but Grant also thwarted him.
ManU are in trouble as they are geared towards feeding a striker that is in dire form. Lots of shots - all over the bar or into the goalkeepers arms.Jonty you do know a team can have an excellent performance and not score right?
I'm not defending the finishing, as it's obvious this needs improvement regardless of Grant and Heaton's performance, but if you think United weren't excellent against Burnley then I have to assume you're letting your hate for United blur your assessment.
Even the stats prove it was an excellent performance.
They constantly hammered Burnley's goal and repeatedly created chance after chance through slick passing and movement. They also went down to 10 men.
It was overall an excellent performance that unfortunately didn't have the end product to match.
It would be nice to see some honest and unbiased feedback on here sometimes.
For example, I hate City also, but can at least admit when they've had an outstanding performance as they did against Barca.
The end product is the most important part of football therefore they weren't excellent. Quite simple really
I agree it's the most important aspect, but your taking a very narrow minded view if you think it's the only factor on which a team's form or performance can be measured.
Your of course entitled to your opinion.Rhinos is spot on.
Its a game where the team with the most goals wins. If the whole game plan is built around feeding someone who can't score (most of Ibra's shots are over or straight at a keeper) then they cannot be called excellent.
It was a good goal keeping display but if Grant as well is denying Ibra then once again 'excellent' is not a word I'd use to describe Manchester United's attack.
I understand the club loyalty thing can cloud judgement at times and Heaton was great, but no goals at home to Stoke and Burnley is poor, very poor.Also " if you think United weren't excellent against Burnley then I have to assume you're letting your hate for United blur your assessment."
I'm a Brighton fan. Sure I remember 1983, but Manchester United are well off my hate radar.
If anything I want Manchester United to do well, as a Fantasy manager.
When I first started playing this I loved having Ronaldo, Vidic, Nani, Rooney to choose from. For the last few seasons they've had not much to offer. Its good for the game to have a great Manchester United team.
Also as a football fan its also great to remember those wonderful Giggs inspired attacks.
Before saying things like that it may pay to step back and have a think before you type.I'll apologize for the hate comment and retract it.
I was wrong to automatically assume that, but sometimes it's hard to have a balanced discussion on this site given the general United hate that gets pushed about, and the automatic box you get put into as a United supporter should you dare say anything positive about them.
I can assure you I'm as equally hard on my team as I am supportive, and have no problem calling things as I see them. 😉
So you and Rhino are saying no team in the history of the game have ever played an excellent game in a 0-0 draw?
I think that's one of the craziest things I've ever heard.
At this stage I'll agree to disagree and end the discussion as I think we view the game of football very differently. 😉We didn't say that at all.
We just said Manchester United didn't play excellently in their 0-0 game against Burnley. 😉We must be reading different comments then, because I could have sworn you both said a team can't have played excellently if they didn't score any goals.
Good luck champ, my works done here.
Can't have a discussion if the argument swaps and changes to suit, lol. 😉
I'm looking at it purely from a fantasy perspective. For every Man Utd player you could mention there's a better, cheaper alternative. They were to a certain extent unlucky against Burnley and Stoke, granted.
That's fair enough, and I tend to agree with you.
My gripe is with some people saying United have been terrible and out of form. I agree they've had a few terrible games, but so have some other big teams. I think we've been a mixture of unlucky and thwarted by some outstanding goalkeeping, rather than just plain out of form.
A team who's 'out of form' doesn't create the number of chances or shots on goal that we've had. Our finishing has been poor, but our form has been slowly improving imo.Why's it unlucky when the oppo keeper does his job, upto your players to be more clinical
Lol, ok Rhino. You're right.
reasonable assessment. but im betting hes not getting a starting berth. might come on as a sub.
I disagree.
I think he'll start as he'll have the international break straight after to have a rest.
SWA is also the perfect opportunity to finally get on the score sheet, so I think Mou will want to give him that chance in hope it's the start of a run.
We'll see I guess.
If I take a hit I'll be capping kdb, if not, Hazard
Just a couple of comments on the exchanges above.
One of the things I least like about FFS is the "who's right, who's wrong" polarisation. Often it seems that something can't be discussed without point-scoring and people defending their views or decisions or denigrating those of others.
DA is not my favourite poster (I often find him a bit of a troll to be honest) but I think he is right in this case. Zlatan was thwarted by one of those superb GK performances that happen occasionally. Shearer on MOTD said "on another day he could have scored 4" and that was what I saw too.
There is a difference between actual playing form and recent FPL points. They are not one and the same thing. I think that discrepancy is quite often at the root of pointless arguments where people are actually talking about 2 different things.
Personally I sold Aguero, brought Zlatan in and captained him. It cost me 25 points. Not my greatest result ever from one FT. But there it is, I backed the wrong horse last weekend as it turned out. Not the first time I have done so and it won't be the last either.Hahaha.
Calls me a troll because I don't agree with many of his arguments, lol.
Your a walking contradiction Ruth, and I don't need your meaningless support in this discussion considering your only doing so out of self interest to save face on the terrible decision you made to sell Aguero.
Next time you call me a troll because you can't handle an opposing argument, and don't have the balls to show your face around here after peddling terrible advice, you will be reported.
Lol, sells Aguero and gives other terrible advice, then comes back and says how he dislikes who was right or wrong discussions in an attempt to save face and deflect, lol.
Gun for Maloney & Austin for Deeney last night for a hit. All out attack this week. Wish me luck!
Did the Deeney to Austin trade myself and also will be playing Gun so... Good luck!
Cheers. Had to hold on to an injured Valencia for another week, but hey! Also got Redmond, just hope Saints players come through unscathed tomorrow.
I really hope so too as I've three flagged already (Arnautovic, Walcott & Bellerin)!
Hey, anyone remember when Son scored two braces and was a must have before changing roles and being shifted out by the herd?
Just saying. 🙂Still didn't represent Gun value.
One of the reasons I'm wary of bringing in Gundo. Once bitten and all that..
Yeah, I'm not saying Gundogan won't be a good option, but I think the pandemonium going on is a little gun-ho (pun intended).
Just makes more sense to wait and see for me, but what do I know.
Some of the herd still have him though. 😕
I considered him just like I'm considering Gundo now, but I'm glad I waited on Son so will do the same now with Gundogan.
https://twitter.com/11tegen11/status/793570515902496768
Arsenal passing network and average position for last night's match.
Ozil playing in a very advanced position
Think come gw15 I'll have DG Sanchez to Ozil for money to get Hazard
If Giroud holds down the striker role, Sanchez to Ozil is a shrewd move
I'm looking at him closely. He went through a solid consistent period last season
A) vertonghen to stones
B) bolasie to gundogan
C) both for -4B
Capoue to Allen. Williams for what Leicester defender (Morgan, Huth or Simpson) or any other 5 million or below defender?
Stones.
After the Barcelona game and West Brom game I might have a look at him, cheers.
MID, Burnley, Palace in the next three. Good pun imo.
If you want Lei I would go for Morgan, gets most BPS.Is it worth a -4?
Is it worth a -4.
Defender rarely justifies a hit.
Stones this week, cedric the week after
Is it worth a hit to go sterling to hazard. Have no Chelsea cover and do have aguero?
ThanksDo it next week for free
No
if you can still afford him next week at a possible extra 0.2 then wait
Cheers all should be able to so i'll hold for now, more sensible re fixtures too!
I done Arnie + Deeney ----> Coutinho + Austin
Good moves?Yes
100%
Hey all,
First post - trying to decide my future mid-field line up (probably point less with international break on the horizon). So would you rather:
A) Sanchez, Hazard, Firmino, Gundo, Allen (left with 0.7 ITB)
B) De Bruyne, Coutinho, Firmino, Walcott, Allen (left with 0.5 ITB)
Current team is:
Foster (Pickford)
Stones, McAuley, Walker (Holebas, Amat)
Sanchez, Coutinho, Firmino, Walcott, Allen
Aguero, Costa (Stuani) 0ITB
Would appreciate any feedback. ATM considering doing Sanchez to De Bruyne for this weekend.
B i think. Double LIV will bring more than Hazard/Gun long term imo
Awesome. Thanks for the reply
Should my priority be to replace Valencia or Shaqiri with my FT?
Depends on rest of team but I'd go Valencia
Although if you're looking for a makority view you should proba go shaq to gunduganThanks, I've not taken a hit yet this season but may well do both moves this week.
Defence without Valencia is Williams, McAuley and Mustafi so should be enough to get by.Agreed that defence looks better than most to me for this week.
Shaq might end up fit and make you regret shipping him Come the weekendYeah, might wait for pressers and swallow any price changes. Cheers
Son, Iwobi and Ibra - > Coutinho, KDB, 5.9 fwd?
Would be for - 4
Wouldn't be happy with 5.9 forward personally. Do you have kun?
If so I'd save the big bucks you were going to spend on kdb to upgrade the cheap fwdYeah I have Aguero, good idea, potentially I could go for Gundogan or Hazard and get Costa or Wilson?
Struggling to see value in cheap forwards, and recommendations other than Wilson?If you have Kun then maybe go Hazard and use the spare to het a better third striker (austin/wilson)
If you don't have Kun then yeah KDB plus bench fodder is fine
Best Son replacement, please:
1) Chadli
2) Allen
3) Milner
4) Lallana
5) Other?
Already have Gundogan. Have £7.7 to spend (unless taking a hit to moving Capoue out to someone cheaper). Wouldn't mind some leftover money to upgrade a defender of two.Allen or Lallana due to fixtures being great
Thanks.
I'm probably going Redmond. 2 out of those
I had Redmond from GW1 to 8. Frustrating player, but tempted to go back. Jonty has him, too.
Doing Coutinho/Firmino and Walcott -> Hazard and Gundogan for a -4 hit?
Dont get rid of Liverpool assets
What about Sanchez -> Hazard and Fletcher -> Gundogan?
