Paul
It’s time for our usual rummage around the Gameweek data this afternoon, in our first members’ article of the week.
We assess Sergio Aguero and Alexis Sanchez’ home and away displays after both bagged a brace last time out, while a pair of Southampton assets also come under analysis. We also check in on Swansea’ City’s playmaker and a cut-price Liverpool alternative to Philippe Coutinho, with the Brazilian now set for over a month on the sidelines.
Who wins longterm?
1) Sanchez + Austin
Or
2) Walcott + Kane
I have 1 and agreed 2 has better fixtures cuz of Kane but isnt 1 more in form?
1
I reckon 1 wins long term.
1
1
1. Because Kane wins over Austin but just not as much as Sanchez over Walcott.
1 long term, 2 for the next 4 weeks.
I would also agree with this and it's the reason I have them both from this week.
Walcott & Kane, that is.
What will replace twitter and when?
The Plague
Like for like then?
Hopefully Twitter/Intergram and their ilk are removed and replaced with nothing as they are awash with absolute morons and attention seekers IMO.
😀 this....
They'll exist just not in their current format. Think VR & stuff like Google Glass.
Bottomed
If you absolutely had to, would you rather do:
A) Sanchez to Walcott
B) Aguero to Kane
depends on the other 3 top mids and 2 forwrads you have ?
Hazard Sanchez Firmino Allen Capoue
Austin Lukaku Aguero
Want one of these so I can find Lukaku to Costa and get Alonso in defense with enough to upgrade Allen eventually.
Keep aguero imo. its a tough one because you real want to behaving both kun and alexis but if i had to choose i would go Kun. Wally is great arsenal replacemnet and cheaper than the likes of Kdb,
Thanks!
A
No such thing as absolutely have to 😉
But B for the next 4...
Considering more of a long term move. Not sure Aguero is the standout captain option any week for another 5-6 barring maybe Watford (but mid fixture congestion) and hence the downgrade thought.
Of course it is a reasonable argument, personally I wouldn't take out Aguero... Even for Kane.
Walcott is a rotation risk and his stats have declined quite a bit..
On the whole, if Sanchez to wally allowed me Lukaku to Costa/Kane, Fuchs to Alonso and then maybe Allen to Moses/Fer. How does it sounds then?
Still wouldn't do it. Allen -> Fer you can do anyway I reckon. Fuchs -> Cedric perhaps?
Find another way to upgrade Luk -> Costa/Kane.
both are bad moves
but B if you absolutely have to :p
Haha thanks mate.
Find anther way to do whatever you are trying to do. Walcott is not nailed and on the decline and Aguero is Aguero. Spurs looking a bit poor if you ask me.
Alright thank you. Really struggling to manage Alonso, Hazard, Sanchez, Firmino, Aguero, Costa. Not sure which one is the least necessary..
Firmino imo.
Playing striker in an attacking team with those fixtures and cheaper than his attacking peers. Still?
Will he be playing striker (if fit) though? Those fixtures aren't that good long term and Pool will suffer from Coutinho loss/potential change in system in my opinion.
I have them all apart from Alonso who will be coming in soon but have plumped on Anichebe as 3rd striker to help fund it. I think SOU will struggle to score goals and every other striker below Austin is pretty rank so might as well go with cheapest scoring option with decent fixtures IMO. If Defoe is a decent option then I think Anichebe is.
A easily
I brought in Ibra for last week and was happy with his performance.
Went Cout > Siggy earlier and am strongly considering a (-4) for Ibra > Kane (C), and flip-flopping the 2.
With the outrageous amount of FFS people captaining Kane, it's seems impossible to avoid him.
Thoughts?
From memory, Spurs tend to struggle against teams that they are expected to thrash. If you didn't buy Kane who would you captain?
I'd have to go with Aguero or Hazard or Ibra. No Sanchez/Austin.
Hmm. I think over the next 4 weeks you will make that back. And your other captaincy options are not that great this week.
It's very easy to get the impression that players have a much higher ownership on here than is the reality. He only has 8% overall and many of those will be dead teams. That said I would do it, especially as you are captaining him
So much ^this^. Suddenly Kane is 'template'!
Why not have Kane and Ibra?
Deeney to Austin for a hit?Austin rising tonight Deeney drops tomorrow.
Yep I definitely would.
It'll pay off long-term, if you're itching to take one, take it.
I am not convinced by Austin or SOU attack. Deeney is useless now so do it if you fancy Austin.
Thanks guys think i ll do it and then get punished by Deeney.
Good long term transfer. Good transfer this week.
you can always go wrong with a hit, but I would do it.
Thank you
aguero, coutinho,snodgrass out.....costa, firmino, yaya toure in...good to go or not???
def no
just do cout to firm from those and find another way to get Costa in
Unsure on Toure to be honest, think Sigurdsson or Mata are better options. Difficult if you want City coverage though.
exactly...no one is sure about city...kdb was benched against burnley....u never know when aguero will be benched and with a busy period coming...13m for a player where there is no certainity?? he will score for sure...but will he play every game?? that's the million dollar question
Just take Aguero in isolation, you say you'll never know when he'll be benched, isn't that reason to keep him?
If you don't know when he'll be benched why would you gamble against it and risk missing out on him in his current form?
Do you think other players are not at risk from a random rest over Christmas? Take Costa and his historically weak hamstrings, it's OK when he's playing once a week, different consideration for his manager when he's looking at 3 games over a Christmas week.
Second guessing is a dangerous thing.
+1
Not good...
No, not yaya
who if not yaya...8.6 itb
Siggy?
will Heaton play this gameweek ??
Probably.
Benteke > Austin for a hit?
OR
Ibra > Kane for a hit?
Fancy either?
I'm doing Benteke Austin for a hit, but already got Kane.
Not for a hit
Tekkers -> Austin hit will pay off over this run of fixts.
who is the best couple for this GW?
Sanchez $ Austin or Kane & Shaqiri\Son?
Sanchez + Austin.
The former
Sanchez austin
But kane is going for a hat trick...........
But so are both Sanchez and Austin
I agree
still it worry's me that I have no spurs in my team against swansea at home.....
Guys,
Any update on Firmino ? will he play this wkend ?
Tnks
He's fine.
Mighty fine 😉
We don't know yet.
He wasn't fit to play yesterday.
Only thing to do is wait.
Aaah my bad, missed the latest news.
Good for you owners then 🙂
I am a Firmino owner but these are just standard garbage reporting from gutter press with no quotes. The same ones who were saying Hazard was out for up to 6 weeks. I think he should be fine but these are hardly confirmation
I tend to agree. I would be more optimistic today than yesterday though. Non-owner here.
General consensus and newspaper reporting nonsense suggests he is fine. Take that with a inch of salt. Personally, I think he will be fine.
firmino is a shoo in if fit I think
even in difficult fixtures and ppl are forgetting Liverpool.plays best in difficult fixtures
brace against arsenal last season is a little example
Looks like he's fit:
http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/30/liverpool-stars-joel-matip-and-roberto-firmino-shake-off-injury-concerns-ahead-of-bournemouth-clash-6293166/
I'm interested to see how he does without Coutinho though.
2 goals ? like against Leicester early in the season hope so 🙂
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2016/09/30/the-firmino-theory/
It wasn't too long ago that we were saying Coutinho had a negative impact on Firmino.
Although, a day after that article was published, Firmino got a goal and assist.
exactly I think Liverpool is a team in every form now and they have coped without cout and firm this season with flying colours although even it is a little sample size
Have
Heaton, Pickford
Alosno, McAuley, Holebas, Amat, Kingsley
Hazard, Firmino, Siggy, Allen, Gundogan
Kun, Kane, Costa
Should I try to get in Sanchez even if it means losing a big hitter?
Good looking team.
Depends on which big hitter you are talking about 😉
Anything in the bank? Any FTs?
0.5 in bank. No FT's, looking long term.
Tough one then. Would have suggested Firmino + Gundogan -> Sanchez + cheapie 5th, but it doesn't, but I guess you are still around 1m-ish short, right?
Tough call, as I wouldn't want to lose Hazard/Kun/Kan/Costa(unless 5th yellow).
Exactly right, I million short.
Really tough situation, as I really rate Sanchez highly.
but I wouldn't do anything this week. you will need a -8 either way, which I am not sure it is worth. Wait one week and re-asses is the advice I would give :/
I'd try and squeeze Walcott in instead
That midfield is not the best with Allen and Gundogen. Downgrade one to a playing 4.3 and upgrade the other to Sanchez. Drop kane to do this. That is what I would do.
Tempted to do that, worried Kane may out perform Sanchez.
I just think Spurs are not looking the best and Aguero/Costa are not going anywhere from my team. Just my suggestion/opinion. If it backfires I dont want any legal proceedings coming my way 🙂
In other words you don't want to be "kaned" 🙂
haha
What transfers to make? There's so many possibilities, but seeking to make the right one(s). I have 2 FT, 0.6 itb.
Heaton - Jaku
Stones - Holebas - Friend* - Pieters - Amat
Sanchez - Hazard - Firmino - Capoue - De Roon
Aguero - Costa - Austin
*100% injured.
Heaton, Holebas and Firmino are all doubts, but should make it hopefully.
Playing Capoue or DR as a 4th mid is a bit nauseating to me.
Indeed, i agree completely. Just a short matter of time until Capoue is gone. It's just to get someone good, one of Sanchez/hazard needs to be dropped, which I don't want to do do right away.
Disagree. You don't need to drop Haz/Sanchez. Would rather keep both and get Fer/Can/Matic/Phillips/Zaha etc as 4th mid.
Hmmm thanks for the ideas. I'm slightly cautious of the cheap 4th mid route as I've been burned by it quite a bit this season. In fact that is probably the position which has caused more frustration than any other in my team until now.
Out of the players you mentioned, Fer and Zaha certainly interest me though. Are they both nailed?
Can understand why. I haven't been able to figure it out yet either 😉
Zaha is definitely nailed. I think Fer is pretty nailed too, but I am not 100% sure, as I haven't really figured out Bradley yet.
Fer's fixtures are very good over the busy schedule though.
I dropped Austin to Anichebe. Not for everyone but there are no other decent options up to Austin and even then I have doubts about Austin/SOU.
or if you want to keep Austin the above suggestion is good. Didn't see you had 0.6 ITB. Still dont like the above options though but they are a step up.
Yeh, they interest me but don't inspire too much excitement. It's just a bit complicated because I'm sure I'm going to want siggy as a fourth mid in the near future which would be funded by a haz/Alexis downgrade.
If I buy e.g fer, and then replace him with siggy a week or so later then that will in effect be a wasted transfer. I just can't bring myself to get get siggy yet, after Alexis on Sunday, and hazards ridiculous upcoming fixtures.
Hence having to put up with nauseating Capoue.
Stones > Cedric
Capoue > someone better
I agree with Worzel, you need to to change Capoue to a decent 4th.
Other than that perhaps Stones -> Cedric as a long term transfer?
Yes that looks like a good one. You think I should get rid of stones rather than friend?
Stones is going to drop in price before this GW, whereas friend probably won't. However, stones will play most likely, whereas friend definitely won't.
Yep. I have had enough of Stones, but it depends when Friend is expected back... From GW 17 Friend could offer good value.
Haha, welcome to the club.
Yes indeed he could. Selling then buying back could be a good piece of business.
Perhaps. But do you think he drops more than 0.1? If so I am not sure spending 2 transfers is worth it.
Not too sure to be honest, it's certainly possible I'd imagine. He's out for 3/4 weeks which is a fair bit of time for drops.
Ah sorry. Didn't realise he was out for that long still... Then it could be a good scheme 😉
Defoe to Austin for a hit is a bad idea isn't it?
I'm so tempted though. I fancy Austin a lot, even though Defoe has LEI swa next.
Yeah it is.
I'd avoid. Can only see Austin getting one goal this weekend.
I wouldn't do that. I would prefer Defoe personally. Sunderland seem to be doing well goal wise and forming a good attacking team IMO. Think they realise they need to score goals as will rarely keep a CS. I just have doubts about Austin/SOU attack. Austin will be rotated as well but Defoe wont over Xmas period. Sunderland fixtures are rather good. I went with the cheap Defoe to get team I want but point stands.
Fair enough, but I'm a lot more confident in the Southampton attack than the Sunderland. Austin's stats are brilliant also. But I see your point. Cheers.
Not for a hit imo.
Silly. Leicester are garbage away from home this season and Swansea, well are Swansea.
Thanks lads 😀 Will hold myself back.
I see more pros in owning Austin than Defoe.
However, they both have form and fixtures.
I'd wait until GW16 (CHE), if you're not happy with his output then get rid.
Fair point, cheers mate!
Which hit of the 3 do you prefer most? Or more than 1?
A) Ibra > Kane (C)
B) Shaq > Wally (C)
C) Benteke > Austin (C)
Don't have a captaincy pick this week and need one of the following I reckon.
Wouldn't do any of them for a hit.
Missed the hit part.
Even if it means captaining Aguero or Hazard?
Yeah probably. Brought in Kane myself for free, but not a 100% convinced by him yet. Wouldn't captain Wally. Austin could be a fun punt, but it is not like Soton are scoring freely either.
Is Shaq injured? B if so. If not C.
I like A and B but dont captain walcott
A
Defoe (Lei,Swa,Che)
or
Austin (Pal,Mid,Sto)
considering the next 3 fixtures?
Austin
Austin
Austin, but not for a hit this GW.
This week, for the long term, get rid of:
A) Sterling
or
B) Lallana?
A
A, wouldn't be looking to get rid of Lallana
Cheers guys. Always a big help you two.
Sánchez will start tonight, right? 🙁
No
Who do they have up front?
Perez maybe.
Is he healthy? I surely hope so
Lovely, cheers TM
Perez
Chuba Akpom
Red flag on FPL?
http://dailycannon.com/2016/11/akpom-returns-gym-encouraging-injury-update/
Hmm, probably not available tonight then
http://arsenalfever.com/predicted-4-2-3-1-iwobi-and-akpom-to-start-as-arsenal-take-on-southampton/
Find out who has no idea soon.
I severely severely doubt it
Watching from home more likely.
In Chile.
I hope you are right guys!
nah
no
Wouldn't think so. Or hope so :/
GW 15 - Let's say I do Kun to Costa. What would you do with free funds ?
Grant/Pickford
Walker/Alonso/McAuley/Holebas/Amat
Wally/Hazard/Firm/Zaha/Siggy
Austin/Kun/Kane(c)
For now imo I could only see Holebas to Cedric
Personally I wouldn't ship Kun, but IF I did with that team, I would be looking to get in sanchez. O
What about his rotation in december ?
Do you have the rotation schedule handy by any chance? You know, the one from all the managers confirming who will be rotated and when?
I don't think he is more of a risk than many other players (Costa/Kun/Firm). Wally is certainly more of risk than Sanchez in my humble opinion.
I'd rather do Kane to Costa.
I like Spurs defensively but think their outfield assets are overpriced. As bad as he's been some weeks I'd also still be wary of selling Kun.
Just me, maybe, but right now I'd rather have Kun and Costa rather than Costa and Kane.
I want Kane for his 4 home games 😉
Lots of people are saying that on here.
Not convinced he'll outscore Aguero in that spell. Spurs really haven't looked like high scorers, they were doggy doo in Champions League and I can see a team like Swansea frustrating them too.
I love their defenders, but not sold on their outfield players so far this season and certainly not over City, Chelsea or Liverpool mids and strikers.
Kane is good but the difference for me is that if Aguero has a bad game he can still bag a brace. Kane has a bad game its 2 points and thats your lot.
Maybe I wiII reassess him after Swansea. Anyway thanks for replies !
Surely it comes down to Costa vs Kane and not Kun vs Kane?
In such way, yeah
So I'd hang on to both Kun and Kane for now and see what the next couple of weeks bring
Hopefully there'd be a couple of pens for Kane.
Anyway to bring Sanchez I would need to do:
Walker to Cedric
Zaha to ex Can
Kun to Costa
Wally to Sanchez
I'm sorry i've been asking this again....
What changes can i make to this WC team?
Heaton Pickford
Alonso Lovren Pieters Nyom Amat
Sanchez Firmino Sigurdsson Pedro De Roon
Aguero Kane Austin
WC still active.....I've been thinking-
1)Cedric better option than Lovren?
2)Swap Pieters for someone else??
0.0 itb....
I would personally have haz and Cedric in any wildcard team
Yes to both questions. Not going to suggest my changes to the midfield again 😉
Get rid of Kane and get Costa instead. Cheaper and will get you more points.
1) yes
2) not many at 4.5
Cedric is a better option than lovren all day long all year
I'd keep pieters
Tough fixtures for Pieters. He would need to rotate very well with the others...
That's fine, but who would your replacement be?
Francis? Just suggesting that he should map out the difficulty of his defense each game week and find a guy who rotates well with the rest. If that is Pieters, fine by me 🙂
Is there a way to know exactly WHEN players will drop in price? Say, as an example, there is another 100K sales before Lukaku will drop again, etc. Do you have to do some maths on your own, or can you find it somewhere? Cheers
http://www.fplstatistics.co.uk/
http://fantasyfootballfix.com/
i think FFFix might be a little more accurate
FPLstats is more accurate
Much appreciated. Thanks!
Really? Thought FPLstats was much more accurate.
just my opinion, i recommend using both
It is.
There is but it is a closely guarded secret 🙂
http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/245237-30-melwood-photos-reds-prepare-for-bournemouth
No sign of Firmino.......
The game is Sunday so a few days for him yet I hope!
He is taking the pictures
Cheeky bit o' moonlighting
If it was him taking the pictures, they would all be selfies.
There is literally no players in these pics that could play front 3 so I wouldn't worry too much.
The report below says he trained .
Yeah I would bang him.
Have Brunt and McAuley. Have to ship Brunt off after this GW i reckon to Cedric.
Any other suggestion at that price?
Current team:
Heaton, Pickford
McAuley, Brunt, Clyne, Smith, Amat
Haz, Wally, Firm, Siggy,Capoue
Kun, Kane, Austin
Cedric... Good value and good long term fixtures.
Is Ake nailed for Bournemouth? Wouldn't mind a bit of that 4.2 action if I'm honest.
Bournemouth fans love him already
I watched him on on Sunday and he looked very good, and confident in himself too.
Anyone else using the FFS desktop version on their laptop have the screen jump back to the top at the start of loading a new page after a few seconds by which time I have scrolled to the bottom? Starting to get annoying.
I have that issue on my phone, but not on my laptop.
Both on phone and laptop, I experience when I click comments from the live comment tab, it just takes me to the newest comment page under the article.
Anyone know when the "team news" section usually gets updated?
Alternatively do you know any other trustworthy sites to see predicted line ups?
Cheers
Thursday evening I think.
Normally updated after the team's respective press conference, i also use rotowire
Rotowire has a Stoke line up without Allen. I can't see Hughes benching Allen...
Yea not 100% accurate normally will get updated during the week
i normally use it for daily fantasy when all the lineups are confirmed 1 hour prior to kick off
Thanks I appreciate it.
Cheers both. And I will try out rotowire...
Just saw a video of a bodybuilder punching the judge because he didn't win.
I just can't take a bloke in children's pants smothered in Marmite seriously, though.
He then proceeded to strip as well 🙂
Just realised the City game is the early kick off again. At least that means the Aguero misery is known by 2:30
Likely chadli gets his spot back this weekend?
Likely. He is nailed when fit. Morrison likely to drop out.
dont know, pulis said he didn't want to disrupt the team balance but this was after the Burnley game so might have changed his mind after hul
Any suggestions to improve this bunch?
Grant/pickford
Kosc Cedric Evans holebas amat
Firmino hazard Sanchez Allen kightly
Kane kun Austin
Wouldn't mind siggy in in the next few weeks but that means possible kosc -> 4.4
Allen -> siggy
Thoughts?
Would be careful downgrading your defence that much, especially considering your keepers
Good point
