| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Sus |
| Up |  Kelleher | BRE | C, Vs |
| Down |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C, Inj |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | C |
| Up |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Up |  Marc Guehi | CRY | A |
| Up |  van den Berg | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | C |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| Up |  Szoboszlai | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Schade | BRE | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| Up |  Ekitiké | LIV | B |
| Down |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| Down |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
Paul We turn to the Opta data next for our regular post-Gameweek check on the top performers over the weekend for members.
A host of midfielders catch the eye this week, with assets from Liverpool, Spurs, Leicester and Stoke all impressing. The growing influence of Burnley’s playmaker is also highlighted as we also check in on Manchester City’s left-back debutant at the Vitality Stadium.
Gibbs at wing back / full back for wba at 5m hmmmmm
He's 100% nailed right?
I would have thought he would be
He might come off for Brunt if they are behind, but then he would have lost his cleanie by then anyway.
True that
Maybe TP will play WB's, McCauley Dawson Hegazi in the middle with Nyom and Gibbs flanking.
Not bad shout would get mac and heg in then wouldn't it
Poor value. Hegazi is cheaper and Dawson/McAuley will score more.
Don't suppose anybody knows the best Gameweek to use the free hit card? Is it best to use it when the big teams are playing against the small teams?
I ask because all my players are away from home next GW with some tough fixtures. I'm also in a head-to-head league against the only other player who's unbeaten. Would it be a waste to use it now?
Not wise, wait for a double gameweek or a week when only a few teams play. They always happen.
Most are using it during a gameweek where not many teams are playing
Yeah this make sense cause then u can just have loads of randoms from the same teams and still get points - obv up to only 3 of each from a team
Use it when there's a GW with about 4-5 fixtures during FA Cup last 16
Cheers guys
Well its been good knowing ya Carroll, please don't fall in price until GW8 ish
I doubt Sanchez affects Carroll at all.
I dunno they have Roque Mensa, Clucas, Sanches and Fer all as good center mids
Yeah sanches is a coup
Will improve Carroll's potential
Llorente moving to be a bench player. That's good for abs though unless bony comes back
Still talk that Llorente will sign for Chelsea.
As a Chelsea fan & FPL manager who owns Tammy, I'd be all over this move. Llorente is a good back-up; has worked with Conte before.
No Llorente means more playing time for Tammy & with the other improvements at Swansea, could boost his appeal.
Bony might be back to Swansea.
Not happy with the Oxlade Chamberlain signing personally.
Rather spent that money on a defender, or used it to get an even better calibre of player for a future transfer.
I suppose he's a utility player, but that isn't what he wants, so...
Not up to standard
Opportunistic purchase
It's a weird one
Im not happy spending so much money when we could have had him in summer for free. £20-25 max should have got him. If we still get Lemar tho then no worries
It's a good signing in terms of squad depth and covering several positions but paying 40m for a half decent player with only a year left on his contract is laughably incompetant. Smacks of owners appeasing fans before Couts leaves ... this is no way the signing to do that.
Think it marvellous if Swansea can get Sanches
Yes defo what a coup
Shows he must be a fraud if anything.
With Oxlade going to Liverpool, who will he threaten more Salah or Mané?
🙂
The splines on the bench will be his competition
Probably Milner and his pitch time (off the bench as a sub).
Prob mane if he plays out on wing
Right sided player, so Salah more at risk
Mane's preferred side is also the right to be honest but he's been great on the left so far.
He doesn't want to play though, does he? I thought he rejected the Chelsea deal because of it.
*doesn't want to play on the right
The physio
Well wider of the 3
At the Halloween fancy dress party type of thing?
Can't he be a Gini replacement? Think he can easily achieve Gini's level or exceed it.
Haha have an upvote
Use it on a blank gw. Dont waste chips vs specific h2h opponents
Reply fail?
For christ sake Jurgen, buy a keeper and a defender or two!!!
Sell lovren I hear u say?
You spelt 'give him away' wrong.
Yeah that's my bad soz lol
Foster Elliot
Lowe Jones Alonso Cedric Mbemba
Eriksen Fabregas Pogba Salah RLCheek
Jesus Lukaku Joselu
On WC, any help gratefully received... suggestions?
If you're on a WC, you have to imagine the worst. Say Jones gets injured and Fab is kept mainly for the CL. Then you're playing RLC and Joselu as starters, both with no downgrade potential. Don't think we have enough info on what Pep intends to do with his frontline yet to pick Jesus (although he's a lovely player). I think if you're WCing now, you have to be safer and cover at least 14 positions with players you'd be happy to play for, say, three or four GWs in a row.
Any Chelsea deals likely to go through?
Daniel Drinkwater
This, must like being a bench player too
I have 2 FT. What should I do?
A) Quaner & JWP -> Mitrovic & Mkhitaryan
B) Quaner & JWP -> Ayew & Mkhitaryan
C) JWP -> Mkhitaryan ( save FT)
D) Quaner -> Rooney ( save FT)
E) Quaner -> Gabbi ( save FT)
B
Are you playing Quaner?
Just jwp to Mkhi if not.
False hope:
@afcstuff 4m4 minutes ago
It is likely that Arsenal will make a bid for Jean Seri after agreeing a deal to sell Oxlade-Chamberlain. [@guardian_sport]
Reality:
@bbcsport_david
Oxlade-Chamberlain to sign 6yr deal with #LFC & becomes Arsenal's all-time record departure fee. Unlikely that #AFC will sign a replacement
Hahaha
Dave is the real deal
Seri wouldn't be a replacement for Ox though. Different positions. 😉
Ox couldn't be less like a decent central midfielder. 😉
Im pretty happy with ox tbh. Ive seen enough of him to know that he will prosper under a real coach 😉
Yeh, lots of talent. I hope he fulfils his potential.
*secretly hopes he pings his hammy*
Who do you think you are getting? Im loving the negativity around arsenal but in all seriousness i want them to sort themselves out....as long as they finish below Liverpool
Nobody. Nobody even linked. The Daily Mail can't even be bothered to make something up. 🙁
I can make something up. I know you like it when i do that
😆 😆
Touche. 😛
Read the response to WK 😉
He will double it at Liverpool
Wow hero to dirt to hero in record time 😉
The opposite of Herrera this season. 😉
Any1 reckon Clement's relationship with Ancelotti has something to do with this Sanches deal?
Of course.
Definitely
Certainly
Its so sad watching Wenger going mad in public.....I seriously believe we are watching a man go through mental illness and this post is not funny. The signs are obvious and very very sad.........he needs someone to tell him he needs to rest.
what post?
It's a bit funny.
Well ...yes it is a bit funny but you know what I mean........
It doesnt matter how much Arsenal got for Ox, you just know Wenger aint spending it
They'll buy someone. Not in a position they need mind you
New LWB. 🙂
Casillas for 20m
*Robles
Yeah some conference player for a tenner
KDB » Pogba today? Looks like he is rising next night.
Best replacement for Danilo? Alonso?
Why Pogba?
Do you have Mané/Salah + Alli/Eriksen ?
Have Salah and Kane.
Is Eriksen better choice than Pogba or Mkhi?
Pogba is a good a move. If you are looking for a cheap defender take a look on Swansea players. Great fixtures coming.
Hes good move. More nailed than Mkhi.
Just asking is Pogba rising next night?
Can I know some budget midfielders for uefa fantasy ?
Made a team earlier and really struggled with that. Got a 4m fodder, Salvio at 5.5m and everyone else over 7m.
Chamberlain at Liverpool could be interesting when the African boys will leave for the Cup of Nations
AFCON is summer now mate
Hmmm maybe thats why clubs are no longer pensive about investing in top African talent
So is Gibbs to Liverpool & Ox to WBA now both confirmed?
Almost read that wrong 🙂
Nice. Late, but nice
Gibbs yeah but naught Jaffa cake you done it the wrong way round
Jaffa cake? You mean Jafooli?
No it's a new nick name, he is jaf and he fools. A Jaffa cake also fools cause it's classed as a biscuit and a cake 😮
Ah okay, I'm with you 🙂
Hahaha. Amazing.
Arsenal seem to go through the same phases almost every season. Sell a big player, Defensively exposed, big loss to a top 6 rival, Wenger Out. So what is so different this season that Arsenal are now in a crisis? Missing out on Champions League?
The saving grace was always that they got top 4.
Half our team wants to leave.
only half !!!!
Giroud wanted to stay. Besides Sanchez, I don't think anyone can even claim they deserve better.
Wenger's been blowing smoke up these muppets arses so long they think they do.
Not after that Pool loss. That was rock bottom.
Really. Ox is off, Sanchez and Mustafi want to go, but is there anyone other than that?
Ozil is probably not happy.
I don't believe that. I think the fans are hoping that is true given how useless he has been. He'll stay put along with Giroud Laca.
Bellerin looks bloody miserable, Ozil wont be signing a contract, Wilshere being pushed out the club, Perez wants to go, as does Debuchy, as does Campbell.
If we can't get rid of the crap miserable players, what an awful atmosphere to train under...
There's nothing different. Everyone's just lolling at a team in disarray. Everyone will be lolling at Pool before long. It's just how every season plays out.
It is strange, it feels as though everybody has suddenly turned on Arsenal and Wenger. I don't know wether it was the media who manufactured this "Arsenal are in crisis" idea and the public followed suit or the otherway round.
They are in crisis and everyone is right to turn on Arsenal and Wenger. It's just that I don't see why this season is suddenly different. They nearly got Top 4 last season and the fans turned on them pretty much all last season. They are so naive defensively but are there that many teams in the PL that can do to them what Pool did? They'll grind out results before long.
No CL which now means involvement in a competition that can and will derail any domestic season.. on top of that it's evident the players aren't playing for a manager who has no officially lost his marbles.. not good
No CL is a blessing for Wenger if he gets Arsenal to beat the lesser teams. Don't see how those 10-2s help a season.
That's fair in the sense that while the record of qualifying every season was highly impressive they were getting destroyed every season.. he can play the second string in the early stages of the EL but when it comes to the latter rounds it's pretty obvious even more so now that EL is far and away the best chance of getting back into the CL and so he will have to take that seriously which will have an impact on a league campaign which will already be faltering imo.. it's a hell of a slog that EL
Yeah, and if you remember, after every hammering to Bayern/Barca, Arsenal just collapse in the league around Feb-March. While the team looks in utter disarray right now, the fans are fickle too. Beat Bournemouth, WBA and Brighton at home, and suddenly, everyone will start being quietly optimistic. The start of every season is usually horrendous. This feels worse but is sadly, no different. Yeah, those Thursday matches are difficult and I'm not sure how he's going to manage that, but I don't see it as the only route to the top 4. Think everyone's forgotten how bad Liverpool looked at the end of last season when they were under pressure. But yeah, he'll need one of the top 5 to drop off and it may just be Spurs turn this time with the Wembley nonsense going around.
Another wc team guys what do you think
Forster/Elliot
Jones/Danilo/Cedric/Naughton/Mbemba
Mane/Mkhi/Pogba/Salah/David Silva
Firmino/Morata/Ayew
Too many baskets with too many eggs in them. 14 of your players play for only 6 teams.
Eh?
I wouldn't go without Kane or Lukaku. Ditch one of Pool and Utd Mids for Ali or Eriksen. Danilo seems like a waste of money since not sure of starting.
How badly will Liverpool attack miss Coutinho when he leaves?
I think he is crucial to open those tight defences,and his dictating presence could affect such matches significantly.
So far this season - not much
Tbf, they looked pretty awful against Watford for large parts, and didn't look great against Palace either.
A lot of creativity is falling on Mane's shoulders. Gini isn't up to it imo.
Question marks over our midfield. Arsenal were all over the place so cant judge us too much on that game
Can has done well tbf, but I'm still worried about those stubborn defenses. Is Lemar the answer?
I think every team needs some guile for the West Brom's and the Burnley's.
let the season progress.
I'm sure the Ox will step up manfully 🙂
you serious?
A lot unless they are playing Arsenal..
lol, "out of order" Arsenal to be fair,I think Arsenal have a good defence with
Cech
Bellerin Mustafi Koscielny Monreal Kolasinac
with Xhaka patrolling that defense ,last game was a tactical mess.
You've got to be joking?
Not sure attempting a backheel to your keeper in the 6 yard box with Salah behind you is tactical... Xhaka was just a tad dreadful.
Meh. Great player but honestly doesn't fit into Klopp's style as well as Salah
He was going to drop into midfield. Would have had his best season yet but he went and ruined it all
Yep, but again I don't think Klopp's style can support a CAM like that. Needs 3xRamires types in midfield
No we dont. Problem is against small teams that play deep. Coutinho as CM is ideal for that. See last two games of last season
This is spot on.
Good player but not that big a loss.
I think he's not quite right for any position in their 433
Take the well over the top money I say
Salah is not a creator,Coutinho certainly is needed at the centre .
not looking at Romas matches last year were we?
I think they need to cash in. The danger lies in not buying a defence
true defense is actually a mess,and this is why their attack is so important.
The transfer window in Spain closes on Friday so Liverpool have a extra day to sort it out around Couthino. If they sign Lemar they can sell Couthino for 150 mil.
from what I read,Cout is a done deal,just the announcement is waiting.
This, murmurings that's its already been done.
I actually think that if/when Coutinho leaves, Firmino might drop a bit deeper and take up more of that type of role, and that Liverpool could buy an actual striker next window
I doubt Klopp would play Firmino in a deeper role,he practically moulded him for that no. 9 position.
True they won't be playing Arsenal every week. 😉
Yes, Liverpool have had a great transfer window, but they still haven't addressed the problem that will stop the from winning the league - a centre back.
This is so obvious to everyone but they can't see it somehow, really strange.
Klopp can't be this stupid to not address his defensive problems. England isn't like Germany, you need a half decent defence.
Its coming hopefully. Just before window shuts. Btw have you seen Berbs' profile pic?
Yes, I have 🙂
He is on he`s way... 🙂
A good window so far, not a great one..down to the very reason you say
You have about 28 hours to make or break your season imo.
United fan here. Tidy little window for us
Sanchez would be a bit ott though 😉
United fan aswell over here. Yes, Ox is a more exciting signing than Matic, however with Matic we addressed our problems from last season. Simple.
Tbh, I'm more excited by Matic. But then I'm a fan of Mourinho.
Ox is a signing which has every sensible Arsenal and Liverpool fan I know saying "meh"
Still applies. You have 28 hours to make or break your season.
And a goalie....
Instead of signing the Ox they could have brought a £40m goalie to actually improve their team.
Spot on...
Could of had their pick of goalies for that amount of money..
Easier said than done.
Has to be someone out there better than what they've got....Surely.....
And how much would a good cb cost?
What do you mean 'great transfer window'? Signing Salah is good, but the rest are poor.
Best option for an enabling striker? (Long Term)
A) Rodriguez
B) Ayew
C) Joselu
Thanks guys
All pretty pants picks tbf
Which is why I'm struggling to pick one!
No one else in mind like abs at Swansea?
D) Tammy
C) Andre Gray (seriously, why is nobody even discussing Gray? Watford look slick.)
A.
Abraham followed closely by JRod for me
Abraham and Gray are both gone. Hence why they aren't in my options.
Oh a draft? Then A
Appreciate the replies guys. Thanks for your input!
Renato Sanches would be best used in a Number 8 position by Swansea where he can use his energy and physicality to push forward. Or in other words, if Clements has any sense, he would keep him as far away from the No.6 position as possible where more defensive maturity is required than Sanches currently possesses.
I feel sorry for Sanches to a degree. He was far from the finished article after his meteoric breakout season at Benfica. Needing time and patience to settle in a new culture and language, he instead found a coach in Ancelotti who wasn't giving young players a chance full stop. He was far too ill-disciplined and lacked the tactical maturity required for the Bundesliga. In the end, Sanches clearly had no future at Bayern after a wretched first year where he only started 9 games all season - and only two after December.
There was too much competition in his position (Arturo Vidal, Xabi Alonso and Thiago Alcantara) and there would have been even more next season in the shape of Rudy and Tolisso, and Goretzka in the year after that.
As Sanches never really acclimatised and his advisor was pushing for a permanent move away. I'm surprised to an extent that the move turned out to be a loan (Milan seemed favourites to sign him until recently), but not surprised that he left as he really had no future in Munich.
Although it was thought that Bayern might loan him to a minor Bundesliga club, two factors may have swung them towards Swansea. Firstly, Ancelotti's connection with Swansea coach Clements, but more brutally - Bayern need to recoup their outlay on the player and putting him in the shop window in the Premier League makes more sense.
Sanches' tactical naivety would have been just as visible at (say) Leverkusen or Freiburg, whereas his all-action style would probably fit in better in a Premier League where disciplined possession football is less of a requirement. And Premier League clubs have money to burn, as we've seen from some of the daft prices that have been agreed in this transfer window.
Have a +1. 🙂
Didn't read it all, but have an upvote for effort.
Not sure I feel sorry for him. Couldn't hack it at a big club..same old story
Good post
Cheers. HT this.
Yeah but he'll be the most popular pick on FUT 18.
Yes! PB is posting! 🙂
Hello everyone
brighton have some interesting fixtures coming up, best asset ? Gross, propper, knockaert ?
thanks a lot 🙂
Probably Knockaert or the new winger.
thanks you 🙂
I had Gross from GW1 and watched Brighton very closely. They offer basically nothing up-front. They will be this season's Middlesborough. Knockaert definitely the best prospect but for that money you could have Richarlison, Brady or the Ox.
People were mocking us for signing a Chelsea reject in the summer, but we're now signing a player who rejected Chelsea
Because he ain't good enough 😉
You wanted a player that wasnt good enough? Lol
Please rate my team
Foster
Cedric, otamendi, vanAanholt
Pogba, mane, tadic, erikson
Ayew, kane, lukaku
Bench: elliot, mbemba, carroll Rosenior
KdB » Pogba today before rise?
Yeah
Yes, Pogba is the best player in the world.....
