| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | B, Vs, Rest |
| No Change |  Kelleher | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Martinez | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Petrovic | BOU | A |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Hill | BOU | A, £ |
| Up |  O’Reilly | MCI | A, OoP |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Muñoz | CRY | B |
| No Change |  Kayode | BRE | C, Vs, Inj |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | C, Vs |
| Up |  Ballard | SUN | B |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Salah | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Dango Ouattara | BRE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Ismaila Sarr | CRY | B |
| No Change |  Rice | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Rayan | BOU | B |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Ekitiké | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | B |
| No Change |  Kroupi | BOU | C, Rest, £ |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | C |
Paul We now check in with the form of a number of Double Gameweek 37 candidates in our regular analysis of the members’ Opta data.
Man City’s attack shows no signs of complacency since clinching the title, while Southampton appear to have reason for optimism in their bid to beat the drop.
Meanwhile, we assess the recent showings of Spurs and Leicester’s frontmen, while Man United and Chelsea’s midfield make a late claim for our attention ahead of Friday evening’s deadline.
Really good to hear the number 1 in the world talking about making decisions based on expected value rather than just picking differentials for the sake of it (except maybe in the last few weeks).
Hope he wins it.
Who is #1?
He was in the Scoutcast.
Which combo?
(A) Fernandinho and Alli
(B) Arnautovic and Tadic
A
B
Just because I wouldn't want to 'waste' a City spot on Fernando
I can't fit any other City players into my team other than Jesus and Sterling and Fernandino if I do (A). So not wasting a City spot.
A then
Don't fancy Tadic in the slightest tbh
Cheers, for my team (A) does actually require a -4 since I'm 0.1m off affording it. But the -4 will be Dunk to Van Der Hoorn or Bednarek, so that might regain the 4 points anyway (would have to play Morgan otherwise).
I can actually afford Ramsey and Arnautovic which may be an option if Arsenal go out of Europa. What do you think of that combination versus Alli and Fernandinho?
i would go B.
i feel yaya very likely will come in for a game in that dgw, kdb or fernandinho might get a rest.
on the relegation fight: west ham and sou still have a fight on their hands...more so for sou.
Cheers, think I'll go B with Ramsey instead of Tadic if Arsenal go out of Europa.
80% convinced that I can't be bothered to come second in my ML.
Going to piss in the wind and choose KDB over Sterling.
RIP Me...hope Sterling has a bad last run!
Could work a treat this week.
Most expect Sterling to miss 1 match.
KDB will probably start both.
DDG (fodder)
Lawton Tarko chilwell Simson Montreal
D. Silva sterling mahrez Kennedy king
Kane Kaku Jesus
Need help winning the mini league, currently on TC Kane.
Which players would you swap for the DGW?
Is Lukaku certainly out of DGW?
I was thinking of -8
Lukaku+Kennedy+Simson to JAyew+Erickson+ Alonso/vertongen/Valencia
Vardy owners - are you backing your man given his double-gameweek fixtures and their need to vouch back after last week's drubbing or are you selling?
I don't have him but would certainly keep if I did.
No way will Leicester be as bad again, unless the players want Puel gone.
Cheers Moosie!! Leicester's injury list is lengthy but I've backed him all season as my third striker. Going to keep my faith in him.
i got the itchy fingers to transfer him out for jesus....
If it's Vardy or Jesus Squashed I wouldn't hesitate. But he's my third-choice striker and I just have a feeling he's going to bounce back with goals in both home games.
Jesus and Kane are about the only 2 strikers you could make a good case for dropping him to, yet I have seen some folk ditching Vardy for Ayew!!
Keeping
Keeping if he's your 3rd FW.
Definitely sell if it's for Jesus.
Why was everyone on the Scoutcast so certain that Sterling will miss a game?
Pep has said he's going to play strong teams out of respect because all the remaining teams are fighting relegation. Of course, City's team is so good that they can rest Silva/Sane/Otamendi while still being a strong team.
But it really seems like Sterling is in a different category to the players that have been rested so far. He's clearly City's main creative outlet and probably their most important player atm other than KDB, so if Pep is going to put up a strong team surely it always has to include Sterling. I don't think Pep can say he's putting up a 'strong' team if he takes away his main attacking outlet. Contrast that with Sane/D.Silva/B.Silva who are more interchangeable.
He has nothing to rest him for now, and I'm sure Sterling is keen to play as much as he can.
Sterling TC locked in or am I mad? Surely everyone would prefer Sterling TC over Jesus or Kane if we knew he was starting.
Same thoughts for me.
Sterling*3 it is
He can play a strong team without Sterling stop trying to convince yourself otherwise. Everyone is at risk, and that’s that.
Sterling can score more in one game than others in two, set and forget.
It's worth the "risk"
I've watched the last two City games and really think City's threat would be substantially reduced without Sterling. He's been the creator of pretty much all of their goals while he's been on the pitch.
In the Swansea game, he assisted the first, set up the second, then there was a KDB wonder goal (no real assist) and then he won the penalty that led to the goal (he wasn't on the pitch for the 5th goal).
In the West Ham game, he assisted 3 of the 4 goals, the only one he didn't assist was the own goal.
So he's pretty much played a part in every goal. Think he's needed for Pep to play a strong team, he's irreplaceable in that City team right now, no one can fulfill his role. Same with Jesus.
I’m not convinced he’ll miss one but it’s a possibility. Certainly not a given.
I haven't watched the ScoutCast so I don't know what reasoning they might have given. But if I had to pick one City player might be rested over the double, it would be Sterling. Sane and Silva have got their last week and this week. Even KdB was removed early last week. Sterling has played 90 minutes both times.
Now, of course it's not like Sterling can't play 90 minutes twice in a week, because he can. But with the World Cup coming, Pep might decide to give him a rest before that so he is fresh. That rest can either be benching him one game or managing his minutes in both. He might as well go ahead and give him 2 games. But why risk him getting worn out when they have nothing to play for.
Anyway, Sterling has been a brilliant FPL asset this season and he can easily outscore most DGW players in 1 game as well, given his output this season. He would still be a good shout for TC even if he got benched in 1 game. Of course, that also means he most probably starts in 38 as well.
The world cup starts a full month after City's last game. Is there really a need to keep him fresh for the world cup?
People act like Sterling is such a big chance of a rest, probably because he was benched in GW1-2. But since then he's only been benched twice and both times he came on (scored one of those times too).
Pre-World Cup friendlies and training starts almost as soon as the season ends. Surely one game rest can keep him more fresh.
That's my point. He has been a brilliant fantasy asset and certainly a TC candidate even if there is doubt of him starting 2 games. Fixtures are really good. Can easily score/assist when he comes off the bench,
Btw, Sterling hadn't played 90 both times. He got 70 against Swansea.
Seems strange to keep someone fresh for World Cup qualifiers. Why not just play the EPL and not the qualifiers then?
Not Qualifiers, Friendlies. NT coaches try to decide the formation and starting Xi in these games. They need their best players to be playing.
Also I disagree that he's the best TC option if we think he'd be rested.
If there was a Stamford Express account and you knew he'd only play one game no way would you TC him.
I never said he is the best option. But certainly a good option. 120 mins vs HUD and BRi are good enough for him to deliver around 15-20 points imo.
Last game Sterling was rested was when they drew 0-0 (and almost lost) against Palace on New Years Eve. I think he's likely to play both fixtures but may get withdrawn early with the game already won.
Im pretty sure Pep would consider a lineup with Bernardo Silva instead of Sterling ‘a strong lineup’.
A bit of trivia chaps, the top five for Net Spend in EPL since June 2014:
1. Man City
2. Man Utd
3. Arsenal
4.
5.
Who is fourth & fifth?
Chelsea and Liverpool
Pool and Spurs have one of lowest spent. Spurs actually made a profit I think.
No, Liverpool are actually down in 12th! Chelsea 6th.
Random guess, Palace and everton?
Chicken dinner! Everton 4th, Palace 5th.
This would be my guess
Real Madrid do absolutely nothing but again reach the final. In pre quarters, PSG playerble le celso gifts them a penalty. On qf, ref gifts them a penalty in the last minute which was never ever a penalty. In Sf Bayern defenders and gk, gift them 2 goals. RM is a fluke team. Last year in qf against Bayern, ref gifts them the win. In 2016 final Griezmann gifts them the cl by missing a penalty in the final. To summarise real Madrid wins by getting gifts all the time. Such a fluke team.
The opposition team makes mistakes almost every game. Madrid do well to stay in the game till the end and capitalise on almost every mistake the opposition make. Not a bad trait to have. They know they don'y have to play well in each match. They have countless match winners (Ronaldo, Ramos, Modric, Kroos, Marcelo, Bale, Isco) to win them matches in the crunch moments. Even if one of them plays well in the crunch moments, they end up winning the game. They are one win away from winning the CL 3 times a in a row. They might have rode their luck a few times here and there but this isn't a fluke team. It's a team that believes in the individual abilities of their players and they deliver every time.
The opposition team has a mental block when playing real Madrid.
They have made it happen after performing consistently every season in the big games against the biggest teams.
Any love for Haz here? Two home games against tired Pool and Huddersfield.
Yeah I might captain him over Kane/Sterling
Do like him. Concern is if they don’t win the Liverpool game do they them care about the Huddersfield one.
Very unpredictable player, could be gold this week though.
Keeping him. Might even TC him if I decide to go crazy. (chasing 40 points in my ML)
go for it
Morgan, Willian, Mahrez > Danilo, Sterling, Ramsey worth -8?
How nailed do you reckon Danilo is?
And FWIW I dont think taking -8 to take out 3 DGW players is a good idea
Are they all play twice?
Morgan old and just ship 5 goals, Willian seems to be dropped and probably start just one as also Cone said that Gru and Morata can play together. Only Mahrez naild for both but at Copacabana so not sure about him too but he makes way for Sterling so he is gone.
Question is are those othem moves worth hits separetly?
I could make an argument for all 3 of the players you want in playing less than 90 mins
Arsenal fixture only 2 days after EL semi final.
I don't see Ramsey playing either they win or out.
Who do you think scores more in 37
A) Willian +4
B) Sane
1) Valencia
2) Smalling
Cheers
B and 2
B1
Would you do Mili to zaha? Or too sideways?
Not sideways, Zaha is better. Is it for free?
Part of a hit or two
With Wood injured, thinking of going 3-5-2
Probably not for a hit as they only have one game.
I was all set to do Sanchez and Willian to Erik and Sterling.
Why do I feel like selling Sanchez is a mistake?
Should I keep him and downgrade Alonso to fund William to sterling. (Have Jesus and Kane)
Sanchez might play OOP with Lukaku out. Downgrade Alonso
Worth a -8 for this lot ?
Lukaku to Jesus
Mahrez to Sterling
Tarkowski to City / Spurs Defender
Yes
Do it
Who do you prefer for rest of season?
1. Danilo
2. Vertonghen
3. Bavies
2
Vertonghen
If your 28 points behind your rival would u still C Kane this week knowing he will as well or time to go differential....
Go for a differential
Depends. How many other differentials you have and who are they. If you have a good bunch of differentials, they can cover 28 points while you match his Kane TC.
I have eriksen son zaha arnie Austin he has salah willian Ramsey milo ayew Sterling,both have Jesus
The differentials are good but I don't think they'll be able to cover 28 points over 2 weeks. I would TC someone else like Jesus/Eriksen.
Mili Salah Kennedy
To
Zaha Pogba tadic
(-8)
Yay or nay?
Depends if you intend to get Salah back in GW38. If yes, it might be difficult. I'll stay off Pogba and Tadic.
This. Unless of course you have someone like Hazard/KdB/Sanchez who you can directly swap for Salah or you are willing to take a hit in GW38
I'm thinking eriksen to Salah
Why no Pogba tadic?
Utd doesn't score loads while Tadic seems to only do well at Home. Perhaps you can check it out.
Tadic or Austin?
Tadic
Thoughts?
A - Hazard, Naughton, Arnie in for Salah, Van Dijk, Lingard (-8)
B - Hazard, 5.6m def in for Salah, Van Dijk (-4)
C - De Bruyne for Salah, play Van Aanholt
B with Monreal or Smalling
Can’t afford Smalling unfortunately after Salah drop 🙁
How about Jones?
Is anyone thinking they might triple captain Salah in week 38 home game v Brighton?
No dgw 37
Yes - BB37 and TC38 for me - and most probably Salah at home to Brighton.
Fernandez likely to start for Swansea gwk37?
I think so.
Swansea have said that they are confident he'll be fine for this week.
Still confused Jan, sterling or Jesus. Sterling is my no.1 option but not sure he ll start both. Will Jesus start both? I think he will. Kane not in best of forn, but he can score Big.
What's the latest on the Salah ban situation?
No ban.
Confirmed that he won't be facing a ban.
Best combo for BB37?
A) Tadic and Austin
B) Arnie and Ayew
Thanks.
B
B
Easily B
Best differential tc option -
a. kdb
b. hazard
c. other
B
Sterling is the best one imo. KdB out of those 2.
Ramsey. If you want a cheap differential.
Walcott is on -67.8
If he drops in price I can't swap him to Ramsey as have exact funds.
All I want is him not to drop tonight so I can see what happens in tomorrow night's EL game and then do it.
Will I be able to or is he likely to drop in price tonight?
Do you think Salah will price drop one more time before the deadline?
Best 5.9m defender just for DGW37? Already have smalling, jones, fernandez and lejeune. thinking of Bdavies, trippier or monreal.
Prob Ben Davies and hope rose doesn’t play one of the games
Keep an eye if walker is out. If you don’t have 3 city already then Danilo could be an option
What's the best option?
A: Vardy + Andy King +4
B: Sane + J.Ayew
B
Would love some help:
Is Lukaku, Willian, Eriksen, and Murray > Jesus, Hazard, D. Silva, and J. Ayew worth a -8?
Trying to go for differentials. Team would be:
DDG
Morgan, Christensen, Smalling, Kiko Femenia
Hazard (TC), D. Silva, Mahrez
Kane, Jesus, J. Ayew
