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Arise Sir The Knight’s Template!
Banish Soucek from the kingdom?
Hut just on the outskirts. Will want him nearby when Antonio gets crocked again.
Ahhh, send him on a relatively easy, short-term quest then!
Depends on the rest of your serfs, especially those residing in the fair city of Manchester.
Antonio having an impact on Sir soucek and the rise of squire gundo on the lists...
I shall send him forth to attack the Crystal Palace!
I recommend the Cavani Cavalry.
Is this team G2G or are there any changes that you would make to it
Martinez
Stones Coufal Dias James
Fernandes Salah Rashford Saka
Watkins Wilson
Johnstone Soucek Dallas Vardy
0.2 ITB 1 FT
Any ideas would be welcomed
Vardy plan?
GW20 fixture odds can be found here:
http://prntscr.com/xjas2j
(Provided by Betbrain)
DGW19 clean sheet results:
MCI: 57% ✅
ARS: 48% ✅
TOT: 45% ❌
CHE: 43% ✅
WHU: 42% ✅
LEI: 38% ✅
WOL: 35% ❌
LIV: 31% ✅
LEE: 27% ❌
BUR: 23% ❌
SOU: 21% ❌
WBA: 21% ❌
BHA: 20% ✅
MNU: 20% ✅
SHU: 20% ❌
FUL: 17% ❌
NEW: 15% ❌
AVL: 10% ❌
CRY: 9% ❌
EVE: -
Part II
LIV: 55% ❌
MCI: 49% ✅
WHU: 43% ❌
AVL: 39.9% ✅
MNU: 39% ❌
CHE: 29% ❌
LEI: 24% ✅
WBA: 21% ❌
FUL: 15% ❌
NEW: 11.9 ❌
BUR: 9% ✅
GW20 clean sheet odds:
MCI: 54%
MNU: 54%
CHE: 43%
BHA: 37%
AVL: 34%
WHU: 34%
LEE: 32%
ARS: 31%
LIV: 31%
CRY: 28%
EVE: 28%
LEI: 28%
FUL: 26%
SOU: 26%
BUR: 24%
TOT: 23%
NEW: 20%
WOL: 19%
SHU: 12%
WBA: 10%
(Provided by Betbrain)
Clean sheet totals:
Manchester City: 10
Aston Villa: 9
Southampton: 8
Arsenal: 7
Burnley: 7
Chelsea: 7
Leicester City: 7
West Ham: 7
Leeds: 6
Liverpool: 6
Manchester Utd: 6
Tottenham: 6
Brighton: 4
Everton: 4
Wolves: 4
Crystal Palace: 3
Fulham: 3
Newcastle: 3
West Bromwich: 2
Sheffield United: 1
Halfway point has now been reached and hopefully you had a triple figure DGW19. Good luck for GW20 🙂
G
City CS record is ridiculous !
5 clean sheets in the last 6 FPL games or 9 in the last 10...
I've never seen a team so dominant in possession !
(Don't follow La Liga so no chance of watching Barcelona in their prime)
EO of double defense in DGW was surprisingly low considering their record. Kinda helped me staying within avg range without playing a chip 😀
cheers
You're welcome mate 🙂
Cheers G. Torn between starting Coufal or Dallas. This hasn't helped as much as I hoped
There was meant to be a laughing emoji after that but I forgot they didn't work!
Did you watch Newcastle last night?
Fraser and ASM coming back into the team might help, but imo they looked absolutely dire 😆
Having said that I still may opt to play Wilson in what will be his last game for me before moving him on for Kane...
I'm doing same. Kept Wilson from GW 12.
He owes me some points ❗
Yeah, my bus team from last week had Coufal starting, but after watching that newcastle game last night Dallas has now thrown himself well and truly into the mix!
I'm playing him ahead of Robertson :O
I'm playing both
GW21 info coming soon G-Whizz? I love these posts and find them very useful indeed. Thanks!
Thanks for the interest shown I should be getting GW21 out in the next couple if hours once I get out of work 🙂
Martinez
Stones dallas cresswell
Bruno salah sterling(c) foden barnes
Antonio bam
Subs steer dcl kwp saiss
Save ft, gtg?
Dallas to Rudiger worth a look?
No? Lol why should i. Leeds vs newcastle... clean sheet incoming
Why bother ask peoples opinions if you can read the future
Made my transfers but left myself with a major decision all help greatly appreciated?
Areola (Steer)
Stones, Maguire, Dier, Cantwell, Coufal
Gundo, Maddison, Salah, Rashford, Bruno
Kane, Antonio, Bamford
Thinking
Dier and Coufal 1st 2 subs but who should be my 3rd:
A. Antonio
B. Bamford
C.Maddison
D.Salah
E.Kane
F.Rashford
G.Gundo
All advise appreciated
Oh dear. I don't want to choose one!
I know, having that KDB money and urge to spend it was a curse, even considering WC and kill the bench 🙁
Pts on your bench are not lost ones. Just save 2 ft:s and transfer injured players out.
C, I don't have him
Haha, i feel your pain in that answer, sounds like someone with the same luck in the fpl transfer market as me
Tough call but probably C due to fixture, no Vardy and don’t think Mad’s on pens
Wasn't sure if he was can take them but are you thinking Tillemans?
No selection will be met with 100% approval but I would narrow it down to Rasford or Bamford
Rashford v SU just seems wrong but yea he has been a bit off colour
Bamford is a good call depends which Leeds show up Newcastle are awful
Cantwell? Whose that?
I'd hate to bench any of them tbh. Gun to the head, maybe Maddison - see what Vardys impact.
If I was brave I'd flip a coin on the Liverpool /Spurs match and bench either Salah/Kane (Salah on current form) but I'm not.
Sorry Creswell,
Yea never know could get an injury to make the decision
Should I give Wilson one more chance or is it time to change him to another forward /change to a 3/5/2 formation?
a. Lowton -> Mitchell
b. Wilson -> Antonio
c. Burke + Wilson -> Gündogan + Davis
d. Lowton + Burke + Wilson -> Mitchell + Gündogan + Antonio for -4, this will probably be a bench headache...
Martínez
Cancelo, Tierney, Coufal
Son, Salah, Fernandes, Grealish
Wilson, Bamford, Kane
Button, Lowton, Burke, Douglas
2 free transfers, 0.5 million in the bank (+ wildcard, free hit and bench boost)
B
I think you know the answer
B
I can understand people buying Wilson, but Newcastle themselves don't inspire any confidence.
B looks the way forward
C
Thanks all! - Welcome Antonio! 🙂
Play two of the following
A) Soucek
B) Watkins
C) Lowton
D) Coufal
Coufal and Watkins
AB
D over A imo
Thanks all!
Decision made and I chose Gundogan over Cancelo(-4) for the next 3 gws. Let's see if he is gonna keep getting into the box like he did previously.
He also had his best performance of his career in terms of G/A vs WBA(A) in his only game as a starter in the Hawthorns. A 4-0 City away win with 2G + 1A from Gundo. Cmon
The German Shorthaired Pointer of gundogs. Excellent choice.
Would be mad to sell alioski before Newcastle? I have him & meslier
Depending on news about him, I might move him on for Martinez, thoughts?
Kdb + meslier -> gundogan + Martinez (-4)?
If Llorente is ready for a start, it wouldn't surprise me if Alioski was benched
Good moves
need some thought folks
My team:
Martinez/button
Robbo/Dias/Creswell/Coufal/Bernardo(3.9)
Salah/KDB/Bruno/Grealish/Saka
Bamford/Watkins/Benteke
my plan:
gw20: Robbo,KDB to Cancelo,gundogan
gw21: Salah,Benteke to barnes,Kane (-4 but will C Kane)
gw22: save ft
gw23: Dias to james (if no dgw for MCI) or Saka to CHE mid (if dgw for MCI) or both
sounds good? any suggestion?
Good strategy
A) KDB- Gundogan (bench raphinha)
B) save FT and play raphinha
A
A
A
Cancello?
Cantwell brought back memories 🙂
hopefully good memories?
Noel resonated more over Christmas...
Lloris, Leno
Stones, Dias, TAA, Coufal, Dallas
Grealish, Salah, Son, Bruno, Gundo
Antonio, Watkins, Bamford
Who on earth do i bench out of this lot? Ta!
Lloris dallas coufal shitkins
Ta, was leanimg towards TAA on bench before i sell him.
Was thinking Watkins as well but he scored last night. Strikers often score again don't they after breaking a drout? Hmmm decisions decisions!
I strongly suspect Shitkins is the exception to that rule. If you're selling TAA give him a good send off.
All set?
DDG
Cancelo Stones Cresswell Justin
Salah Sterling Bruno(C) Soucek
Kane Antonio
Forster Anguissa Mitchell Davis
Sit back, have a coldie and watch the points roll in.
Kdb and podence to
4.4 in bank
Gundo and Son
Son this week? Ahead of grealish
Yep
Already have Stones. Cancelo or Dias as second defender and why?
Depends what your subs are like as Cancelo more at risk
play taa (tot) or Dallas (new)?
Dallas
D
If I had TAA I would play him - but Dallas could be the right one.
Dallas
Play one of this motley crew:
A) Robbo (tot)
B) Wood (AVL)
C) Justin (eve)
D) Soucek (cry)
Tricky. Robbo or Soucek for me. Maybe the latter.
Thanks. I have a feeling I’ll be choosing between different flavours of 2 pointers...
Robbo: game could easily be a nil nil stalemate
No love for Justin?
Justin the only one of these in my new wild card! Everton have their attackers back I gather, but probably not much in it tween Justin and Robbo this week.
BUY/HOLD/SELL
name a player below and I will provide my buy/hold/sell recommendation
Salah
HOLD. This is actually a tricky one as would probably be a sell if more big hitters were fit/firing but lack of replacements are the issue. Should bounce back a bit aswell after the rest.
Ziger as second keeper
Wilson
HOLD. Wilson is a decent pick. Hasn't returned in a while but with pens in his locker, always a chance of scoring. Only issue is the team he plays for.
Bamford,
DCL
BUY
HOLD
Ziyech
SELL, I really do rate Ziyech as a player but don't see any fpl value atm
Sterling
BUY with KDB out he comes the City attacker to own.
Mane
HOLD. Good differential but nothing screaming buy atm.
Foden
Anyone else on the Coufal -vs- Soucek benching headache?
I’d play coufal
Nah I'd play soucek this week. Palace concede many headed chances. Also not that terrible attacking wise this yr
Bench Soucek. Coufal is more of a threat now.
Play Coufal - clean sheet lore likely than a Soucek goal
Soucek the Destroyer will shatter the Crystal Palace.
Do KDB ➡ Gundogan (wba) for -4
or
Play Adams (ARS) next GW and do KDB & Adams ➡ Gundogan & Kane for -4 the GW after?
If you plan on taking a -4 next week anyways, just take it this week. Gundo definitely the better pick over Adam's at this point
Which 2 of these to play?
A) Justin (EVE)
B) Dallas (NEW)
C) Coufal (CRY)
D) Soucek (CRY)
E) Rodrigo (NEW)
Thanks.
9.7 ITB, anybody want some?
Thoughrts on Maguire and Vardy to Mitchell and Kane?
Need to take some money out of my defence !
Martinez
Dias Stones Coufal
Sterling Salah Bruno Raphinha
Bamford Vardy Antonio
Johnstone Maguire Justin Soucek
Seems fair as if Mitch needed he has good fixtures.
Dallas or Targett?
Easily targett against the lowest scoring team in the league with one of the best defences in the leagur
I meant who to get for long term?
Targett
Folks, what will City strongest team be without KdB and will ir affect Gundogans new role?
Who are the 3 must have defenders?
Stones, Cancelo and Dias 😉
Lol....have Stones
Not mad on a triple up
Cant afford this anyway
Made two transfers last night for a 4pt hit. Not sure how I feel aboit it today.
Transfers were KDB to Grealish and ESR to Gundogan.
Leaves me with 3.3m itb and this team:
McCarthy (Nyland)
Stones, Justin, Coufal, (Mitchell, Douglas)
Grealish, Gundogan, Son, Fernandes (c), Salah.
Kane, Bamford (Davis).
Probably should have focused on upgrading my dead bench players but
Posted that before finishing!
Had next to no funds spare before selling KDB so would have needed a hit to upgrade anything elsewhere anyway.
Initially planned to avoid the hit and just bring in Grealish, but everyone buying Gundogan persuaded me to go for it.
Will I regret it? I suspect I might.
Looks fine to me.
Thoughts about wildcarding this week with a strong squad focusing om players from MUN, MCI, SOU, AVL? With Vardy, KDB, lack of Villa and City players, no WC would mean a couple of hits going forward
Depends if you have other chips left
Think I would prefer to take a hit or 2 and wait for more concrete news closer to gw25
3 years, 3 months agoGreat to have this article back. Always helpful!