With the Gameweek already behind us, we cast an eye over some of the stand-out statistics from Saturday and Sunday’s fixtures. Palace’s wastefulness in front of goal, Leicester’s wide men, City’s main men against the Hammers and Everton’s playmaker are amongst this evening’s topics.
Which option?
A) Siggy to Henderson
B) Siggy and özil to Henderson and Sterling for -4
B
Not quite sure it's worth to get rid of özil.
b
A) .. you'll want Ozil back for the double anyway
1FT 0.8 in the bank
A) Schmeichell in for Krul
B) Vardy in for Kane
C) Both A+ B for a hit ?
D) Any other suggestions please?
Krul (Pantillimon)
Skrtl, Terry, Demichellis (PVA, Alderweilder)
Hazard (c) Fabregas Sterling, Cambiasso, Silva
Aguero, Giroud Kane
ThanksA
A
thanks lads
Good to go?
Heaton
Terry Ivanovic Skrtel
Henderson Sterling Silva Cambiasso Hazard(c)
Vardy Aguero
(Panti,Kane,Alderweireld,PVA)
Any hits?
-8pts. Just put in Skrtel Hendo and Sterling for Moses Erkiksen and Dawson
Good team on paper. Hopefully it will justify -8 hit
Hope so.. i see DBL gw as -2pts hits rather than -4pts So should be able to make those -8pts back easily as Moses is injured, Eriksen is crap and Dawson is also injured.
Im amazed that the opportunity cost forgone with some of these "DGW" players, been plenty of occasions where a single gameweek player can outscore. Seen Albrighton starting instead of Sanchez....Cambiasso instead of Silva.
All about Cambiasso AND silva! 🙂
I'm still hurting from the Villa/QPR DGW
That was more of an anomaly that there was a 3-3 in the dgw game, I'm seeing talk about how attacking Leicester are but everyone omitting the are playing Chelsea. I genuinely think there is a more than 50% chance Austin will outscore Vardy this week.
But they're also playing Burnley in a game where both teams have to go for it. Could easily end up 3-3.
Thats my point, all of a sudden people are just depending on the returns of actually one game. People taking hits to get Leicester players could have just picked/kept single game week players with good fixtures without a 2 point deficit.
Also Burnley would not allow a game to be high scoring as they know they will lose.Villa also had ManU in their DGW iirc. So, using your logic, loads of people avoided Benteke and got burned.
As mentioned before Benteke is a proven goal scorer and international calibre player, people are taking hits for Vardy and Nugent. I reiterate I am all for DGW players either if they are really good players or have good fixtures. As far as I see it you have average Leicester players with one good fixture, tying into my original point that you could achieve that easily without taking hits.
OK, I missed the "hits" part. I was looking at it from a WC perspective.
"Cambiasso instead of Silva."
6 V 2, Silva's down already!I have both though. 😉
+1000
Well, for me, it's Vardy instead of (@ Southampton) Kane. I think 2 games to 1 is very much an advantage even for average guys against studs. Then, we can always get the studs back with a FT or two. I think selective drafting of DGW players, especially if no hits are involved, can make sense depending the star player who is being replaced, opponent, form, etc.
I do kinda agree. DGW's are over rated but they can be advantageous too. You just need to not get carried away... I guess.
I think thats the key. With the Villa/QPR everyone knew that Benteke and Austin were good players but people drafting in Leicester defence and Cambiasso are suffering from DGW fever
Yep. 11 DGWers is overkill. 10 is enough!
Madness. I've taken a -12 so guess I'm not one to talk!
Can this side win the PL next year?
-------------------------De Gea------------------------
-----Clyne-----Hummels-----Rojo-----Shaw-----
----------------Herrera--------Carrick---------------
-----Di Maria-----Fellaini/Mata-----Depay-------
------------------------Rooney-------------------------
Nope
No.
Smalling in for Rojo
433
New midfielder
No.
No
Nah
No
Yes
I love these annual Utd fantasy line-ups! Where's Bale?
Madrid
I still think chelsea squad is stronger
I think he means next year
Yeah the current chelsea squad is better
No
Will this side even be in the Premier League?
I think its realistic
Mourinho could beat Van Gaal irrespective of who United buy.
yes
No. Only a Man United fan would say yes.
Its a strong side but there's so much wrong here. Hummels isn't a RCB. Where's your defensive mid? ADM magically going to play like Hazard? Depay isn't going to walk straight into the 11 until the futures of RVP/Falcao are solved.
Arsenal & Chelsea have better teams and better managers. The best United can do is solidify themselves in the CL.
Hello, any news on Costa injury situation?
Hello
Hello
Goodbye
Not yet, Koofax.
Got 2 Fts and basically doing Eriksen to Sterling for sure.. not sure what to do with the other one/take a hit and i admit i need a little help with this one.. so
MIGNOLET
TERRY Fonte Toby(!)
STERLING HAZARD(c) Silva Phillips
REMY Aguero Kane
Myhill Mane Bellerin(!) Dawson(!)
4.2 in the bank
1 FT
Assuming Remy is fit
A) Bellerin/Toby to Skrtel(want to get rid of Bellerin since i want 2 arsenal attackers for the double)
B) Bellerin/Toby to Huth and Mane to Henderson(-4)
Which of the above sounds better?
Skrtel and Cambiasso for -4
Moreno and Henderson for -8Will be interesting to see how well Liverpool & Chelsea's Defense will do from now til the end of the season.
Torn between Terry/Skrtel for my next move.
Will Chelsea be on the beach in a few weeks.
Will Liverpool's season fizzle out.Go Terry. More likely to keep focus
That is who im leaning towards tho he is more expensive
Start Wolly, Berty or Berahino?
Berahino
The irony will be if Remy is declared fit and ends up being the top scorer this DGW
#DamnYouRemy
Top scorer probably won't be a DGW player.
*Top DGW scoring player 🙂 ..
That was a reply fail.. to everyone i think 🙂
Now that would be something...
Drogba's niggle.. Remy's "minor" injury.. Mourinho saying Costa could be back for Arsenal but he expects him to be back after leicester..
All the signs are slowly pointing to it 🙂
I suppose nothing new on Silva?
WC active and I have to take that 0.1 drop to chin 😈He tweeted that all tests were fine on sunday.. yesterday the reports came saying there was no fracture.. today the club says he's fine...
I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say he is fit 🙂Didn't know club's comment - sounds good then.
Thanks.no problem mate.. check the source for the club comment above. people could still read it as an inkling of a doubt but it's subjective
Would Curtis Davis return affect McShane's minutes? Or is McShane nailed on?
May sound like stupid question, I know that when the WC is active transfers made do not affect the value of players, but they still show up in the transfers in/out section. right?
They do, yep.
The reason I ask is if a player is transfered in and out, in and out during the week (on a WC obviously) does that count as 2 in 2 out for the player?
It would, I think!
Try it with a player with a very low amount of activity 20 times.
Southampton vs Spurs is the early kick off on Saturday.
Can you imagine the scenes on here if Kane scores a brace?I think he will. Can feel it in my bones.
I'm starting him for sure.. can see that happening. can see mane nicking a goal too considering how leaky spurs have looked
Lots of people benching him so could be funny
the thought scares me, but sacrifices must be made, and in a straight fight between Kane and Kun, I choose Kun
Still got him and will have in the DGW. Presume i'm in the minority on here then?
Think it will be a genuine 50-50 split - swings in rank could be huge.
Agreed
i'm not bitter i dont have a WC.. honest. i do think that a lot of WCers will get burnt this week though. Dropping Kane/Silva etc just cause they can could go horribly wrong especially since most can get 5-6 good DGWers anyway.
it could or it could not
none of us have a crystal ball
we only have 15 spots, if you factor in that one will be Hazard and one will be a budget a probably 2 Pool mids that leaves one
at some point you will want an Arsenal mid, maybe even 2. if you're lucky enough to be able to afford a midfield of
Sanchez, Ramsey/Ozil, Silva, budget +1 then go for it. If on wc to me it makes more sense to chuck at least one Arsenal player on, if not 2.
No risk no reward
There is no right or wrong way
Oh wait, this is FFS, conform or dieHey JK.. I wish i had my WC to make a complete overhaul too. i'm just horrid at WC's though and i end up messing up a good long term strategy for very short term gains every time i WC 🙂 .. so i've grown a bit weary of it. Course it could go great.. and it most probably will. i'd still be a little scared of letting go of kane at his price though.
Kane
My argument here is simple
Am chasing someone with Giroud, Vardy, Kane
I can go with Kun, Vardy, Kane, but I'm gonna want Giroud at some point and I'll likely need a hit to make it happen. If I dump Kane on wc for Giroud it comes down to a straight fight between Kane for him and Kun for me and all I have to do is swap Sterling out for Ozil GW35 or 36 to get my 3rd Arsenal. Given the fixtures 2 Arsenal mids is a must for me. and by GW37 you'll likely lose Silva anyway, so for me keeping him when I have no value in him seems silly
I've saved the wc for a DGW like this, gotta maximise the opportunity. Everytime a DGW comes along there's always poor teams involved or games involving 2 big teams playing other
This leads to stuff like, oh don't bother wirth team x, they're no good, or team y as they play team Z. Yet very few times have DGWs failed to deliver
Silva is good but 2 opportunties for points always > 1 and i don't see Silva as the be all, end all.Long term strategy?
There's 5 GWs left: lol:
Is fplstatistics the most reliable site these days for price changes and is it pretty accurate or not?
Its pretty good, although on occasion it takes an age to sort itself out on Saturday factoring in all the transfers just before the deadline.
Most reliable
F. it. If Silva looks like being fit im keeping him & not having any Liverpool DGW coverage!
His fixtures til the end are classgood man! is there no one else you can drop for a pool mid though? well priced across the price ranges
Sanchez. Hazard. Bolasie. Boyd.
Ive got 2.4 in the bank but I was going to get Terry/Skrtel in for Dawson.makes sense in your case.. good luck
I can sense you talk sense. Just checked your FPL team & I was right!
You keeping Serge til the end?Im actually 0.1 short of getting Terry!!
Would you just get Skrtel or take a hit bringing in a LIV Mid after all?Planning on keeping Aguero till the end.. I may however swap Silva for Sanchez GW 37.. keeping my options open however. If you cant get Terry you may as well not get a chelsea defender. So Skrtel makes sense.. what does your defense look like though? make a transfer in a place your team actually needs it more. Your attack can cope over the next few weeks without a Pool mid.. not sure what state your defense is in though
I was thinking of Benteke for Aguero for the last 2-3 GW's so I could afford to bring in an extra ARS Midfielder. Tricky call.
Ive got -
Dawson, Bertrand, Schluup, PVA, Wollscheid.
So the only other 1 I could get rid of is Bertrand which is v.tempting. I could cope without having Bertrand for the next 2 GW's but he could come in handy for his next 2 games - lei & AVL.
I'm propably ditching him gw37.
swa SOT last 2 games tho
Can you please name me 5 goalscorers in the premier league this weekend?
Only 5? Why not 7?
Kun, Murray, Ings, Austin & Hazard
i dont have a crystal ball
Nothing left to do but 😆
Aguero, Boyd, Cisse, Herrera, Austin
lol @ the suspended Cisse
Damn! And I just transferred Herrera out for Albrighton 🙁
Austin Eriksen Skrtel terry Vardy
Fab, Bertie, Zaha, Morgan, Kouyate
Remy (5)
@La Roja
I AM starting Silva, so I guess I've cracked it. Feel free to copy 😆I'll probably get Cambiasso for -8 and will play him ahead of Silva now.
Damn I thought you were on wc too.
😆
Yellow flags all over the shop... What to do?
Panti/myhill
Terry, Bertrand, Dawson (Y),(Alderweireld (Y), Hutton (Amber))
Hazard, Eriksen, Sanchez, Silva (Y), (Boyd)
Aguero, Kane, Remy (Y)
1.4 in the bank
Eriksen, Hutton to Sterling, Moreno and hope for the best?!..............................Heaton
.................Schlupp Terry Skrtel
Sanchez Hazard Albrighton Coutinho Sterling
.......................Aguero Vardy
Panti Kane Fonte Bellerin
For -8. Gives me 8 dgwers.Benching Kane for Albrighton 😯 madness!
And I brought him in for hit as well 😀
It's the week for madness.
a) Hendo (wba/hul, QPR) -4 points, play Kane vs MCI, Giroud in for gw36
b) Kane (sot, MCI) - Giroud in for gw35 (hul) with no hit
Spent my 2FTs, for a -4 shall I make:
A) Silva > Sterling
B) Dawson > Schlupp
A
B
@Chickenwithpeas. My wc team look a lot like yours:
Schmeichel Panti
Terry Cahill Moreno PvA Duff
Hazard Silva Sterling Coutinho Albrighton
Aguero Vardy Giroud
Reason why I have Cahill, Moreno and Albrighton over the more expensive options is to be able to transfer in Sanchez and Ramsey for Sterling and Coutinho directly. Decided not to get Opsina for same reason. Input?I am foregoing Sanchez in favour of Ozil, not sure he's worth the 1.5m extra
Opsina looks a bargain and if you want Arsenal defence he is probably the best option but barring a peno save Ospina has a points ceiling of about 7
One goal for Ramsey/Ozil and you've already matched thatAgree with you. Arsenal scores for fun so think it is worth using all the spots in attack.
That's sound reasoning, maybe you've cracked it, not me 😀 I just know I want an Arsenal defensive player+Giroud since all their mids seem to get points, so getting Ospina now seems like the best way to get one. Sanchez can be tricky to get in, but if I really really want him, there's Ivan/Terry I can downgrade..
True. Guess both ways are equally good. Only time will tell. Good luck!
The best part is that a lot of things will change to ruin both our plans I guess 😀 Good luck to you too!
I'd probably prefer Azpilicueta to Cahill, though both carry a risk.
Interesting option that. You think Azpi is more nailed or is it due to BAPs?
None of the defenders look like scoring in last few games
A bit of both
Having Schmeichel, Morgan, Skrtel, Ivan, Fabregas, Henderson and Hazard for the DGW, as the result of losing Silva and a -8 worth it?
It depends on the transfer. I'd say no if it was for Schmeichel, Morgan and Skrtel.
Would reckon there would need to be at least one of the mids
Did anyone else cry when Reading lost on Satirday ?
I laughed so hard tears came out of my eyes. Does that count?
Adam Federici did
😆
Not as an Arsenal fan but felt genuinely sorry for Federici 🙁
Adrian,
Terry, Ivanovic, Bruce, Clyne
Silva, Puncheon, Fabregas, Siggy
Austin, Aguero
Hamer, Coloccini, Eriksen, Kane
Thinking of doing this for a -8:
Clyne > Skrtel
Puncheon > Cambiasso
Siggy > Coutinho
Thoughts?I'd get in Vardy for Austin instead of Punch for Cambiasso
Austin home to a West Ham team playing poorly though!!
this is the week for hits
Keep Puncheon for his good game. Can't you do Adrian to Mignolet? how much does that leave you?
Silva owners, what are you doing with him?
Keeping him of course...any reason no to?
DGW? Injury doubt? Or is he fine?
Think the only thing to worry about right now is any possible concussion symptoms, if there even are any. Otherwise, good to go and could score hefty time against Viller at home.
Pffft...Seemed like a mass over reaction from the medical staff to a nasty whack in the face.
As for DGW silva may have more threat in one game than most mids in two.Thanks chaps. Didn't really know what happened to him, guess i'll keep.
selling, probably tonight
was hoping he'd do well and keep rising to make 0.1 him, sadly not
Anyone captaining a defender this dgw??
Prob Ivan is the only one worth captaining but I'm not gonna do that
Ivanovic captain for me!
Should I sell Silva or Alexis for Sterling?
i sold alexis for sterling
You save a transfer for GW37, if you keep Alexis.
True.
Just worried Silva will play this week and run riot. Keeping Alexis is probably the smarter play though.
silva
tough one. Id drop Alexis but only if it frees up funds that will be useful elsewhere
Silva
Wouldn't sell either for Sterling. Silva maybe if it sounds like he won't play this weekend. Alexis has good fixture run after this GW.
Thanks all
Silva if on WC. If it costs ye a transfer, don't get Sterling imo.
