We delve into the Gameweek 3 data this evening in our first members article of the week. Up front, we assess Bournemouth, Chelsea and Liverpool’s lone forwards, whilst there’s plenty to analyse in the centre of the park, as we take a look at some standout statistics from Villa, Palace, United, West Ham and Norwich.
I miss the old days 🙁
There's so much ill informed crap spouted here these days and it seems folks take it as gospel.
Aaaah well.
Alrighty
Can't disagree with you there.
*blows kiss*
😉
At then end of the day, its alot of luck. Look at how spectacularly the scout picks failed.
^^^ this is exactly what I'm talking about 😆
I hardly see you on here anymore 4V, hope all is well.
I'm fine Pepin, I hope you are too.
I''m around more than I was the last 2 years but this place has declined.Success breeds...how does it go? Sort of inevitable, innit? I read the articles and look out for familiar faces these days.
Same. I mostly lurk and then post when I feel I can contribute. Especially when there's a name I recognise. It's a shame.
People take my posts seriously, its utterly depressing.
I complained on Saturday that I'd transferred out Steven Taylor when the teamsheets came out, and I got genuine commiserations posts in response. Whats wrong with these people! That said he got a clean sheet....
Are you sure that's not a classic case of remembering the past through rose tinted glasses?
i found myself looking through 2004 articles the other day (just search by an old player!)...i was actually looking for someone i can't remember the name of that used to trash anyone and everyone...i keep getting him confused with Roycalleranne for some reason...
can anyone remember him?
must be RBJ the great roys brother johnson
GTG Lads for this gw?
Butland
Kolarov-Gomez-Targett
Mahrez-Silva-Sanchez(VC)-Payet
Gomis-Aguero(C)-Wilson
Bench Order- McCarthy Westwood Darmian DelaneyYup
Hell of a good team. Nice one
yup... very similar to me
Yep. I guess you'll be looking for some Chelsea coverage soon?
Payet---->Pedro is on the cards for me
Nice, he's already in for me. Fingers crossed Pedro continues scoring big.
Nice man, I would love to take a hit for him to have him this weekend but I already took a -4 for Wilson cause I just brought in Kolarov, so I will grab him this weekend if he does well again for sure.
Yeah I took a -4 for Silva so Wilson will have to wait until next week if he continues to bang them in.
RANK number 1 and number 2 (and 3?) in each position for WC
D: Huth, M. Richards, Naughton, A. Williams, Francis, Muniesa
M: A. Westwood, Silva, Toure
F: Gomis, DioufRichards, Francis, Muniesa, Westwood, MCity, Diouf have fixtures on their side, but wonder if betting against that could profit?
surprised Sanchez and Aguero haven't risen in price this week.
Aguero has already?
not this week
He did 2 days back. 13.2 now
on Sunday
They just haven't shone.
Wait, Aguero rose, no?
Jerome at 4.9. Bargain!
Don't go there, I had him and transferred out last week. Waste of space!
wait till transfer window closes to see if they sign a striker
I watched the game. He showed promise had good stats for the game but couldn't finish. He's a risk until he proves otherwise
Am I GTG this Gwk guys?
Myhill
Cedric Richards Gomez
Sanchez (c) Yaya Ayew Mane
Tekkers Kun (vc) Diouf
McCarthy Toby Darmian SurmanBrave captain choice. Hope it works out.
Cheers
Richards to Huth, Francis, Muniesa?
Yaya to Silva?
Is Mane going to start?Haven't got Any fts
...fts??
Free transfers
A. Pedro and Wilson or
B. Benteke and Ayew/ShaquiriB
With Ayew
No hit?
Feeling nervous not having a united, city or Liverpool defender, is it a big deal or not?
No
in the same boat, not comfortable with it.
I have a City and Pool def, but it's not a big deal not having one.
They have to end at some point, the casuals have had enough fun
If the "casuals" are a worry then you are a casual. I hate this pseudo elitism here.
If you're losin, you're "casual".... like me 🙂think he means FPL managers who are less dedicated currently doing better than those managers more dedicated.
No way Sherlock!
Yup, get a City defender.
Worth it for a hit?
Mitrovic vs Chambers and Gabriel...
What's your point?
Red card for mitrovic
No clean sheet for ARS.
Need some pointers, what to do with this team?
Ruddy/Rudd
Cedric Morgan Kos Oxford Coates
Sanchez Silva Payet Hendo Mahrez
Wilson Aguero Pelle
0 FT 0 ITBSell it.
Then think about the team you really want 🙂My thoughts are
1. Take -4pt hit to switch Kos to Kolarov
2. Take -8pt hit to switch Kos to Kolarov and Cedric to LovrenJesus! Not 2.!
Wait for info on Kos's fitness. It'll be fine.On paper my defence can match clean sheet potential this week with Cedric and Kos, however, Southampton don't fill me with confidence, seen enough of them this season to conclude they will concede against Norwich. Hence, i'm considering making changes to my backline.
Long term i think Liverpool will keep more clean sheets this season than people expected. I said this 2 weeks ago on here.If you want to take a -8 for 2 def transfers, go ahead. It's simply insane.
I'm off to bed.... before the lunacy effects me!
You can play 3 defenders so your -4 will require a clean sheet to break even. Do only if there is likely to be price swings/drops.
Can finally afford this team
http://i.imgur.com/vRWfYwY.png
looks pretty good..Benetek?!
Unlucky not to score last week
Benetek indeed!
Unlucky not to score this week and last week and we're talking sitters!Can you trust Liverpool's attacking flair though
I'd rather have Tekkers with them fixutres and he had some decent chances.
Lukaku isn't doing too bad either but I'd like something from Lpool for the next few weeks
Very nice team.
Targett and Mckeeper won't play.
What makes you think so?
On McCarthy.
Speroni due back any day now
Speroni
I'm quite convinced that Speroni will be a backup to McCarthy after he's back from injury.
Yep fully aware and not fussed, just fodder really! 2 working subs is 50% more sub than I usually use. I like squeezing dem pennies
I'm 3 moves from that team. Still thinking if I should go Benteke or Coutinho route.
Does anyone think that pogba to chelsea deal is possible?
I highly doubt it but a boy can dream
I'm a Juve fan. No chance.
Thought so
don't think juve need to sell
Even for a ridicolous sum of 70 mill £
Nah. We don't need the money and won't sell Vidal and Pogba in the same window. Paul will only leave if he asks to like Vidal did, and I don't think he wants to. He requested the #10 shirt for this season. He's staying and taking on more responsibility.
Makes sense, thanks for the insight
Goong to Barca next year
No. It's too late. I'd be happy with just Stones
Not very keen given the price being thrown around, I really think this is all about acquiring a young HG rather than Stones' quality
They lost their 3 best players already this summer, Chelsea will have to move heaven and earth to make it 4.
I know but £70million would make anyone pause
Pirlo was passed it but yeah Vidal and Tevez massive losses.
for a free transfer:
A) Ozil -> Coutinho
B) Mane -> Shaqiri
C) Sakho -> DioufC
i did c
C
but wait to see if mane is ok
A or C... Its frustrating seeing Ozil not live up to expectation but Diouf is in fine form.
C
When did Hazard drop to 11.4? Can't find history on FFix
Tonight
About 40 mins ago
40 mins ago.
today
Just now.
Early price changes
Just checked last page, thanks Marhez again wow could be 6.5 by the weekend
6.5? Not going to happen, may be 6.0.
My bad I mean 6.1.
Get Mitrovic in for ARS? Kos and Mert look out. Two good fixtures after.
Don't you think Mitrovic is a rotation risk?
Cisse hit by virus.
Really? Sounds like a good pick.
Very punty but could pay off. Lack of good striking options now.
It is punty, but disagree the lack of good striking options, I'd say Tekkers, Diouf, Gomis are good options.
Joint top attempts in box against MAN. Unlucky hitting the post.
I would wait. Arsenal managed a clean sheet against Liverpool without Kos and Mert.
This
If you watched the game... I still don't know how they managed it.
It was miraculous Cech that took all the baps though and they were shakey as fck at the back
hmm annoying when you own someone from the start - they fall one week then rise the next week but you don't get your money back i.e. Wilson is only worth 5.4 now to me. been playing for a few years and can't remember being in that situation before
That's annoying alright
That's wrong I'm sure.
As long as he scores you a lot of points, it is more frustrating when you don't own a player who scores big, and he is owned by others in your ML.
i had him on the bench 1st sub 🙁 so lost money AND didn't get the points!
This is even more frustrating, bad luck.
If you continuously own someone and they drop and ise you do get your money back. I know I did with Wilson this wek.
oh really? oh maybe its because I also played my wildcard last week (but kept wilson in new team)? hes definitely only 5.4 for me
If you took him out at some point saved it then got him back in you will have him at the value when you brought him back in.
oh crap yes I think i put in watmore in for a couple of days incase he rose. played that one wrong then! always learning! explains why id never had that happen before though
But look on the bright side. When you transferred him out was he 5.5? If he was you saved 0.1 right there.
nope i got my timing all wrong - played wildcard around tuesday when he was already 5.4 - dropped him for a couple of days before bringing him back in on Friday - then benched him!?
Oh well. It could be worse at least you aren't wasting a transfer getting him this week!
wonder what that extra 17 points would look like on my rank...sigh...
A big difference at the moment. It certainly improved my weekend a lot.
actually I did play redmond over him who at least got 7 so only a 10 point loss. no more attacking rotations for me - that little experiment lasted all of 1 game week!
Night all, I wish you well.
- Full Backs Are Hogging Bonus
Sorry for the long post. I’ve been looking at the BPS from over the last 3 gameweeks. In short, fullbacks have been thriving from the new system, scoring more bonus points each gameweek than strikers. The bonus points have been split between defenders and midfielders, perhaps if this trend continues, a move to 3-5-2 with premium fullbacks would be key to a successful season? Now maybe it’s down to the fact that strikers aren’t scoring well yet, in fact, they haven’t scored more than midfielders in any gameweek so far. Goalkeepers seem to only be rewarded if they make a number of saves in a tight game. It is still early days. But for the moment, make of it what you will.
GW1
30 goals scored
5 clean sheets
Centreback goals - 2
Centreback assists – 0
Fullback goals - 1
Fullback assists – 6
Midfield goals - 14
Midfield assists - 15
Forward goals - 11
Forward assists - 5
Own goals – 2
GK bonus - 4
CB bonus - 9
FB bonus - 16
MID bonus - 22
ATT bonus - 10
GW2
24 goals scored
7 clean sheets
Centreback goals - 3
Centreback assists – 0
Fullback goals - 2
Fullback assists – 2
Midfield goals - 9
Midfield assists - 19
Forward goals - 9
Forward assists - 2
Own goals - 1
GK bonus - 4
CB bonus - 11
FB bonus - 14
MID bonus - 28
ATT bonus - 8
GW3
24 goals scored
7 clean sheets
Centreback goals - 2
Centreback assists - 1
Fullback goals - 2
Fullback assists - 3
Midfield goals - 10
Midfield assists - 13
Forward goals - 8
Forward assists - 4
Own goals - 1
GK bonus - 9
CB bonus - 9
FB bonus - 18
MID bonus - 23
ATT bonus – 9
Bonus Points Distribution
Goalkeepers: 17 (9%)
Centrebacks: 29 (15.3%)
Fullbacks 48 (25.4%)
Midfielders: 68 (36%)
Attackers: 27 (14.3%)Could you divide the percentages by number of players? Mids are 36% but there are more mids.
Interesting, thanks for sharing this.
I get the feeling this could be to do with the rise of 4-5-1, the number 10 playmaker and wingers who cut inside. Certainly there are a handful of Mids across the league that run their teams. Hazard, Sanchez, Depay, Payet, Siggy last year, Wijnaldum, Coutinho, Shaqiri soon to be, Eriksen etc.
The only team that doesn't have a fulcrum midifielder are Everton who have played with roving wingbacks for years.If FPL winner this year won it by 4-5-1, that would shake the beliefs.
4-5-1 in real life
I see. The popular 4-2-3-1.
yes
Yep. I'm taking that into account and considering 3-5-2 as valid option, at least for now until we see the change.
Figure are distorted atm by the amount of home games that have not produced. Hence the heavy bonuses in defense
Thanks, looked that full-backs were doing well but good to see some comprehensive statistics.
19 more bonus for 10 more attacking outputs could there possibly be a link?
Ps not all fbs or cb's are created equal some cb's will do better under the new system and some fbs will also and we need to be smarter than simple analysis like this in order to find them.
WC:
Butland Ruddy
Kolarov Gomez Cedric _____ _____
Sanchez Silva Coutinho Mahrez _____
Aguero Wilson _____
A. Swansea Westwood Diouf
B. Swansea Francis Gomis (Silva to Toure)
C. Francis Muniesa Ritchie Diouf
D. Saylor Muniesa/Francis Redmond Gomis
Gomis fixtures to run out?
C
No problems doubling up on Stoke D?
I'm playing with these 3 ways to get Liverpool and Chelsea attacks.
A: Benteke + Pedro ... with 4.5m mid like Westwood
B: Pedro + Coutinho ... with Wilson as cheapie
C: Coutinho + Costa ... with 4.5m mid
Which pair would you pick ?A or C.
B looks sound to me.
All of them look good. A for me
The problem are they all look good. 🙂
It's hard to pick the route to go.A
Ritchie is killing me. Need a return this GW
He might with those fixtures
Well they have a great run of fixtures for the next 5 games, hard to keep and hard to sell.
Any risers / fallers tonight? Cheers
Cheers. Depay likely to fall anytime soon? Thinking of doing depay to yaya now before that happens.
last page
a) Huth + Depay
b) Francis/Gomez + Pedro (-4)a
A
Thanks! Guess I'll wait on mr. Pedro
On WC. Which one?
A) Kompany . Sánchez . Pedro . Wilson . Gomis
B) Kompany . Pedro . YYT . Wilson . Giroud
C) Sagna . Pedro . Ayew . Benteke . GiroudA with Kolarov, if the rest of your defence is nailed
A - safe bet
Thanks all.
Who is the next best Arsenal player after Sanchez?
It's going to be a headache trying to free up funds to get him in.Cech
That was my thinking. Seems like he'll be a solid first choice FPL keeper.
The only one you can rely upon to play every game. Won't give you the same potential points as the mids though.
True. Think I'll have to wait on Arsenal mids. Just hope they don't score too highly while I don't have them.
Its very hard to predict, but still have faith in Ramsey. Very nice goal this weekend..
Ramsey would be my ballsy choice. Cech my safe choice. Ramsey could score big any game now. And yes, he was unlucky with the goal.
i'm seriously considering ramsey. at least till sanchez become one of the explosive options the way he was last year.
That might happen very soon. He had a few very good chances, one in the post
True. Think I had Ramsey early last season but he didn't really get going.
Big fan though - quality player (this coming from a united fan).
Just needs to stay injury free.
Cazorla was worth more points than Sanchez from last Christmas to the end of the season. He's also on pens. Not bothering with an Arse mid at the moment.
Carzorla's a funny one. He has on and off periods. Can disappear for half the season than explode in the next half.
There are a glut of potentially big scoring mids at Arsenal but none have exploded yet so I'll wait. Hoping for another dry spell against Newcastle to make my selection/transfers a bit easier.
Walcott when he's on the field
Start against Newcastle? He deserves the chance. Just not clicking for Giroud atm
I have NO clue what Wenger will do nowadays. I think he should
Butland
Azpilicueta-Kolarov-Cedric
Hazard-Ozil-Mane-Mahrez-Sinclair
Aguero-Pelle
Ruddy-Huth-Coates-Ighalo
Should I WC?No, save.
I've been wondering why top teams like MCI ARS and CHE do not play 2 strikers against bottom teams and badger them into submission. Regardless of opposition they stick to 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-4-1.
It just seems to be a better balanced structure to have the lone forward supported by attacking midfield / strikers running through. Having played in both I find the 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-3 much better than the static 4-4-2 structure. Never played in a 3-4-1-2 admittedly
City played 4-4-2 often last season and look how that went. Not being outnumbered in midfield is essential in modern day football, playing with two strikers is not.
Wanted to come on here to say I stole Pedro in my draft league 🙂
So here's my team
Butland Cech
Skrtel kompany Cedric Williams
Pedro Fabregas Mane Ramsey Mata
Aguero Lukaku Vardy LambertVery nice for a draft league. How many are in it?
6. And I forgot Huth!
I haven't lost yet and I'm top on overall points. I even finished top 7 overall for week 2That is amazing for a 6 man league! Well done.
You shouldn't have got away with a team like that with 6 other people.
It's pretty solid. This is mine in a 9-team draft league. Best 1-3-4-3 counted every week. No changes after the draft, same teams for the whole season. I think I'll win it by a big margin.
Schmeichel Pantilimon
Kompany Koscielny Skrtel Bellerin Cedric
Yaya Ramsey Payet Ayew Oscar Wijnaldum
Costa Rooney Lukaku Gomis Walcott
That's a fantastic draft team!
couldnt wait so i used my WC
Romero
kolarov, Damian, Targett
Yaya Toure, Mahrez, Shaqiri, Sanchez
Diouf, Wilson, Aguero (C)
Subs: McCarthy, Redmond, Gomez, Ward
3.2 itb
Please advise where i can use the 3.2m thxMaybe get in Silva and Gomis?
so either yaya or silva
Gomis for who? Wilson or Diouf?
thx
Targett will lose his place soon so upgrade him.
Cedric?
A) Silva + Diouf
B) Yaya + Benteke + 0.6mB for me.
