After assessing the Defenders, our series of members articles analysing the opening month of fixtures continues with a look at some of the stand-out statistics in midfield. Summer signings from Swansea, Crystal Palace, Man City, Chelsea and Norwich come under focus, whilst Arsenal’s premium big hitter offers many reasons for optimism.
Alexis goal 😉
Chile 3-2 Paraguay
Love that guy
triple cap next week
I don't even own the guy I love.
If you love someone set them free, if they come back to you they're yours forever 🙂
Awwww
Somewhere alexis is blushing
then its lust
Lust between two men, utterly manly
Update on that horrific facial injury by one of the young lads in my team from last season that I posted about on here. He returns to play his first game tomorrow after six months out. I really, really want him to have a good game and come out unscathed.
🙂
Needless to say he'll be wearing a gum shield.
Yeah i remember that. Good to hear he is back
I saw his mum today..she's a bit nervy about it.
I'd like to wish him all the best, and good luck. 🙂
I'll let him know in the team talk that folk unknown to him are wishing him well.
Ta, Wakey. 🙂
Good to hear Wakey fingers crossed
Glad to hear that Wakey
Fair doos for just getting back out there.
Good to see a lad so determined. Too many guy's throw in the towel over minor injuries!
That one was the worst injury I've ever seen...and I've seen plenty. He'll be having work done on his mouth for a year or two.
what happened to the lad? i'd a fractured eye socket once from a wayward bicycle kick which probably looked worse than it was. blood everywhere...
He took a full force kick straight in his mouth whilst led on the floor....and I mean in the mouth....It was horrific.
Never heard about this at the time. Sounds terrible, especially for a kid, good to hear he's back.
Good luck to him.wincing just reading that. best of luck to the lad, and fair play to him for being brave enough to come back
As oppose to outside the mouth.
wow that does sound nasty
Lost about half of his teeth that we had to find on the pitch. They have been put back in of a fashion after emergency dental work but they need a lot of work on them.
Wow id have put the boots away, hoping for the chap
So would I...and tbh if it was my lad I don't think I'd be letting him play yet.
In the words of FIFA 15:
He's a tough cookie I think he'll carry on.
Hope he's ok 🙂I just want him to turn up, play his game, and go home happy.
i presume it wasn't meant?, but then again,it's relatively easy not to kick someone' s head. i understand it's a fluid situation but you can stop yourself when there's a head down there
Oh no...definitely not meant. The lad who did it by accident was distraught.
phew. i've been involved in breaking 2 players legs before, and it's horrific to be that guy. once was while dummying a cross and the guy just went over as he tried to turn and broke his ankle, and i heard it go, nearly puked. another time was a 5050 all in during a rough game and we both got injured but he broke his leg. total scumbag though and i didn't feel as as bad about that one
Sorry bottomed...
Def next GW, Kompany, Jenkinson with....
A Huth (H to Villa)
B Cedric (A to West Brom)
C Francis (A to Norwich)
D play all out defence chip (yes joking)
currently on A
Await the flurry of D 🙂A
I'm not even convinced Jenks will start. I'd go A.
me either same with A and B backup
Have Jenkinson, Coates and Adam in my team. Think 3 non-starters this week for me.
I'd go A
What's the story with Bentaleb?
Spurs best midfielder IMO but last GW was his first 90min.
Should I sell for Westwood on a WC?Maybe is the Spurs factor. He's really good. WW better fantasy option.
Ya you're probably right. The purpose of a 5th mid is to get the 2/3 pointers anyway so may as well just get WW
He is usually just above average apart from this season
This season he has been shocking especially that firstbgame at unitedHave only seen in highlights this year but any time I've seen him last couple of seasons I was impressed. Neat midfielder and still only 20.
Not sure. He's one of the few Spurs players I actually like, naturally he doesn't play.
Yes plays 90 mins, on free kicks, should have scored last GW (or maybe week before I'm abit out of touch but was so close)
On FKs?
Didn't know that...He is not on free kicks, Erkison is. Bentaleb took like 2 while he was out,
Sorry was talking about Westwood
Corners too forgot to add
Deli Ali is their best midfielder, they're just yet to realize.
Dier has done well tbf
I don't see why they don't play together in the pivot. Mason is bang average.
Never liked Mason. Despite the fact that we are usually shite, we have one advantage over everyone. We are young and the fittest team in the prem, surely one day it will pay off.
Knowing Blur are playing electric picnic now and im not at it annoys me 🙁
Doesn't look like much craic on TV to be honest
Go out and there's no other way two weak songs from a probably unbelievable set. Strap in mate
They still play music?
They released an album recently. Gorillaz back in the studio too 😀
They had some very good songs in the 90s i remember but just stopped following them after the turn of the century. Didnt even know they were still a band
The album 13 is a lesser known and very good if you've an open ear
Their best album.
Glad to hear someone feels the same, were hardly going to be unknowalgable with that grav 😛
Ha, it's a nice grav alright, though someone here did think it was Michael Hutchence...
Wow! I'm only 20 and feel ashamed to share the company of such people
Donald young on fire. Two victorires from 2 sets down in the us open. Hopefuly shocks another one in the next round
Right I'm gonna ditch Cabaye, his injury coupled with sitting deep have pushed me over the edge..
Should I go with Kouyate or Ayew?? Help!!Ayew
Really like WHU's fixture on Monday aswell..
Has to be Ayew
Butland
Azpi Kolarov Francis
Sanchez(c) Pedro Silva Maherz
Augero(c) Diouf Wilson
McCarthy Westwood Gomez Richards
1 FT which am planning to save, anything am missing? Bench order is okay?
Also would you captain a player and play the goalkeeper he's facing or that's just points lost before the Gw even starts? .
Tempted to play Butland and captain Sanchez but that doesn't seem very popular here!Could be as good as any..
Seems spot on although you cant have 2 captains 🙂
yeah im playing butland, was looking at the keeper saves of the opponent in all arsenal games this season and they are quite high. they've actually also not been scoring that much at home lately.
THIS is the week baby. When my captain Sanchez finally scores a hatty. Byebye 3.1m rank
lol at your rank. i'm like 3 or 4 hundred k ahead of you 😉
😀
Here's hoping...
Any advice peeps?
I have already used my trade this week in bringing in Scott Sinclair for Jordan Ibe. Was considering selling off Pelle to Gomis and taking a -4 hit. Any other thoughts?
Currently sitting on 187 points, Wild Card played. 1.3 in the bank.
Schmeichel
Kolarov/Darmian/Gomez/Cedric/Richards
Sanchez/Y.Toure/Payet/Mahrez/Sinclair
Aguero/Pelle/WilsonAdrian is my second GK btw
Pelle to Gomis looks like a solid move, even for -4. The rest looks good for now. Are you captaining Aguero or Sanchez?
Thanks. I will captain Sanchez this week I think. It's a tough choice though!
No. I wouldn't sell Pelle. He just scored and may find some form.
Main reason for considering the sale is fixture wise, Swansea have a better run than the Saints. If he hadn't scored and assisted against Norwich he'd have been gone a week ago 😀
Given how this season has gone so far, fixtures are from guaranteed points. 😉
Ha, you make a good point. Just thinking about where best to throw my cash 🙂
Pelle vs West Brom is a chance of a goal anyway, after that week things get much tougher, with Man Utd, Swansea, Chelsea, and then Liverpool all in the next 5.Like for like next week, save the transfer and rethink next week
Yes, this is probably the key point WAIT this week, if it means only making .5 because of another Gomis price rise, then so beit.
I expect Southampton will start to gel soon there are just a lot of decent striker options in that 6.5 to 8.5 range.
Save it, if you feel gomis will outscore gomis by 5 or more and in the weeks to come go for it, I wouldn't
doubt gomis will outscore gomis by 5 😉
There lies the answer 😉
Woops haha he'd need to do a worldie
Haha I know what you meant 😉
Damn craft beers 🙁
Beers? It's 9am in Australia haha
Im Irish the time is irrelevant 😉
HA! Doing it right. 😀 😀
Thoughts on my WC team?
Myhill
Kolarov - Shaw - Francis
Sanchez - Pedro - Sterling - Mahrez
Aguero - Gomis - Wilson
Butland - Sinclair - Cathcart - Ward
I'm just not that confident with Watford and Bournemouth defenders.....Template
You know your team more than me but a poor WC imo, too many holes sorry
wales are almost the 2nd best team in the world!!!!
So are we enjoying the international break lads?
What's a good rank at this atage? Is being in the plus 1,000,000 bracket still an okay score?
Yep currently 1.5 mil but still after a top 10K rank (see my history)
atm top 1m is a helluva good score
Ranking is meaningless for another few weeks
I'm 400k, it's all a bit pointless atm.
With such a rank on here its nice to see you're still humble 😛
A question probably best left for gw8
Who to ditch? Benteke or Hazard?
For Benteke's replacement I'm thinking about Gomis.
For Hazard's replacement I'm thinking about Pedro, De Bruyne, Sako or Redmond.
Any advice? 🙂Non save FT, benteke if you must
Hazard unless you have faith in Chelsea to turn it around. Sako is the train I jumped on but all are valid options.
hazard to sanchez
haz to pedro seems reasonable
posted this before but still laughing at it;
basically letting harry kane go
https://twitter.com/JOE_co_uk/status/637588670409781249While it's quiet, thoughts on my team
Ruddy
Huth Jenkinson, Kompany
Mane Hazard Mahrez Ayew
Benteke Aguero Wilson
Butland Westwood Cedric Francis
1FT 2.4 in bank, WC available
looking to WC after GW8
Rank 1.5 mil
Will wait until later in week but worth any changes?Hold. Only thing I could suggest is Hazard to Sanchez, unless you think Chelsea are about to turn the corner
Not bad, I would look to get out Mane though and if Hazard keeps failing to get returns you might as well save 7 mill and pick up Westwood. Same front 3 as me and all 3 have excellent fixtures until you wc. defense needs some work though.
This looks pretty good IMO
I knee jerked Shelvey out to Sako, rejecting Ayew in the process. Will the lack of Swansea come back to bite me? Currently thinking of upgrading my 5th to Ayew after next gameweek.
Never thought that I would say this but right now IMO a Swansea player is a must. Ayew preferably. I like the Sako pick but instead of bringing him in for City I would have brought Ayew in this week for Watford then Sako for Tottenahm. Sadly I don't expect much from Spurs at home to Palace and I expect Sako to be a large part of a Palace win.
A Swansea player isn't a must at all.
We will see, to be honest i cant really see Swanseas form dropping off any time soon. IMO they will most likely be the Southampton of last year.
They won't exactly batter Watford tbh.
This is the logic that I thought through and rejected. Watford are defensively quite solid at home, and kept City out for a whole half in a game where many expected them to concede at least 4.
Meanwhile, I think the City v Palace game is going to be a corker with many goals. City have kept four CS but they're not impregnable, plus Pardew is not the sort of manager to park the bus. If he wants to win he will need to use their significant attacking power.
Who are you giving the armband to? Aguero?
Guilty as charged!
Palace don't get points at home to the big boys.
The odds are obviously not in their favour, but they have the firepower and risk taking manager to score vs City, where Watford did not.
I'm looking at a 352 with Ayew myself.
Looks like a good idea
Just thinking ahead...
GW6 I'm gonna have to bench Mahrez (sto) or... Sanchez (che)...There must be a better option.
Nope. Doubt arsenal will even score anyway... Chelsea will park the bus and scrape a 1-0 as usual against top teams.
There is also Pedro (ARS), Ayew (EVE) as options but definitely playing Coutinho, Wilson, Diouf and AgueroHave you seen Chelsea lately? Who are Pool playing against then?
Norwich at Anfield
It's ultimately up to you, but when you consider relative form, I'd probably bench Pedro personally. Chelsea simply can't defend right now, and won't do so until Ivan and Terry are both dropped.
Alright. Thanks, first will see the form of both teams after this GW
Surely there is someone else you can bench.
Night folks time to reassess later in week
Sleep well good sir.
How many hits would people take before activating a WC? -12, -16?
I'm currently looking at -12 I'd like to pull the trigger on.-12
Cheers, what do you think of Hennessey, Depay, [Bentaleb], Pelle -> McCarthy, Sanchez, Ayew, [Graham]?
Sunderland Graham?
yeah, bench fodder in a 352
I'd recommend the mighty Watmore, but they're good transfers
cheers, particular reason? I purely put Graham there as the most minutes played as a 4.5m forward.
Watmore has looked when he has played and is a good prospect for the future. Dick might want to use him more in the future since he's pacy and can offer more up front.
cheers, ideally neither sees the light of day in my team but if you think Watmore will get more minutes I'll look at it
Do you really need to make that keeper move? Speroni is back soon. I can get behind the Sanchez and Ayew moves, though Pelle has now scored in his last two, including internationals. How much itb?
Pards was talking about the spot being the McCarthy's to lose now is the only reason for it and the moves leave 0.0 itb
I'd definitely wildcard for -12
-12 is about the limit
would you WC to avoid a -8?
My problem has just got fixed, only if you really can't see yourself using it after
Once you get beyond -12 you are definitely in wildcard territory. If you get to -20 you'd definitely want to use a wildcard.
Hey Diva, what did you want me for earlier? Sorry I missed your message at the time.
No worries. See below. 🙂
I've always looked at the wc as -20 points.
That's 1% of your total points for the season.
Almost negligible and too much air time is spent discussing it.
Have 2 FTs, am considering:
Darmian to Shaw - get rid of YC magnet.
Payet to Ayew - might leave it until after GW5.
Kompany to Kolarov - attacking returns.
Redmond to Westwood - Frees up funds.
Thoughts please? Strongly considering doing the first two, less keen on the other two.Thanks in advance.
Funds don't matter at this point. I'm not a fan of any of those moves really. Kolarov is probably the best option but I'd say hold until a few days out, maybe another need will emerge
I wish I could have choices like these with 2ft, I guess I'd reluctantly do the first thing
Kola and roll the other FT
Darmian only got 4 yellow cards in 46 games last season, so calling him a card magnet is a bit harsh. It's a transfer I'd maybe do on a wildcard, but I think you have better options for free transfers and Darmian may even turn out to be the better option.
If you want Ayew you may as well get him in now for the Watford game IMO.
I see no problems with Redmond to Westwood if he's going to be your bench midfielder.You can get away with more in the Serie A though 🙂 I agree that Darmian to Shaw is a bit sideways (Despite what I said above)
Is the site not working properly for anyone else?
I've been okay the last day or two actually.
Fine.
Ye, if anyone commented on this I cant see any comments on comments
It may have fatigue from your posts. Happened to me once when I was on a bender for a couple weeks.
It is working in an incognito tab! Yay
Balders will you give me a follow on Twitter? @FPLDiva
I saw your discussion the other day about some good sources on there and would like to see who you recommend. Cheers!😉
Thanks!
Thinking of playing my wild card after the past few weeks, feedback would be great
Current Team
Stekelenburg, Schmeichel
Azpilicueta, Huth, Gomez, Kolarov, Baker
Cazorla, Depay, Yaya Touré, Mahrez, Wanyama
Benteke, Agüero, Pellè
New Team
Stekelenburg, Schmeichel
Kolarov, Ward, Morgan, Dier, Fernandez
Yaya Touré, Mahrez, Mane, Ayew, Chadli
Benteke, Agüero, Gomis,Yaya might get less points with de Bruyne coming in, and I'd get Wilson over Gomis or Benteke
Cheers
How is my current team?
Pantillimon, Schemichel
Morgan, Koscielny, Cedric, O'Shea, Richards
Mahrez, Silva, Pedro, Payet, Wanyama
Benteke, Aguero, Gomis
1FT 0.1ITB
What should I do?
A) Hold FT
B) Benteke > Wilson
C) Koscielny/Cedric > Kolarov/Sagna
D) WC to this team
Howard, Krul
Sagna, Shaw, Bellerin, Gomez, Richards
Mahrez, Silva, Ayew, Sako, Pedro
Aguero, Gomis, Wilson
1.0 ITBA
Kosc -> Kola
Costa (C)
Who's with me?(C)osta.. Im don't even have him
On a WC....Best GK combo moving forward?
De Gea/Hart, the United teams rotate perfectly home & away
Manchester teams even
Bit too expensive for me....prob should have stated cheap GK combo?
😀 you probably should have 😉
Courtois/McCarthy or do you need to go cheaper?
Schmeichel
McCarthythis rotation looks very good....cheers
I actually like McCarthy and Krul.
You'd get the following after next week:
WAT, wat, WBA, NOR, sun, STK, bou, SUN, NEW, LIV, SOU
Morning all.
Would it be worth it to spend 2 FT to go Payet/Montero -> Ayew/Kouyate?
Cheers.That's pretty sideways. Is there nowhere else in your team that needs an upgrade?
Sacrifice post so Price changes dont get bottomed
A (Mark) Noble sacrifice!
