As always, we delve into the Gameweek 5 data in our first members article of the week. Arsenal’s midfield and Leicester’s form pair arrive under analysis, whilst we also cast an eye over Everton and West Ham’s playmakers after both guided their respective sides to victory.
Current set up for this week:
Butland
Francis Kolorov Gomez
Pedro Silva Mahrez Sanchez
Wilson Benteke Aguero
Subs: McCarthy, M.Richards, Westwood, Targett
2 free trades, 0.2 in the bank.
What do you think? Pedro -> Ayew or Payet? Problem is that if Pedro isn't injured, his fixtures look better from next week...
I would hold for those fixtures
Agreed. Stay as you are.
Unless you one week punt and transfer him back next week
Thanks both
Gabriel ... Can he keep his place?
Probably not.
Unlikely
Provided he's gotten off that ban
Ban? Is he banned?
No, he elbowed a Stoke player at the weekend. There was initially talk of retrospective ban, but BBC didn't make a big deal of it on MOTD so I assume he's gotten away with it.
Bottomed:
Is Morgan likely to drop?
Would do Morgan > Janmaat or Nyom if so.
Good chance. Has been close for a while.
Thanks. You recommend any defender, Torres?
Over 2m, my advice is useless.
I also have him.
Hehe, cheers anyway 🙂
Don't be so harsh on yourself 😉
Personally I believe Janmaat could be dropped, Surely Mclaren can't look at him "defend" much longer
Maybe play him as on the RM position. He's indeed way to attack minded 🙂
He can be gold for them attacking returns, would be a great asset at RM
And another OOP on FPL would be great 😉 although you can't expect many CS's
If hes playing Midfield they might actually get a decent defense going though
True! The return of the Saylor at 4.0 😀
And Mbemba as RB bap Magnet!
Woof!
triple up Magpies defence?
NEW: WAT -15 CHE -352 mci -617 NOR -3 sun -48 STO -65 bou -179 LEI 16 cpl -203 LIV -142 tot -360
That's just nasty 😮
😀 I know, I know. Tyne-Wear is looking like the derby of the season in the Championship next year.
I'm afraid so... A shame for both really.
Would probably do it for Nyom. Thinking of losing Francis for him (he's perilously close to a drop too - but he has racked up two assists. It's just neither Lei nor Bou look like keeping cleanies anytime soon).
Thought I could save for this week, but I hate a drop of a 4.5 def :/
Yeah. I mean I'd absorb the drop if you can, but in my case the current plan has me needing every last 0.1m.
I have 1.1 ITB, so I could absorb it, but it's just a shame really.
Really struggling with my draft league side this week...
Pick 3 to play out of this lot.
A. Mane (MUN)
B. Cedric (MUN)
C. Bony (WHU)
D. Ivan (ARS)
E. Damian (Sou)
F. Martial (Sou)
pick the bones out of that one!Damian, Ivan and Mane.
Too many question marks around Bony and Martial.
Pretty straight forward.Thanks mate
ACF. But I wouldnt have Bony. If you are uncomfortable playing expensive striker you shouldnt have him. Martial also a risk but I like his changes better than Bony's 🙂
Cheers 🙂
Shaw 🙁 & Huth need to go.
a. Shaw > Bellerin/Or WBA defender FT
B. A & Huth > Noym -4Bellerin only
He does have Chelsea Man U & Everton in 3 of his next 5. Starting to back track now
I don't particularly like WBA fixtures anyway so would rather have Bellerin
Go A with a WBA defender. They have a favourable next 6.
I wouldn't call their next 3 favourable
WBA: avl 44 EVE -20 cpl -94 SUN 108 nor -57 LEI 55
any cresswell interest? bellerin seems the cool kid shaw replacement but hammers good fixturs and that left foot...
Not a bad shout if you have cover for City away
Although I had him for the start of the season for LEI and BOU and he burned me.
yeah he had a shocker v bmouth but maybe out of the system now. i would likely play him v city as they have already got cleanies v ars and liv away
Jus a couple of uncharacteristic mistakes rather than poor form.
Cresswell is the cool kid replacement
West Ham defence seems inconsistent
3 cleanies from 5 now. just that real nightmare v bmouth.
I think it would be a good replacement, if you don't already have City
i have kolarov williams gomez as my only playing 3 so really need to get shaw dealt with
Did anyone watch the BT Sport CL goals show, with james richardson tonight? impressions?
I switched in and out
very good from what I saw, highlights of each game as it's going on and then straight to goal as it goes in
Hasnt Granville always got a cold?
The United game was on, I don't blame him
or that stalker has got him
Was surprised to see Souness and Harry Redknapp on TV3(3rd Irish main channel) tonight, so much better than Brian Kerr
Souness had worked with rte for years. Presumably he was offered a pound more at tv 3. What a sound guy.
I hate Souness (Liverpool fan), hes so annoying
Thierry, Neville, Keane, Dunphy and Giles are my favourites
Having a transfer dilemma. I asked a question earlier but I didn't give the question the full background. Basically my transfer this week determines which trio I can have in GW7:
A. Sterling, Payet and Diouf; or
B. Silva, Payet and Wilson.B
B
B for me too
B
B
Huth to Dawson or Naughton ? Already have Myhill
I have Naughton but losing faith in Swansea defense
Double WBA might be excessive.
Dawson
Naughton.
Cheers guys
How much do we reckon Shaw will drop in price by Saturda?
y
Nothing, maybe 0.1
Why are you asking yourself questions? And less of the text speak. It's 'why'
Not by enough to buy him
Around 30m £
Aha. I have something, which I believe that you might like, Captain Crunch!
A musical masterpiece no doubt 🙂
I hope you like it ... 🙂
Hmm never heard ofvthem before. But it will have to wait until tomorrow as the missus is asleep and already fuming due to me making her watch Comandante for the 4th time tonight. 🙂
😆
You need it loud! 😉
with shaws injury i think i need to wildcard as i have no bench, what do you think?
begovic
Kompany Shaw Clyne
Hazard Touré Mahrez Ayew
Wilson Gomis Agüero
subs -Schwarzer Gomez Gamboa AndreuNot necessarily.
Just do Shaw -> Dawson and you have a nice little fixture-friendly team.No need to WC yet. Just transfer Shaw using your FT and monitor Kompany.
Agree with the 2 lads.
i already used my FC unfortunately
if shaw and kompany are out im f'd
Well you may have a turd in your hamper that only a WC can remove
Right. So I'm keeping Ivan......
Huth ----》 4.5m that isn't Francis ???
Got to be Watford, right?Gomez if he starts.
How do we know if he starts?
Ask a guy called DavySteen.
Twitter?
I don't think he will. Moerno in or a switch to 3 CBs as the Brodge is in a desperate plight.
Gomez is 4.8 I think O(and may not play from what I've read)
Yup. I like Prödl.
+1, too bad I keep benching him
Isn't Nyom the one who gets the BP's? Torn between Nyon & Prodl myself.
Nyom loves cards
Didn't consider that, thanks!
And Prodl likes goals
Well, I'm sold! 😀
Souare
Awful pick IMO
You don't have the conch, so you're not allowed to speak 🙂
🙂
Yes I'd say so
Yeap. Nyom
Too upset to come on last night but no Jenkinson in 1st 11 so Cedric was coming off my bench with 6 points, only for Jenkinson to come on for injured player and play 49 mins and gets 1 point. So I factored in my rotation right for the week (WHM CS) in a way but picked the wrong man.
Story of my season so far, nothing seems to be going right!
Keep the faith
That's rough 🙁
Too upset over 5 points?! Really?
Yep guessing the seasons getting to me already
Hang in there. Jonty had Hoolahan stranded on his bench this week, so it happens to the best of us. Keep making the right calls and your luck will turn around.
A) Mane > Coutinho.
B) Pelle > Benteke.
I'm leaning more towards A.A
B
Thanks for the replies.
B, apparently Benteke not travalling but Coutinho is, maybe save FT as teams usually poor after EL on Thurs nights
Neither. Mane to city mid?
I'll more than likely be getting one. I already have Kolarov, Agüero and Silva.
B
A
Reckon tonight might shake things up a bit after the strange start to the season. The injuries to Shaw and Kompany are going to disrupt both defences, clean sheets may dry up. Lots of players flying high in FPL have at least two from City and United in their defence. Potentially an opportunity to make up some ground if we make good transfer decisions.
Oh dear Lord, just went through Sunderlands attacking stats, just awful.
Getting Francis for Huth now.How do you manage to throw out stats so quickly? Have all tables learned off?
Something like that ... 🙂
Haha :')
Even more useful, thanks a lot.
Think past 1 week
Oh I am, he'll just play at home for me.
Thats Alright
They hit the post twice against Spurs. Lens and Defoe looked sharp as well.
Ah don't say that - just about to sell Francis! Thing is, Sunderland scored in each of their first four games. And Bournemouth have yet to record a cleansheet.
That would be a bum move ... 😀
BOU: SUN 131 sto -89 WAT 47If I keep Francis and he drops I won't be able to swap him later though (unless for another 4.4). If he got injured I would be screwed. Maybe he won't drop..
Drop? Ehhh? 🙂
He's -89 on FPL Stats which has me worried. Plue I have my new rotation to think of 😉
I do like the player though*plus
Should have never let Altidore go
Why are people wasting a FT on transferring out Huth or Morgan? Ok, not exactly getting CS's but nailed on in a winning team. 2 x FT's are more valuable next week with the fixture swing for a few teams.
Well Huth is dropping. My defensive rotation isn't looking that good. It seems like time for a change to someone with a little more potential
I think you're undervaluing the FT, tbh.
Depends on how many FT ppl have and if WC still available
Everyone has the same number of FT's, but agree with you point about the WC. If folk have played their WC and are still using a FT to sell Huth when Aguero might miss the weekend, then I the place has gone mad. Mad I tell you!
I value them. I like to save 2 FT's and do a mini wc with a hit if necessary every few weeks.
But I don't have 3 good defs this week and Huth is dropping and under achieving. I also have Schmeichel. Do I really need to double up on that defence?
Thirdly I would like to own Vardy. But Holding on to these 2 Leicester defenders is stopping me from getting him.
So I think dropping Huth seems very sensible for me. Not sure for everyone else.Would you be getting rid if he wasn't dropping? Schmeichel to Begovic seems a better move if you have the funds?
Why. I am happy enough with Butland for most of the games and Begovic isn't exactly getting lots of cleanies. I think Janmaat has a sneaky chance of a clean sheet this weekend and there is always potential for attacking returns. A GK really wouldn't ever add that.
I'm not exactly Huth's #1 fan, although it does feel that way at the minute. By all means transfer him out, I just don't see another 4.5m defender that will return more points.
(Actually, I do ... Ben Davies ... but I didn't want to reveal that)
There's probably a lot of people selling who also own Gomez and/or Targett. That's what I don't understand.The 4.5's are much of a muchness tbh.
Yeah that is true enough. Deal with players not playing or at risk of not playing first. That is one of the rules of this game
🙂 exactly why I'm trying to roll 2 transfers over. Thankfully, the Europa league will likely mean Gomez gets a stay of execution against Norwich. Targett will either need to rot or become a 4.5m def I suspect.
Next week is going to be another defensive one for me unfortunately. Sagna will be at the end of his cycle.
I'm dumping Morgan on Friday night as LEI look awful at the back. 2 FTs and happy with my front 7. Will carry the 2 FTs then.
No problem, RCA... if you've got 2 x FT's to tweak and are happy with your squad then yep, save the 0.1m price drop.
With Huth there's still the goal threat from set pieces so we'll have to see when he delivers on that front.
I want to get rid of him. Its not a waste.
Priorities seem skewed in that case, Rupert.
5 shots by Janmaat eh.At 4.9 he is a big tempter. I just don't think West Brom will keep a clean sheet this week. Huth is going tonight for someone.
shots is a loose description
Not you as well! Huth could be their for the season for me, so I don't mind what his price becomes! Nailed on in a hard working team @4.5m. Fire and forget.
Changing the defence this week was always on the cards. This week and next week for that matter. Time for fresh blood.
Huth to Nyom worth a hit?
Defence is Gomez Dawson Kolarov Francis. Probably not right? (Just hate losing value m)Not for a hit.
Do I give haz one more change or get rid?
Current front 2 lines
Hazard, Sanchez, Mahrez, Agew (Westwood)
Diouf, Aguero, Wilson
A: Hazard ---> Silva
B: Hazard ---> Yaya
C: Keep. Save FTIf you hold him now you might as well keep him as his fixtures pick up. A looks nice though but I'd want Silva and Pedro ideally
See how Chelsea get on tomorrow and ask again tomorrow, Hazard lost 0.2 already and great fixtures coming up at Arsenal (but can they find their form again)
Did Sako look good last week? He should be ahead of Zaha right?
Why is everyone transferring out Huth? Haven't been on much lately.
Dropping in price. The horror
A fair point. But I have lost quite a few quids on players this season.
Me too! Tons of my players dropping! "/
My selling value is less than the 100 I started with still. It just keeps going backwards. Just have a Janmaat feeling
😀
😉
Apparently dropping and Leicester conceded in each game so far.
Didn't score points in his previous game. Come on, Sarjeamt - you know the drill.
Always wanted to say that.
😆
Dunno.
LEI: sto -190 ARS -205 nor -65 sot -337?I thought he was injured or something.
Leaky Leicester.
Exactly!! Madness. Clearly no other fish to fry.
Am going to see how many of the managers take a -4 this week or next as a result!I have plenty of bloody fish to fry!
Play Payet against City since Vinny looks to be out against West Ham?
Play him anyway
Yeah unless you have any better options.
Seems like pedro has been rising for 2 weeks....anyone the wiser as to when he finally will?
He has a better chance of dropping
He's getting more transfers out than in now. Peaked before the last GW.
Ah right, cheers. Doesn't affect my team in reality but keeping more of an eye on price changes this season. Suppose chelseas lack of form will affect most of their players prices
Chelsea have a very nice run of fixtures after Arsenal. Will be interesting to see them turn it around and cause a shake up on here.
Worth saving my FT and keeping Shaw since I planned on benching him?
Thinking of bringing in Bellerin? Or Darmian?
Either way, saveI will do unless he looks like dropping. The only defs I want to bring in I would bench this week
Yep. 2 FT worth more than the 0.1 you'll save by moving quickly
Def safe FT
I have no problems up front or in midfield but have two fts and am just stuck on how to improve this defence...
Butland, McCarthy
Darmian, Kolarov, Williams, Prodl, Richards
I'm looking at upgrading Richards or Butland with 1.1itb but no one clearly stands out as a replacement...McCarthy to Begovic. Eva will lift her curse soon 🙁
Can't even afford that but don't like that move anyway
Forgot bego was 5.0 so I can afford it my bad
Best Shaw replacement?
A) Janmaat
B) Cresswell
C) Dawsonor D) Azpilicueta
A looks good for next match but B for long term.
Hypothetically speaking how many more blanks would Aguero have to do before you would banish him from your fpl team?
33 and then i'll give him a 3-month ban
😆 That's the way to do it!!! 😀
I think it'd be hard not to pick him for Fantasy Copa America though 😕
You completely embarrassed yourself earlier, btw. Just sayin.
In answer to your question, maybe only one more GW, if he starts.
