We delve into the data this evening in our first members article of the week. Watford, Man City and Everton’s strikers arrive under analysis, whilst we also assess United and Newcastle’s attacks before casting an eye over a couple of defensive differentials from City and Liverpool.
Anyone care to help?
Cech
Dawson - Williams - Sagna
Mahrez - Payet - Sanchez - KDB
Vardy - Pelle - Kane
Subs McCarthy Darmian* Westwood* Richards*
1FT and 2.6m in the bank.
A) Darmian to Moreno.
B) Darmian to Rojo(might tied up funds in defence)
C) Save.
Gamble on defence and save.
I'm getting shot of Darmian or Richards.
Ones starting to become a liability / risk and the other plays for Aston Villa and is a waste of a slot !
So i've racked up a nice total of 155 bench points thus far this season, with only 7 coming on to attribute to my final gameweek scores.
How is everyone else going in regards to benching the wrong players?I can join your club. All logical but wrong choices so I think there will be a few on this site with similar tales of woe.
I thought my 111 is bad enough...
58 points
57
play payet or lukaku this week?
I see it this way. 2 pts or 12 for Lukaku or 5 to 7 points for Payet.
both and bench someone?
Luakaku, IMO.
best 5th mid for 5.6 or less?
or keep drinks and use funds elsewhere?Davies Soton why he holds the no 10 shirt.
thanks mate ill look into him
So I have the template front 8 with bony as the 3rd striker.
Why are people not considering making pelle (C) this week? Is he really that bad away from home??
He's my vice. Think City could batter Villa so I'm going KDB.
Scored 1 and assisted 2 away to Chelsea earlier this season...
Any idea how to revive a deleted FPL account anyone?
I can't recall my FPL ID number
Look in your history and get your ID
Do you think Arsenal v Spurs will be a goal fest?
1.1
I can't see it happening this year because they both seem so defensively solid but I can never predict how their games will go so we'll have to see.
It has happened fot a while
Nah a tight game I think
4-4
Sanchez 4
Kane 4No. Both form and history point to a low scoring game
Play Payet or Ayew?
Payet Not keen in Villa (Joke!)
Play Payet (EVE) or Ighalo (lei)?
I would be terrified of benching either tbh
Ighalo, imo.
Uhmmm, uhh....
Both will do well I think. Impossible decision imo. This may sound crazy, but how about Sanchez? 😯I'm considering that too...hmm
Don't be silly
That's the 2nd time this week someone said that to me 😆 the first time being when I caused a stir on here when I said Rose should of kept his 2nd assist. I like being controversial 😎
I agree with benching Sanchez. He's a strong option to bench
Ighalo is a captain potential this week. Bench Payet
De Bruyne injured or rested last night?
Rested and came on
Dropped
Not really
Yes really. Pellegrini would have just said if he was tired otherwise. "Tactical and other reasons" points to being dropped
Why would he be dropped?
Theirs best player so far in the season
He just played every game so far
He needed a rest and he will start next game for suteAway at Sevilla is one of City's biggest game of the season.
It isnt really
You could say that for Utds game vs Cska and they played Lingard
Just relax its long season
No one can play every game
Have you guys ever play football,or even run?Yes, I do....
Anyway, Lingard is a first team player for now. And CSKA won't have any threat on United in this group. PSV and Wolfsburg are are bigger contenders.
KDB played the Norwich game, he didn't have to play that game AND he got hauled off early.
Best player of the season? Have u seen him play? Or are you just using the assist and goal stats to make an argument
Poor vs united
Awful vs spurs
Poor vs sevilla first game. He scored in the two games i mentioned but thats just blinding people...he was poor and i saw the entore gamesAbsolutely no surprise that every time he hasnt started this season city have won
Definitely dropped no matter what the reason.
He's knackered. He was dropped/rested because he wouldn't have been able to track back etc. So it's partly rested. Partly dropped
Very much this. People always think being dropped is a bad thing. Not always the case.
"Small groin problem"
?
Bellerin
Oh okay. The bells of defeat ringing for arsenal
Get your bets on Bayern -2.5 goals to win now.
That IS a problem.
thanks for letting us know, how about your arse?
I wouldn't have thought it was 'pre international rest' injury before Bayern, but I'm holding.
Almost 3 weeks to recover.Do the U21's even play during every international break?
That means he got hit in the balls.
If the problem is "small groin", I would not want to announce it...
@ Evs
Whats your thoughts about replacing Darmian?
Moreno or Rojo?Either.
Though Blind can play instead of Rojo.
anyone else feel KDB is not great value for money in that city midfield at present?
I'm starting too tbh....
He needs to be playing in the hole.He's not value no, but he's worth his money.
o/ But value isn't a problem *yet*. When I need Aguero in he'll be shot though.
yep. would rather Yaya and (soon) Kun along with one of Kola or Kompany
This
6+ PPG since he arrived at City means he should stay put.
I hate that word value. Value's got nothing to do with it - its won on points.
Value has everything to do with it when you have a limited budget.
yes won on points maximised thrugh optimal value
If you had 200m budget it wouldn't matter but we don't
Gawd...lads...don't get me started on this...
Hi
Absolute not.
Season keeper to me.He's a great option. Value isn't the issue
He IS a great option.
There are just as good for less in the same team imo.
The problem is there are so many good options in the City midfield who can rack up the points in any given gameweek
You pick one and hope your number comes upthis
plus sterlling and yaya have more goal threat than him
I'm not so sure about that.
What? 😀
kdb has been more dangerous than both in front of goal
Im not so sure about that actually, most of his shots tend to be outside the box,sterling is playing central at the mo (albeit had had more limited minutes but i expect this to improve now ) and yaya is leading for shots out of city mids last couple weeks and shots in the box plus on pens.
hmm fair enough. I was just going by the fact that kdb has actually scored in multiple games lately, sterling and yaya have not. Sterling got his goals all in one, and yaya just got a pen last week.
yes looking back he is but i am expecting his goal numbers to run out in the near future
*decrease rather , although he will still have healthy assist rate. If he was to be moved centrally I would then be much more encouraged of his goal scoring chances
im actually more encouraged when silva comes baclk, as the newcastle game proved this will kdb to find himself even more forward with silva pulling the strings
At the moment yes but when Silva and Sergio are back he'll be worth it IMO
Morning everyone! I've got a bit of a defensive dilemma that I'd appreciate help with.
My current defenders are Bellerin, Kolarov, Clyne, Wollscheid and Targett with no money itb.
With no chance of Targett playing, Bellerin a doubt and Clichy back fit there is a chance I could end up with just 2 defenders (AOA chip played). Kolarov has a plum fixture but has gained me a total of 2 points since I got him before the West Ham game so my patience has run out. I want to get Ozil and Eriken in the next few weeks so is Kolarov to Simpson madness? My previous plan was to save. Any decision will be after the the pressers.
CheersKolv to berty. AFTER this weekend
vVD
Tricky - who to bench - i'm leaning to Sanchez due to Spurs defence and tiredness after bayern munich. Who would you bench? Payet is the other option I guess
a> Vardy
b> Lukaku
c> Pelle
d> KDB
e> Sanchez
f> Mahrez
g> Payet
h> ManeSanchez
Benching Sanchez could massively end in tears. If you have all put attack then use that, if not Pelle due to away form
I would never bench Sanchez. Madness
Especially at home
Good morning guys.
Ft Mata to Sterling/Yaya/Ozil?Save transfer
No way Mata stays in my team, utd are boring and play rubbish football.
Then.
Sterling short term.
Ozil long
sterling or yaya for short term explosive option while aguero+ silva still out. Ozil safe long term pick.
Probably Özil for me
Ozil. If only I had a midfielder poor enough to allow me to get him in 😐
Özil, IMO.
Whats the backline for ManU when they all are fit?
Darmian - Jones - Smalling - Rojo(Shaw)DDG
Plus darmain dropped
Blind/Valencia/Young can all come one and play somewhere there.
I would only touch Smalling and DDGRojo not safe option then? Has played last 3 pl games and yesterday in ucl.
I wouldn't touch any of them. Except snaking or DDG
Ah good ol' snaking
Not yet, imo.
Woud you play
Myhill or henesey
alderwield dawson or nyom
Butland
Clyne Reid VVD
Mahrez Payet Sanchez KDB
Lukaku Vardy Costa
Subs - McCarthy Westwood Richards Gomez
0.2 ITB & 1 FT....
Keep Costa or swap to Rooney or Benteke?I wouldn't get Roo or Benteke. Chelsea have reasonable fixtures coming up, even tho they are playin very poorly, i would save FT
@Mull
Interesting table here looking at the players with the top 10 open play passes into the danger zone - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CS4AkoiXIAABR-_.png:large - Deeney's at number three interestingly enough.I think number one is more interesting 😯
😉
Also of note, four Arsenal players here, incredible & it really says wonders about their xG. Özil destroys overall though, key pass per 90..I wonder how many are combinations within the DZ?
That'd be some interesting research, as a sidenoteI remember one of the Mike's writing an article before the CL quarterfinals on how Barcelona's attack is the best trio in the game & blows both Bayern's & Madrid's attack out of the water in terms of touches & passes in the DZ
Exact same piece I was thinking about!
Someone needs to call Kenny Loggins about this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwpn14IE7E😆
Oooh nice one Zasa, Arsenal are Barcelona-lite is confirmed again 🙂
Aye 😉 Double-up's still the way to go.
Cazorla on set pieces (inc pens) and still good for long shots and dz passes. Basically Liverpool 13/14's Gerrard without the avalanche of pens yet 🙂
Indeed mate, thinking along the lines of Giroud + Özil if Walcott's for a while
My current Front 8 :
Sterking yaya KDB Sanchez mane
Pelle Ighalo Vardy
0.2 ITB 1FT
I wc'ed mahrez out GW9 when his place was looking dodgy. i never planned to get him back in cos of the fixture shift and also having vardy. I dont think it is going to be a good idea to have them both when they start playing much better defences. The general plan was always to do pelle and kdb to aguero and cheapo in a couple of weeks. But now im thinking the risk of not owning mahrez currently is high even with vardy and if i get mahrez now this gives me the option of stikcing with mahrez + pelle and let vardy become my aguero spot instead. Given that I dont view KDB as a good long term option due to poor value perhpaps it would be better for me to pull the trigger now on KDB to mahrez as well as the fact that KDB was going in couple of weeks anyway. Thoughts much appreciated :).so you wont get aguero?
no i am getting aguero ether way, if i stick as is and risk not having mahrz then will be doing kdb + pelle to aguero + cheapo in couple of weeks. If i do KDB to mahrez now then I can rather keep pelle if i want and have the option of going vardy to aguero in couple of weeks ( will have 4.0 itb so will need a downgrade elsewhere)It also gives me the option of keeping mahrez plus vardy long term (doubtful ) or keeping mahrez over vardy.
i would get rid of Sterking
thats not an option at the mo. KDB is my aguero enaabler. Im certainly not dropping streling while playing in the no. 10 role at least for this weekend
Sterking or Streling? confused
I'm only messsing, i would go KDB too for Ozil
lol thats also not an option this is all about mahrez fear! 😛 + having more flexibilty when looking to transfer in aguero.
ronda rousey or holly holm?
I don't watch that fake rubbish.
oh if real is what you're after you need to watch pro wrestling instead!
I was hoping for an angrier response. 🙂
Ronda Rousey could probably kill me in about 10 seconds so I'd go with her.haha just because im a martial art fan doesnt mean im one of those agressive macho 'just bleed' douchebags
case in point http://i.imgur.com/8rWSPVW.gif?noredirectDoink the clown to win
doink the clown is wayne rooneys great grand aunty
Deulofeu nailed?
No.Similar to Barkley game time 2 years ago. Martinez has a few options.
He should be , but sometimes is used as a sub, so wouldn't risk it
Has anyone compiled a list of the internationals with dates? I mean those which affect our FPL lineups?
Or any site which compiles this?Earliest and Latest Dates:
South America:
Thursday 12th - Tuesday 17th
Europe:
Thursday 12th - Tuesday 17th
Asia:
Thursday 12th - Tuesday 17th
Africa:
Wednesday 11th - Tuesday 17th
Friendlies (of importance):
Friday 13th - Tuesday 17th
http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/international-tournaments/fixtures-results/index.html55 International matches in total on Tuesday 17th November
payet to ozil next week
Yay or nay?Nay. Similar points getters but Ozil more expensive.
but look at their fixtures in two weeks - Norwhich, Sunderland, Villa. I think I might get him in just for those as I can see some big hauls coming in atleast one, maybe two of those.
Jese Lingard. Definitely one for the future. If he can break into the starting 11 next season. I would have him in my team. He was immense last night.
Meh. Wasn't great in the Championship aside from a freaky four goals in one game for Birmingham, struggled a bit for Brighton, never really nailed a first team spot for Derby.
I reckon United'll sell him to someone like Leicester in a year or twoI wouldn't say he was immense
Is he nailed on to start at the minute?
This week captain choice is even harder than last week. No standout option to me.
Currently leaning towards Mahrez.yeah i think the leicester boys take it. Head says mahrez but gut is telling me vardy.
Wish I could say the same 🙁
Night Weon
Cya mate 🙂
Hi Guys.
Cant figure out who to sub this week for my front 8.
Team is as follows:
Myhill (McCarthy)
van Dijk, Moreno, Kolarov (Naughton, Souaré)
Payet, De Bruyne, Sanchez, Mane, Wijnaldum
Vardy, Lukaku (Ighalo)
Also am I strange in thinking of giving the arm band to Wijnaldum this week?For fellow Mane owners, during the international break he plays on Wednesday morning for Senegal and then plays for Southampton on Saturday...Hmmm
He'll be alright , he isnt like one of these overweight lazy chelsea boys
No its Tuesday night according to the FIFA website.
Wednesday morning Australian time 😛
