In spite of a five-match Gameweek, there’s still plenty to pore over in our first members’ article of the week. We cast an eye over City’s troubles on the road, Bournemouth’s upturn in output, Marko Arnautovic’s home comforts and the contrasting fortunes of Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy up front in recent matches.
Rapid risers:
What's your total score from the last five weeks.
Any tales of greatness?
281
Not sure how that faresMaybe just below average on here. Not sure.
418k > 174k with all chips left.
Really nice.
Not greatness but I've had five greens in a row now moving me up from 447,982 to my current 146,177. Might crack the 100k yet!
Yeah, misread that. Total score is 319
Bloody hell. What a rise. If you have your key chips you're on for a probable top 60k at least.
No wildcard left but still got triple captain and bench boost. Kind of have a plan to get eleven doublers for 34 but it needs a few hits, as detailed in my post below.
I'll have a look.
285
38K to 13K
408k to 108k here despite playing only 9 at the weekend
My God. No 5 weeks? Really?
Yip, and only one big jump. 170k in 26
Smacking it.
GW21 I was on 841k..GW30 on 229K 🙂
Unstoppable.
I've risen a million places in this timeframe!*
*It's been a terrible season and I'm still sitting outside the top 400k, so this is as much down to the ineptitude of my opponents as any of my own ability!
282
From 705k to 361k. Hoping it's green arrows from here on out!
305
650,000 riseHa. That's remarkable.
Only decent run all season
Changed mind on couple of decisions that would have given me another 22 pointsI know that too well. Costa captain to Ozil change still makes me feel sick a couple of weeks ago.
307
52k to 12k, bought Arnie and Siggy at the right timeI got Siggy at the right time too. GW 21
340
two hits sorry 332
411k > 45k
solid stuff. Who you captaining his gameweek? 😉
Thanks on a good run but can go tits up quickly.. Has to be Harry but Siggy is a serious contender
332 is insane. Well done.
Lots of us on a really good run of greens at the minute mate its great just need to keep it going.. 327 is mammoth scoring
Yes one of the two. Siggy is in fine form but will we have the minerals to go with him?!
Not me.. Sticking on Kane
My jaw has dropped.
321
Blimey. Close to me.
Got a few differentials in at the right time!
Me too. Costa, Siggy, Silva.
No Firmino or Arnie? Silva is meh, not going back there this season.
Your turn.
327
319...300k > within 50k
Rapid riser indeed.
coming from the wilderness to reclaim minileagues is always nice :),
318pts up 539,302 places to less lowly 240K. 102 in GW29
Highest GW rank?
2,173
That was GW29
321 points in the last 5 weeks, but I did (foolishly, wasn't thinking ahead) play my bench boost. Have WC and TC left. 5 green arrows. Rose from 5,333 to 1,400.
Repost. Could use some opinions guys.
No wildcard. This seem like a decent gameweek 34 bench boost team? I can get there with three hits. Eleven double gameweekers. One transfer for gameweek 35 gives me a playing eleven.
Butland, Elliot
Bellerin, Funes Mori, Dawson, Clyne, Fuchs
Payet, Mahrez, Ozil, Firmino, Lingard
Kane, Aguero, LukakuIf I'm using my WC in 33...
A) Save FT & 2 punts next week
B) Use both FT's next 2 weeks for punts
Leaning towards A, my team looks nice this week.
If you already have Siggy, then A. Of you don't, get him this week.
I do:
Butland
Alderweireld - Fuchs - Williams
Silva - Ozil - Siggy - Mahrez - Alli
Aguero - Kane (C) - Vardy
Robles - *** - Bertrand - Francis (1FT - 0.4 ITB)Great team. I'd save.
Cheers. Defence looks a mess in 32 so means I can bring in 2 defenders or an attacker.
Forster
Wollscheid / Simpson / Koscielny
Payet / Alli / Mahrez / Sigurdsson
Agüero / Kane / Vardy
Hennessey / Eriksen / van Dijk / Kompany
Any changes required?
Assuming both are rested on Thursday, would you get Rose or Walker?
Rose
4 transfers between now and 34.
Siggy, Kompany, Kane and Vardy ---> Firmino, Clyne, Martial, Lukaku
That would give me 10 DGW players. -4 to get all 11
TC chip to play
11 players for GW35
Best I can do with no WC?Probably - just make sure your SGW'ers are good.
Clyne seems a waste, maybe Sahko? Otherwise, looks good.
Thanks 😀
Kompany for who? DGW player preferably?
think im going clyne
Assuming it's short term injury, will bench until GW33 and decide on WC.
Bellerin? That's who I'm looking at.
Maybe a Liverpool player
Got Bellerin. Maybe Clyne then. Kompany our for a month apparently at least.
Otamendi supposed to be just an impact knock, so could go for him, annoying to waste a transfer tho.
Lukaku next 2: ARS mun
VARDY next 2: cpl SOT
ERIKSEN next 2: BOU liv
Arnie next 2: wat SWA
Firmino next 2: sot TOT
I have Vardy & Eriksen and considering which of the other 3 to use my FT on this week, who woudl you choose and why?
Given the way this season has gone, I wouldn't be surprised to see Leicester, West Ham, Southampton, Spurs make up the top 4 😀
No Arsenal in 4th spot GB? 😮
Anything that usually happens, won't happen this season. Except Liverpool struggling, no amount of black magic can stop that happening.
you saying were cursed
Or crap 😉
I would luv it, luv it
Looking at the GW33 fixtures of my DGW34 Wildcard team and just can't seem to get the balance right. Obviously need to WC a week early in order to activate Bench Boost.
Can't help but think I'll end up dropping a fair few points to rivals whom don't have their WC left in GW33.It's a reason I am still thinking of not WC until 36, when LEI may have the title wrapped up, and it's safe to drop Mahrez/SImpson/Ali.
Another option im considering is to WC in 32 and then have 2 FT to remove 2 additional players at the last minute for wk34 who i might want to play in 33.
Anyone fancy a punt on Ayew? Is he fit?
If you are currently at 5k OR and you had WC & all chips left, Would a top 1K finish be realistic?
Absolutely
Sure
Thanks.
I wasted BB like a fool earlier in the season. Should be quite straight forward for me to get 11 DGW players for 34 and 37 if I WC in 33 right?
You can get some substandard players like that.
Huh?
Gonna leave all the wild DGW talk for the time being, gonna WC in GW33 anyway so not gonna think about it til then.
Best TOT defender to get for this GW?
A) Rose
B) Toby
C) Dier
D) OtherToby, surely.
A
Yea, thought it was between Rose and Toby... Gonna have a good think. Cheers guys
Depends if you need a Diff and who your rivals have
Yea, main rival has Toby, so thinking Rose, how nailed is he tho?
Not at all, that's why everyone has Toby
You think Dier is a good differential/ better differential than Rose?
Decent diff and more nailed
Forster
Bellerin - Alderweireld - Fuchs
Mahrez - Alli - Firmino - Payet
Kane (c) - Vardy - Aguero
Subs: Hennessey, Arnautovic, Cresswell and Daniels.
0FT:
Bank: 3.6.
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Any suggestions?
What do you need? Nothing looks like worth a hit.
If you have suggestions for improvement, then I can respond.
Somehow I have got it in my head to take punt on janmaat
im considering the janmaat eliot double up- lol. rafa is great defensively. will need to monitor them over the next few weeks
They looked decent on Monday, seemed to have two sitting mids.
Janmaat must be due another assist or goal
He got in the box a couple of times yesterday.
Good boy!!
when borthwick is back fit will he be nailed on to start? at 3.9m he could be a steal for a dgw with decent fixtures
Depends who is fit but he won't be nailed if others are ok
Certainly won't be nailed, Rojo more likely to start imo
Try a different way that's less complicated:
Vardy > Lukaku this week?
Given Vardy's fixtures look better (cpl, SOT) but Lukaku has better form (ARS, mun)?I'm still cautious about dropping Alli/Mahrez on my WC - so much value!
Same. Had Mahrez since pre-season 🙁
But there's no way I'm giving up the opportunity to have 30 fixtures in GW34 😀Aye it's going to be special. My rival has already used WC & BB as well - buzzing.
Fixtures after double aren't great, they aren't scoring loads of goals. Could be the difference between getting as high as possible or not
Keeping Mahrez
Mahrez has averaged 7pts per game this season, has 11 double figure hauls, has 30pts more than any other player, is still dirt cheap and ownership at the top end is nearly 100%. If people want to replace him with James Milner, simply because he has two extra fixtures then they need their head testing.
For those playing 15BB
Getting out Leicester players in GW33 for their match to Sunderland is a bummer.
Not playing Kane in GW 34 is too.
Nature of the beast. Just have to hope for the best.
15 DGW players probably won't even be possible, let alone the best strategy
What do you prefer?
A. Play Daniels and save
B. Get WilliamsB
Kompanys injury is so annoying looking at city's next 5 after man Utd, is him to Otamendi to sideways? Or should I just get Hart and use the money elsewhere
TM
You know the FFS identity of a very famous FPL manager. Can you give us any clues as to who he might be?Andy Murray follows FFS
No no, not a normal famous person. An FPL famous person
Ah....thought we had some A* celeb in our midst 🙂
Still the most famous when it comes to FPL greatness.
Not shy of telling folk either.
Out of curiosity. Does Andy Murray post?
Yes
I mean, aye
😉
I don't believe you 😉
Not the best time to come clean after my loss yesterday 🙁
It's a wind up
TM doesn't know the meaning of wind up
Hi Guys. Andy here..
Another one. There are too many Andy's here already. Even the scoutcast was half Andy
☺
Villa ronke?
Is that you?
That's what I thought
VR?
Aye
just for next GW, pick 3 from:
Monreal (Everton away)
Clyne/Sahko (Southampton away)
Simpson (Palace away)
Daniels (Spurs away)
VVD (Liverpool home)Ouch
BCDC, D and whoever you think has a better chance between Liv and Sou of keeping CS
heres my first proper attempt at a wildcard gw33 bench boost 34 team. 13 double gameweekers
de gea elliot
koscielny bellerin moreno dawson simpson
payet ozil firmino antonio mahrez
kun kane lukaku
happy to take a -4 in gw35 to get rid of a couple of the dgwers.Why bench boost in a DGW if you are using SGW players?
mahrez is indispensable, plus i would rather have simpson for gw33 and gw35 then just have a random player who will probably flop in a dgw
Single gameweek players aren't guaranteed to score less than double gameweek players.
Dont you mean 12 DGW
Sumpson Mahrez Kane all SGWil have martial instead of kane sorry
I'm sure this has been asked loads, but what's the prognosis for Kompany? I guess everybody is getting rid?
Recurrence of calf injury apparantly, won't know the extent until a scan, a few weeks is likely I would've thought
I've altered my plans I think. Kompany and Shaqiri > Clyne and Firmino.
He's old and past it
Yet the clean sheet ratio with and without him suggests otherwise.
His body is telling him to take up golf. He's useless on the sideline for three quarters of a season. Waste of money.
I didn't see the Kompany injury. Will he be done for a few weeks ?.....
Fingers crossed
Doesn't recover quickly either i don't think we will see him again this season
He's a pigging nuisance.
Bench one of Alli (BOU), Ozil (eve) or Silva (MUN)
Thinking Silva or Alli ...Silva easy as pie
Probably Silva
Play Butland or Hart?
Butland. Hart is pointless without Kompany
Butland. City defence is a mess when Vinny's out.
Probably just going to wildcard in 33 now, so just 2 weeks to worry about.
---------Schmeichel
---Bellerin Ivanovic Toby
Mahrez Sigurdsson Alli Ozil
-----Aguero Lukaku Kane
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Hennessey Silva Daniels Wolly
1ft, 1.0itb
As boring as it sounds I'm thinking save then next week : Siggy Alli > Payet Traore/Antonio for free
Any other ideas?
