After assessing the Defence and Midfield numbers over the last four matches, we turn our attentions to up front this evening. A number of double Gameweek options arrive under analysis, including Everton, City and Newcastle’s main men, whilst we also compare Arsenal and United’s strikers and doff our cap to Tottenham’s man of the moment after a series of scintillating displays.
Hello
Hi mate
How's Nidge
Stirring, as usual. 😉
Ooh is he. Love it
that too
Top of the pops just getting geared up to WC 🙂
Super mate
Is it me you are looking for?
No
Wassup homie?
Hi LeBron, have others learned to spell your name yet
Not really 🙁
Ah well, he's no longer the most talked about guy in the sport. Did you see his quote about Steph from 2008
For sure. Still has rings though and assist more than any other pure SF of our generation 😉 He might quit CAVS imo.
And head where?
Loads of options tbh, gotta wait and see though.
Anyone else bringing in Alexis to (c) him?
I may
It was the plan for 34. Now not sure with Lukaku in 33. For this week though, it could pay big but he still hasn't shown any form.
Has shown a bit of form and loves to rough up the bottom sides. On the (c) radar for me.
Trying to write a best man speech 🙁
First and last time!
Writing it is the easy part. Wait until you have to speak it! I did one last year for my brother's wedding. Nerve wracking stuff.
Start it off with a bit of humour, that gets the crowd laughing and will relax you a bit.
Cheers buddy.
Only ever done my Groom speech and that was 9 years ago!
I once used this as an opening gag:
When I looked up "wedding" in the dictionary it said "fusion of two bodies under intense heat" ....
Turned out I'd looked up "welding" by mistake!
Ba-dum-tish ! Got a decent laugh and calmed my nerves.My opening was something along the lines of "thankyou to the groom for finally confirming that I am indeed the BEST man". Old but gold.
Great gag, its made my "list"
Who's the groom?
Under two months now till I tie the knot.Am I invited
Sorry bud but I only know you through the internet.
You could be really nice and great fun, but you could also get really blocked and ruin everything and everyone would be wondering who you are and why you were invited.I was joking 🙂
But thanksI felt you deserved an explanation.
I like you, we have gotten closer to the point is call you a cyber friend.That's heartwarming stuff man
Ly2 xo 😉
lololol
Just post a RMB during the ceremony and we will feel that we are there with you 😉
😆 😆
But won't need his wildcard surely!
Congrats Tony!
My best mate, married middle of May and Stag do in 2 weeks 🙂20th May I am.
Stag do last weekend past.Wow, 20th May for this one also!
Got the Grand National all booked.
What did you do?Liverpool on Gold Cup Friday. Two days on the rip just.
Took me a week to come round.
National is great, I've been twice. Are you in a stand or in the tattersalls?Nice one, sounds like a great time
Ive never been so loking forward to it, spent a bit more and got the West tip seatsVery nice! And good move.
The bar / toilets in the Tatts is a meat market. You'll get a better version of both and still have the option of doing a walk round the Tatts to check out the women.
Are you doing the Saturday or the Friday as well?Thats good to know, I have heard the tatts can be a bit of a nightmare.
We are just doing the Saturday for the horses.
Going to get the train into Aintree from ChesterTrain will be jammers.
You'll have a blast.
I think Thistlecrack is running in a race on the Saturday. It'll be very short in the betting so I'll likely do it in a double. But it's a real gem.Cheers, will watch out for that.
Any advice you can give me about the day from when you went?Just go and enjoy it.
It's a great venue, huge. I liked to go out to the parade ring before each race to see the runners being walked around. The sun is usually shining and the amount of skirt and leg on show is unreal. I'd imagine you are all suiting up?
Use oddschecker to see which bookies is offering the best odds on your fancy before u back it. Although that said the bookies are down by the track and that's a walk from the stand and back each race so you'd be as well backing within the stand with the Tote. Save your legs when it's all over you'll be knackered from standing all day!Yep, all suited and booted
The skirt on show sounds ideal 🙂
Sounds a good plan, the west tip area is meant to have its own bar and bookie so that will come in handyYou'll not believe the skirt. Unreal.
Bring a pair of good sunglasses incase the weather is really good and go for it with your own suits dress to impress.
Yip the bookies I'd imagine will be the Tote. Great shout buying tickets for a stand. You'll see a few celebs in the stand. Think it was the Queen Mother I was in before.
Rogue Angel won the Irish national today.
I've been to more weddings than I'd care to remember.
Keep it classy, swearing on the mike is a no-no, telling stories about the groom kissing a woman other than the bride is also a no-no, generally I wouldn't mention the stag party.
Keep it classy, but if you have a very funny story about the groom then tell it. As long as it doesn't make you look cruel.All good tips.
I'd imagine my brother will tell a room of people a list of my motoring calamities.
From busting a spring after hitting a speed bump at 40mph which then caused a blowout nearly killing all in the car, to knocking down a young gypsy boy who cycled across the street, to driving maybe 10 miles at 1.30 with only myy sidelights on wondering why they were aat all bright. They'll alllaughIt'll all be good, look forward to it and make the most of it - I had a two day wedding and loved every moment but was dreading it.
Would do it again without the weeks of dread if I could, so enjoy. 🙂
Spot on, cheers mate
Weddings are an emotional affair, even the cakes in tears.
Hahahaha
The complete classic
I done mine without written notes and no alcohol in me for braveness and it went down a storm. How i done it was the way stand up comedians do it.
Link each line to the next un some way so it serves as a reminder.
So like, know the opening line, the each line should contain something that makes you think of the next so you cant forget it. Then just let it flow.
Make sure to find it funny yourself and start right off with a joke
Dont try to use word for word speech as a mistake is obvious then.
Know the general gist of your speech and just word it naturally at tge time.
Justensure jokes are worded right as order of words can be vital.All wise advice Sanchez
Thanks
One of my favourite BM speech out-takes (tried and tested):
"I've got a message here to the bride from Johnny's former football coach. Johnny is a versatile player with great stamina and a big ... engine ... and can be used in many different positions, although if he doesn't perform well you'll need to pull him off."
Sounds a bit sick but the oldies absolutely loved it and most of the others took 5 minutes to join the dots. Pick your audience I guess.Or the other classic thing to do is get the bride and groom to stand. Ask the bride to hold her hand out flat in front of her. Now ask the groom to place his hand on top of hers. And enjoy that ... because it's the last time you'll ever have the upper hand ...
hahahah that is an absolute belter
No one seems to be going for de gea, P.S for all those reasons that people are keeping aguero are the same reasons for not having a Newcastle GK
No GW35 causes problems as most of us already have one DGW keeper whose blanking in 35 as it is.
If DDG had a game in GW35 then most of us would be all over him.Your PS is a good point, but the doubts are creeping in about Aguero, and even if Elliot gets 0 for that fixture he could do well in the other.
You're PS. should be shorter than your original point
Lol PS good night
Ps it's your not you're
Touche.
😆😀
Ok. For this GW only which do you prefer?
A) Sanchez + Elliott/Ruddy (got Ozil already)
B) Payet + Courtois
I am ditching Silva and Butland btw, got 2 FT.B for this GW only
B
A
B
Scott Dann 19% ownership lol
Lol ye not.
High?
Im not but 19% sure is
Wasn't sure, sorry 😛
I wont be joining the 19%
Nor me but he does pop up with the odd goal so fair play to those that do
Dangerous that! 😉
Decent punt.
Palace need a win and Dann is probably most likely to score out of all their players.
Unlikely to get a cleanie, but the truth is that you don't get Dann for the CS anyway.Might cover him for that reason alone but he's expensive.
You can get a full refund wk34 or wk35 when you sell him
I'm thinking exactly that.
borderline extortionate but he's chipped in with 5 goals already so there's always that chance
I reckon I'll add to that number, because I will have Ivan for GW32, so a quick switch to 2 x Dann in GW33 makes sense.
Yeah certainly not a bad option by any means but one il not be entertaining myself
Anyone playing Hennessey due to Butland's injury?
would if i could 🙁
I panicked and sold Butland, without even thinking about playing Hennessey.
Got Hart instead so Henn probably plays.
Alright here goes, opinions and criticisms welcomed
WC 32
Migs/Elliot
Dann >> PVA in 35 (danns dgws 33/34, then PVA plays 35 and dgw 37)
Monreal
Rojo
Sakho
Fuchs >> ogbonna in 36
Payet
Mahrez >> Lanzini in 36
Alexis
Coutinho
Lennon >> ozil in 34. (Lennon dgw 33, ozil dgw 34/plays 35
Aguero >> Costa in 37
Lukaku
Mitrovic >> martial in 37
33 - 3 players
34 - 13 players and BB
35 - 12 (2gks)
37 - 11
Main goal was to go for quality over quantity, hit me with ways i can improve this please
Posted this yest but after some more feedback
@Spectrum interested to hear your thoughts.I want to get a bolaise or bakley in for 33, but it ruins transitions for 34/35 🙁
I like this plan/team, but if I still had BB I would go for 15 DGWers. It can be done, and I am not convinced that the Leicester players will make up for the lack of DGWers (ie, I think a full 11 in GW35 can be done without them).
Maybe look at Dann to Clyne and Fuchs to Cresswell/Reid
that was actually my initial plan, but then i struggle to field 11 in 35
I missed the fact you had Migs. You seem better prepared planning wise than what I am anyway 🙂
Chelsea also an option for 35 and dgw in 37 if you can stretch to Azpi for example
I'm not Spectrum so I'll not answer.
Feel free to Tony, I'm just about ready for bed, I can no longer think straight 🙂
oh please dont be like that mr hibbert sir, your thoughts are welcomed
I like Robles for an extra dgw 33 player personally I think I'll go with 5 if I can.
I like how your team transitions. I think I'll go for 15 dgw 34 plus BB.
How I'm going to do it all is a different matter though!id love to fit in barkley and bolasie as well, and i think you're correct with robles, i jut dont see everton keeping cleanies though?
my thought process is thus - alexis and ozil both have watford at home, where as if i place two everton mids in playing utd away thats not a great fixture, its just a lot of trades
Im at a point now where ive decided on going quality, id love to have bolasie, but mahrez could comfortably outscore him ove 33 & 34..?Its just so hard to pull the trigger on Mahrez >> Bolasie you know?
I'm buying a ticket.
Was looking at my proposed gw33 tem and it could pull in some serious points.
Reminds me of the Villa/QPR dgw last year. Many ignored it.
The extra double sold me on selling Mahrez. It gave that bit of insurance for losing him in 33 if u get me. What if he blanks in the bench boost week and gets 2pts?
I think Lukaku, Barkley, Robles, Dann/Ward, Bolasie/Cabaye for 33. It's being overlooked and it may require a few changes or a hit but I'm happy with that if needs be.Bolasie will be a last minute decision, and im usually a gambler so i think he will probably come in.
What are your thoughts on Deeney over mitrovic? better scoring record, deeney has 4 away games in his two dgws? and he has a better scoring record away.
im seriously considering him as an enabler.I might get Deeney for the 37 dgw but the blank 35 would put me off in the short term.
Pick Coleman/Jag, not Dann.
Nice, set up. I have similar team and thought process. I am considering Ogbonna too instead of Cresswell but dont know enough about West Ham to be honest. Why all the Reid love??
I don't really get the "potential bargain" thing from the watchlist
If Robles is one, then so is Elliott and Hennessy surelyChurch to that wee man.
Potential Bargain should come with flashing warning lights.
Which option is better for this gw alone?
A) Henn (whm) + Kosc (WAT)
B) Courtois (avl) + Williams (stk)B
B I reckon.
A
Courtois + Ogbanna
It's like the theme track to my childhood. Sadly 🙁
Can get this team out by taking -8 now until gw34..no more wildcard and will BB 34..
Best 5.0 df to fill the blank (can get jagielka or rose if barkley drops 0.1)?
Ddg Elliot
Kosc Cresswell Sakho __ Fuchs
Ozil Mahrez Barkley Firmino Wijnaldum
Aguero Lukaku KaneMoreno
All those planning WC this week who have Barkley need to sell him before pressing WC button.
I fear he will fall just short of a price drop
He's been going the wrong direction since the DGW in 33 was announced. Very frustrating as he was at 99.5% or so according to fplstatistics a couple of days ago...alas..
Damn! Nothing left in the bottle. Guess it's god night.
PS: it's been really great sharing advice with you guys, and I hope your WC plans turn out for the bes
Crap! I guess my PS went over the word limit! 😉😀
Good luck EJ.
All the best mate!
No one picking Lallana for their DGW team? Firmino, Coutinho and even Milner seem ahead of him.
I'm giving him a long look. It's difficult to decide which of them three to go for. You have a feeling that there will be rotation but if you get that right you will likely end up with a haul on your hands for the DGW. 0 shot attempts in last two for Lallana has me slightly worried...
Don't know about Lallana but I'm looking for a Butland replacement and realise that Liverpool have six homes in the next eight (I know I'm last to notice this) so will go Mignolet.
But has any team ever had that many? I remember Blackpool played their first four games away because the stadium was getting built but I don't recall them having the rearranged home games so close together.
if when I come to pull the trigger next week and need the cash, that'll be the player that comes in (for one of the Brasilians) to free up funds. Lallana over Milner for me
Yeah, Lallana over Milner for me too. Plus, Milner seems to have gotten his points in Coutinho's absence. With Coutinho back, that may force him deeper.
Would you play Lukaku or Alli? Leaning towards Alli.
Other attackers are
Ozil Payet Siggy Mahrez
Kane AgueroLukaku
Alli
Risers : none
Callers : Tomkins F.Campbell Cazorla
IrrelevantDunno who they're calling this time of night anyway 😀 (autocorrect)
This a reminder of why Arsenal aren't competing for the title. Nearly forgot about Cazorla
And not signing a proper striker in January.
Hey Jay, thoughts on Deeney over mitrovic?
Better scoring record, 2 dgws, enabler, scores a lot of away goals (his dgws are all away) nailed and on pensHello mate, seems a good shout, I'm still undecided between 3rd forward too, best thing about a Watford player is the 2 doubles as you say and the fixtures 36 and 38 too, tasty
He just means i drop to 10 in GW35, but like you say, he has so much upside with fixtures and doubles. plus price. i think ive talked myself into it
You've got me thinking now too, only problem is in 35, with Aguero and Lukaku, it means if you go Deeney your playing with only 1 forward, unless you yo yo one of Lukaku or Deeney out and back in next week
I may be round tripping on Lukaku - out that week, and back in the next
That's basically- 8 points doing that though, with someone like Mitrovic, you've got not bad immediate fixtures, the double in 34 and not bad fixture in 36 too. Can spend tranny in 35 on Defoe or Chelsea player then. It's a tough one
My plan would be Aguero to Costa in 37
My team for 35 would be
Migs/Robles
PVA, Sakho Azpi Kosc
Mahrez, Alexis, Cout, Ozil
Aguero
Thats still decent enough on paper i thinkMitrovic has liverpool away, not like thats an amazing fixture either?
The guaranteed start following by CPL in 36 and avl in 37 is the tempter, Rashford I'm my current preferred 3rd forward anyway, and then switch to Defoe in 35
I like Rashford, but his minutes are obviously uncertain, for .7 more you get Deeney, Watford captain, nailed, takes pens, involved in most goals watford score and fixtures.
I love the defoe punt, im seriously considering Khazri for 37 if i can fit him inThat .7 allows me Coutinho over Milner though. Whatever I'm doing on my WC though, I always seem to be .1 short of the perfect team. Yh Kazhri and Defoe looks good for 37
That makes sense, Cout is a better bet than milns for sure
When are bringing in Azpi? Didn't see it above
Azpi will be in from now, better option that fuchs as he plays 35 and has a dgw 37
Good plan. I could bring him in 35 for Cresswell (if his price stays 5.8)
Biggest problem is no game in GW35, causes issues elsewhere.
Explain please?
Makes it harder to get 11 players in GW35 because Watford have a blank whereas Newcastle don't
Managed to scrape 11 together for 35, with 13 for 34 and 12 for 37. i think im finally content
as they are safe & can't get europe. they'll be concentrated on the fa cup. could see rotation for gw34
Deeney - nothing to play for in the league
Mitrovic - club depends mostly on him to avoid relegation
Butland > Who ??
Cech, DDG, Migs or Robles - when WC?
just did Butland -> DDG despite many saying Courtois and Cech. just my hunch
think i got a good one
Robles Elliot
Bellerin Monreal Sakho Ward Evans
Ozil Barkley Coutinho Payet Frimino
Lukaku Aguero Martial
4 DGW in 33
15 DGW in 34
11 in 35 (martial and ward to defoe and ivanovic)
11 DGW in 37 (aguero and evans to costa and smalling)
3 ars for 38 vs AVL
3 eve for 38 for NORNot a fan of Ward and Evans. I am sticking with Simpson (SGW) and taking a risk with Rojo
Looks solid but i'd want Simpson + Mahrez still.
Who is more of a game time risk: Lingard or Gabriel?
They're both about 50% to play 2 games in a DGW. The upside for Lingard is that they're more likely to bring on a midfielder than a CB so he could play 60+ and then a 30 minute cameo. If Gabriel plays it'll be 90 minutes or nothing.
That's a good point, thanks!
Who's gunna get the most playing time out of lallana, firmino and coutinho
I predict Lallana, after Firmino and Coutinho gets hammys again due to Klopp high pressing 5 games in 13 days.
this is why I am sitting on Lennon for 32/33 and waiting on which L'pool mid to get for 34-35
Good thinking. It'll be funny to see which one falls first.
Thanks
if you had to go with just one in your planning...
Kun (potential & fixtures)
or
Kane (form & fighting for the league)
?Why one when you can still have two... For 32-35 Kun, then likely will bring back Kane
Kun, although it will very hard to ditch Kane at ths moment of time 🙁
I just did for WC32.... hiding behind couch for next 4 weeks until I bring him back (unless I bottle and do it sooner)
good luck with that!
Just hoping Lukaku/Sanchez DGWs make up for it... I am 20 points clear on my ML so taking a calculated risk as I think others will do the same
Is Joe Hart gonna play
Probably not but best to wait for presser.
I think it's too early.
Have a feeling it'll be 34 / maybe come in after the first gameEarliest in 2 wks, else 3 or 4 wks' time
Should be back for the CL game, not before
Sanchez or Aguero on WC?
both
This
Thisx2
nut I still think Ozil is a decent alternative to Alexis
*but
You can have all 3 - I am building WC to have them. If I had to have one - Ozil due to ML rivals having him
i want both :O
Of course we can.
But then there are Cout and Firmino - and Payet of course.GW32 WC
Mahrez, Payet, Ozil, Sanchez, Lennon
Aguero, Lukaku, Rashford
3.2M ITB
GW34 Lennon > Firm/Cout/Lalla/Milner
The price I am paying is no Kane.sounds like a decent plan.
If Kane struggles against Liv & Mun then you're a genius. But Kane is on red hot form, unfortunately.
Aguero is my Sanhcez enabler
already have kun*already have Ozil
Kane>Rashford was mine
GW32 WC
Robles, Elliot
Bellerin, Cresswell, Simpson, Rojo, Sakho
Mahrez, Payet, Ozil, Sanchez, Lennon
Aguero, Lukaku, Rashford
3.2M ITBreally don't want to sell Kane 🙁
think he is essentialBig risk selling him, banking on Lukaku DGW/TC and Sanchez DGW making up for it as Kane's fixtures are not the easiest. And then bring him back for GW35
Hey guys who's the best option out of Lennon or Bolasie for GW33 ?
I went Lennon on current form...
Lennon
bolasie is out of it these days
Bolasie
Lennon for me. Have just 5.6m in the bank. 🙂
Bolasie has looked very dangerous in the last few games despite Palace's awfulness. Really expecting him to explode over GW33 and even contemplating captaining him over Lukaku!
Lennon is probably better over the two double game weeks but Bolasie has far more points potential as a one week option, then transfer to a Liverpool mid in 34
Have you watched the games or just the highlights?
Is their a safe GW32/33 WC? I'm currently 1.8k OR and ideally I'd like to get inside the top 1k without much risk of falling behind?
Scroll past last few pages. Lots of teams posted. All variations on similar themes. All require planning to adjust for GW35 and prep for GW37. Depends a lot of SV and current team. Here is mine with plans to shift around each week to get what I need each week - which like all plans means it won't work 🙂
GW32 WC
Robles, Elliot
Bellerin, Cresswell, Simpson, Rojo, Sakho
Mahrez, Payet, Ozil, Sanchez, Lennon
Aguero, Lukaku, RashfordYou want someone to pick it for you 😆 Just copy the ffs template team then. I believe Ryan has even named it 🙄
Keeping Kane mahrez and a Leicester defender might be good insurance at those giddy heights
Great minds think alike !
Nanu nanu ftw 😎
If trying to play safe I'd certainly keep Kane, Mahrez and a Lei defender. They are the sort of high ownership players who could really hurt you if they outperform the Rashford / Bolasie style punts
Just keep Kane, Mahrez, Alli and a Leicester defender. Simple
*** Elliot
Smalling Otamendi Bellerin Sakho Ake
Sanchez Ozil Firmino Payet ***
Aguero Lukaku ***
Best option to fill the 3 gaps;
A: Robles Coutinho Rashford
B: Robles Milner Mitrovic
C: Robles Antonio Martial
D: DDG Milner DeeneyA
B
I did A for same front 8/GKs -- but have Lennon for next 2 weeks then will decide on L'Pool mid
Yh Dann place holding for Smalling and Bolasie placeholder for 5th mid out of those options for me, forward goes in now
I like A
I like A and C
I like C.
Thanks lads
C looks best for points but means you have way too many blanks in GW35.
Therefore B
Balders around?
Yes they are 🙂
ey-ooo
😎
was all set to sell Siggy this week in a punt until I probably WC but now with no Butland or ShawX....
