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.
- Is Sanchez worth his price tag?
For anyone deciding whether to include Sanchez in your wildcard teams, here are some numbers to consider.
With at least one of Giroud and Welbeck on the pitch this season (all competitions), Sanchez has scored a goal every 462 minutes (3 with only Giroud and 1 with both). With neither of them on the pitch, he’s scored a goal every 106 minutes (7 total in about 1100 fewer minutes).
Sanchez’s assist numbers are significantly better when he plays with Giroud and/or Welbeck, but not nearly enough to make up for the decrease in goal scoring. Across all competitions, he’s averaging an assist every 231 minutes with either of those guys on the pitch (every 254 minutes with Giroud and every 185 minutes with Welbeck), but just one every 370 minutes without either of those guys on the pitch.
With both Giroud and Welbeck healthy for a change, it’s safe to assume most of Sanchez’s minutes will come with at least one of those guys on the pitch. In fact, Sanchez hasn’t played without them since Welbeck returned to action in GW26. Considering that, is it worth 10.8M to fit him into our teams?
I currently have him, but if WCing next week he probably goes.
3 ARS looks essential, and if Gabriel starts and keeps a cleanie this week, I think Gabriel, Bellerin and Ozil looks the way to go.
I will caveat that with "Sanchez is explosive though, so it could massively backfire"
Im quite comfortable having alexis, ozil and an arsenal defender, with the fixtures, and alexis finding form as well
but that leaves no space for Aguero, Lukaku, keeping Kane and... some other compromises?
It's worth noting that if you watch Sanchez he always looks extremely dangerous and has been very unlucky in a lot of games (for instance vs. Stoke at home he hit the post twice).
I'd say, yes.
Yes, he is worth it.
On current form I don't think he's anywhere near worth it. Lots of much better options across the double Gameweek teams and even single gameweek options. With his underlying stats, watching how he plays in the side, lack of penalties and given Ozil's bigger assist potential I'd say Sanchez is playing like an 8m player. If he was that price I'd take him for the double, but at 10.8m I have to ask myself am I better off spending that extra 2.5m or so elsewhere and getting Firmino/Payet instead.
Current form suggests that Welbeck is a better fpl points prospect. FPL points is after all what this is about.
He is the best differential left in the game with 6 gameweeks left so I will definitely be taking the risk.
Alexis is not the problem for me because he has a game gw35.
Problem is that I want Dann, Payet, Lennon/Barkley, Lukaku and even Rashman for gw34.exactly. but... it's similar situation with Ozil (who's 1.1 - 1.3 cheaper, but still expensive). and then you think to yourself: can I do without Arsenal midfield?
and we all know the answer... and I'd surely be more confident/excited going into the double with Sanchez.
Nope, he is not worth it, when there is a better player on the pitch next to him and with lower price. Ozil is more consistent, while Sanchez is not that explosive this season.
seeing is believing. we all saw signs of Sanchez's potential explosiveness in recent gwk's and witnessed Ozil's lack of involvement.
form surely tells us something.
what we all could be asking ourselves, based on form, is OZIL worth his price tag?
Best route here fellas? WCing in 36. Cheers!
Elliot
Bellerin, Wolly, Simpson
Sanchez, Mahrez, Eriksen, Arnie
Aguero, Kane, Vardy
Hennessey, Alli, JEvans, Kompany
Bank 1.3m, 2FT
A)
GW32: Eriksen -> Ozil
GW33: Arnie & Kane -> Barkley & Lukaku
GW34: Kompany -> Clyne/Rojo (5.3)
GW35: Lukaku -> Kane
B)
GW32: Eriksen -> Ozil
GW33: Arnie & Kane -> Bolasie & Lukaku
GW34: Kompany -> Smalling
GW35: Lukaku -> Kane
C)
GW32: Kompany & Arnie -> Gabriel & Payet
GW33: Vardy -> Lukaku
GW34: Eriksen -> Firmino
GW35: Payet -> EriksenWhy are you swapping a dgw 37 player out in 35 for a spurs player?
WCing in 36 so will load back up on 37 DGWers (e.g. Lukaku, Payet etc) in 36.
Right so spurs, because they are playing west brom. i follow now
Yep, Spurs look the most free scoring team right now, so a double/triple up in attack could be the way to go in 35, especially when a lot may not have any.
Which of the 3 routes do you think looks best?I follow, some top differential in play.
thinking outside the box 🙂
A or B, Bolasie is a bit punty and i'm not sold on that myself yet, and Barkley hasn't been in form.
B. is probably the best bet, Smalling nailed, having a punt on BolasieCheers. If Gabriel was nailed I think C is the standout, but I'm not convinced on that yet. C is the only option with a LIV attacker for (EVE/bou, NEW) and a triple Spurs attack for 35. Also means I don't lose Kane for 33-34, and he's bang in form.
I like B. Bolasie a fun pick and Smalling a beast.
I can do Ryan team but instead of wickham and Janmaat i can do kane and 5mil defender?
Reposting
Points prediction?
Mignolet - TOT SOT bou EVE NEW
Eliott - nor sot SWA MCI liv
Mig to get more
By how much?
M - 3, 6, 3, 3, 7
E - 3, 2, 6, 1, 1Still on a 36 WC.....or have you turned to the dark side? 🙂
36 🙂
Nice, same here. Would you mind taking a look at my post above? All a bit confusing!
Good morning FFS.
Has just 12 double players and foxes defender, mahrez/ali and kane really become the new template?
This seems strange for a number of reasons, not least the fact that you're essentially bench boosting three single players which you could have done in any gameweek.
But here's the main rub. I think we can all agree the stand out triple captain options are in 34 (ozil, sanchez - hello). So if you don't want to break the balance of your squad - why not play triple captain in 34 and use your wildcard/free transfers to play your bench boost in 37 when hardly anybody will?
This could be a major differential
I'm not doing this - I'm wildcarding on to 14 doubles and Mahrez - I'm just trying to help you people live a little
You're welcome - 🙂Shhhhhhhhh 😉
One of the reasons for a 36 WC for me Monkey 😉
This is my thinking as well. The bench boost in GW34 means bringing in a lot of iffy players in terms of game time and form (i.e. Rojo, Gabriel, Martial etc..). Only thing is - TC on Lukaku in GW33 appears just as enticing as Sanchez/Özil in GW34. Would mean a GW32 WC , though.
Tempted to TC Lukaku in 33, AoA in 34, WC in 36 and BB in 37!!
Also a good plan, if you can field sufficient DGW players for GW34 (I can't 😉 )
Current plan would have me field:
Cech (Robles)
Bellerin, Dawson (Simpson, Alderweireld, VVD)
Ozil, Silva, Antonio, Milner, Mahrez
Kun, Lukaku, KaneWould follow that plan over the template WC33 BB34 strategy. I'm unfortunately a couple of FT's short to choose that strategy, and already played my AoA.
Good strategy unless like me your team structure is totally fecked and you cant get enough of the wk34 options you want. Reboot for me.
You can surely do WC33 TC34 BB37, just need to plan your GW34-37 transfers.
That's what I mean by a WC reboot wk32/33 rather than try and ft enough dgw players over 33/34
this
I'm not advocating wildcarding in 36 personally - I think people now can easily build a very strong wildcard team (with five transfers in the bank) now to get 14 double players for 37
I'm not doing this. I'm on wildcard now, tripling lukaku in 33 and boosting 34
I'll worry about my wreckage of a 35 team after that...Wildcarding now also very tempting due to Lukaku TC, and getting in Barkley for DGW33 and 34. But make sure that you have Mahrez + a decent captain (Kane/Kun) for GW35!
Sorry misread
Yes can do that but it's hard together from 11 in wk35 to 15 in wk37 with only 3ft and only Liverpool, Sunderland and Chelsea covering both
Because they've been committed to a GW33 WC GW34 BB for some time and have left it too late to do anything otherwise! I've been planning for weeks now to be able to maximise my amount of double gameweekers in GW34 whilst saving my WC and BB for later, yet injuries have limited me now to just 9 dgwers. Can only imagine how bad the situation would be for others.
butland must be a real kick in the teeth on the bench for some people - value will plummet like a stone even if happy to not play
Butland gave a hint to the fantasy players while injured.
Pls shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Will you not want 3 Arsenal for Villa in 38??
For GWs 33&34 only:
A) Barkley
B) BolasieA
A
Cheers fellas
See this Poche!!
Bolasie for me - http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/public-stats-tables/view/12374/Cheers mate
West Haram want to but Zlatan .. now that would be a crazy strikeforce. Zlatan and Carrol.
Zlatan and Payet - I'd get a season ticket for that.
Payet's last five scores at home (when playing over 60mins);
5, 2, 3, 3, 6
Antonio's;
8, 5, 11, 11, 11
West Ham have three home fixtures in their next four, and both fixtures are at home for DGW37. 5.4m sits on the bench a lot nicer than 8.3m too.Nice spot!
How many of those did antonio play in defence? Is he back in midfield now?
Two of those fixtures were from a RB or RWB slot, scoring 11 and 11. He's back in midfield now.
Thanks
Seriously wish i could fit both
Lanzini
Palace v everton is always goals galore
Shame that Watford are solid at the back, especially at home.
Oghash, i want you thoughts on Bolasie and Zaha
I'd pick Zaha over Bolaise if I had to choose between the two. Zaha still has hopes for a push for the england spot and generally speaking is a better end product person than Bolaise. Plus the extra value tips it for him. I wouldn't have both of them. I wanted Zaha in my wc team but I don't want to take a hit and with a palace player for 33 means a hit for 37.
I'm avoiding palace altogether. When McCarther comes back that's the time to reinvest in them. He should be back for Arsenal.Chime.
I'm pretty sure ill keep Mahrez over both palace mids, and then swap for a west ham mid for 37.
Bolasie and Zaha are massive punts, more power to if you can talk yourself into it
Pick one to bench please:
Mahrez Alli Payet Ozil Arnie
Aguero Kane Vardyou...ch
logic says ali
but I'd lean towards vardy as saints good at the back
no good option though
aguero maybe!
Let's be clear - a bench boosted 34 score of less that 120 points would be an all out disaster
150 plus has to be the targetI disagree, respectfully.
it would help if you gave your own target by which to compare...
I don't have a target of points. I want to be 30 - 40 points more than my none bb ML rival. If that means I get 80 yo his 40, I can be happy with that.
that's a fair point - I kinda meant that - I worked out the average 11 players to score around 80-90 that week (taking in to account 7-8 doubles)
like you say, I don't care what my actual score is - but I MUST make up 30 points absolute min (and ideally 40 plus) on the two guys above me in my mini league - one of which doesn't have a wild card and one which doesn't have a bench boost.Well I'm in full agreement with you then 🙂
Respectfully 😀
Some weeks the big players fail. I've had weeks of 30-40 points - we can't dictate when the hauls will come. All out disaster is a strong description
Yeah it's all relative really. Plus the players in the bench boost won't typically be big hitters anyway.
32 games = 64 points automatically
I am expecting 100-120Eden, is that you?
Yes 🙂
I am developing a loathing for Eden Hazard slowly and steadily 😛So no more Hazardous for me. EH is fine , I guess.
lol, adapt or die 🙂
Cue a score of 40 somehow.
ha ha - can you imagine
I can't even begin to imagine what would need to occur for this to happen. But it won't be pretty 😀
120 is fine if the average is 60
To get Sanchez in I have to make sacrifice. With or without Sanchez. A or B?
a) Sanchez Bolasie Reid Souare
b) Firmino Barkley Bellerin Wardadd ward to A and that's the choice
that tight eh? you can't eek out the extra 0.1?
(I assume you already have arsenal defensive cover as well)Hate to say it but B looks more rounded. If you think Sanchez will continue his trickle of form I'd go B - but I'm gambling on a big haul for the Chilean and making sure he's in my squad. I guarantee no-one else will have him which is a big incentive for me.
B
Just had a look at Ryan's hot topic and it got me thinking, it's quite a good strategy. I've tweaked it a bit but is this a decent WC team for next GW?
Robles - Elliot
Smalling - Sakho - Dann - Gabriel - Jaanmat
Ozil - Firmino - Payet - Barkley - Bolasie
Aguero - Kane - Lukaku
What is it lacking/need fixed?very solid
lacks nothing obvious bar gabriel being a rotation riskOnly other option I can see without destroying the team is swapping Bolasie and Gabriel for Lennon and Bellerin, but that means changing GK as well
6 GW35 blanks. Got enough FTs to correct that?
Barring any injuries I may need to take just one hit
I'd probably switch out Dann to a Liverpool option just to save that -4. Otherwise it's solid.
This - you'll need a hit to field 11 in 35 I believe. Otherwise very strong.
0.7 short of that! great TV
Smalling / Gabriel --> Rojo / Bellerin (or Kosc) possible?
This week I'm thinking a one week Courtois punt to replace my beloved Butland - sound good?
Then GW33 WC leads me to this...
DDG - Elliot
Kos - Bellerin - Jagielka - Olsson - Moreno
Sanchez - Firmino - Coutinho - Payet - Lanzini
Aguero - Lukaku - Perez
£1.9m ITB
My main concerns are Olsson, Moreno and Perez - any upgrades you'd suggest? I am hoping for a 15 man DGW squad for GW34.
Courty punt good
The gap between perez and kane is your midfield heavies
You prepared to compromise or playing 3 5 2?
Point predictions here?
A) Smalling (AVL, CPL) + Bolasie (NOR, EVE, ars, mun)
B) Smalling (AVL, CPL) + Bolasie (NOR, EVE) + Antonio (WAT, lei) -4 points
C) Rojo (AVL, CPL) + Barkley (wat, cpl, SOT, liv)A) for me
I think that Rojo will roughly match Smalling for points over the double, that 1.5mil making all the difference
B
Lukaku Triple Captain in GW33 - discuss
Yes from me. Don't want to have to wait till 37 to know how it went. Over with all chips in 2 weeks suits my personality better.
Binge chipping?
lol, yes
Ha! I like that.
Decent option.
The main advantage is that it isn't an option to GW33 wildcarders
Shush!
It's gonna be a weird week if my rivals triple captain him, I captain him, meaning I don't want my captain to do well.
Way mon ya crack the grav from waaay back
Me and my mate were discussing this. If you know a main rival is going to triple him do you captain him yourself (knowing that essentially he will have 2 free games of points over you)
Or do you gamble on someone else to try and outscore him?
In itself an excellent choice. Question is if it is better than triple captaining Sanchez in GW34, also taking into account possible weakening of team in GW32.
You don't have an option unless you are ballsy to do Bolasie (c)
Hello you guys ! 😀
Need some advice before next gameweek:
De Gea
Fuchs Alderweireld Williams
Sigurdsson Mahrez Payet Firminho
Kane Aguero Vardy
Rudd, Eriksen, Nyom, Targett
FT= 1 ITB= 0,3
Bellerin for Alderweireld? Other solutions ?
Thanks for helping me out!Are you planning to WC anytime soon?
You could possibly replace Siggy/Eriksen with someone for just a few weeks if you plan to wildcard. If not, Toby to Bellerin is probably a good solution. 🙂
A. Smalling + Gabriel
B. Rojo + BellerinActually Monreal instead of Bellerin for the price difference I forgot to calculate
b
Any chance Kompany makes it back for GW33-35?
Dont invest any fpl in kompany
I"m a citeh fanYeah, his calves are toast. I already have him though, and if he is back for 33-35 then it makes sense to keep I think.
Naaa he has had it this season even if he comes back he wont be fully fit..
Worth going Antonio over Barkley/Bolasie in GW33 if it means you can afford Vardy instead of Kane -> Lukaku that same week?
Palace-Everton so why would you go Antonio GW33
The clue is in the question.... 😉
🙂 it is the morning..read it wrong..so yeah good cheaper option too..
Morning! I think this team pretty much covers all bases DGW 33x3 DGW34x11 DGW37x9+ now without causing hits over the coming weeks. Funes Mori and Rashford out in gw35 so I can field 11 then too Rashford back for 37. Obviously all this is rotation and injury permitting.
Schmeichel/Robles
Bellerin Azpilicueta Darmian Funes Mori Daniels
Ozil Mahrez Silva Payet Coutinho
Aguero Rashford Lukaku
1FT, WC gw 33.
Butland -> Courtois (got Hennessey as backup)
or
Sigurdsson -> Payet
? : )Adebayor in dgw.
Discuss.No ty. Rather have Bolaise (or Zaha.) Also seen some talk ab wickham ^^
Is Kane essential for GW33-34 (MUN, sto)?
No Butland and perhaps no Shawcross (depends).
Spurs away.
*winks*
possibly. That's wy I'm considering WCing now but still keep him all the way.
Form over fixtures
Wow, been away for most parts of Easter weekend, now back with plenty hot topics!
Alright lads, time for you to pick apart this 32 WC and see if i've missed anything, i believe this is about 2/3 hits.
Anything you would advise against?
Migs/Robles
Dann > PVA for 35
Gabriel
Smalling
Sakho
Rojo > Azpi in 35
Payet
Mahrez > Antonio in 36
Alexis > Barkley in 37
Coutinho
Lennon >> Ozil in 34
Aguero > Costa in 37
Lukaku
DeeneyYou are missing all the good players that aren't in your team. Start again.
Good to take this team forward now?? or can you see anything I have not covered.
Schmeichel/Robles
Bellerin Azpilicueta Darmian Funes Mori Daniels
Ozil Mahrez Silva Payet Coutinho
Aguero Rashford LukakuSee above
Robles - Elliot
Rojo - Bellerin - Moreno - Janmaat - Jags
Antonio - Firmino - Ozil - Sanchez - Bolasie
Lukaku - Aguero - Mitrovic
GW34 - Bolasie > Coutinho
GW35 - Rojo > PVA
Gives me 4 DGW'ers for 33, 15 for 34 and a starting XI for 35.New Community article
Here's Balders with an updated look at the doubles, taking into account the rearranged Eve v Palace game. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2016/03/29/maximising-the-double-gameweek-advantage/
