In the first of a number of members articles over the international break, we delve into the data from the Gameweek gone by. Palace’s approach with Christian Benteke arrives under the radar, whilst we also take a look at Paul Pogba’s first away outing for United, Chelsea’s in-form attacking duo and the performance of City’s playmaker in the weekend win over West Ham.
which F, given ONLY next 3 Favorable fixtures?
1.lukaka
2.kane
EVE: sun - MID - bou -
TOT: stk - SUN - mid -
*yes kane has been slow to start, much like last yr, but we need to be preemptive before a potential haul;
lets see how kane does for england might help decide
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Dembele back GW5 also
tempted to say bothagreed. dembele is such talent that improves rest of team,
might go for both and not bring in benteke?I'm tempted by all 3
If money no object then consider Kane I think he'll come good soon with Dembele coming back for the home match vs Sunderland. That 2 million extra may be hard to justify however.
1) Lukaku + Ozil ( lose Redmond) -4
2) Benteke + Sanchez ( lose Redmond) -4
2) Lukaku + Sanchez ( lose Firmino) -4
Thinking B atm. If Gray also gets banned, i could get Zaza in fir him, or just play Capoue.
Ozil and Lukaku for sure; just play Capoue- Zaza is not very fast and not a good aerial target. Hard to say if he will be successful.
I'm on Sanchez/Lukaku currently....also not convinced with LIV, especially Firminio.....prefer Mane if any at mo from them.....
Cheers both
@Cheese
SD will be interesting if Aguero and Gray are banned.
Yes it will. If they are banned do their prices stick as they are while they are out?
Yeah, no play, no price change. I need money elsewhere so will probably sell at least one of them.
I had forgotten I had both in Sportsdeck. I have both in a draft team as well and that is a real killer. My front three tehre is Aguero - Sturridge - Gray. In theory a great front line but it has gone a little wrong right now
No point doing anything until Saturday week. That's a big benefit to the game and having a good idea how the prices will change.
Yes. Wait and see. We have no idea how the internationals will cause mayhem
At least we have 15 players. Will still make 2 transfers regardless. Need to get my core team ready to play each week. Probably will leave Ibra alone for a bit longer.
I am just aware you only get a limited number of transfers. I don't want to use them up already.
I am not fussed about losing Gray though. Someone else could come in
I know it might be a simple question but i need ur opinion.
Sterling or antonio?
sterling
Sterling i think. They are both good but I cannot help but wish Antonio was a little cheaper to make me want him
Sterling now aguero is banned. Id say antonio if he wasnt
Sterling was good without Aguero.
Antonio may be bad no matter what.
Thats really helpful guys. Thanks a lot
$terling-no brainer
Antonio may be bad no matter what.
Thank you
Right to think stones wont drop? At -12% currently. Cant see loads of transfers out when many look to shift kun
hes safe for now
Aguero & Firmnio > Costa & Sanchez
Yaaaay
Naaay
For -4 PTSHell yeah. Im getting both them in
Dont think costa is worth it.
he always gets yellows so rarely get bonus. Hazard is enough cover. get vardy/negredo
@TM and Pasqualinho
how does it work for rises? I'm assuming it isn't the same but in reverse (increase by 10% of ownership)?Look at the transfers in (season) filter.
I think last season was first jump net 40K in, second +80K, third and final +120K - I might be wrong though
Seriously considering Defoe over some of the premium options (Lukaku, Giroud). Hes fixture proof and clinical.
Id take him over giroud
People's thoughts on Holebas?
No till that nice fixture change
On WC so it has to be now.
Oh then i guess so if he is 4.5 and you have 4 other defemders at 4.5 and above
he's attacking, you can play him in "bad fixtures"
General question: which teams have been most improved by the transfer flurry -- Palace? West Brom?
Palace if benteke counts. He is better than ighalo
Id say Everton
United
best duo:
a. lukaka - benteke
b. luakaka - kaneDude who is better to get Lukaku or Costa ??
think luke
A till i see proof from kane
Neither tbh. Kane's stats are attrocious and Benteke needs to prove himself. Lukaku is Lukaku. A known troll who will explode then go silent for 8 games.
thats my pt i think , kane last yr had slow start and then had haul, w dembele bak, he might just do it w sun and those fixt
"known troll"
lol
Who to lose for the next 2-3 GW's - Redmond or Firmino?
Firmino
that's a good question!!!
WC draft
WC DRAFT
Foster / 4.0
Valencia/Williams/Collins/Evans/Pieters (when drops to 4.4)
Hazard/Sanchez/Sterling/Pererya/ 4.5
Ibra/Luk/Tekkers
Opinions? 0ITB
Thoughts on my WC team? Have gone for Lukaku + Benteke because fixtures are great. .7 ITB.
Heaton, Jakupovic
Williams, Valencia, Evans, Friend, Amat
Hazard, Özil, Sterling, Lamela, Capoue
Ibrahimovic, Lukaku, Benteke
Really like it very similar to what I'd go for if I was going to WC, however would get Mane over Sterling if you can afford
kane has very good fixt as well. why not kane?
Hello late night scouts.
I have not been on here all day so presume I have missed all the Aguero possibly getting banned discussions.
If he gets banned for 2 league games (which he almost certainly will), are people going to Wildcard to take him out, or Wildcard to bring him back in later?former here
id guess there are more outs than ins but thats guesswork really
The issue is, the only striker id really want is Vardy.
But Aguero + Deulofeu ---> Vardy + Sanchez leave me with minus £1.0m in the bankmaybe Deeney/Ighalo?
best 4.5 defender that doesn't play for west brom or swansea?
Friend, Mee
For me, i went byram last week
WC - 3-5-2 - thinking about all out attack NeXT 2-5-3
What do you think?
TEAM #1
KEE: de Gea - Pickford
DEF: McAuley- Evans- Holgate- Pieters -Amat
MID: Sanchez - Ozil - Hazard - Barkley - Sterling
ATT: Lukaku - Negredo - Rashford
or
TEAM #2
KEE: de Gea - Pickford
DEF: McAuley- Evans- Holgate- Pieters -Amat
MID: Sanchez - Ozil - Hazard - Barkley - Fer
ATT: Lukaku - Negredo - Costa
or
TEAM #3
KEE: de Gea - Pickford
DEF: Valencia- Evans- Holgate- Bailly -Amat
MID: Sanchez - Ozil - Hazard - Barkley - Cazorla
ATT: Lukaku - Negredo - Stuani
Just done Aguero + Tadic to Lukaku + Sanchez with my 2 FTs.
If gray gets a ban tomorrow who should I bring in for a -4 or will I WC
0.5 ITB
Currently thinking Zaza or Remy as replacementsAlmost the same done and keeping 0.9m to go for benteke or less
bench him - play 5th mid or 4th def
Fixture-wise, which teams should people be including on their WC?
Everton id say
And Arsenal
Everton, Arsenal maybe Crystal Palace and West Ham
Ok what the Giroud story does he play GW 4 and 5.
Would rather double Girouid and Sanchez that have Mirallas and Lukaku double up. I will have both mids either way and Kane in a 352.I don't know if he plays or not, but fantasy-wise if I have any uncertainty surrounding a player I don't consider him as a viable option. Giroud is yet to play a game - I don't consider him an option (yet).
So if lamela aguero get banned their prices wont change even they are sold am i right?
Wrong, just more transfers out needed.
Ok. Transfers are done to avoid losing on price drops and rises
Out: Mahrez+ townsend+ kun
In: sanchez+ sterling+ lukaku
Is Foster's price rising tonight ? he's on 98 percent in fplstatistics.
Generally I work to the rule if the price might change tonight work as you would if it was going to. That way you will avoid disappointment if it actually does
Totally agree
Have Lamela & Gray not been charged then?
Later today they might be.
LMS up to 3350 entries and 2861 qualified for GW4 🙂
What are the rules for later in the season? Does it become h2h at some point?
Ignore this, just seen the link in your bio
ISHT28
Whilst everyone else is worrying about aguero, I don't have to worry as I never had him or Ibrahimovic in my team in the first place. However I'm considering bringing bringing in either ozil or Sanchez just unsure as to which. Ozil more consistent point score or Sanchez who could fire a hattrick at any point and then be cold for a few games. Also what your thoughts on the new signing perezYou were worried until now tho. Hiding behind the sofa for all city and uniteds games. Sanchez over ozil for me
What are your thoughts on the new signing Perez could he be a differential in that arsenal lineup with everyone looking at ozil and sanchez
Mee Gueye Friend Shaw Love Holding Johnson
I've just realized that Lucas Pérez has been added to FPL, priced 8,5 as a forward. I was expecting a cheaper price, but finally it's only 0,5 less than Giroud. I had the far hope that he could be classified as midfielder, considering he can play on the wings, and it's not clear yet where Wenger is going to place him exactly. Let's wait and see. If he can win a place in the starting XI, he's going directly into my team.
Can you see him becoming a regular though?
Dificult to say, lot of competition there. Except Alexis and Özil, nobody has secured his spot in Arsenal attack yet.
it's definitely a bit of a strange pricing considering he's fairly unknown and hasn't done much where he came from...oh arsenal, nothing but the best.
17 goals and 11 assists in La Liga is nothing? Have you seen him?
he's 27 and from what i can tell that was the first good season he's ever had. plus la liga is full of goal fests, he'll be hard pressed to achieve half of that in the prem.
I'm not arguing what he's going to achieve, I just said that he scored a lot in poor Deportivo team. If Vardy could score 20+ he easily also can do it, cause he is better imo.
fair enough. i didn't actually realize how good his season was last year, but ya i still don't think he will turn out to be great. only time will tell.
Right let's talk Wildcard defences...
Much has been said about front 8 but who are your shoe ins at the back?
Last week when I was discussing a colleague's wildcard I mentioned that I would double up on United and less so try get a Chelsea asset. I now am unsure whether these are feasible with funds required elsewhereValencia, Baines plus Arsenal defender would be my priorities. I have Valencia and not enough money to get Baines and Koscielny so need to pick one.
West Ham is tempting because of good fixtures and Masuaku looks good.Never thought about West Ham. They looked a bit week when I've seen them but fixtures depending and Antonio not playing there may help
Payet and Lanzini coming back so you never know what happens with Antonio, but I think Bilic will stop the experiment and play Antonio in midfield.
He's clearly an asset and if Zaza is not necessarily a target man then Antonio's presence will be needed
honestly, i dont see what all this hype around united defence is. at home they are nothing short of fantastic, but that isnt enough to convince me to get any of them (let alone double up) when 4 of their next 6 fixtures are City, Leicester, Liverpool, Chelsea. plus arsenal not long after.
You don't see what all the hype is? De Gea, Bailly & Smalling shielded by Pogba!
Will Smalling even get his place back over Blind?
Fellaini is doing the shielding, not Pogba... Pogba is doing the bombing forward...
Shaw/Valencia are nice going forward but not the most accomplished defending fullbacks.i repeat...city, leicester, liverpool, chelsea, arsenal. no thank you.
1 GA and 2 clean sheets thus far. Last season they had 35 GA and 18 clean sheets without Bailly and Shaw. What's not to like?
Fixtures short term aren't amazing + LVG played a more defensive style (so far) than Mourinho so not sure about the short term prospects, though they did keep clean sheets against Hull and Southampton, two teams that lack a cutting edge. I wonder how it will go against City and others...
If City is without Kun, will it even count?
are you joking? they scored 3 last game with no kun goals or assists. sterling, kdb, nolito, silva, iheanacho. you take kun out and they're still one of the best teams in the league, so yes it counts. and you still didn't address the other 4 top teams they have to play, speaking of which why is it so hard for people to understand that part of my original comment.
Please rate WC team:
Foster Pickford
Shaw Williams Amat 4.5 4.5
Hazard Sterling Ozil Redmond Capoue
Lukaku Benteke Ibrahimovic
Plan to get Aguero back is Sterling & Lukaku to Aguero and Bolasie.What if Sterling has a great two gameweeks whilst Aguero is out?
Rest is spot on. Reasons for Ozil over Sanchez? Just funds?
PPL sticking with Redmond on WC. I'm wavering. Southampton yet to convince, OOP or no OOP
6m historically a very nice price for a 4th midfielder, and if he is playing as a striker, with that speed, he should score at least 1 in 5, or about 7 goals a season which would be great return for a 4th midfielder at 6M... He also has played all 90 minutes in the three matches and is a record signing so gametime guaranteed...
