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The Big Numbers – Gameweek 9

Our first members’ article of the week arrives now as we delve into the Opta data from Gameweek 9.

Chelsea’s continued improvement since the move to 3-4-3 comes under analysis after a 4-0 thrashing of Man United.

West Ham, Swansea and Stoke midfielders find their way into our assessment, while City’s weekend goal hero and the form of Sunderland and Palace’s mid-price frontmen are also considered.

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  1. Crinix
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Yes if you feel it's right. Personally would have kept him for next 2 gameweeks against everton and stoke.

    1. Bleach †
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      I feel its right

  2. Kizza_10
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    A. Hazard & Allen

    Or

    B. Payet & Moses

    1. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Moses good price but isn't he rotation risk as Willian is back?

  3. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Snoddy dropping tonight? I have exact money for Kun&Snoddy out for Costa&Coutinho.

    1. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      he isn't. don't sell Kun! especially before WBA!

      1. denial
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        Don't think he'll have much joy there tbh. He's out of form. WBA are very tight.

        1. Lone Wolf FPL
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 8 days ago

          too early to say that imo

        2. joersherman
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 7 days ago

          Unless he gets dropped by Pep, two games is too soon to be dropping Kun

  4. Lone Wolf FPL
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Snoddy (4th mid) out so:

    A) play Evans (4-3-3) / Fletcher vs City save FT
    B) get Moses / Zaha / Stanislas / Allen
    C) get Bolasie / Redmond for -4

    1. Carlton P
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      B) Allen/Stanislas/King/success

      1. Lone Wolf FPL
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        who?

        1. joersherman
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 7 days ago

          Would avoid Moses, huge rotation issues. Can you afford shaqiri?

  5. balint84
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    should I replace Costa? why?

    1. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      no. good player. best in Chelsea atm. almost score 1 or 2 vs MU

  6. Niemi
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    What to do with Antonio?

    A) Replace for maximum 7.0 (Chadli, Redmond or Shaqiri)
    B) Get rid of him (for Sigurdsson/Tadic/Arnautobic) and Defoe (for Austin/Wilson) for a hit
    C) Keep another week and do B) for free.

    1. Niemi
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Regretting getting Clyne instead of Lovren for Baines now.. Could have done Antonio>Siggy/Tadic/Arnie for free then.

    2. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      B

    3. Carlton P
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      B- siggy + Austin
      Would say arnie but if your taking a -4 to put a player on 4YC then you could be shooting yourself in the foot

  7. Dasher0303
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Which one??

    A. Smith + Lallana

    Or

    B. Cameron + arnie(4yc)

    My 3rd defender (smith or Cameron) will rotate with Evans, apparently Bournemouth work really well with West Brom

    1. Carlton P
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      A dasher, get it done man!!

      1. Dasher0303
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        Thanks, stokes fixtures keep on making me have second thoughts. Then there's Holebas as well I could get along with arnie.

  8. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Would you rather have;

    a) Sánchez + Walcott + Liverpool midfielder

    b) Coutinho + Mané + Arsenal midfielder

    1. Carlton P
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Firmino + Coutinho + Walcott

      1. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        I have Mané, he is going nowhere

    2. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      b if with Sanchez
      otherwise a

    3. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      B

    4. Rasping Drive
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 7 days ago

      b)

  9. Ziegler1988
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Dawson goal

  10. MOZIL
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Start Capoue or Allen this week?

    1. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Allen

    2. MOZIL
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Already have Deeney and Holebas

    3. Unbowed Unbent N'Golo
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Cash in on Capoue imo, Allen all the way

  11. Karan14
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Choose:

    A) Holebas

    B) Pieters

    Holebas is more of an attacking threat but fixtures don't look good for CS after Hull.

    Appreciate your thoughts!

    1. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      still A

    2. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Looking at the same 2 players and thinking holebas. Much more exciting as well!

    3. Dasher0303
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Same question for me, with smith added in, plus the fact that if I go with smith, I can only go for lallana as 4th mid, but if I go for pieters/Cameron/Holebas, I can get arnie.

      I prefer Cameron more over pieters, so I would rule pieters out. Also make sure if you're rotating 3rd/4th def, that fixtures work well e.g. Smith and Evans works really well with Bournemouth and Wets Brom fixtures.

      1. Karan14
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        I already have Francis from BOU and Foster from WBA so for me it's Holebas & Pieters/Cameron think I'll go with A as he's more attacking.

      2. Carlton P
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        Holebas on 4YC aswell dasher. Can't be getting him and arnie, I've got holebas, that's why I went siggy over arnie

  12. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    I should know this but I am right in saying the red flag increases the transfers out needed for snoddy to go down in price? Should be safe for couple of days?

    1. Rasping Drive
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 7 days ago

      Yes, as far as I remember, he needs 2x the normal net trades out in order to drop. Keep monitoring I would say.

  13. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Play Rose(LEI) or Friend(BOU)?

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Rose by a mile

  14. Scotty B
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Antonio worth keeping or did he play right back again?

  15. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Mitro goal and immidiate YC

  16. BB-8
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Decided to keep Son for one more week. What to do next?

    Heaton
    Mustafi Pieters Kone*
    Sanchez Firmino Son* Allen
    Kun Lukaku Costa

    Pickford Evans Amat* deRoon

    *Need to go in the next few

    A. Kone -> Holebas
    B. Save

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      A looks good

    2. Dasher0303
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Kone to smith if you can. If not then holebas

    3. Carlton P
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      A, son> siggy, Amat > bmouth or just keep

  17. Dan United
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Worth playing WC?

    Team:

    Foster Jakupovic/
    Holebas Morgan Stones Friend Amat/
    Walcott Sanchez Snodgrass Allan Capoue/
    Zlatan Kun Lukaku

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      100% no

      1. Dan United
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        I was thinking Kun, Snodgrass, Capoue out for Wilson, Coutinho, Sterling/Mane

        My gut says stick with Kun thiugh

  18. Jacques The Lad
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Who to bring in for Collins in this backline:

    Collins Walker Evans Williams Love

    A) Pieters
    B) Smith
    C) Fuchs (only caveat is that the extra 1 needed may be more helpful elsewhere)

    1. Carlton P
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Holebas this week, maybe Williams > smith next week

  19. Lone Wolf FPL
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    New post

  20. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Need to replace snoddy and fancy chadli but only got 6.4m, would you do:

    A - snoddy to de roon (play capoue this week) then next week Capoue to chadli
    B - snoddy to shaqiri/stanislas and forget chadli

    1. Dan United
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Forget Chadli - tough fixtures and a lot of work to get him in the team

    2. Carlton P
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      B with Stanislas

  21. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Wish Pep would start Nacho over Aguero.
    He'd be a total bargain

  22. Arctic monkeys
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Sturridge goal 2 0

  23. vardys party
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Any help with this state of a team:

    Cech Pickford
    Williams Lovren Walker (Pieters Kingsley)
    Sanchez Antonio Sterling Lallana (Fletch)
    Aguero Deeney Lukaku

    1. Carlton P
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Sanchez + Antonio > hazard + Coutinho/Firmino possible?
      Actually quite like your team

      1. Helia
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        Maybe next week but not before sanchez v sunderland

  24. TOPCAT1960
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    How is this move please peeps

    Pickford (Jaku)
    Walker Bellerin Smith Jagileka (Love)
    Coutinho Sanchez Capoue Walcot (Barry)
    Kun Lukaku (Deeney)

    Barry + Deeney > suggestions

    2 Pool Mids seems reasonable but Redmond, Austin, Wilson look possible

    2 FTs and 0 ITB

    1. Helia
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      How is which move?

  25. done7
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 days ago

    Hi,

    this is my full team:

    Madanado,Steelkenburg

    Baily, Stones,Walker, Amat, Mculey

    Lallana, Sterling, Capuoe,Son, Walcott

    Costa, Aguero,Austin

    I have 2 FT, I need a replacement for Bailly.I'm thinking of putting shaw or an evertnon defender, what your'll thoughts.

  26. wulfrunian
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 days ago

    hi there,
    a difficult choice i think so i want your opinion
    a)antonio>mason
    b)antonio>king
    thanks

  27. We Will Klopp you
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 6 days ago

    In: Hazard, Francis & Mee
    Out: Sterling, Valencia, Jagielka

    Yes or No?

    For the funds that they take up it's just not worth it in defence, Sterling is fading & Hazard looks to be having a resurgence