Sunday’s action brings an end to our first weekend of the season – a breathless 3-2 victory for Man City providing a fitting conclusion. Here’s our regular Members article, picking out some of the key stats from the weekend’s games…
I have looked at many teams and not seen even one team that has Michu, Petric, Ivanovic and Rooney... So if Rooney can score 15 points or more, I should be able to get near the top of the scoring charts...
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Cazorla looked good on the weekend, give him a few more weeks? Or get Nasri in for him?
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Anyone think that Hazzard will be a bandwagon/price rise and have the potential to be a good investment in the long term? Been eyeing him up ever since his MOTM performance yesterday.
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They have a blank GW3 and most of us are already packed full with Chelsea players which we need to offload by then, so I'm guessing no, at least not before GW4.
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Not before GW3 is over. Wouldnt make sense to splash 9.5 for one game and then have it sitting on the bench. If you have him already then sticking is an option worth considering. I will probably have to keep him as I have too many other issues (Rio, Aguero, Torres, A. Cole...).
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After GW3
Open Controlsthar be a lot of players that only look at points in making decisions to buy, I'm worried these people will push his price up, if he has a good second game then this will deffo happen, would be a nice investment come game week 4 all right.
Open ControlsI see your reasoning but he could also drop back down in value due to the blank GW, and to buy him just to have him on your bench is a waste IMO.
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It was out at least 10 hours ago...
Open ControlsYup... lot of post overnight about it too... Dyer got max bonus and Michu came second was one case which was discussed a lot...
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Oh, I didn't realise coz I got 0 🙄
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defoe vs bent to replace kun?
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In order to bring in RVP/Rooney for Torres, I need to do one of the following transfers....
A) A Hole -> Clark (to rotate with McAuley who I currently have)
B) Mata -> Michu
C) Mata -> Dyer
D) Cazorla -> Michu
E) Cazorla -> Dyer
F) Yaya -> Dyer
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A or b. Not any of the others.
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F) - but I am assuming you have either Tevez or Aguero up top?
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A
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B. Mata was not nearly as threatening as Hazard and he will be rested soon. Yaya to Michu not possible?
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Mata looks like he needs some rest, dropped too deep at times, not much involvement in the game.Open Controls
Are we having a Bottom Five competition/League This YeaR?
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I'm doing Aguero > Rvp , gonna wait a few days just to be sure on news as I was gonna do Torres > Rvp , only problem is these 3 darn Chelsea players ( cole/mata/torres ) going into gw3 , this dgw is turning into a nightmare for me, I also have Pog for good measure - what was I thinking ?
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Never really understand why people transfer so early - bet aguero drops in price but plays at the weekend
Open ControlsAlways play it safe now. Unless I lose my mind the earliest I'll transfer is post Chelsea v Reading.
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Fpl has him at 75% fit. He himself said its not terrible so probably not looking at damaged ligaments. Having said that it's MUCH easier to build your team with Tevez in it than Aguero.
Open ControlsAt the min ive got a frontline of Aguero, Torres and Tevez - i might have to sacrifice .1 in value and let aguero drop - just dont wana transfer in rvp/roo before wednesday as id be gutted if torres got injured as i planned to get rid of him anyway
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My team value is 100.1
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What to do with Torres? I suspect he will go down in value over the next couple of days so would like to make a decision before seeing him against reading. I can't afford one of the United forwards, spurs probably have the best fixture next week and a decent run. Do I keep Torres at least to see his next game and not worry if he drops, get Defoe or another. I have 11.5 to spend and already have Tevez and Petric up front.
Open ControlsSee how he plays in the next game
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GW1 Kneejerks going off I see. There anyone disappointed in their points haul for the week but keeping their knee from making that jerking movement?
Open ControlsYes. Phenomenal first day with 44 points and then Torres messed up, zabaleta conceded, Ramires didn't play, Aguero got injured and only Yaya got some decent points. But happy with team and just unlucky with Ramires and Aguero. Less of a selection dilemma with kun injured though. Can fit in better players with Tevez in the team.
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Knee remaining firmly unjerked. One still incomplete gamweek is not enough time to assess the proper diamonds in the rough.
My Gameweek does however rest on Ramires. It playing so Dyer comes off my bench.Open ControlsWow that would be a feast! Noble to come in for me. How sad lol
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I'm with you here (Dyer for Ramires)
Open ControlsGot Raimres keeping Cueller out of my team so if Ramires does play hopefully scores or has an assist. Think the rout could be on at the Bridge?
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Torres to rooney as plannedOpen ControlsYup. Knew Michu was rising last night but didn't transfer because I don't have enough information to make my decision. Will transfer after the Chelsea game I think or possibly before his second rise.
Open Controlsagreed, waiting until 3 games in before making rash judgements on players such as Michu, Carzola, Petric etc
Open ControlsThat's some patience there, I'm somewhere in the middle, I'm planning Mata to Michu to resolve my blank GW3 and bring in a potential bargain with fixtures, but want to wait and see how Mata does. Also doing Torres to Rooney but again want to see him play first.
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Everyone having a go at knee jerkers is toying with the idea themselves but cant decide. Hence the frustration
Open ControlsNeed to bring in Rooney and Tevez for Aguero and Torres but I don't want to take a hit. Does it make sense to get Rooney for aguero in gw 2 (home to fulham) and Tevez for Torres in GW 3 (away to Liverpool in GW2)?
Open ControlsI was frustrated too many times last season with Rooney dropping to midfield often. With the current MF situation and RVP arrival, I'm guessing Rooney might be looking at a season of even more MF action. Not sure 12.0 will be worth spending on him. I'll wait and see.
Open ControlsYeah I guess for all purposes might as well refer to utd striker coverage as Rooney/RVP
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At this stage of the season, Aguero to Tevez is such a sideways move.
Much better bandwagons to be joint on.Open ControlsAgreed, as I saw before the start of the season you'd never have enough transfers because most of your picks would be wrong. Unfortunately this came true, and it's a priority to bring in the likes of Michu where potential and fixtures coincide.
Open ControlsHence why Mata > Michu is so popular - also resolves a blank GW3 problem.
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I need a Kagawa goal today, or I need both him and Ramires not to play their games. Too much to ask? I hope not.. 🙁
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well ramires is probably out but i recon kagawa will get a sub appearance if rvp starts. so maybe not what you want... :(. who are you playing btw?
looks like i've got 12 points to make up with pienaar, ivanovic, mata and torres (c) vs yossi's terry ,torres and mata (c). what do you think the odds of that happening are?Open Controls
questions:
1) how did graham look? shocked he wasn't involved in any way in any of the 5 goals!
2) torres and mata to rvp(or rooney depending who looks better) and michu for a hit. too knee jerky?Open ControlsDon't do Torres now imo. Do Mata to Michu.
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Don't do either now. Wait till Wednesday. You have already lost out on the michu price rise.
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1) not sure but he should come good soon
2) I'd do one of them after the reading game depending on how torres mata rvp Rooney playOpen Controls1) stick to Graham
He'll soon explode with such fixtures
If you plan to get Petric - really bad idea with awful fixtures
2)Torres to Rooney yes
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Kagawa should be starting tonight right?? He has looked very impressive in the friendlies
Open Controlsmoving fixedly... is there confirmed news on his injury?
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i just heard a confirmed 6 months. Not sure if it was legit
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does anyone know why totalfpl.com isn't showing the price change widget this season? Anywhere else to track price changes?
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it comes down to
Federicci vs ---
he concedes too much and i lose.....
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Kaka is in as a ManU mf for 8.5m - he buys himself surely?
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So, what are people doing with VDV then? It seems as if he's secondary to Siggy, but with neither playing 90 mins their appeal seems diminished. Straight swap for Ben Arfa (see my team)?
Open ControlsWait for home game and possibly signing of Adebayor. VDV and he combined very well last year
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Very late realization that with 5 players possibly not playing in gw3 (Marveaux, Aguero + 3 chelsea), I will just make it to 11 players in gw3. Am cutting it close now.
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Has anyone got a list of the players that have risen in price so far?
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There's a drop down option for price rises in the transfer window
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Michu up 0.1, Song down 0.1, no-one else moved (but Tevez and Dyer will probably rise tonight)
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Clearly most people are disappointed but when you put GW1 into context, exactly what was expected happened. Out of tons of options and with very limited information, a small number of people made the right guesses. Now the onus is on you to take advantage of this new information. Everyone is basically equal, there is more than 97% of the season left! Frankly, if 13 or more of your squad actually started, I see that as encouraging. Good luck all, off to work!
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GW1 seems like it's always a disaster. At least this time I have decent picks, Michu may be on my bench but I have him and not the likes of Taarabt, O'Hara and Moses like last season!
Open ControlsYep your famous bench is doing very well which shows your SQUAD definitely has some potential! All in all I think I got off okay. N'Zogbia, Marveaux, Gerrard and Bennett failed on the first day, but Ivanovic and Tevez repaid my faith. You win some, you lose some. Still expecting N'Zog and Gerrard to hit the big time over the coming weeks. All shaping up nicely in Serie A 🙂
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Can't decide which is more annoying
a) benched michu (+demel and williams of course..)
b) now everyone is getting michu in and I didn't manage to get any advantage pointswise
I'm a middleaged man, don't I have enough problems without this game?Open ControlsA) defo 😉
Open ControlsA because B people are getting him for 0.5 more
Open Controlswrong, I see many of my ml rivals have already jumped in yesterday... 🙁
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At least you get the price rise, that's my consolation for putting Dyer last on my bench (behind Fabio lol).
Just did not see that result coming at all.Open Controlswell nor did I, michu was my first sub - played graham!
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West Brom are so underrated in this game judging by ownership %. Once Lukaku cements the starting job he's going to be a legend.
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