Arsenal’s battling performance at the Etithad and a dramatic second-half turnaround at the Lane bring Gameweek 5 to a close. Our members can now let the dust settle on their Fantasy scores before gorging on all the stats from all the weekend’s matches, or just read on for the numbers that piqued our interest…
Current WC team
Jaas/Bego
Baines/Gibbs/McAuley/Davies/Clyne
Cazorla/HBA/Fellaini/Pienaar/Nolan
vanPersie/Berba/Ba
I know two everton midfielders is a bit much but I can decide between the two and I was going to get Morrison instead of Pienaar but now he's picked up a knockOpen Controls
Morning guys, i have disaster, disaster, disaster 31 pts
Clark -2, Rangel 0, Hughes and Jaask 1
Hazard (C)
Awful !!!
I alredy missed 0.2 rise from Fellaini !
What to do ?
Already get Baines instead of Rangel
Who to replace for Michu, Yaya, Tevez
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Why would you want to get rid of Yaya now?!
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Do you think Sagna will play his first match of this season before the international break? Or will return as a fpl prospect only after the international break?
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Tough one!
1) Tevez + Snodgrass > Ba + Fellaini/Pienaar.
2) Hazard + Snodgrass > HBA + Fellaini/Pienaar.
Don't have any EVE or NEW attack cover!
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What are tevez owners doing with tevez? Time to
Ditch or keep for a few more weeks?Open Controls
Any Pie owners considering getting Fellaini? Would seem a sideways move and there will no doubt be more pressing transfers but is he would seem to be worth £0.6m extra. I have 2 FTs this week and I'm debating Hazard > Bale and/or Tevez > Berbatov but if I decide against one or both transfers, I would have a transfer spare!
I guess we will have to wait and see on Jelly's injury.Open ControlsBoth moves are too risky, imo!
And I won't consider Piennar->Fellaini, too sideways. I could double up on both though.
Even when Jelly returns, Fellaini should still play in the hole. He is tempting and I look at him as a great armband contender for this week. Hence I might get him in, even if it's for a hit.Open ControlsDon't fancy doubling up on Everton attack, especially since I have Baines. I suppose Michu > Fellaini could work but I want to give Michu one more week.
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I was watching the Swansea game, and my word did Fellaini get into some incredible scoring positions. 2 of my main rivals have him in and I've got Pienaar, but purely as a differential. If I had Pienaar I'd stick. He's done incredibly well especially at home, looking at stats from last season and this.
Tevez should start next week and keep Hazard till after the Norwich game. His fixtures aren't so great after. Make a luxury change to your team 🙂Open ControlsThanks for the input.
Still think Bale will outscore Hazard over the next two!Open Controls
Again, it would mean 3 Everton players. See above!
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Which one looks best
Foster. (Jaaskelainen)
Rafael. Demel. Baines (Hangeland) (Jenkinson)
Hazard. Y Toure. Michu. Pienaar. (Sterling)
Van persie Tevez. Berbatov
Or
Foster. (Jaaskelainen)
Rafael. Demel. Baines (Hangeland) (Jenkinson)
Hazard. Silva. Bale. Pienaar Cazorla
Lambert Fletcher. BerbatovOpen ControlsHello all! Glad to see that Steven Pienaar assist added! Won me my UEFA H2H 😀
On another note, any Gunner fans here who think that Sagna will oust Jenkinson straight away when he comes back from injury?Open Controls
Surely he will, but it may be after the int break.
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Alreet lads
I got a bit of constructive (and un-constructive) criticism for my potential WC musings this morning. So i've taken some of those on board, and had another go. How's it looking now?
Begovic, Jaask
Baines, Gibbs, Ridgewell, Wilson, Demel
Bale, Santi, Barfa, Pienaar, Fellaini
Aguero, Lambert, Berba
I still plan on rotating Berbatov with a southampton mid (or maloney), but by getting Fellaini for SOU, wig, while I decide between Ramirez and Lallana, i have time to come to my senses!
Demel will rarely play, so no worries on double west ham defence. I'll only double stoke for plum home fixtures.
By having an overall strong squad such as this, i means I should be able to afford aguero to be benched a few times. hopefully not too many 1 pointers!
How's it looking now?Open ControlsIf I get a southampton mid for fellaini in a couple of weeks time. It will free up 1m. Any ideas where I could use it?
Open ControlsIt seems like 99% of people on here are against me rotating berba. But the fact is that I would never have confidence in him to play him in every game. Especially as fulham's away fixtures aren't great.
For the same price of Jelavic + guthrie, playing jelavic in every fixture home and away
I can have berba + ramirez/lallana, with one playing in a nice home fixture every week.
Also by using this strategy, I am bringing an extra option to the table where I can play the away player as well in a nice away fixture, thus increasing the flexibility of my team.Open ControlsI'm with you on rotating Berba. He's a bit of a hit and miss and FUL ain't great away. In fact, they weren't great away having the likes of Dempsey and Dembele in the team. So I'm with you on that.
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It is looking good, I dont think you could put the 1 million to use anywhere straight away so I would save it for now, it is always handy to have some money in the bank on rainy days.
Whats with this southampton rotation? I would play Berbatov no matter what.Open ControlsTrue. I will probably bank the extra, until i need to use it.
See my comments above on berba. Fulham visit ars, stk, che, qpr, liv in the period i am looking at (up to GW20). I don't see him (or fulham in general) getting much from those games.Open ControlsThat's fair enough and very logical. But I think he might surprise you, other then maybe Arsenal I think Fulham can do some damage to all of those teams.
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Everything seemed sound until you mentioned benching Aguero 😉
Looks good CM.Open ControlsI love your thinking on Beratov and Southampton rotation....So which mid from Southampton are you getting?
Open ControlsBy getting Fellaini in first for a couple of games, it will give me some time to decide.
Certainly either ramirez or lallana. If I had to decide now, I would say ramirez, based on the scout write up yesterday, but I kind of want to get lallana as I thought he looked great on match of the day a few weeks ago. I would love him to prove himself over the next few.
I'm loving the chance of actually getting round to use the comparison tool.Open Controls
Three week punt on Hazard to Gerrard. 😎
Liverpool played well yesterday and have good fixtures
Gerrard is rotation proof and 100% on set pieces and pens
Shelvey ban means Gerrard likely to play more attacking role with Sahin coming in as dfm
Massive differentialOpen ControlsDamn, Hazard->Gerrard, and Dyer->Felliani just became so much tempting. Oh, look what what you have done Wild Rover!!! 🙂
Open ControlsNot tempted to keep Dyer for the next 3 atleast? Tasty fixtures ...
Open ControlsMorrison to Pienaar as well. You do realise Dyer will not be banned for any Prem games?
Open ControlsDyer isn't banned for prem games... really why?
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will he start though? started on the bench and then got a red card.. dint exactly delight his manager i'm sure
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Opinion on Sterling? Worth a punt? He gonna be good for the next fixtures coming up?
Open ControlsCan't go too far wrong at the price but he never really looks like actually doing anything despite being very lively
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Gerrard is fairly inconsistent these days and his underlying stats aren't stellar so far. Silva at a similar price is a better bet imo. Good stats, fixtures and should get game time now.
Open ControlsHe is inconsistent because he has been playing deep which will now change imo. Look at the fixtures they have had compared to the next three. Gerrard averaging 4.6pts per game despite fixtures and team form, Silva has 1.8pts per game
Open ControlsI think Silvas underlying stats and last years history show he will improve and brings a level of consistency above any other big midfielder tbh. As a Liverpool fan myself, Suerez/Gerrard do tempt, but id rather take a safer avenue.
4.6 is not amazing value for a 9.5 mid after all.Open Controls
Watch out for price fall but good idea.
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I got a whole string of unexpected points at the death this week. Gave my score some respectability. Bale assist and 3 baps! Rafael 3 baps, Pienaar ghost assist. Couldn't believe I finished with a green arrow after the way the weekend had gone
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A) Noble -> Sterling
B) Dyer -> Sterling/Kaca
C) Zabaleta -> 5mill-ish defender and Dyer-> Pienaar for a hit
Got 1FT, 0.1mill in the bank, team linked.
Any opinions?Open ControlsKagawa owners.. stick or twist?
Open Controlsa swap to fellaini lookin temptin.. he is'nt lookin that good as was subbed off early again
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Stickingg..
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Twisted for Bale last week..
but it would depend who you are getting/who you have..Open Controlsthinkin
Kags and Dyer out for Fellaini/HBA + Pienaar
OR
Dyer + Noble to Sterling + Pienaar
You think kags will start though? dint look that goodOpen ControlsNobody did though..I think he will start and get subbed early for Rooney.
Guessing you can't get Fellaini/HBA?Open Controlsi can get both with 0.0 in the bank 😎 .. far too temptin
Open Controlsnot a fan of early transfers though, and i'll have to do those b4 wednesday by the looks of it.. Hence Pienaar for one of them seems the best option
Open ControlsI'd do it, unlikely that Fellaini or HBA will play midweek given that Everton finally have some depth + Obertan/Marveaux will slot in for Ben Arfa.
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Morning folks
I have 1 FT and £3.3 in the bank.
What to do?
Foster
Baines, Davies, Demel,
Fellaini, Cazorla, Michu, Yaya Toure,
Tevez, RVP, Fletcher
Subs: Begovic, Guthrie, Cuellar, Gorkks
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Save your transfer, team looks good.
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I need help guys, some advice please, alredy tooked my FT: Baines in for Rangel
I want to make 2 more transfers, because i have easy opponent in my H2H
Jaaskelainen
Hughes, Clark, Baines
Yaya, Hazard, Michu, Cazorla
Tevez, Berbatov, RVP
Subs: Etheridge, Mariappa, Gunnarsson
what to do ? Any advice is huge helpOpen ControlsAnyone think that the next couple of weeks might be the time to do Tevez > Berbatov? I can see Berba outscoring Tevez.
It would be a shame to have no City attackers given their fixtures but if they are going to share the minutes you just can captain any of them (perhaps even Aguero).Open ControlsBerba gonna rip it up.
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I rekcon if you're taking out Tevez, you want either RvP or Aguero in his place...
Open ControlsI have RVP and I'm not sure about Aguero just yet. Might have to re-think but I'm not sure Aguero is immune to rotation.
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Make sure your squad is strong enough (no more than one 4m defender or bench sitting mid), so that you can cope with tevez or aguero being benched from time to time.
Open ControlsSounds good in theory but sadly they will probably come on for 5-20 minute cameos and return 1 point more often than not.
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next week maybe.. gonna wait
Open ControlsYeah I think I can afford to give it another week.
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Not yet, surely we all knew he would be rotated though? I got him at the start when Aguero was fit and nothing has changed, he is still first choice and he was Man City's only striker that started vs Madrid, and then he went on to play 90 minutes.
Open ControlsSo you think that Tevez > Ba(who has decent fixtures and red-hot form!) is a no no?!
Open ControlsI got him in as a gamble at the beginning too and I was happy owning him before cup competitions started and there weren't many viable alternatives.
Now we have Berbatov as a great replacement and the rotation has started. Time to cash in?Open ControlsHmm, I'll be keeping this week at least, pretty certain he will start. If he starts vs Dortmund after that then I'll probably ditch, if not..I'll captain him vs Sunderland at home.
Open ControlsI think waiting a week would make sense. Tevez would have to do better than Berba and then not play vs Dortmund to stay in my team though I think.
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I'd wait a week tbh..
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Off to bed folks.
Pratik, keep me updated re: Fellaini, will be keeping an eye on his NTI. Hope he doesn't rise until after the Cup!
Night! 🙂Open ControlsSo Fellaini has the highest threat score out of anybody..interesting.
That said, Suarez is 3rd, so it doesn't mean too much.Open Controls
Surprisingly little said about Gervinho, playing up front or in the hole, classed as a mid and has looked good in the last 2, arsenals fixtures about to turn.
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Ivanovic / Ridgewell / Cuellar / Demel / Clyne
Hazard / Cazorla / Michu / Pienaar / Robson- Kanu (don't laugh)
RVP / Tevez / Ba
0.0m in the bank
Really don't wanna do a hit but feel Baines is just essential to have and don't want to not be able to afford him in the future. So am thinking:
Ivanovic & Cuellar > Baines & Nelson for a 4pt hit.
Worth it?Open ControlsAny Swans fans think Dyer gonna start this week? eligible, but cant have helped his cause surely!
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Morning all
I'm mulling over the following:
Tevez / Dyer to (a) Berb / Fellaini or (b) Ba / Fellaini
Or
Verm / Dyer to Gibbs / Fellaini
Or
Do nothing - Dyer fixtures good for 3 weeks.
Anyone struggling with similar decisions?
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Considering Dyer->Felliani (was short by only 0.1 on Saturday 🙁 ), or Dyer->Southampton....
Need to downgrade somewhere but confused where. Hazard/Bale->Caz/Gerrard is a possibility.
So are the moves related to Tevez that you mentioned. I fear Tevez is now suspect to rotation, and Aguero will be a little more nailed on compared to him. But City have great fixtures, so a piece of them is highly essential.Open ControlsI agree the other possibility is to downgrade Hazard.
I suspect the ballsy approach is to do nothing. Tevez will probably start next week, and can ride Dyer's fixtures. Will be difficult to watch Fellaini go on a rampage however.Open Controls
Mrs China Mag's team has Ridgewell. I want a west brom defender in my team. Where possible, we like to keep our players different. I would only have 5.1m so can't afford mccauley. Is Olsson on valid option?
PS I have not problem getting ridgewell, if he is a no brainer compared with olssonOpen ControlsGive us a wee hand lads? 🙂
Have one free transfer this week and 2.6m in the kitty. Team is
Foster, Begovic
Zabaleta, A.Cole, Figueroa, Cuellar, Gunter
Michu, Cazorla, Bale, Nolan, Allen
Ba, Tevez, Podolski
Pretty sure of doing either Cashley or Zaba to Baines this week. Now i'm floating a bit of cash here and if I wanted to be cheeky I could risk a 4 point hit and get Fellaini in for Allen. Reasoning being he will continue to rise in price and has the fixtures.
This makes my midfield a touch expensive, but Nolan looks like a home bird player who scores well at home but not away, so I could bench him and post GW9 I can downgrade Michu to a cheaper mid like Maloney/Sterling to return the balance of the midfield.
Thoughts?Open ControlsNo need for the hit. Get Baines now - I would drop Zab.
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i think by bringing fellaini in, you will struggle to bench a front 8 player
my priority would be zaba out
or if u want to take a punt on him cuellar outOpen ControlsYeah it is a worry, but Michu this week away to Stoke is probably safe to bench, and Nolan for some away games judging by all his goals coming at home (can't complain for a 6m mid!). Definitely not a long term strategy as post GW9 Michu fixtures tighten up and id look to downgrade him.
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How much are you short of
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Best 9.5m or less striker? Time to ditch Torres but struggling to decide his replacement.
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Repost if anybody care 🙂
I need help guys, some advice please, alredy tooked my FT: Baines in for Rangel
I want to make 2 more transfers, because i have easy opponent in my H2H
Jaaskelainen
Hughes, Clark, Baines
Yaya, Hazard, Michu, Cazorla
Tevez, Berbatov, RVP
Subs: Etheridge, Mariappa, Gunnarsson
what to do ? Any advice is huge helpOpen Controlsi am 0.1 short of making torres hazard out for gerrard aguero
so im thinking gerrard suarez in
it will be for a hit
pool have the fixtures on their side
team is linked
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Bale or Hazard?
I will wildcard on the coming international break.Open Controls
