| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Pickford | EVE | B |
| Up |  Roefs | SUN | C |
| Up |  Henderson | CRY | C, Vs |
| Down |  Verbruggen | BHA | C |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | A |
| Up |  Chalobah | CHE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | B, £ |
| Up |  Lacroix | CRY | B, Vs |
| Up |  Tarkowski | EVE | A |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | B |
| Down |  van Hecke | BHA | C |
| Up |  Senesi | BOU | C |
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | B |
| Up |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| Up |  Fernández | CHE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | C |
| Down |  Foden | MCI | C |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Wirtz | LIV | A |
| Up |  Wilson | FUL | B |
| Up |  Mitoma | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | C |
| No Change |  Ekitiké | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Watkins | AVL | A |
| Up |  Thiago | BRE | A |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | B |
| Down |  Bowen | WHU | C |
Mark Continuing our round-up of the Christmas period, it’s time to treat our members to a series of articles which examines each of the positions and analyses the form of the key protagonists over the past four Gameweeks. We start in defence, by casting an eye over the top tens for our ICT Index, plus a more in-depth look at the main performers in terms of goal threat and creativity….
Who is best Chelsea defender to bring in for DGW? (can't afford Ivan)
is luiz worth his 6.6 price?
Yes, as long as his price doesn't stop you getting someone like Bale, Mata etc.
He's a luxury pick.
Rate my team out of 10 please?
Begovic, Turnbull
O'Brien, Cameron, Gibbs, Demel, Shaw
Puncheon, Michu, Fellaini, Mata, Walcott
RVP, Ba, Suarez
I agree, but am now feeling that Spurs and Bale may disappoint, especially as I have Spurs cover inc. Bale.
It's a shame, I can't fit him in, the only way possible is Fellaini + Ba --> Bale + Lambert? what do you think of that?
I prefer that
6....no RVP, Ba a certain rotation risk, 2 WH defenders and 1 of them is a doubt
8.5
No Bale.
Sorry to ask this again, but...
Is Kyle Naughton guaranteed a start for Spurs next week. Long term I will be getting Assou-ekotto, but can only afford a def of 4.2 as I want to transfer in Matta and Ba for DGW. Am I being slightly arrogant to be happy to take 12 point hit as I’m now 76 ahead in mini league.
Also, I have the identikit forward line of RVP, Berbs and Suarez, so was thinking of getting rid of Suarez for the short term and rotating for DGWs. Good idea, or will it come back and sting me? Questions, questions.
About to push the button on my 1st WC this season - gotta do it right?
JAASK, Federici
GIBBS, MCCARTNEY*, Cuellar*, Hughes, CLYNE*
Bale, WALCOTT, Silva, Sess, Taarabt
Rvp, Suarez, Benteke
Bank 0.5m, 1 freebie
* injured or potentially injured
OK... I am being serious here (really, I am) although I know the answer.
Fellaini or Joe Cole for the next 2 weeks and why?
Cheers.
joe cole
Blimey, DGW'S do send people crazy!
Fellaini by a long, long way.
Cole will be lucky to get 2 starts out of 3, if that.
+1
Definitely Fellaini. Two decent fixtures, always a threat, while Cole might not play all three or even two of the three fixtures in the two GWs. I would want to see more before putting him in over Fellaini.
Enough... thanks lads. I go with only 5 dgw players for the 2 weeks then. This will be interesting 🙁
I'm intrigued by Cole. Do we think he'll play both games in the DGW? I admit he's a more attractive option than Noble or Nolan at the moment.
He's lacking match fitness and the FA reply kinda consigned him to the bin for me. It's a shame as he looks like a real bargain.
Repost from bottom of last page.
Worth getting Ba in for Benteke or Hernandez? Both have decent fixtures this week but can’t help but feel like I’m going to miss out on a Ba explosion. Or keep both and get Hazard in for Silva instead?
Haz for Silva for me Emps. The Ba thing is a bit overly emotional here tonight. Think about it... unless Chels change their formation to accommodate him, Ba will be rested as much as Torres as he's now played more minutes (I believe).
Have similar thoughts Vets but like I said can see Ba trying to make a statement and banging in a few this week and would suck to miss out on it. Hazard is probably the simpler and more logical move though
Hard to not be impressed by Ba's first game with the club!
This DGW can do one. No idea what to do now. Is anyone not using the WC? I currently have no Chelsea or Southampton. I have 2 Arsenal and 0 West Ham. 2FT though.
Just WC, FFS.......arrange yourteam so u can take 1 or 2 hits and get it back to normal after all the games are finished.
I'm not WCing yet. Only 1FT though. 1 Chelsea, 1 Southampton, 2 Arsenal and 1 West Ham.
It's looking like I will have no striker cover for any DGW fwiw.
I don't see so much value in the DGWs; the fixtures are tough and there is also the threat of Rafatation. I'm thinking of going in with just Mata this week and Walcott (and Demel but I've had him for a long time) the next as they are the explosive players and not having them could be dangerous.
Agree about the fixtures, i can just see all the players who don't think about rotation getting Ba or Hazard and getting a monster score from it.
If they have 2 WC then fair play to them but for those with 1 WC I think the best strategy is to simply sort out a team for the rest of the season, those lucky monster hauls look like being offset by the amount of hits people are taking.
This is true. I think i am going to wait and just use 2FT to get Mata & one of Luiz/Cole/Cahill. It means no Bale or Baines this week which is annoying as that was my original plan before this DGW.
I had planned to wait, but then realised I didn't really know what I was waiting for. Makes sense to play it before 2 lots of decent DGWs.
Yeah? I am tempted. How is your team looking? If i do WC, i may go without Michu for a few GWs.
Team in link, only got Mata, Puncheon and Walcott for the DGW. I've still got my other WC, though.
Would it be Fellaini ahead of Michu? Fixtures look good, but if Swansea sell Graham and don't buy another CF I'd want to hold on to Michu.
According to the argentine press Aguero out for at least 3weeks.
http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1694364&s=eng&type=story
Thats at least.....i would say more like 4 weeks. Then add on his shorter games while he gets back to fitness...
when is it liekly ff will announce the upfate of the fgw on the ff website
Any injury news tonight for Chelsea players? Olsson is dropping tonight, if only I could know if he’s gonna make the reading game too.
Looking at either A) Olsson > Azpilicueta or B) Johnson > Luiz.
Should I save my wildcard if I can play 2 chelsea this week (Luiz and Mata) and for the next week I already have 3 arsenal and 1 west ham?
i would save. depends of your rivals also.
Team is
Bego bunn
Baines Gibbs cuellar demel wisdom
Mata Walcott silva Santi sterling
Defoe Berba Suarez
1.2 in the bank 2ft
Defoe to ba and silva to hazard/bale?
Silva to hazard and cuellar to azpiliquetta?
Or another option?x
2nd one
Defoe against qpr
I think I can live without MCI cover this week but not TOT so i'm keeping Defoe and doing Tevez -> Ba for the rises and DGW.
Mmm, it's the nature of the cover that matters isn't it? Defoe looks less involved with Adebayor stealing his thunder. What about Defoe to Lambert instead and steering clear of rafastrikertation?
So general consensus for the dgw is Turnbull is safe for both games and Azpi is a risk am I right in my thinking here?
Or is Azp safe because he will rest Ivan if terry comes back.? Or will terry get back into the team? It's all ifs and buts.
o'brian injured but he sure play gw 23 it too early to get rid of him , right ?
Right, about to start watching a new series - but which one?
A. Dexter
B. Prison Break
C. The US Office
D. Entourage
E. Mad Men
DOnt normally do RMTs but how does this look for DGW?
http://oi47.tinypic.com/2nvtmw3.jpg
ba to ruiz
uthrie to ramirez
bench michu
you are wildcarding right?
Yep, i dont fancy Soton for DGW as they have chelsea.....im also very scared to bench michu as he may explode.
thoughts?
Looks very good, especially having both Mata and Ba for next wk.
Ty sir.
Still got both my WC's so considering loading up on DGWers with 1st one and playing the other in a couple of weeks to get rid of them.
Anyone know if there's likely to be further DGW's later in the season?
Could be a big one late on due to the FA Cup like there was last season.
Right this Chelsea/Southampton DGW has caught me on the hop after meticulous planning for the Arsenal/Wham one everything is now in tatters as I have no Chelsea or Southampton players and plenty of my players have tough games this week, e.g. Arsenal vs City, Liverpool at Man Utd, Swansea at Everton.
I always intended to use my WC after the next DGW to allow for the majority of January transfers and to repair the squad after going Arsenal heavy - I'm planning on sticking with that as I think a -8 this week and a -4 the week after to load up on DGW's is better use than squandering my WC before either DGW and leaving my squad in immediate need of repair.
So, this week:
Ruddy, Cuellar, Cazorla > Turnbull, Azpilicueta, Mata (-8)
or
Cuellar, Cazorla, Sessegnon > Luiz/Ivanovic, Mata, Ramirez/Puncheon (-8)
Followed by moves to bring Cazorla and Nolan in (I already have Gibbs Walcott and Demel).
Am I right in thinking a -8 and then -4 then a wildcard is a better idea than wildcarding too early and having a skewed squad? If so, which variation of the above is better?
Im in same boat as you
however i see choice between wildcard now
OR just bring in Mata for free and capt him
I certainly wont take hits
My heads in a ddgw spin.
Off to bed now, shall return tomorrow pm after rugby match.
Choi for now.
Evs
Night
A. Azpilicueta, Clyne, Puncheon, Mertesacker, Demel, JCOLE, Walcott, PODOLSKI (keeping Suarez here)
or
B. Azpilicueta, Clyne, Puncheon, MATA, LAMBERT, Mertesacker, Demel, Walcott, GIROUD (dropping suarez here)
?
couldn't afford Podolski in option B, unfortunately :/
Aguero's injury now the most talked about thing on here over DDGW. People definitely eyeing up Dzeko if he's out long term, I know I am
Not Tevez?
one of these players I'd like him to be nailed on. Would deffinitely get him if guaranteed starter due to Kun's longer injury
Szczesny/Turnbull
Fonte, Demel, Azpi, Gibbs, R Martin
Mata, Michu, Fellaini, Puncheon, Walcott
RVP, Suarez, Lambert
This is my WCT, have I gone DGW mad, or is that reasonable? Cheers
I wouldn't play punch over any of those mids even with a dgw to be honest
With the aguero hamstring problem and with Rafa being stupid enough to start Torres in some games instead of Ba (say in one of the dgw) I'm thinking to get Tevez at a nice discount......(instead of Defoe vs QPR)
YES or NO?
dzeko even cheaper..
I take it this Chel Vs Southampton DGW is totally going to happen?
my front 8 are
fellaini, mata, walcott, michu, bale
suarez, berba, lambert
should i downgrade one of them to prevent selection headaches?
Hmmmm, so who do I bench this week then?
Michu(eve) or Walcott(MCI)?
