We roll out the second instalment of our new weekly article for Members this evening, offering an in-depth statistical analysis of the main captaincy contenders for the Gameweek ahead. With Liverpool, City and Arsenal squaring up to some resilient defences, we delve into the data in order to assess our armband possibilities.
3 for 73, the Gabba's gone quiet. Gabba gabba hey.....
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Boruc/Harper
Coleman/Fonte/Williams/Moxey/Chester
Walcott/Ramsey/Ozil/Ravel/Brady
Aguero/Suarez/Rooney
Honest opinions - is my team too good for the next couple of months??
0.9 in the bank - thinking of upgrading Moxey to somebodyOpen ControlsMight struggle for CS with that defence.
Too much Arsenal imo.Open Controlsit would be nice if West Ham could sort their defensive injuries out so I could bring Rat in for Moxey, that should secure a few more clean sheets
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Whoa. Triple arsenal midfield? A bit excessive in my opinion.
Upgrading Moxey is a good idea. How about MTurner or Rat?Open ControlsYeah I call it The Midfield of Power or MOP - I'm hoping it catches on and you start hearing it around the site more often
I could have got Evans if I had .1 more! That is quite annoying, I might cash in on Fonte and bring in Clyne or Shaw and then use the money from that to bring in Evans for Moxey
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Whoa, what a midfield and attack! Might wan to move Ozil to Hazard?
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get remy for free or get rooney for a hit????player could be out is benteke or lukaku
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Open Controlsi got in rooney for a hit this week. i was stuck between making the same decision. only chose rooney because he is a long term option for me. i dont like getting a player in if im only thinking about the next 2 gws. but remy is a great option.
btw i traded out lukaku aswell for rooneyOpen Controlsyeah, i need a so consistent player other than suarez....so i think rooney is the right player to have even for the hit.....
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I would not get Rooney for a hit. Remy for free sounds much better.
Dropping Benteke I'd not advisable. Great fixtures alk the way to january. Form will certainly come around, but it requires a bit of a leap of faith.Open Controlswhy not rooney ? since for this time foward is the way to go, and rooney is so consistent threat when he play...i would captain him btw if i get him
Open ControlsI'd say that for this week at least, Rooney is unlikely to outscore Benteke or Lukaku by 4.
Long term may be a different story, but you can always do the Rooney transfer next week for free?Open Controls
Thinking of dropping Walker ahead of Tottenham's tough fixtures. For the next ~5 weeks, would you rather:
A: Koscielny
B: Evans
C: other ideas?
Thanks.Open ControlsI should have specified that my other defenders are GJ, Coleman, AWilliams & Chester.
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Newcastle defence makes me queasy. But with Coloccini coming back, they might be decent value.
Already have Myhill and am not keen to double up on the WBrom def/gk. But I agree that McAuley is a good choice.Open Controls
Toure to Chester, or Silva to Walcott? for this week...Will do the other next week.
Open Controls4-3-3 or 3-4-3 essentially
Open ControlsAre either available this week? Save & do both next week?
Open ControlsNeither Chester nor Walcott are likely to start this week. Maybe save the free transfer?
Are there any others on you radar?Open ControlsIts not for a free. But I need to do these transfers by GW14:
Toure to Chester
Silva to Walcott
Lukaku to Sturridge
I figure I might as well take the hit now rather than next week or GW14. Obviously things could change that is the only reason I would wait to reassess. Currently my bench is Toure Silva Dawson and I also have Nasty and Januzaj so I may well end up only fielding 10 if I dont make the transfer.Open ControlsWhy not get someone who is sure to play, in that case? Rosenoir might be a good bet instead of Chester. Hazard instead of Walcott?
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1) play 1 of Dawson, Shaw or Rat
2) Captain Suarez, Roo, Hazard or AgueroOpen Controls1. Tough one. I'd pick Shaw, but all 3 are in tough.
2. I'm going rooney, though I don't have Aguero from your list. Conventional wisdom says that ManCity are unlikely to score a bunch against Tottenham.Open Controls
Did my transfer, but
a) Rooney + Sess or
b) Remy + Hazard
?Open ControlsI probably would only get Sess this week anyway but which would you rather have?
A) Sess in for Michu and in the future upgrade Burner and Chester to Kosc and Skrtel
B) Michu > WalcottOpen ControlsFYI - Suarez played 90 mins for Uruguay, match finished not long ago. Not ideal, hoping he'd be subbed off.
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Help out the worst team you'll ever see.
Mig
Coleman JT Dawson Murner
Ozil Januzaj Ramsey
Agüero Suarez Rooney
Bank 0.3
1 FT
Subs - Davis Barkley Kim Chester
Thoughts? Any feedback appreciated.
A) Dawson > Mert
B) Dawson > Ridgewell / Evans and Barkley > Snoddy (-4)Open Controls😳 Short of Ridgewell by 0.1
Open ControlsBarkley to Ravel, upgrade Murner
Open ControlsRavel before Chelsea doesn't look right though. Also 4 YCs 🙁
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I like A!
Open ControlsHi ENR, would you consider Bark &Kim > Ravel & Snoddy?
Open ControlsOops, that midfield looks dire!
Open ControlsKim Bo-Kyung says it all doesn't it.
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I see you want to remove Dawson, El Ninio. Jooi: why?
I feel you should be looking at Evans who is terrific value at 5.0.
Barkley/Kim->RavMoOpen ControlsNot sure RavMo is worth it before Chelsea though, we'll be up for it.
Dawson's next 6 worries me, also the looming fear that he may be dropped soon. No?
mci MUN ful sun LIV sotOpen ControlsI think RavMo is the best of the ubercheaps in midpark, ENR.
Not sure Dawson will be dropped. He's the club captain and has played every game so far in the league. I'd hold on that one.
Not fancy Evans assuming Moyes will tighten things up?Open ControlsOh sure, RavMo is a good choice, just a bit worrying for this week I reckon especially when he's on 4YCs. Don't wanna fall in the trap of getting a blank followed by a suspension.
You reckon evans is nailed on though? Moyes doesn't seem completely convinced else he'd have gone Evans a while back. Smalling/Jones/Rio - too much competition for one spot I reckon. Good value if he nails that spot though.
Arsenal's fix look good doesn't it? Atleast in the short term, SOT car HUL EVE
Also reckon Spurs are on the free fall and are possibly due a battering vs city.Open ControlsDon't think ARS are very relaible for cs.
Evans has started last 5. Jones is out. Can't see why Moyes would want to change, tbh.Open ControlsLast 4 Jafs. Only last 2 while Vidic's been fit though, out of which he played 45 mins in one game.
My bench is too weak for another "what if" option 🙁Open Controls
ENR should I destroy my team to make it look like yours but secure Aguero?
Open ControlsIts kinda worked getting Kun and Suaz in the last 2 weeks and captaining them, even at the expense of rest of my team. But this is the week to recover I hope.
You'll want Kun for SWA though, might as well get him this week.Open ControlsReally tempted, that front line is just incredible.
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How's it going gents?
Haven't been on here in a while. 🙂
So who are you lot captaining?Open Controlshttp://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71246000/jpg/_71246623_d327adf9-7500-4c23-8284-2f5a013f66c2.jpg
love this 🙂 Aussie press has seriously shot themselves in the foot with headlines like thisOpen ControlsAnyone still half hopeful Barkley may yet once again get starts?
I mean the lad has done not much wrong yet. Osman hasn't really impressed either. Another England call up for Ross.
Change of mind for Martinez?Open ControlsNot hopeful although EVR seems more of an attacking force when RB starts. Time to move on-3 EVR is getting risky.
Open ControlsThink I'm gonna risk my midfield another week and play Barkley over Murner. Fair?
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I think he will be back in the team soon, one way or another.
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"Ben Arfa willing to play anywhere for Newcastle after recent move to the bench" Lovely bit of trolling by FFS 🙂
Open ControlsOscar to Sess for a hit?
Open Controlsare you nuts....?
Unless I have missed something and Oscar is injured, Chelsea's fixtures are excellent and Oscar has been playing wellOpen ControlsNot nuts at all. I ask the question as I have Hazard too.
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not for a hit. whats the point of that, when oscar is playing west ham without reid obrien andpossibly rat.
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Does anyone on here use the my team function on totalfpl for price changes? Can't seem to get it to work
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put your team ID then its done..Open ControlsI did that but it didn't work.. just tried again and it was fine,,, must have been a glitch
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I never have, Old School. It requires a registration and I never bothered to register 🙂
Open ControlsI just noticed it... and realised I registered ages ago... Makes life a lot easier as before I was typing in all my players names to check...
Highly recommendOpen ControlsOS, help needed here mate. Following your recommendation above, I just signed up and created an account. Put my team ID in the relevant section under 'my account' but when I go to the price changes section and click on the 'my team' button it just tells me: "Please check you are logged in, and have set your team ID in the 'My Account' section". Is there something obvious I'm missing?
Open ControlsI did the same thing about three or four times.... Close down the browser and log in again.. That worked for me...
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Baker at villa seems nailed on,....
Thoughts on him as one of my cheap defenders?
I already have Burner and Faye (picked the wrong one)
Thinking either Baker or WardOpen Controlsgents... who is Baker's threat? sorry know feck all about Villa's defence...
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Open Controlsbut they have both played the last couple of games.... I assume that is due to Luna's injury correct?
Open ControlsRather get a WBA defender.
VILLA/new/CITY/nOR/car/HULLOpen ControlsIndeed. One will lose out when everyone is fit.
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The only things worse then an Int break is when you decide to roll a FT in that Int break.
ZZZZzzzzzzzOpen Controls+loads..
Open ControlsI'm miiiight be tempted to something small....
Open ControlsYou already got Sess in? i'm thinkin of savin transfers over the December 1st to December 7th period as there are 3 GW's in 7 days so it's much easier to save a transfer. Might as well use one now if needed and save then
Open ControlsYeah got Sess two weeks ago for his 6pts vs CPAL. Benched him last week.. 🙁
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Is it illogical that I think aguero is more likely to score than Suarez, yet Suarez is more likely to get 2+ goals?!
Open Controlsso ur basically saying you think aguero will get 3+ goals against spurs?
Open ControlsNo. He's saying that he thinks Aguero is more likely to score, but Suarez is more likely to score 2+ if he scores.
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Mirallas owners/owner.. Huddle!
Martinez calls Mirallas a complete player
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kevin-mirallas-complete-player-says-6287626
Mirallas admits the goal drought is his fault
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/everton-goal-drought-fault-claims-2792487
Was the best player for Belgium over the break and scored a goal..
😉Open ControlsYup.. i'm forced to keep him one more week before i shift him out for Wally 🙁 .. Can swap him for Sessegnon but i want Wally more(and can only afford him next week)
Open Controlsfair enough. seems like a good move to wait a week and get wally! good to see some people are waiting atleast a week to get wally and not rushing to get him in straight away lol
Open ControlsMany people are gettin rid of Michu/Silva etc who are dropping like crazy and need replacing asap.. so rather than wait a week and prob get 1 point from their bench fodder and lose value i guess tehy are doin it early. makes sense for some 🙂 ... Agree though. if not a priority it can wait a week
Open Controlsyou are gonna have pie on your face if Walcott scores a brace this weekend 😉
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How many times have you made an fpl decision purely for entertainment value? I do it every week, especially with captains.. For eg this week i'm captainin Aguero/Rooney over Suarez purely cause i got a party on saturday and will miss the games.. and more than anythin i love watchin my captain play(Did that 2 weeks ago and captained Giroud(6) over Suarez(17) 🙁 ) .. Also, I want to get Sessegnon in for Mirallas purely so i can enjoy MNF. Yup.. this game is supposed to be fun too 🙂
Open ControlsI'm so tempted to go Sessgnon(c).
51pts behind in ML.Open ControlsI saw highlights of the WBA - Stoke game yesterday. Sessegnon was immense but his finishing was unbelievably poor.. not sure what to think about him anymore as a captain choice. He can be very frustratin..
Open Controlshmmm.. gotta swap my cowboy hat for a christmas one.
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+1 Going with Ozil this weekend because I finish work just before the Arsenal game so it will be well exciting heading home ready to watch the game!
Open ControlsI've done this sooo many times.. somehow the excitement of watchin the (c) play over 90 mins beats the disappointment of missing out on a haul by some other option.. early season atleast
Open ControlsNah. I'm considering selling Ozil...
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who should I choose Ward/Moxey or Baker? I have whittled it down to these three. I am a bit annoyed that Ward will lose value but he seems a better bet than Moxey based on the comparison tool
both Palace and Villa have good next four fixtures and worryingly whoever I choose will be playing in my team as I have Faye and Burner, who either doesn't play or has a bad fixture..Open Controlshttp://i.imgur.com/K4QjKJS.png
From Totalfpl.. Based on bookies odds.. Aguero leads the projected fpl top scorer chart for this week while Wally comes third(if he starts). Rooney ahead of Suarez.Open ControlsFinding it very difficult to look past Aguero as captain this week.. even though i own rooney. The thing is Rooney is on set pieces so can have a horrid game and still get an assist(though aguero can get a peno)
Open ControlsI disagree with these odds personally but it's a good an indication as any I suppose.... thanks...
Open ControlsI follow the ESBO odds by total fpl every week and they are usually a good indicator.. combine that with Glovers work and picking captains becomes much easier(though i end up falling for the entertainment trap)
Open ControlsGlovers work? Do you have a link for that mate?
Open Controlshttp://premierleaguefantasy.blogspot.in/
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Any indication from Wenger that Theo will start and I'll be getting him
Open ControlsI'm risking it anyway.. but yeah it would be nice to hear from Wenger on this
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Open ControlsI currently have it on Rooney... the members article made me debate this but will stick I think
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Bought myself Breaking Bad season 4 + 5 today! Gonna be busy for the next few weeks!
Open ControlsOds School - any betting tips?
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Open ControlsHaven't really looked yet... will take a gander later...
Open ControlsWhat for? This weekends football?
Open ControlsYeah, PL footy.
Any win + draw accumulator will do nicely thanks.
😉Open ControlsI had a quick glance on bet365 the other day, and the only thing standing out to me is West Brom v Aston Villa - both teams to score @ 1.80
Open ControlsJust had a quick look again.
Remy - to score at anytime.
West Brom v Villa - both teams to score.
Chelsea to win.
On bet365 @6.51Open ControlsTa, will play around a bit.
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@Keith
Have you had time to watch that film yet?Open ControlsYup!! Twas Great! Huge fan of Tom Hardy and loved the setting.. Got a bit too hollywoody here and there and i hate Shia labeouf but still well worth the watch.. thanks! Now it's your turn to watch The Road(Same director).. he has a similar style in all his films(The proposition also) which you'll like i'm guessin
Open ControlsI'll make a note of it now. Just bought season 4 + 5 of Breaking Bad, so I'll be busy for a while. I really don't know how his brother survived that film though! What does it take to kill him?!
Open Controlsshhh.. no spoilers on here for the rest 🙂 .. Breaking bad :sigh: .. i miss it. Enjoy yourself. Today's plan is to go on a Curb your Enthusiasm Season 8 marathon when i reach home.. Gonna miss that show dearly when i'm done
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Jeez, got 5 players in the Scouse derby. It's the early game as well. It's gonna start in tears 🙁
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