We roll out the next instalment of our weekly article for Members this evening, offering an in-depth statistical analysis of the main captaincy contenders for the set of fixtures ahead. This week, more than most, getting the armband call correct looks crucial – given that all of our featured five have acquired at least 12% of the votes cast in the Gameweek 16 Captain Poll, opinion looks split right across the board. Time to delve into the data, then…
So does FPL award this extra goal/point now??:)
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11669/9068425/liverpool-forward-luis-suarez-has-been-awarded-an-extra-goal-against-west-hamOpen Controls+ 2 points for Suarez captainers right? I assume he was already given the assist for the goal in question.
Open Controlsonly applies to premier league and official goal tallies. fpl is a different beast. guess they wanna try and keep it simple and without controversy
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no. they never do. in fpl, scores are final after the update at end of gw i believe.
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Look at these fixture schedules & consider the rotation nightmares you'll be having before making transfers
Thurs 26/12 City v Liverpool Sat 28/12 City v Palace
Thurs 26/12 Hull v Utd Sat 28/12 Nor v UtdOpen ControlsCity game against Palace will see a lot of rotation. Aguero is the one is most at risk but you cannot make decisions on key players based on just 1 game. Strong bench is what you need. Even 2 points will be handy from the bench.
Open ControlsIt'll be City's 2nd 11 for sure v Palace.why bring Silva in now Ars,Ful,Liv blank.
Open ControlsSilva in is long term move. He will miss an odd game but will play most. So not a bad choice at all. And what is the guarantee that his alternate will start all those games?
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Also Utd are not in a position to rest key players even in easy games.
Open Controls*scraps plans for Coutinho –> Silva in 2 weeks*
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@Billy just saw your response on Rattlesnakes... never knew that?
Open ControlsYou have a rival lion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0XWeyOZxI8
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suggestion to replace gerrard?with gerrard out, my front 7 are:
hazard, brady, whitts, ravel
aguero,suarez,rooneyOpen ControlsI've gone silva
Open Controlsalready have aguero to cover for man city..wish I still own ozil in my team 🙁
Open ControlsYeah my team is:
Marshall
Distin Coleman terry
Silva hazard ozil Ramsey
Aguero Lukaku Suarez
Thinking Lukaku or Suarez for capt. Silva has a goal/assist every 90mins played if this helps.Open Controlssilva is definitely a good differential..though i'll be concern with man city playing against arsenal n livrpool next
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Wenger is not using him well at all. He will be knackered soon. Playing 90 in every single game.
Open Controlsshould've kept Ozil. 34 points difference now 😉
Open Controlsdecision that backfired..i'm too afraid with hazard potential last week, and didn't expect ozil to score against everton 🙁
Open Controlsgot Hazard last week to for Oscar. At least we got him now, and we'll be less worried if he explodes yet again.
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transferred ozil out last week for hazard..bad decision 🙁 ..do we really think walcott will get starts soon?
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How many mins will WALCOTT get vs Man City ?
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G2G 4 GW16?
Thinking Clyne & Luna > Debuchy & Ward next week for a hit.Open Controlsgood team for this gw..but i don't think its worth a hit to transfer a defender
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Who to bench this week?
Nasri Ramsey Sess Paulinho RavelOpen ControlsHow "Different" is your team.,?
Hopefully this can become an indicator of how much forward or
backward you can fall in the rankings.
Here is mine.
(in %)
4.4 / 2.3
17.2 22.8 2.4 5.3 8.3
62.2 25.1 3.7 3.1 2.2
33.8 41.7 28.7Open ControlsSorry. Too much work. Ask easier questions please.
Open Controls1.6 - 4.0 (Dead keeper)
34.1 - 15.2 - 8.3 - 2.5 - 0.6 ( 🙂 )
62.2 - 25.1 - 6.2 - 3.1 - 2.4
41.7 - 33.8 - 13.1Open ControlsInteresting idea.
Is it not worth comparing the AVERAGE ownership percentage of your team to see some variance? It is quite hard to compare 15 different percentages with one another at the same time.Open Controlsso multiply the decimal value instead? will give you a rough idea of uniqueness haha
Open ControlsI'm talking about the whole squad in one number....
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You dont have to compare with each other. Its just a small indicator, to see if what kind of drop or rise you will have. For instance the strikers scoring wont give you much of a rise unless you have a unique success full captain choice. But i have a good chance if my mids have a good day. Since i have one mid who has a high ownership i can keep up with others and at the same time my differential mids can pull me ahead of the others.
Open ControlsTeam Sheet (Individual ownership & by position):
8.1 - 8.3 (ave 8.2%)
2.5 - 34.1 - 4.5 - 8.3 - 6.1 (ave 11.1%)
8.5 - 27.9 - 25.1 - 17.7 - 3.6 (ave 16.6%)
41.7 - 33.8 - 13.1 (ave 29.5%)
Squad Ownership:
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8.1 / 3.1
2.2 / 2/ 5.3 / 7.7 / 2.5
2.8 / 62.2 / 4.2 / 27.9 / 0.2
33.8 / 41.7 / 13.1Open ControlsNice. 0.2 😯
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clyne back this weekend?
Open ControlsNo need to post yours. Just meant that this is something you can try at home ,when free so that you can have an idea of your jump or drop in Rankings.
Open ControlsYou really struggle getting that reply button don't you Blue Lion? 😉
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who to bring in for Gerrard? - Unimpressed he dropped 0.1 overnight and am wondering why his price wasn't frozen!
Front 8 at the moment:
Gerrard Ramsey Hazard Sess Livermore
Suarez Remy Rooney (c)
I have 0 in the bank and any advice would be greatly appreciated 🙂Open Controlsi'm looking at redmond @ leroy fer
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More people own Coleman than Aguero.
Open ControlsColeman was a popular pick at start of the season so he would be in many dead teams. Aguero should have more ownership with active teams i think.
Open Controlsnope. look at their transfers in for the season. Coleman is welllll ahead of Aguero in that.
Open ControlsJust have a look at how many people got Coleman in gameweek 2,3 & 4. I wonder how many of them are still active. Aguero got his owners mostly after gameweek 10.
Open ControlsThe vast majority of which were in the first few GWs, which is his point...
Coleman was an early bandwagon, so many of his owners will no longer be playing the game. Less so with Aguero as he was a later bandwagon.Open Controls
Might well be worthwhile this weekend. Nasri has had a shocker against Arsenal and with Silva back isn't as influential anyway
Open ControlsCould do worse. Not sure if Nasri will start much now
Open ControlsNasri should still start - he's started 11 of the last 12 games, including the all of last 8.
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Oscar(c)
Go Big or Go Home
anyone have any stats of oscar at home compared to away games?Open ControlsBecause Captaining a player from a mid table team always seems wrong 🙂
Open ControlsYou are not alone in giving Rooney the armband. I gave him the C the minute the GW came up and Villa's performance minus Vlaar last weekend did nothing to shake my confidence!
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I'm with you - Villa look shot and if united will score he has to be involved.
Open Controlserrr you're not quite with me pal, read my post again
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I think he is the player to have this week. Stick with him
Open ControlsIm just not relyng on Manu. Watched Shakhtar and it was an another shocker all around
Open ControlsWhat you thinking La Roja?
Speak to me....Open ControlsI think being away from OT will help United, actually
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What?
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contemplating dropping suarez for lukaku for a 4 pt hit. Suarez will dry up when facing the big teams and lukaku has great fixtures and form on the up.
problem with it is that ive had suarez for a long time. He is at 12.8 in fpl as of now and if i sell i get 11.8. Short term I am certain it is a good deal even with the pts hit. Long term I am not so certain.
thoughts?Open ControlsSee a Doctor. Your knee is unsteady and may shortly jerk out of place 🙂
Open Controlshaha! the kneejerky thing wouldnt really be to drop the guy thats scored 7 goals in the last two. Although I fully see the percieved madness of it.
Check the stats though. Suarez cant score against big teams and Liverpool has had a good run up to now but they will drop in the league for certain. I wouldnt be surprised to see them miss top 4 tbh.Open Controls
Check yourself into a mental hospital while you're at it 🙂
Open ControlsSuarez vs. big teams 2012/13
Chelsea - 2 goals 1 assist
Arsenal - 1 goal
Man City - 1 goal
Tottenham - 1 goal..
in response to your proposed trade - if you want lukaku. get rid of someone else.Open Controlsthe someone elses i got is rooney and aguero. Aguero is a no go since he is class and scores against any and all opposition. Rooney could be the one to go but utd got a good run of fixtures and away from home where they actually come to play.
The place I am at in the rankings now forces me to be one step ahead if I want to keep climbing.Open ControlsOne foot wrong and you will go all the way down.
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"The home/away comparison tells a different story, however. Rooney’s average of a solitary shot on target per game on the road is a long way behind the other three strikers, while United have created just 1.3 big chances on average on the road. "
And yet United have scored more away goals than any other team this season. Stats are confusing.Open ControlsYay as long as you don't have Hazard as well
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Benching Ramsey in favor of David Meyler this week
😆
😎Open ControlsHey all!
How's it looking for this week?
Marshall
Coleman, Walker, Terry
Fer, Ramsey, Lallana, Ozil
Rooney, Remy, Suarez
Subs - Mignolet, Chester, GJ, Bannan
Cheers 🙂Open ControlsMy captain who was owned by 2.95% scored a hat-trick....
WHY COULD THIS NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN FPL!!Open Controlsdoes anyone have any idea how long boruc is out for?
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Yes it's risky but i'd do it
Open ControlsWhich option is better?
A. Szeczney & Jags
B. Howard & Mert
?Open Controls2FT, 0m...so many choices 🙁
myhill (boruc)
vidic burner olson (dawson mert)
ramsey hazard coutinho nasri (januzaj)
suarez aguero lukaku
A: vidic + boruc >> ward + howard
B: vidic >> distin and carry over FT. will change gk in gw18 after myhill has car,HUL
C: vidic + boruc >> jagielka + marshall
D: vidic + nasri >> jagielka + paulinho/sess/miralasOpen ControlsSo my big decision this week is which striker to captain?
Suarez - bang on form, seems fixture proof, Vertonghen out for Spurs, guaranteed 90 mins, Spurs play tonight - but, Spurs defence is usually tight.
Lukaku - Good fixture, consistent if not explosive returns, should play 90 mins.
Aguero - Great returns at home, playing an arsenal defence that may well be tired from champs league - but it is still the tightest defence in the Prem.
Where is your armband at the moment?Open Controlsrooney, though i'm tempted with a well rested aguero
Open ControlsVery good question.
I have it on Rooney atm. Good form, decent fixture, somewhat of a differential all of a sudden. However, Man Utd are in bad form, can easily see them go down 1-0.
This is difficult, the single most important decision of the GW.Open ControlsLeaning towards Suarez at the minute.
Open ControlsI relly think Suarez will score. He seems in bombing form.
He did blank as late as GW13 though, against Hull. Why would Tottenham be any different?Open Controls
I have all 3 and I'm choosing Lukaku. Everton is on a roll and they are at home against Fulham. I shouldn't have to say more. But...Aguero is 2nd choice due to City's depth and form at home. But Arsenal won't just roll over. Liverpool has a lot of injuries and they'll need to make adjustments. Plus they are away.
Open ControlsYes, but are we seeing the new manager impact at Fulham after their decent 2-0 win last week? Probably not but you never know. Suarez has yet to let me down. I'm going to be swtiching the armband a few times before saturday I think.
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