| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Sus |
| Up |  Kelleher | BRE | C, Vs |
| Down |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C, Inj |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | C |
| Up |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Up |  Marc Guehi | CRY | A |
| Up |  van den Berg | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | C |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| Up |  Szoboszlai | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Schade | BRE | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| Up |  Ekitiké | LIV | B |
| Down |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| Down |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
Paul In our second members article of the week, we turn to our own ICT Index for inspiration. Assessing player performance for Influence, Creativity and Threat in accordance with the relevant Opta statistics, we create a Members table in order to analyse the top-scoring midfielders over the last four Gameweeks:
Any "OOP" at Villa now that Bentekkers is out and Habby is a doubt?
I guess not?
*Gabby
Will be interesting to see
What to do with a FT?
A) Adrian to Harper
B) studge to dzeko
C) snoddy to Mutch/aj/puncheon
Mannone Adrian
Baines Distin Dann Chester Azpil
Yaya Silva Hazard Snoddy Noone
SLS
2FT 0.6 ITB
Will Grant Holt start for Villa?
I have 2 frees this week but struggling to see a transfer. 3.9 in bank
Foster (Adrian)
Kolarov, Coleman, Ivanovic, Olsson (Shaw)
Yaya, Silva, Snodgrass, (Lallana, Januzaj)
Suarez (c), Sturridge, Lukaku
Thinking Adrian to Speroni just so I have a double gameweek keeper. Anyone doing a more boring transfer?
see above, i am thinking of not using mine at all. Dullard
It would feel so wrong not to use it! Glad i'm not the only one struggling to see a transfer though
3.9 million in the bank. Unless thats going towards Aguero, I'd use that.
Januzaj and Kolarov out is what I'd do. Consider getting Baines and a mid priced mid.
Yeah, I am happy with Januzaj on the bench just now and have a feeling Kolarov will play this week. Plan on shifting him for Baines next week
The simple fact of the matter is that we just don't know whether these two will start games. Surely it would be better to have nailed on players. I think at least one of those two has to go this week.
Are people overlooking single game week players next week just to have the likes of Puncheon, Ki or AJ? The Saints game vs Cardiff looks prime for the likes of Lallana, J-Rod etc Arsenal West Ham could also be profitable
Definitely not. Think people will be a bit more cautious after the last one haha.
I have resolved that the only thing I can do with my 2FT's is downgrade Olsson (4.2m). I already have Ward so who are the best cheap defenders going around for less than 4.2m (will likely sit on my bench most of the time).
Chambers, Chester, Naughton?
Naughton might be dropped for Vertonghen soon when he's back from injury.
Chambers is a sure starter if Clyne remains injured but might get rotated when he returns.
Chester is a viable option however, and for 3.8 with a DGW37 in hand he could be gold, especially as he will free up some extra cash. I think he is the best bet of the three.
Nice analysis.Probably the right option if he's likely to be on your bench most of the time anyways.
Do you have to "waste" a FT on a def so late in the season?
Why not take a wild punt on someone and (c) them?
Hmm, just looked at your team. Nice rank and not much to do with that lot...
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Who else would you sell, I only need to use one FT and have 2FT's for next week.
Adrian, Mannone
Baines, Ivan, Azpi, Olsson, Ward
Hazard, Silva, Yaya, AJ, Snoddy
Suarez, Sturridge, Lukaku
$0
2FT's
Olson to Vlaar(4.3m) would have been ideal.
Why did Baker(3.9m) not play vs ManU last GW?
Villa defenders are far from appealing surely. Baker was always a rotation threat wasn't he?
I dunno about Baker. Looks like he just filled Clark's boots for a while.
Villa has FUL/cpal/SOUTH/swans/HULL & citeh
Not to bad for 4.3m. Vlaar has 12 boners already and Villa haven't kept a single CS when he was out injured and that includes games vs SWANS/WHAM/CPAL/ful
Yeah I remember having Vlaar in my team for their good spell in the middle of the season. They haven't been the same since. Good fixtures though, could be a good bet. I can't risk getting Baker though if he's not certain to start.
Ryan, I have exactly the same issue and the two I'm contemplating are Chester or Baker...
Villa fans seem to think Baker has done well enough to be first choice and clearly he has the better fixtures!
I'm struggling to decide. Would prefer Baker...
Any advice on this this lot?
Mannone
Baines,Azpilicueta,Molsson
Yaya,Silva,Gerrard,Lallana
Suarez,Sturridge,Lukaku
Adrian,Coleman,Noone,Bruce
1 FT and 0.2m in the bank.
Save a transfer. Not a lot you can do this week. The standard Suarez captain is probably the way to go once again. I'd consider starting Coleman as well but its a close one between him and Olsson.
Cheers Ryan.
Saving FT will probably come in handy for the Aguero move next week. Really not sure between Coleman and Molsson. Coleman is at home and that makes me feel nervous benching him. Arsenal are injury plagued and may easily have an off day at the Goodison.
Ferdinand and Vidic did a decent job midweek. What do people think will be the mainstay United back 4 for the rest of the season? Looking for possible investments for some sweet fixtures and a tasty DGW
I think Jones is a certain starter in the PL at the moment (baring injury of course). He does get the odd goal/assist as well.
Yeah he seems well nailed on. Maybe have funds for him or Rafael.
They'll chop and change.
De Gea,Evra and Jones are probably the safest the bet.
Yeah lots of options now. Will likely go Jones I think.
He'd be one hell of a punt / differential. Could go well for you.
Here's hoping. seems logical. Ditching Baines Coleman and Lukaku post GW34 cos of evertons bad fixtures. In come, Rooney Jones and Gibbs, cos they have the best fixtures I think.
Gibbs? Shirley not?
Times are tough haha. Potentially. COuld swing for someone else too like a potential DGWer but hard to ignore Arsenals fixtures.
Its not a bad idea to have save a transfer for after the DGW. I might actually do that myself.
All depends on Aguero for me. If he's a no go. I'll have a FT to save. If not I'll probably still take a hit to get Rooney in. Money is tight thanks to Ade sinking like a stone
Hi DeadZoners,
Would you play Olsson (WBA) or Evra (new) this week? Obviously assumes the latter does play.
I'd play Evra.
Newcastle don't have any attack atm.
Is Remy back?
Evra hasn't come off the bench all season so I'd start him. No big deal if he doesn't start as your sub will come on to replace him.
I sold Evra. He was the cherry on the cake for me this season.
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Who should I play out of:
AJ (tot)
Noone (CRY)
Chester (SWA)
??
Need to use at least one of my two FTs.. Any suggestions?
Marshall (mannone)
Azpi coleman davies (fonte ward)
Hazard yaya gerrard AJ (punch)
Luk suarez studge
2FTs, 0.3
aj to eriksen
My team:
Marshall (Mannone)
Mertesacker, Distin, Azpilicueta /Olsson/ (Chester)
Hazard, Yaya, Eriksen /Lallana/ (Noone)
Suarez, Sturridge, Lukaku
Lallana(mci) vs Olsson(WBA)
Who to pick out of these two and is the rest of my team set? for GW 33
Who do people think are the players good enough to consider transferring in just for next week's doubles?
Everton - Baines, Coleman, Lukaku
Man City - multiple defenders, Silva, Nasri, Yaya, (Aguero if fit)
Palace - if you haven't got any yet, don't bother
Sunderland - ditto?
Agree/disagree?
Your season similar to mine. Since playing our 2nd WC it was red arrows all around.
Depends what your plan is for the rest of season...ML to win? H2h's? Our overall rank is blown out of the water, so I'm tempted to gamble with (c) and differentials and have some fun in the process.
But yes, those are as template as you get. It's not going to gain us much in rankings as I think the 130k odd of players ahead of us know what they are doing.
Yeah, this is traditionally the time of season that my ranking rockets upwards, but this season has been appalling. My trouble is I've tried to play the fixtures and tried to avoid "chasing points", but unfortunately that strategy hasn't worked at all. (Should have just bought the obvious people and stuck with them really).
I finally cracked and got Yaya in this week. He cost me 30k in rank in the dgw.
I would maybe even consider going without too much Everton if you're only getting them in now. Fixtures pretty sour post GW34 so you'll want a quick exit strategy.
Palace - Puncheon.
While not spectacular options..
Mannone AJ Puncheon Dann are worth having over many SGW players
What 3 players do I play this week (the others on the bench)?
A. Mirallas
B. Snodgrass
C. Bassong
D. Coleman
E. Mutch
F. Ward
I'm leaning towards playing A, B, C.
I'd be tempted with the 3 attacking mids.
So A, B, E.
Yes, that actually sounds reasonable. But I'm hesitant with Miralla due to both gametime and the more difficult team Arsenal (though Arsenal has been letting a lot of balls in the net lately).
So maybe I should do B, C, E.
The case against Mutch though is that I have Speroni as my goalkeeper.
Morning folks...can i get some opinions on how to best use my FT?
Adrian (mannone)
baines vlaar evra (chester shaw)
hazard silva michu snoddy (barkley)
suarez rooney lukaku
The only transfer strategy i can think of:
A: save FT as i expect evra to start..in the event he doesnt, chester might keep a cleanie
B: evra >> zabaleta
The plan in gw34 is to do rooney + michu >> aguero + AJ
Mannone
Azpilicueta - Coleman - Zabaleta
Gerrard - Hazard - Silva - Toure
Lukaku - Sturridge - Suarez (c)
Gazzaniga - Ward - B.Johnson - Bruce
Bank = 0
FT = 1
Johnson > Delph or save FT?
Save.
Guess who's back, back again.
Christina's back. Tell a friend.
I'm sure I saw the Lesser Spotted Christina in this vicinity yesterday. Must be nesting time. 😕
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would u have silva or Man City defender? (kun+ yaya the other 2)
if city get 4-5 clean sheets isnt a city defender a better choice than silva (unless he delivers each week)
thoughts please?
DO you expect city to keep 4-5 clean sheets?
do u think it is unlikely?
they have west brom, bentekeless villa, sunderland, west ham all of these at home and palace away
i assume they wil concede vs pool, everton and southampton (also a chance for a clean sheet here)
Entirely possible. Just wondering how you felt about it. If your gut tells you thats the way to go it might be a good idea. However, clean sheets are major uncertainties, so people tend to put their faith in the more expensive attackers and rely on cheap defenders. It's not just city defender vs SIlva. Gotta look at city defender + cheap mid vs silva + cheap defender.
Well I think Silva has potentially more upside but Zabaleta could easily outscore him points wise.
i thank u both
Well, if man city fails to score, thats three players blank, with defenders, could get clean sheet points still. Big if anyways.
Play Chester (SWA) or Burner (CPL)?
Ok so Dzeko, Rooney or Hazard as captain?
Which 2 to bench out of Fabio Coleman Davies Bassong & Dann?
Rooney. Toon are well leaky.
Idea for possible rule change for next season. Someone may have thought of this already, but.......
Be allowed to sub in one player on your bench for one of your starters. However, the move will cost you your free transfer for the following gameweek.
So, for example, this gw just gone I could've transferred in Ward for Coleman or Cahill and gotten his 12 points but at the forfeit of a free transfer this week.
The loss of a free transfer makes it fair for everyone and means players will have to think before just subbing in a player from their bench especially if they need to make transfers the following gw as that will now cost them 4 pts.
I'd rather have the guaranteed points. Would make cheap explosive bench players very valuable.
You only need to transfer someone with 4 more than the player you take out to come out even. Silly idea imo but would make having a full team played more important.
I love ideas like this - even if there is a flaw in the logic - so wouldn't call it silly. But if you have a 6 pointer (say) on your bench it's a bit of a no brainer to sub them in for your inevitable 1 pter.
It's silly when there's a big flaw. FTs are really worth 4 pts imo. You got the math straight away. I'd prefer the sub a player for a player who hasn't played & lose a FT & hope they cover the hit compared to having "known" points to play with. May as well make it automatic 12th man. Buried Ward as 3rd sub coming on would be a joke.
Currently these is my defender in my team ;
Cahill, Coleman, demel, zaba, ward
I'm going to transfer out demel (price 4.4), who should I buy?
Currently have 0.9in the bank.
Need your guys opinion.
Had the successful Chelsea DEF double-up for a little while now... wondering if its time to shift?
Current DEF: Ivanovic, Cahill, Zabaleta, Coleman, Ward
Worth a Cahill > Demichelis/Kompany transfer this GW?
Cahill vs Stoke is better than Kompany vs Southampton..
I would save and do it next week..
Can anyone give me a reason not to do Evra to Kompany?
Adrián
Baines Chester Azpilicueta
Yaya Mutch Hazard Nolan
Suárez Lukaku Sturridge
Boruc Ward John Ki
1FT & 1.6ITB
1. start Nolan or John or Ward?
2. start Adrian or Boruc?
3. kick out Nolan (If so, for who) or save FT?
Thanks!
Play 3 out of the 4 options:
Coleman Zabaleta Cahill Ivanovic
1FT to be used this week on Nolan > Eriksen
MID: Hazard Toure Snodgrass Eriksen
who should I get for the rest of the season:
a) rodriguez
b) bony
Play chester or nolan?
Ta.
Depressing.
