This evening’s Members article takes a look over the action in Sunday’s Community Shield showdown between Arsenal and City. Having assessed Alexis Sanchez’ display our lunchtime Technical Area post, we delve into the data to discover for any hints of form ahead of the weekend Gameweek 1 deadline.
how did young look?
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Would like to know the answer to this also
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WHATS IT ALL ABOUT??
Last dilemma, I'm doing sun dream team. Transfer window 1 is after premiership game three. Arsenal's two euro matches count towards dream team. So I have Sanchez in because Arsenal have two extra matches before tw1. But Costa scored two tonight can I leave him out?
SANCHEZ or COSTA???
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So I currently have Luis, Fabregas and Costa and no Liverpool cover.
Do i change Luis and Fabregas to Cahill and Sterling just to get a definite Chelsea defender and Liverpool cover?Open Controls
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Sounds a descent plan
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yes. i have that and think its a better option
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What no... don't do it because you think you need Liverpool cover. Pick whoever you think will get more points Fabregas and Luis or Sterling and Cahill
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Please help!!!
A) Cahill, Mutch, sig, sterling, Austin
B) PVA, sterling, fab, aluko, fletcherOpen ControlsB
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A) Hangeland, Coutinho, Jovetic, Isgrove +1
B) PVA, Siggy, Gaston, Diego Costa
A or B?
Thanks 🙂Open ControlsI still don't see the appeal of Dzeko over Jovetic but everyone going with D makes me nervous...
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I'm going jovetic if that helps?
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The appeal is that he's scored really well and consistently in the premier league before. Jovetic has never had that chance. There's also a theory that Dzeko/Negredo is more likely to partner Aguero when he's fit because they're more typical target men. I don't totally buy that, I think that if Jovetic performs better than Dzeko he could keep his place.
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Your feedback please:
Now that Long is going to play for Saints, Jelavic is their only striker.
His he a good option for 6m? Also his he on PK or is snodgrass?
I believe Jelavic might have a great start, with the easy fixtures Hull has.Open Controls
Huddlestone took their last penalty away vs Slovenian team. He missed.
Brady often takes pens. To be honest, they don't really have a proper penalty taker.Open Controls
Thought it was jelavic
Open ControlsShow me more than 1 penalty that Jelavic has taken for them.
And I'll show you Huddlestone vs AS Trenčín away (Jelavic was playing).
Long vs North Ferriby at home (ok - Jelavic wasn't playing that one)
Brady vs Norwich and West Ham last year (Jelavic hadn't signed, but in fairness, Brady was injured when Jelavic missed his penalty vs West Brom, so who's to say that Brady wouldn't taken it?)Open Controls
So whats your thoughts on Jelavic , now that Long is being sold?
Open ControlsI think they'll sign a replacement before deadline day. I suppose he could be their main man for the short term.
4-5-1?
2 of Snodgrass, Brady and Ince on the wings
Huddlestone as holding midfielder
Livermore and Aluko in the hole maybe?Open Controls
Is Stephen Fletcher nailed on for the start of season at least?
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RMT
Foster - Krul
Debuchy - Lovren - Wisdom - Hutton - Moore
Ramsey - Fabregas - Coutinho - Eriksen - El Ahmadi
Rooney - Costa - DzekoOpen Controls
Do you prefer Coutinho to Sterling? Why?
Open ControlsLook its a toughie two different type of players, I think our more difficult fixtures at the start of the seasons will suit coutinho more then sterling , whereas i think once we start playing the slightly easier teams sterling willl start wreaking havock on the lower teams fullbacks.
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Sterling, Eriksen or Coutinho?
Arnautovic, Sigurdsson or Mutch?
Arnautovic is on penalties by the way.Open ControlsSterling.
Arnautovic/Siggy , depends on your 3rd striker.Open ControlsDzeko
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Are you sure Aranautovic is on pens? If so this may change some of my decisions
Open ControlsYes, pretty sure. Adam and Walters won't be playing as much of a role this season.
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Is there any FFS Head to head league for nonmembers ??
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RMT please.
DDG, Begovic
Ward, Cahill, lovern, Davies (hull), Debuchy,
Sterling, Ramsey, Barkley, Eriksen, El Ahmadi,
Bojan Rooney, Lukaku
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Looks solid
Im not convinced by Barkley given Evertons tricky startOpen Controls
Bit of a dilemma for GW1,
Not sure whether to go with Ferdinand in a 4-3-3 or Tadic in a 3-4-3
Any suggestions?Open ControlsThat was my first thought but then I can only really see him getting 2 points GW1
Ferdinand could well get a CS and some BPS on topOpen Controls
Definitely the 3-4-3 if those are the 2 options
Open ControlsHutton and Isgrove are my other two bench players so realistically its a toss up between those two
Isgrove may need to change now Long looks set to signOpen Controls
A Van Aanholt - Siggy - Giroud
B Ward - Sterling - BojanOpen Controls
Can anyone please tell me the situation with Luke Shaw?!
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Simple yet important question. The best cheapie dmen out there to be had..
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5 man rotation until GW 23 that only uses up 1 rotation:
Possible players: Cameron - wisdom - O'shea - coloccini - Taylor (22m)
Stoke - West Brom - Sunderland - Newcastle - Swansea
After GW12, transfer stoke to west ham and get the following:
Ast, sun, wba
Bur, ast/sou/hull
Cry, wba, swa
Lei, eve, sou
Hull, sou, bur
New, Bur, Swa
sto, new, sun
swa, lei, sout
cry, sou, lei
whu, lei, cry
new, eve, wba
bur QPR, lei
Cry new whm
Whm, qpr, bur
swa, hul, whm
Ast, whm, sun
Sun, lei, qpr
Hul, ast, man (ONLY STANDOUT FIXTURE)
Eve, sto, ast
Burn, wba, whm
Hul, whm, swa
sout, hul, eve
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Link for RMT discussion page anyone? cheers.
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Click the "Community" tab at the top; it can't be missed
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Think I'm about there, what do we think? https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45786544/Screen%20Shot%202014-08-13%20at%2000.30.33.png
Open ControlsApart from Bojan and snoddy i like it.
Open ControlsWho would you go with instead then, have £1m spare
Open Controlscould defo put that 1m to use, Snoddy > Henderson Bojan > Austin and bank the 0.5 in my opinion.
Open ControlsIs Snod not on free kicks and pens though? Don't rate Hendo, not enough involvement in the game
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Has Mourinho said anything about limiting his WC players' game time early doors. Schurrle looking puntalicious.
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To all those who entered my Talksport Predictor league
Thanks to everyone who entered. I have now reached the limit of 50 players. A message appears telling me that no more can enter the league but I currently have 61 players in there. Not sure how that works.
So if anyone applied after 10;30pm on 11 August I suggest you enter/make another league as you may not be included in mine. If I get any more news I'll post it on hereOpen Controls
my front 7
fabs mata ramsey sterling
dzeko rooney
+ fletcher or siggy for gw1
thoughtsOpen Controls
Not sure how people are going about a 3-4-3. While Rooney and Costa seem the obvious choices for slots one and two, the third spot has no great options!
Unless you're adding Sturridge and sacrificing your midfield, are there any real options? Giroud and Dzeko seem popular, but are they really that great when you can consider swapping one of them for a 9.0 midfielder in a 3-5-2?
Maybe I am undervaluing Giroud and Dzeko?Open ControlsHow is this fron 8 a'lookin?
Eriksen, Ramsey, Aranautovic, Sterling
Costa, Rooney, DzekoOpen Controls
Very promising front 8. Arnautovic a real differential. 3 strikers from teams who will score a lot too.
Please can I get some opinions on my team? Any feedback appreciated.
Begovic/Krul
Lovren/Debuchy/Morgan/Bruce/Wisdom
Fabregas/Mata/Ramsey/Sterling/Mutch
Rooney/Bent/CostaOpen Controlslovren and debuchy a waste. look at their fixtures, very bad. dont just get people because they are exciting new signings.
Your mids are great, however again having costa and fabregas is a waste. only costa needed.
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It's pretty template so ok. Dzeko and arnie are the most debatable inclusions in my mind but nothing wrong with them
Open ControlsArnie > Young (Do it)
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only 3 more sleeps left 🙂
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COURTOUIS GILKS
CAHILL JONES CHAMBERS NAYLOR BARTLEY
MATA STERLING RAMSEY SIG MUTCH
COSTA ROONEY AUSTIN
* could potentially change chambers and Naylor into 4.0 mils, Mutch to aluko and Austin to fletcher, allowing me to bring on Erikson or lamela for sig.
Opinions??Open ControlsDecent First XI and sounds like you've worked out your transfer options too. I think Aluko, Fletcher and Eriksen/Lamela would be handy options to bring in.
Open ControlsCourtois is a bad pick. not a guaranteed starter with cech still around and he is overpriced. balance your defence a little more. mids are good but ive never liked siggy
Open ControlsWell my reasoning is I already have Costa and Cahill as chelsea players and originally had fabregas with Begovic in goal. By having a Chelsea keeper, who is guarenteed a huge amount of clean sheets, I was able to fit sterling into my team. My thought behind this was that courtouis ( if he starts) and sterling will gain more points than Begovic and fabregas. What do you think?
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Anyone think aluko could be a great 5.0 mil OOP with the news of long to Southampton?
Open ControlsDid a draft league for the first time on Fantrax today.
Would definitely recommend it. First 5 rounds of draft are predictable but after that its pretty randomOpen Controls
I'm off to live in a field with music for a week with no internet, so this is it!!
Foster
Cahill | Chambers | Davies
Hazard(vc) | Ramsey | Barkley | Cabella
Rooney(c) | Costa | Jovetic
Subs: Myhill, Faurlin, PVA, Bruce
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