With Gameweek 1 concluded, it’s time to delve a little deeper into the data in our first “Big Numbers” article for members of the campaign. We analyse the display of Arsenal’s new wide man against Palace, the QPR front pairing at home to Hull, Liverpool’s ever-improving youngster, Southampton’s delivery under Ronald Koeman and United’s weekend scorer in the 2-1 home loss to Swansea.
Malky Mackay to be manager of Crystal Palace, any impact on their defence you think? Continue to be strong or not?
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I'm tempted to captain Rooney this week... But with the majority of people going with Costa I think I'll play it safe and stick with him, in case he explodes...
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It's the majority on here, you don't know what the other millions are gonna do
Open ControlsBut the majority on here are mainly who I'm competing with... 😉
Open ControlsIs fab gets decent returns this week he will be very hard to ignore
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I'll C Hazard and V Costa for GW2
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1) JWP vs Tadic disregarding price and the reasoning? Thanks.
2) How did Pelle look in forward? I like SOU fixtures.. Not sure on Jovetic. Thanks guys.Open Controls
1) Tadic probably has the class here and will end up scoring a few more goals himself, JWP is great at crossing and set pieces but wont be slamming in the goals himself.
2) Didn't see the game but it'll take him a few weeks to used to the pace of EPL, but is apparently good in the air and should do pretty well ... think will score 10 goals and play 60-70% of the time. Loves the ladies I've heard 🙂Open Controls
Tadic. He'll be in the top 5 scoring milfs come season's end.
JWP if you want a 5th milf though. His set pieces are delicious.Open ControlsJWP actually looked more dangerous then Tadic, but he is still new to the team/league and will improve. Still was sharp.
Open ControlsPelle is a big guy. Bullying the defenders.
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Dirty Sanchez's face in the image at the top of this post is priceless.
"There's a terrible haircut chasing me!!"Open ControlsSo what's the story with the price changes, has anyone come to any solid conclusions?
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no man, I'm lost as to why siggy hasn't gone up again, maybe there's a cap of .1 a week this season?
Open ControlsEither a cap of 0.1 a week, or the bar raised significantly for the 0.2 and 0.3
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The early *suspicion* is FPL may have doubled the threshold for the second rise. Siggy was on about 205% when the changes occurred, but FISO and TFPL are still refining the formulas and that grey area might account for him not rising. We might learn more tomorrow.
Zarate's drop suggests FISO and TFPL are probably accurate for drops to within about 7% for unflagged players.Open Controls
Both FISO and TFPL are inaccurate as of now, that's all that's certain.
Open ControlsGood thing I didn't jump on sterling or cesc just yet then 😯
Open ControlsBoth went up 0.1M last night though O_O But Siggy at 200%+ and still wont go to 6.2, confusing..
Open ControlsThat's what I mean, after seeing that and significantly higher ownership for both fab and sterling I'm hoping they don't go up maximum.
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Fustrating that Sturridge did not get a bp despite scoring a match winning goal.
Playing over 60 mins - 6 pts
Forward goal - 24 pts
Match-winning goal - 3 pts
However his total is only 24 pts, means he dropped a lot of points elsewhere for shots off target, missing chances, being tackled etc?Open Controls
I am trying to be calm but market is crazy enough to tempt me. Transfer dilemma....
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Hey guys can i get a quick rmt and advice if i should hold pat or make any transfers\
Krul (Myhill)
Cahill Debuchy Collocini (bruce) (Taylor)
Arteta Silva Hazard Ramsey Eriksen
Costa Rooney (zamora)
keep faith in hazard or swap for cesc and save the 1 mill?Open ControlsNot too sure about swapping hazard for fab, i probably would not if i were in your shoes.
But i did mata > fab and pretty happy with is.Open ControlsArteta to Siggy?
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Arteta and Bobby feckin' Zamora.
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*1.1mill
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Is taking the -4 pt hit worth it for a defender? (Specifically, Lovren>Clyne)
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Open ControlsOk, but what if I need to get a cheaper defender so I can afford Henderson>Siggy?
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Nope. Need a CS just to break even, and that can never be guaranteed
Open ControlsOk, but what if I need to get a cheaper defender so I can afford Henderson>Siggy?
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Rojo, Rojo row your boat,
Gently down the league,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
You have no champions league!
Good night 🙂Open ControlsLike a dagger through the heart. Lol night aqua
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Costa
Sturridge
Rooney
Fab
Ramsey
Siggy
Who would you cap and vice cap?
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Bego / Krul
Caulker / Chambers / B.Davies / C.Davies / PvA
Albrighton / Cesc / Mata / Siggy / Sterling
Costa / Giroud / Rooney
A) B.Davies > Clyne
B) B.Davies & Mata > Clyne & Silva -4
C) B.Davies & Mata > Hutton & Haz -4
D) OtherOpen ControlsYou'll be kicking yourself if Davies starts and keeps a CS. Home crowd debut?
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I hope Mata doesn't blank this weekend... Another blank and he'll be 8.5 before we know it.
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even assist won't help him if other mids score
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Hence why Mata to Fabregas made sense last night
Open ControlsYep, I would have done it if I wasn't stuck with 3 chelskis already.
Lost probably 0.5 there and reaeeealy pissed about it, but just couldn't do Haz => Fab or take Terry out for hit.
If Fab scores saturday, I'm getting him in even before Mata plays his next game rather than lose more value 😳Open ControlsSame for me.
The thing is I have a feeling we will all have to make a big call regarding which one of Cesc/Haz/Costa we go with. We will prob only be able to afford one of those, in order to get Sturr/Kun in.
I new curveball will be thrown to us no doubt.Open Controls
Another blank and he's out of my team
Open ControlsSame, it would suck to get rid before the 3 promoted teams but the price drops will be too hard to take.
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... before the clever people buy him for 8.5 and cash in on a proven EPL midfielder
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I own Siggy, but not Fabregas.
Fabregas went up 0.1, Siggy didn't.
That figures.Open Controls
Seems they have changed their rules on increasing or dropping prices.
Open ControlsIs really days but I hope FPL haven't "slowed down" the rises. Getting a high TV is what enables us to get all the top players and an advantage over other players. But it's still early, if Siggy hasn't risen 0.3 by Saturday morning then it's a worry
Open ControlsWhile my strategy has traditionally been based around building team value, I think if this change has occurred as it will cool the market, which was crazy early last year. We will have a bit more time to hold players for good fixtures with less fear that alternatives will explode out of reach in the meantime. I think this could benefit those who study the underlying form and plan in advance. It might mean rethinking long-term strategy, but that freshens up the game.
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Two points I disagree. First, the price rises needed some dampening. Too many teams last year were over 110m in the second half of last season. That distorts the game too much by allowing people to gain an advantage without any skill or talent.
Second, while extra cash clearly has some value. It doesn't yield much beyond a certain level. This may be linked to other factors but I've always improved my rank in the second half of the season despite being having a TV of at least 5m lower than similarly ranked teams.Open Controls
if you own Siggy...he will rise in 0.1 value when in actual price he rises in 0.2 value..
Open Controlslol, you think I've just started playing this 🙂
He is already 6.1 and should be 6.2 and actually I don't care selling price, more about people who don't have him and are now getting him in too cheap 😉Open Controls
DZ is slower then usual... Might just take a nap
Open ControlsSo what exactly did Lamela do with his 61 minutes on the pitch? Eriksen outshining him by far, according to OPTA ._.
Open ControlsEriksen did outshine him..but 1 game is not enough to judge a player..
Open ControlsAlways a bad sign when it's 0-0 and one of the more attacking players gets subbed off
Open Controlsmaybe it was just the case of fresher legs...I wouldn't rule him out yet..but if he performs bad this week..then he's out
Open ControlsI'd definitely hold him. If Lamela is ever going to get his season started it's going to be against QPR at home. If he gets nothing after that then time to ship
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I'm not judging him yet, I'm just curious of how he played because I missed the game. Stats cant tell me the whole story :/
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Lamela was ok ... he'll come good I reckon, certainly looked a lot sharper and was confident in running at the defence.
Open ControlsOk well thanks for the response all. Just saw that he only touched the ball 24 times (really?) and created nothing. Will stay on my watchlist as of now.
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Its running.
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I scored 47 pts in my first gw, Ericsen(C) a good choice to climb the table? Or should I go with standard Hazard(C)?
Open ControlsToo early for punts like that I say
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Select one to play on GW2?
1. Chambers
2. Hutton
3. Van Aanholt
1. Im currently on 3, because utd is shocking and redicilous 🙂Open ControlsFab, Ramsey, Giroud, Rooney, Jovetic
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I almost want to guarantee that hazard won't score or assist but u never now with deflections these days...teams have become fully aware of his runnjng sideways across the box tactics...think about football and not previous seasons
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hazard or costa for captain. first to 5!!
Open ControlsHave any poor souls activated their wild card?
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Of course Ramsey gets a red card in europe but not in epl, eat it
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Was good of him
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not good for people who dont have him and they keep a clean sheet i have 2 arsenal defenders how come they didnt do that vs palace
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Open Controlsi will another thing that no1 will talk about because it didnt happen in the epl, what if he got a red v palace? just annoys me so much
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Hazard (C)... Who is with me?
If the penalty had been given, he would have had more points for a start.Open Controls
Couldn't be happier with my squad so far (thanks to many of you). Looking for some advice. I freed up 1.0 by switching zarate (poor punt) to Berahino as a cheap striker option. The question is, where should I strengthen?
Krul / Foster
Terry / Debuchy / Chester / Hutton / Baird
Rambo / Cesc / Mata / Sigg / Hendo
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