With the international break affording us time to reflect on proceedings, we roll out the first in a series of three members articles. Starting with the defenders, we assess some of the standout contenders across the first three Gameweeks of the 2014/15 campaign.
Dier flagged. Ffs, not going to make anything from this WC.
Same, thinking of switching to Moreno and Shawcross
Neither of them two will rise twice either.
Oh well, still got Ivan, Dyer and Naismith
Not anything? I hope you make a great F-OFF team
I know I will 🙂Yeah? How is yours looking?
Tasty... still playing the hopeful rises and if that all goes to tits I can easily revert to what I really, really want.
You have to remember that we're not yet halfway through the break. Transfers will pick up next week.Made .1 off Naismith. Can't see anyone else i'm willing to lose rise by .2. Hopefully Dyer will squeeze another rise. Dier was nailed on to rise again until the flag.
What does flagged me in this case?
People are less likely to transfer him in as he is carrying a 'knock'
Hey, would you:?
Cahill & Erikson -> Clyne & Fabregas
Rooney & DDG -> Forster & Falcao
Chambers -> Wilson (save 1FT)
De Gea
Cahill, Coloccini, O’Shea
Siggy, Ramsey, Henderson, Erikson
Costa, Sturridge, Rooney
(Gilks, Chambers, Chester, King)
I'd try get Sterling in
With Henderson?
Yeah don't worry about that
Sterling is the best mid to have currently
ADM suddenly template after last night then?
And Kun they make a great combo. 😉
Who would you rather have in your team ?
Vertonghen or pieters ?
Pieters purely down to $.
Vertonghen
Pieters
Pieters. Cheaper, and better fixtures.
Pieter's imo. His stats appear better, he's cheaper and has some good fixtures coming up
DDG
Ivanovic | Clyne | Bardsley
Mata | Ramsey | Sterling | Siggy
Roonpig | Naismith | Costa
Gilks, Colocini, JWP, Wisdom
1.0 ITB
Too much ManU. Want to ditch Mata as I think he is going to be a squad player now. But who to get?Fab or Hazard is the obvious
^This
Don't really want three Chelsea, but probably right
Fabregas
Trying to resist the WC, but if I weaken, how does this look?
Krul
Clyne - Pieters - Moreno
Sterling - Ramsey - Siggy - ADM
Welbeck - Aguero - Costa
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Elliot - King - N Taylor - MooreYou don't need to WC 😀
You don't know my current team! 😛
Apologies, I misread the post and thought this was your current team! 😆
I wish 🙂
Fab will out score Ramsey in the next 4 GWs so if you drop one I'd make it Rambo.
The rest looks good.Current team for GW4:
Krul
Clyne - Cahill - Moore
Sterling - Ramsey - Siggy - Fabregas
Rooney - Costa - Naismith
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Elliot - Rodwell - Chambers - Ferdinand
That's solid enough really, it's just me tinkering 😛
yep, wildcarding on that team would be madness.
I was right! Stick 😀
Newcastle fear striker Siem de Jong will be out for four months after he suffered a groin injury in training this week
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/siem-de-jong-injury-leaves-4167280
Too bad for NEW but that could trigger a Cabella bandwagon soon.
That is super annoying.
Pure speculation. He hasn't even had a scan yet
Copy that. Thanks.
Unreal. Only brought him in last week. Hope they're wrong...
Same. I've got to look at replacements now. Mané (SOT) is one.
Lol
What's up with dier?
He's related to Kieron Dyer so therefore always gets injured
It's in the genesHe has dier ear
This deserves more upvotes
lol
haha
Will Rooney drop tonight? Or soon?
You would think so given the number of transfers out , but tpfl says yes and fpl statistics say not for a while.
Nearly 2,000 people have already transferred Falcao... OUT 😐
Wildcarders tinkering no doubt
Got to admire their optimism!
More chance of me signing for Barcelona...while they're under a transfer embargo
I was hoping he'd come to the A-League.
We've got a lot more to offer than ye olde Basingstoke Town; beaches, babes, beach football, barbeques. Everything a Brazilian could want!And the beach babes all have Brazilians too 😯
😀
I'm quite proud of myself for not having taken a hit all season going into GW4. In past seasons I've been quite hit happy but trying to turn over a new leaf this time around. Might be the reason I actually have a decent ranking for once! Lets see how long I can keep it up 😉
It's the other way around - the reason you haven't taken is a hit is BECAUSE you have a decent ranking 🙂 surely
I buckled I'm sorry to say! To much time on my hands to play
No, it's the other way about 😉
I think its the high ranking meaning you don't take hits, rather than the other way round 😛
What's your rank?Haha you guys may have a point! Sitting at 8.5K OR which is fantastic for me because I'm notoriously a slow starter
F-ing hell! WC now!!!! 😉
Oh so tempting!
So how long do we think one can wait until doing Mata -> Sterling considering price changes?
depends on your budget
I'm debating that myself
Mata will only drop 0.1m if at all, and Sterling will only rise 0.1m more. So until the deadline IMO
if, like me, you've waited this long, you might as well wait until after monday's game to make sure he doesn't get injured.
I agree
Thatswhat I think I'll doThat's probably what i'll do. When do we think the actuall price changes will occur? I actually think both could hold off until monday night
For the record i have 0.4 in the bank
however I will have Siggy/chadli coming of the bench if sterling gets injured
As the prices changes aren't as turbulent as last year, is there a case for being conservative this week and rolling transfers to see what impact new players make?
Yes.
Even more so when you consider Aguero is just about returning to full fitness, plus waiting allows us to see how United perform with all of their new signings hopefully fit.Yes. I was unsure that Costa would be worth having, and now he looks like he will, I was still able to buy him at his starting price.
Thoughts on this set up?
Forster (Krul)
Taylor Shawcross Coloccini (Chester Duff)
Fabregas Sanchez ADM Siggy (£4.5m)
Costa Falcao WelbeckStill don't think Sanchez is worth his price tag and wouldn't double up on Arsenal with their run of fixtures coming up
Yeah was looking at it from a differential point of view.
If I had Sterling instead I'd have £1.4m to spend elsewhere. Probably Chester to Lovren and possibly bank the change.I'd definitely go Sterling over Sanchez
Agree with the poster above, no need to double up on Arsenal, we are not firing and the fixtures aren't the best.
+1
Anyone going for ShawX?
If i WC this GW he is going in.
Looks good to me.
Looking good- thinking Terry to ShawX next week. Would do this week but already taken 'necessary' hit 🙁
Way too expensive imo.
what do you think about a Mata to Lamela ?
Maybe. I take it you already have Sterling? Mirallas could be an option.
wouldn't do it this week
mata could come out good against qpr, im shipping for sterling though but i don't think lamela is worth taking him out for
Mata > Tadic for me based on the (hopefully correct) presumption he'll be moved centrally now that mane had signed.
Just checking to see if I'm good to go for this week (pending injuries ofc)
Courtois
Clyne Colo Moore
Hazard (c) Ramsey Mata Sterling Siggy
Aguero Adebayor
Subs: Gilks, Vaz Te, PVA, Wisdom.
I'd almost play gilks instead, courtois probably won't get a clean sheet against swansea, but that's just my two cents, I could be v.wrong 😛
Looks good to me
According to TotalFPL neither Mata or Sterling are changing in price any time soon…can this be trusted?!
No.
unfortunately not
No.
Nobody knows. Seems totally random
Pull the trigger on the transfer now then? Or wait till after the next England game?
thinking the same, and asked the question above if you wan't a few people's input
Just seen, cheers.
Mata will go down either tonight or tomorrow......more likely tomorrow.
Possibly probably.
My team looking okay for nest week?
Starting 11 for gw4
GK: Krul
DEF: Wisdom / Ivanovic / Moreno
MID: Ramsey / Hazard / Sterling / Siggurdsson
FOR: Costa / Sturridge (C) / Naismith
BENCH: Guzan / Vlaar / Cattermole / Bruce
Thanks guys and let me know what you think? Unsure has to who i should captain but I feel like taking a punt on studge as captain :LStrong balanced team IMO.
Captain Sturridge seems a decent pick for this week (and gw's after that).Thanks for the reply! Yeah seems a bit of a gamble with costa there as well but swansea have looked very good and I don't think chelsea will be putting a lot past them, whereas I have a feeling sturridge could score at least 1 or 2 against villa with sterling on form as well
Tadic or Pelle? Probably best to have one.
Tadic
Tadic imo
Tadic
Hazard is crap....and don't worry about the vase
What vase? 😉
Seems to be your main theme
Oh stop being so silly.
Worth swapping Rooney and Mata for Sterling and Falcao in danger of price drops? Or am I being a bit too hasty?
If De Jong is injured, do we rate Sadio Mané as a replacement? He's @ 7m as well and his record with RB Salzburg is pretty impressive.
Thoughts?A definite possibility. I'll be monitoring him but won't be quick to get him in. Need to see how they'll shape up first and if he can continue that form in the EPL
Agreed. 7m is just such an iffy price range for mids and strikers...
Anyone else think that Welbeck is absolute daylight robbery @ £6.9m? Surely he's as capable of doing at least as well as that donkey Giroud who seemed quite competitively priced at £8.5m at the start of the season?
I've been out for a couple of pints and my focus is a little fuzzy but I reckon he's a £9m man based on last seasons PPM.
No?
Possibly, yes.
Not no. Yes.
Certainly on the watchlist for me. One to monitor rather than jump straight in on I think
Depends how keen you are on Arsenal's fixtures, really.
I rate him. But I'm going to wait and see.Sitting on the fence. Could go either way for him, am adopting a wait-and-see approach myself.
Definitely. Will be looking to get him in when their fixtures shift a little bit
He looks like a bargain. Find out more, next week.
Is there a chance Dummett might play some games or has he been dropped?
Well he was dropped but Newcastle shipping 3 last time out can only help his chances of getting his place back
Completed my wildcard team! (Pending capitalisation on Ivanovic's and Dyer's price rises)
Bego - (cabbage)
Moreno - Pieters - Clyne
Siggy - Fab - Rambo - Sterling - Tadic
Costa - Naismith - Falcao
0.3ITB (will go up to 0.5 after capitalising on those price rises)
Any sort of input is ace!Happy with the Stoke double up? Would maybe consider a Swans defender or Fabianski over Bego
Well yes, they seem to have an excellent shut out potential fixtures, I reckon a decent bet
Hmm I'm not so sure.. They don't look solid enough for a double up imo. Just my opinion of course.
Swans look good but Che(away) is putting me off a bit. 😉
It's all about longevity mate!
I run this. Bego + Shawx with Fabianski + NTaylor has been just as good as Dier and Ivanovic, who I also have.
Only one dodgy match-up in the first 20 GWs with that keeper and defender rotation.
Get cauliflower as second keeper
Wish someone would figure out whats happening with price rises?.
We all do.
Some go up, some go down. Pick your team and hope they score.
Should I do Roo to Falcao to avoid the 'potential' price drop?
I doubt he will drop.For free maybe...not for a hit.
Lads.
Rooney and Cahill --> Falcao and Moreno for a 4 point hit?
To avoid the price drop tonight of rooney.Rooney isn't dropping in price tonight,
why would you sell cahill? just do Rooney>Falcao. And if you don't have the £, just save this week.
