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.
De Gea (Myhill)
Clyne Debuchy Coloccini (Wisdom, O'Shea)
Sigurdsson Mata Sterling Silva Eriksen
Rooney, Diego Costa (Zamora)
0.7m ITB. Thoughts? Planning to swap Eriksen for Dyer and hop on the bandwagon.
i'd keep eriksen for at least a week or two
Any suggestions on changes then? I should've changed Zamora for Naismith when he was 4.5 but its too late now :
Mb, when Naismith was 5m.
I had a similar-ish team and I wild carded on Sunday
Hoping to make 0.5 from transfers+revamp defence+get sterling and agueroI'm a first timer and I might be confused, but why not costa instead of aguero? or are you revamping your team to have all 3?
I'm dropping Rooney (unfortunately)
At the moment looking at
Krul (Elliot)
Lovren Bardsley Dawson N Taylor Wisdom
Hazard Ramsey Sterling Siggy Zaha
Aguero Costa Welbeck
Mata to fab?? Or Ramsey
Will consider Fabregas over Ramsey as they seem to have nicer fixtures (?), but will wait until next week to see how Fab does in internationals.
Keep eriksen for a week or two. U already suffered the price drop. Dyer aint exactly a bandwagon on here btw
Hey teammate. You haven't got into the Argentine look yet
What time do price changes normally occur?
It used to be around 2:30-3am but I'm sure some changed yesterday after I had checked at around this time...
It still is, It's 2.45
Forca still banned? What happened to him and Ben?
both banned I believe. Forca was over at tfpl last I saw
Ah aite. Noice.
Think I might triple up on Southampton defence in the WC. Liking these fixtures and the big numbers.
forster + clyne + bertrand?
Yeah, plus Branislav
Fonte, not Bertrand.
Don't think I can scrape the WC profit for that.
Ah. Balls.
I too hope that Bertrand comes good, but Iam not sanguine.His stats suggest he will, is he wasteful when attacking? Can't say I've seen him play much.
Plenty of money in that though...
Missed your question yesterday. Falcao should reckon i start. We won't know until there's any word from LvG will we. But doubt he'll be on the bench. Maybe for the first game.
Reckon he will be a good pick?
I'd say so. Depends on his current fitness too. We'll know after the Brazil game i guess.
Need the midfielders fit for the Utd strikeforce to be a good pick. And Shaw/Rafael too.He bloody scored against us and that was over a month ago, interested to see him vs Brazil.
mata dropped you think?
Forster
Clyne, Berty, Ivanovic
Ramsey, Sterling, Siggy, Chadli
Falcao, Costa, Balotelli
4m, Boyd, Moore, 4.2-4.5 (WC profit dependent)Are you on WC right now?
Yes
Similar to mine, defence & Balotelli is the difference.
Aguero and cheaper defence?
Yeah;
Krul Elliot
Moreno Jones Wilson Taylor Moore
fwiw, maybe consider the Wilson/Taylor combo over 3rd SOU? Those 2 + Moore;
LEI SOU NEW BUR SWA LEI WBA/WHU sou BUR CPL QPR......and so on. Unless you think Wilson may be dropped.Nice rotation. I quite like the idea of having the triple Saints (plus Clyne and Bertrand's attacking threat) for their excellent run of fixtures. Can play them every game, not miss any points on the bench then clear them out when the fixtures turn very ugly.
Go with your gut or you will be spewing if it backfires 🙂
Nice to see I am not alone on the Chadli-choo-choo-trainYeah, Chadli has big potential for the price. He allows for so much in attack and defence.
Good idea me reckons Milan. The SOT team look good. Invest in some Swans defence as well.
Only Taylor tho - they haven't been massively tested yet
Not entirely sure on them at the back. Won't need to play the sub defenders anyway, I have acquired Ivanovic.
Triple eh?
Must say the signing of Alderwiereld was sneaked in under the radar - excellent Lovren replacement. The Dutch rave about him - and he can get goals...Yeah was going to double with Forster and Clyne, funds might fall just short for Moreno so looking at Bertrand or Alderwiereld.
How much you expecting to make on your WC profit?
In terms of players that I'm buying and selling with the WC, .2-.3. There was a chance of .4 but Dier's injury scuppered that. Will gain more value through having brought in players that will continue to rise mid-long term and have cleared out several potential fallers.
Yeah true I think I'm on the same
Get the Falcaot of here...what time is Radamel vs Brazil?
2am
Cheers
Time to tranfer out my N900 for a big hiiter
On a free transfer
a) Nokia Lumia 930
b) Sony Xperia Z2
c) LG G3
d) HTC one M8
e) Samsung Galaxy S5
Not inetersted in Apple coverE
Who cares
He does
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Moto G and save some money
I have a Google Nexus 5 and quite pleased 🙂
Get the cheapest one. They're all pretty much the same.
Nexus 5.
f) Nexus 5
Got the xperia really good.big though.x
Cheers lads
C imo
Out of curiosity, why aren't you interested in an Apple phone? They have the best smartphones by far, and I've tried quite a few.
Get a Samsung S4 or 5. Much, much better than an Apple phone. They're a good price these days, too.
Yeah great if your prepared to sell one of your children plus a kidney and then be locked into an over priced eco system for the rest of your days.
One plus one. Amazing phone. Bargain price.
I have a nexus 5. Also cheap and brilliant.
Either will do you proud.
All the others are limited or over priced.
Samsung is bloated with unneeded crap.The LG is also a very nice phone. Again sensibly priced.
Is the new Soton guy a threat to Clyne? Did he play as RB for Belgium yesterday?
should affect Yoshida, not Clyne - Toby will play as CB I reckon
He'll play CB Mookie.
You sure? Where did he play for Belgium?
Alderweireld is a CB, so will only affect Yoshida imo...
Yes Alderweirelt always plays there for us but he's a natural CB. He played there for Ajax and Athletico mostly. I think he'll take Yoshidas spot.
Centre back.plays fullback for belgium as the have none so tend to play four centrehalfs.with vert at leftback.x
cheers guys
Confirmation that Villa are the biggest club in England.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2743565/Fabian-Delph-international-debut-means-Aston-Villa-players-capped-England-team.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
Apologies for it being the DM site.Easy going for you this season father.
Easy, son. How you feel your season's going?
Now half the united fans will switch loyalty to Villa
Half of United fans would struggle to find England on a map
Hehehehehehee.
Good we don't want that half anyway
Didn't know that
UTV 😀
Which of these players (if any) would an FPL expert expect to rise once more in price before next Saturday?
Ivanovic
Dier
Dyer
Fabregas
Naismith
Weimann
Ivan
Only??
Naismith also probably
Dyer
oh yes, sorry that Dyer should rise .1 as well
SAB you joined NZ. I would have welcomed you to Argentina.
Yes mate, saw the NZ one being talked about in the DZ and that really suits my time zone. Thanks for the offer though
Take me
Ivan yes
a maybe over Naismith and Fab
Only 2 fallers in price and no risers in price. Glad I stayed away from this wildcard malarky
Dyer will do the double, easily. Costa and Naismith again, probably. Sterling, maybe.
The trick is to do it Saturday night. Will be the same when we wild card.i am hoping there might a be a little more insight into how it works by then. maths guys love a challenge 🙂
I think they're not far off. - FISO in particular:
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/09/04/the-technical-area-analysing-balotellis-first-liverpool-appearance/?hc_page=7#hc_comment_8198454
Nothing in here about not being able to access the data - so is guess that's been solved. It's all about calculating the thresholds now.Ooo. Interesting - thanks, Pasqualinho.
As with every season, it's the drops that take longer to work out. FISO got the risers spot on last night...
Sure. 🙂
*tabs up FISO*
nice. cheers
Are you sure about Dyer? Do you know something about the price changes this year that we don't?
Probably. I check the Transfers page, every day. Sometimes twice.
But, as I say, the trick is to get in well before the first rise.
It is indecision that messes up most people.I played my WC Saturday, transfered in all the players expected to rise, that I didn't already have;
Dyer, Costa, Sterling, Naismith, Fabregas
But I really don't understand the prices, I check the transfer in/out page daily also, so I can't understand why Rooney hasn't dropped this week, or Mata. When players like Santon, and Powell have dropped with less than 100 transfers out over 2 weeks.Read this for an explanation
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/crack-the-code-2014-15-the-fiso-guide-to-fpl-price-changes-t110979.html
The Q&A bit at the start isn't completely accurate as it was written before the season started and things always change every year. But it gives the general information about why higher owned players seem to drop less than those lower owned.Actually Clarence - this ones probably more applicable to this season as the double-rising this year seems more like the 2011/12 model:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/crack-the-code-2011-12-the-fiso-guide-to-fpl-price-changes-t86917.html
You need to cross reference with total ownership. Falls are a bugger.
That is a good stable that you have there.Cheers guys,
I understand it's all relative to % of ownership, but for Rooney to have two and half times more transfers out than the player in 2nd place means he must surely be ready to drop.
Wild card transfers I believe don't count towards price moves and it's impossible for the sites to know during the week how many people have wildcarded. That info only becomes available at the end of the week.
Really? hadn't considered that, one of the main reasons I played my WC this week was because I thought most people, especially casual players would be doing the same so it would be a good week to maximise price rises.
Let's look at the numbers. Roo had 1.5M ownership at the start. So we can estimate he needs 10% of that - 150k - net transfers out to drop.
He's had 130k transfers in, and 350k transfers out. So net transfers out is 220k. Enough to drop with a surplus of 70k
BUT - wildcard transfers don't count. So if he's had more than 70k (net) transfers out on a wildcard, then he hasn't hit the drop threshold yet. And I would estimate that there's more than 70k transferred him out on Wildcard, and not many transferred him in.Makes sense when you factor in the WC - I didn't know WC transfers didn't count towards overall transfers.
I'm guessing, from comments on here, that a fair few people are on WC now.
Thanks again for the useful links/comments.
Quiet so might as well ask.
Krul elliot
Rio pva taylor chester hutton
Mata sterling fabregas ramsey marney
Rooney dzeko costa
2fts 0 itb
Worth -4 to do
Mata rooney and rio -> falcao siggy and moreno?
Xno way. the beauty of 2 FT's is you can make changes for free. I would look to downgrade somewhere and get a good defender
Even with Dzeko I'd go with Aguero
Just do Mata + Siggy
Not worth changing a def?mine have horrid fixtures and are generally quite rank.x
No.
Mata to Mirallas/Tadic
Rio Ferdinand to Ivanovic. Or Shawcross.Cant afford ivan even if i go down to siggy.x
Balls. Sorry.
What about just mata and rio to siggy and moreno?x
this works although I prefer a Chelsea defender
Chances Rafael will start for Man Utd at the weekend;
If using percentage please use at least two decimal places...thanksMinimal I think.
8.44%13.09%
Infinitesimally small, imo.
12.74%
This
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- 273 degrees celsius
0.00%
That's a no then...thanks guys
(π^2)/12
That high?
Anyone else captaining Ivanovic? Those attacking stats and good chance of a CS.
tempted
He falls into the category of never bench, never captain..
What's wrong with captaining him?
He's not going to score in every game. He is a defender after all and isn't on penalties. Also 1 goal is all it takes to take away the clean sheet.
Aye, but he's no ordinary defender. And unlike forwards he has the added bonus of clean sheet points. Strikers blank regularly too.
Did he not get like 22 (44) in a DGW one time, and similar (or perhaps even more) in one or two other DGW's ?!
No captain scores every game so why would you say that
When Mou says he didn't like the defending of his team you can rest assured that they will be tighter in the next game and that means less rampaging runs from Ivan. But that's just my opinion.
fair point
Haven't seen Sturridge in too many teams. Liverpool have 3 of next 4 at Anfield as well. I'm considering him strongly!
He has never left mine.
Hey Doos, saw your reply a bit late yesterday. Don't worry I will stay in the league. Just thought I'd check with you first just incase.
Thank you so much, Epic. VERY much appreciated. 🙂
Only WITH Sterling not instead of
The value is stronger in the younger manSterling is enough for now
There's a lot to gain with both.
There is indeed but I'm still skeptical about liverpool's ability to score goals.
It was down to his price initially, and fixtures. But now, his lack of early season form has people on wait and see mode, or looking at Balo
What about this Pelle guy? Seems to be the target man for Saints & surrounded by the players who are more of creative in nature than being finishers. An easy downgrade to Welbeck after GW 8. What do you all say?
I like him a lot.
my scouts are keeping an eye on him as a potential Jovetic replacement if required
He's the man you turn to if you after you've looked at the top 6's strikers
3 coffees later and I'm miles from the nearest bog. Cosmic
Can someone explain why rotating attackers is so frowned upon. Is it because they can be prolific in any game week potentially?
People hate points on the bench. It's a good tactic if you regularly get a forward player temporarily injured, though. But no-one can plan for that.
Because they are too expensive to bench - usually. Not a problem if you've got Zamora and Vaz Te.
it is because strikers get most points in FPL...
In the World Cup McD fantasy...CDM were getting most points so people were rotating strikers and keeping CDM's but here keeping a CDM would be just dumbSo would it be better to have - - the template midfield + a 4.5 with 2 big strikers and naismith
.......or to have Zaha and a 4.5 in midfield with 3 big strikers?There isn't a right answer to that. Just whatever you feel is best for you.
This scout homie with the nike hoodie is wiser than he seems
Its kind of this-
Ramsey/Fab/Sterling/Silva/Siggy
Costa/Rooney/Naismith
vs
Ramsey/Fab/Sterling/Marney/Siggy
Costa/Rooney/AdebayorNaismith is in form..so take advantage of that..
yes to your question. They can bring in big points each GW unless you have 4.5 bench fodder. Only option I would consider is rotating someone like Naismith with a good 5th MID (343 --> 352) depending on fixtures, but rotating between FWDs only I would never do
Who is your 5th mid?
i was referring to HIS team, not mine 😉
exactly. siggy GW1 is a good example
Doos MC Escher gave me my solitary green arrow this week 🙂 ðŸ™
😀
Every silver lining ... has a cloud!Haha yup!
And thanks for putting me in MC Escher! What a trippy legend
Is Wisdom still nailed on?
Is Gamboa a better WBA option?I prefer to avoid WBA.
So many other options ...This is for UFPL. I need a balanced squad from a playing-on-Saturday-and-or-Sunday point of view.
There's a game week (quite soon) when only West Brom and Burnley are playing on the Saturday.
Rooney-->Falcoa for a hit. Yay or nay?
Falcao*
nay
Nuts, imo.
yes if you captain Falcao
Nay.
Hear, hear.
The QPR game will be an exciting game no matter what happens, I mean just seeing the team sheet is exciting!
No
nay
I have a ft , and holding - So nay
How many games til Kun & Sturridge get injured themself?
2
4
6?
Champions League coming back nowAre you trying to convince yourself not buying one of them is a smart choice? 😀
I currently don't own either of them, but I am worried ðŸ™ðŸ˜€
last year Kun scored about 30p in 3 games, I got him and he was injured immediatly 😀 ðŸ™
Buy him again please
😀
ok but waiting for his big scores first
3
a) Pieters Tadic Balotelli
b) Moreno Zaha Sturridge
The mid would be my 5thB
B
A
A
B
B - assuming 352 with costa
Is Rooney + Jovetic --> Balotelli(c) + Adebayor(-4) a little too crazy chaps?
no
Not worth -4 I'd just swap jovetic. dzeko is likely to start
Ma team at the moment.
Bego (Gilks)
Chambers Cahill Jones Moore Baird
Rambo Fab Siggy Sterling Lamela
Rooney Costa 4.5 bench fodder
3-5-2 all the way
Need to sort out defence, would you risk a double up on Stoke (getting in Wilson for 4.5) considering their fixtures: LEI qpr NEW sun SWA sot WHM tot BUR
And then taking a -4 hit for swapping Cahill for Bertrand (also like SOT fixtures)
That would free me up 1.8m ITB tooNewcastle defender maybe?
Cheers but not enough faith in the Toon for CS....Soke def is looking tempting after Man City blank but always weary of doubling up
Cahill out by -4 before a home game?
Looks good keep Cahill. Don't take a hit on a defender
Jones to PVA
4.5 Fodder to Naismith
I didn't catch the Crystal Palace game last week, anyone got an idea where and how Zaha was played and positioned. I think he could be a bargain if he play to his potential.
A couple of his attacks / forays were down the left wing channel, so I am presuming there. He is on my radar, too 🙂
So he will take Bolasie's place down the left?
Members - check out PVA v Naylor using the comparison tool 😯
pva is crap
Says the non member.
reported for elitism
😳
terrible at defending
and attacking
pva has some very impressive attacking stats...
Mmm...
textbook example of stats screwing you. in real life, he's awful attacking wise
Wow. Was NOT expecting that. 😯
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everyone who has replied to this thread is not a member!
I thought for a second I would be surprised, but I wasn't. PvA has always been a very attacking fb
How are his upcoming fixtures?
decent, look at the ticker
I seem to remember Taylor being an attacking fullback a couple of years ago. Doesn't look like it anymore.
it's all relative I guess
okay
My Team:
(currently on WC)
Bego ( Krul)
Shawcross Ivan Clyne Trippier (Wisdom)
Fab Dyer Siggy Ramsey Zaha
Costa Welbz Falcao
0,4 itb
would like to bring in Sterling
so lose A -> Fab
B -> RamseyArticle about Hendo: http://www.whoscored.com/Articles/vyialwwqkegargec4tn42g/Show/Player-Focus-Henderson-Now-Crucial-to-Both-Club-Country
Henderson looks like the new Ramsey this year, doesnt shoot often but will get into the box right time right place, cheap price like Rambo last year.
Thoughts? Should I take a couple of hits? 🙂
DDG/Gilks
Debuchy/Cahill/Chester/Clyne/Dummet
Siggy/Ramsey/Eriksen/Sterling/Marney
Costa/Rooney/Fletcher
2.2 ITB
Do I need to take a couple of hits to brig in a 5th mid/3rd striker? Or should I play 4-4-2 this GW and worry about getting a 3rd striker/5th mid next GW. Thanks 😀
Latest Community article - 6 reasons why Gerrard should be in your fantasy side
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/09/04/six-reasons-why-steven-gerrard-should-be-in-your-team/
powerful argument from Tiggsy.He's Steviefookinggerrard. What more do you want?
