Our first members article of the week delves into the data of the nine matches played out so far. A number of forwards come under assessment this evening, with Liverpool, United and West Ham’s new frontmen all analysed, whilst we also take a look at City’s resurgent Bosnian, Chelsea’s midfield and Swansea’s worrying lack of impact in the final third.
Welbeck really is crap isn't he? I've just seen his air shot on MOTD. Should I get rid?
Arsenal fixtures improve I would hold IMO
Don't get rid because of an Air shot -_-
Cheap striker from very good, attacking team? Don't get rid, Giroud also had bad accuracy.
is he crap though? and is an air shot what one'd consider definitive proof? seems to me that the best players in the world have on occasion completely missed the ball. his confidence shud hopefully improve. can't imagine it was ever too high at united
Please do. Nothing would afford me greater amusement. 😀
Anyone considering RVP as a Rooney replacement ?
No
Why ?
i think RVP is his best replacement
Sterling and Costa up tonight and Rooney,Rambo and Naismith to go down I think.
gotta deal with the first and last drop sadly
Similar boat... What's the plan JK?
Rooney on 82.7% on total fpl
Not in my opinion. Rooney and Ramsey safe for one more night.
am still losing Ramsey tonight, see no point in waiting, have set my mind to sell and get a budget mid, which will now be Boyd
Maybe I should get Downing ...
Im thinking this too.
Time to get a west ham player in!
Would you be worried Nolan will start AMC against qpr though?Don't care. He is shite. 🙂
Completely agree, but Fat Sam loves him.
Winner winner etc.
Shame we haven't seen much of Zarate lately too, he'd be a decent punt
71k NTO for both today. Would reach 85k close to deadline. Add to that another 65kish NTOs yesterday and I think it's very likely.
OK.
Today, Andre wisdom gave me 4 green arrows 🙂
Bit annoyed that Diego Costa & Agüero don't alternate home and away after GW8, would be ideal for captaincy.
Aguero and RVP do though ?
Yes, but I don't want van Persie 😉
Who to replace Ramsey with?
West Brom seem to have had basically the same midfield for years and years.
Dorrans, Morrison, Brunt, Mulumbu...Best defender to replace Cahill... Less than 5.0m
Already have Bertrand, Moore, Caulker, PVAIf you can bench this week, Chambers
Err... Sort of - leaves needing to play Bertrand away at Spurs.
maybe not so bad, Chambers is the best out there from GW8
Otherwise Naylor or DawsonThanks JK - Chambers bench for a week it seems
Naylor?
Good option... Fixtures turn grim around GW10
Chambers. Naylor.
Can you help me and rate my team? I am not sure if both Baines and Ivanovic in a team is a good idea.
0.5 ITB
Fabianski, Begovic
Bertrand, Naylor, Chambers, Baines, Ivanovic
Siggy, ADM, Sterling, Tadic, Boyd
Costa, Pelle, Welbz
You don't need 5 defenders, 4 should be enough plus one 4.0m or less defender who is on the bench constantly. Look at Leicester or Wisdom today
That would just free you up a bit of money for another week, maybe something to do when/if you use your WC
Yes, I thought about it, I might go for Chambers -> Wisdom or Moore. It can be useful in case of bad play from Siggy against Newcastle or to do Tadic -> Walcott when he will be fit. Thanks.
Nooo! Chambers has great fixtures coming up. Naylor has 3 good fixtures then 3 bad ones. Baines and Bertrand have great fixtures. So it would have to be Ivanovic that you lose if anyone
Costa going up tonight?
I really really really really really really really really hope we sign Schneiderlin in January. I'd pay 30m. He is that good.
aren't you in breach of FFP already?
hardly
?
we earn more than we spend?
you on about liverpool or arsenal?
FFP is a load of nonsense. The disciplinary actions aren't severe at all
i see. thats why psg couldn't sign di maria and city couldn't sign falcao
they've done excessive x10000 spending.
We probably won't though, knowing us 🙁
It's purely frustrating. Still need a GK, RCB and a DM.
Dropping Gerrard and replacing him with Schneiderlin would be a massive upgrade.
is schneiderlin not a CDM ? i have him in my 11 to 😛
Schneiderlin is good enough to play as a defensive midfielder or a bit further forward. Great skills set.
I don't think BR will drop SG unfortunately.
Should certainly play him further forward then, he's not very effective making 1 in 10 hollywood passes every game.
Yep. Predictable and pretty easy to mark out of the game.
Be happy with Lambert.
Had enough of Welbeck and with Ramires out for a while, Cesc will be more defensive. So:
A. Welbz + Fab --> Puncheon/chadli + Aguero (-4)
B. Welbz --> Dzeko
C. Keep Fab and Welbeck
A with Chadli
C. Use transfers somewhere else
Need to swap out Rooney and Ramsey. Suggestions? 2FT (Getting Pelle would involve changing one of the Southampton players as well).
Forster / Heaton
Bertrand / Taylor / Pieters / Duff / Moore
Ramsey / Sterling / Sigurdsson / Schneiderlin / Arfield
Rooney / Costa / Aguero
A) Di Maria + Welbeck
B) Mata + Welbeck
C) Falcao + Silva
D) Falcao + Ozil
E) Pelle, Mata and Silva
F) Pelle, Di Maria and ChadliA or C
What about E? Just can't decide about best United player!
What would you guys rather do??
DDG/Gilks
Cahill/Chester/Dummet/Clyne/Duff
Ramsey/Sterling/Siggy/ADM/Marney
Rooney/Costa/Pelle
A) Save WC, do Ramsey and Rooney transfers for -4 and take a couple more hits next GW to fix defence/keeper
B) Use WC. Change all of Defence get Rid of Ramsey/Rooney all for free.
Currently don't have any playing players on the bench. (Excluding Dummet)I've already played my WC, so probably B if I were you
Tadic and Costa in for a -4?
Yup
Yes, definitely
I just did exactly that
Think i'll do Ramsey to Tadic tonight, leave my other free until after the European games if I need it.
I wish I had that other free
😎
Not sure whether to get Welbeck in this week or next.who for, I'd wait tbh, though you have the luxury either way, I got Rooney to deal with first
How about never? 🙂
We all do. 🙁
Sakho (C) ??
DDG/Gilks
Terry-Wisdom-Taylor-Bertrand-Moore
Sterling-Ramsey-Fabregas-JWP-Siggy
Costa-Aguero-Naismith
No FT's left, burn the WC to get DDG, Terry, Ramsey, JWP and Naismith out? Or bite the bullet and wait a few weeks after INT break?
So, who is using the WC next weekend then? 2 weeks to tinker
I might be forced to use it this weekend 🙁
My team is in shambles
someone photoshop Alf Stewart's face onto a wizard's body and call theyself Gandalf Stewart. just for a quick chuckle
Looks like Mangala will get a breather in the CL vs Roma. Can only hope Demichelis has a stinker, and is on the bench again against Villa.
Is he worth the risk though?
I have him already. Kind of stuck
He already owns him. So may as well keep him.
Will be an interesting game. Roma are in incredible form
Imagine Gervinho v Kolarov
Demichelis vs Agbonlahor won't end well for City, Mangala has to play.
On the Villa front, any idea as to when Benteke is likely to return Demi?Saw a report today saying he has a chance of making the bench vs city. Been in training 2 weeks now, so can't be far way.
What about jay Rodriguez? Any news on him Demi?
Great, hopefully fully fit after they've played City & Everton, ready for Villa's easy fixtures. Might spice things up a bit.
Bought in Demichelis last GW and was stunned he was dropped. Still think he is a better player than Mangala.
Rooney and Ramsey to Costa and Sterling(—4). Any objections?
Nope
Well that's good, because I've already confirmed it 😉
Sounds good
Not sure why you haven;t got those two already. Do it!
Nope
Good, but should wait after CL games, anything can happen
repost as got lost earlier..thoughts on how to improve my team .1 FT, 1.WC .
Begovic Gilks
Terry Clyne Wisdom Duff Ferdinand
Sterling Fabregas DiMaria Siggy Albrighton
Rooney Costa Pelle
Debating wildcard..want two playing keepers, want rid of Ferdinand, Albrighton and Rooney and need a way of bringing in Aguero..
Help please!!
Aguero for a hit? Expensive move
is it folly to continue with Balotelli? Good fixtures ahead
Took him out for Costa
I have Costa atm. was thinking of giving him the West Brom game and then seeing after that.
Oh I've got Costa-Aguero-Ulloa lineup ATM
Just couldn't afford Costa rising again,but if i had Costa from the start I'd keep Balotelli in.
I'm definitely keeping for West Brom. I hate owning him though.
yeah he's kinda frustrating. You know he has it in his locker but he never seems to be giving 100% . He was unlucky yesterday in all fairness to him. o.k. cheers both, keeping for the time being
If Welbeck can score for Arsenal then Balo definitely also can do it against WBA, you can hold him, but he is far too expensive
Anyone think Stoke will keep a CS? Hoping they won't considering my Rival has doubledmup on their defence.
i think they might. but they probably won't. it really doesn't matter tho in the slightest. they will or they won't. you will be relieved or perturbed. what u're doing now is just trying to find solace in empty words. you're better off letting the chips fall where they may and accept it
wait, i'm not just being a hindsight hero here but how on earth did dawson end up first sub and duff made the XI in the scout picks?
Well, if you don't know ...
Skullduggery!
Edited question - Best option please
A) Rooney & Naismith --> Pellè & Ulloa (-4)
B) Rooney & Cahill --> Aguero & Chambers (-4 keep Naismith)
C) other...
Squad below for context
Krul / Begovic
Cahill / PVA / Caulker / Bertrand / Moore
Fab / Siggy / ADM / Sterling / Davis
Costa / Rooney / NaismithJust enough to upgrade Naismith --> Ulloa for -8 too!
Anyone else persevering with UFPL??
My last two GW ranks are 108 and 316
I assume everyone is giving up??Never gave a shit. Sorry.
Never even started playing it.
Already play FPL for cash so it'd be just a distraction for me.Nice.
Missed last week's deadlines but gw rank 808 this week with Colo to play has helped.Gave up after missing several deadlines
Yeah, I enjoy it - even though I have 6 injuries at the moment.
Ok, a mixed bag then
Your not in the FFS league then?
Surely Welbeck spaffed a touch on that before it fell to Oxlade????????
Too late now, but yes.
Robbed
Aye.
Lol FPL assists at a new low if that was the case. I think an assist should constitute some form of a pass....
Would Ramsey to Gerrard be stupid?
Not stupid if you think they'll keep scoring penalties and free kicks*. He's on alot of set pieces, so not the worst move with those fixtures.
*17 of his last 18 goals have been pens/fk'sWhat about Ozil?
