With West Brom and Man United set to see out the Gameweek tomorrow, we delve into the data from the nine matches played so far. Unsurprisingly, Man City, Southampton and West Ham’s in-form front men are on this evening’s agenda, whilst we also cast an eye over a couple of improving north London-based midfielders.
Best picks in UCL fantasy for this round?
Reus,Aguero,Cavani imo.
I'm playing my WC this gw.Reus is fit? I was thinking to play WC but lack of knowledge means I wont be able to get a good side 😆
Played at the weekend.
Cheers! Will try to fit all in one team if possible and hit WC 😛
Schuerrle & Remy
Sure to start?
Tevez, Costa, Neymar, Koke, Sanchez, Ronaldo (Fixture Proof)
Sanchez could be a great pick.
Was thinking to double up with Messi-Neymar 🙂
Messi will miss a penalty..no point owning him 😉 😆
Ronaldo especially facing that liverpool defence, a barca defender, maybe gotze tooor muller.
Punt for this week has to be Bony.
This
And lukakaaa
Benteke for me against QPR
Not again :/
Chadli (C)
Vargas maybe
good shout!
Good shout. Or Berahino. Thought about Adebayor too - nice fixtures. But Spurs Euro hangover and the fact that I don't think I'm stupid enough to do it puts me off.
Was absolutely horrible last night
2 free transfers, 1.9m in bank.
Forster Guzan
Bertrand bardsley n.taylor chambers Duff
Di maria Stirling Hazard Sigurdsen boyd
Costa Dzeko pelle
Thoughts on Dzeko and Hazard > aguero and oscar?Sorry Wilson not bardsley
Are any price change sites reliable at the moment? Thanks 🙂
Fplstatistics just had a pretty accurate night.
There is 1 site which is somewhat reliable..forgot it's name
FFF
Link?
http://fantasyfootballfix.com/price/
Sign in down the bottom by clicking "don't want to release my login details" and enter your fpl id.
.2 added to the selling value. Chances of aguero not rising tonight?
Itching to get rid of PvA, but I can save a FT this week as Kelly plays wba.
Torn.
I am too, but Wisdom plays Palace and Hutton plays QPR.
I actually want to buy Hutton
He's actually quite good, almost scored against EVE.
Keep
Azpi - Clyne for hit? got Baines Bertrand too and Huton, Moore as subs
No, bench this week
play Hutton then?
Definitely
Guys how did Benteke look against everton?
Rusty
What's your points total atm?
451 for me.*461
450, 1 to be added from autosub and ADM to play. Massive improvement from me this week I'm stoked
449 😈
434..only 17 points behind you...
*27 😉 🙂
damn
473
411
452,ADM to play and 1 off the bench. Finally a good week!
466
464 with Di Maria and Wisdom to come.
499. All out.
I almost always start the season badly and then improve dramatically.
Anyone who has suffered from this but overcome it, what did you do to improve your start?!
This always happens to me.
Last year I was affected badly by the quick price changes and only improved when Suarez came back.
My Mini League opponents tend to drop off in the later part of the season as they lose interest in the game so that helps my climb.
I hate taking hits so that's not good in the early part of the season as people get on the early risers and get much higher value than my team. Hence this year, I tried to be more active in monitoring the price risers and take a hit if needed. The slower price changes this year also helped me in that aspect. I still have my Wildcard too.Bad year to start monitoring price rises! I mean because of the relevant websites' collapsing in accuracy!
Thanks for the detailed reply. I've actually done the opposite and left my transfers later, ignoring price rises. Why? That's how I play at the end of the season and is when I do well!Yeah the random price changes really made it more exciting this year, lol
Besides that, I guess becoming a member of this FFS website also helps, the statistics area also helps give an insight to the hidden gems in FPL.
I picked proven performers, and avoided all new punts. Will do the same next year.
I am truly disappointed in you 😉
Indeed. I am a bit disappointed in myself. But pleased with my start. 😉
Jagielka rose last night 👿
Looks like I am saving a FT after all😎
Theres going to be plenty of hits taken this week to fit aguero in teams. Should help with another green arrow hopefully
Exactly the reason I want to stay away from hits this gw. 4 point headstart.
I also thinking of taking a hit..even though I own Aguero 😛
I need to ditch PvA and Chester pretty urgently, but thinking I'll save and have 2 frees to play with next week
I have 2 frees..might give Silva and Hazard another GW..and just take out Cahill and PvA..but that wouldn't allow me to get 2 premium defenders..
I think Silva has to go..
same..thanks!
I think there will be a couple of Costa->Kun trades
Costa --> Kun would be a waste of a transfer...Costa was just rested for 1 match
...so far.
But suddenly we have a new (c) option for week in week out. Many will sell. Many have sold.
-44k already for this weekAgree regarding (C). Costa will no longer be even a reasonable captain choice simply because of Mourinho's volatile mouth.
Glad I can bring Baines and Aguero this week without a hit. 🙂
Very good, shame your a week late
In this case I believe their form and class are permanent.
One of them should pay off.
As always there is the risk element of european games this week tough trip to Russia for City probably on one of those crappy plastic pitches before a lunch time kick off on the Saturday. Both games are huge but the champions league one becomes a must win at this stage.... wouldn't be too surprised to see him either only get 60 mins on saturday or not start
Can't afford to wait, as they will increase in price coming next Saturday.
Did Ulloa > Aguero earlier, so I think it's calculated risk.How on earth did you facilitate that transfer? Must have had a lot of MITB no? Fair play
Got £8.3 IIRC.
Don't ask me how, I have not 'so good' squad. lol
Already done Ivanovic -> Baines, thinking I'll rotate those two throughout the season or just keep Baines. Anything else I should look at? Should be ok without Tadic another gw? And Henderson covers if Costa isn't playing.. 0.4m ITB
Krul
Clyne Baines Wisdom
Sigurdsson Chadli Sterling Fábregas
Pellè Costa Agüero
Subs: Schmeichel Henderson Dummett Duffyup should be okay without Tadic
but can you tell me what Punt you have taken Punty? very template team
Krul/Schmeichel-combo! Have you seen that before? It's revolutionary.. close to 2 ppg!
You have Pelle. I think that should be fine without Tadic.
Quite strong bench.
Poll:
A) I am getting Aguero this week
B) I am NOT getting Aguero this weekC. I already have Aguero
B - As I already have him
How could any result of this poll possibly affect your decisions?
C) not sure
Costa news may make decision.I don't even know you. how could I guess? 😉
I have 99 points right now.
ADM to come, and a -2 off the bench.
I rose from 92k to 5k so far.
Now, assuming ADM blanks, how much do you think I'll drop to?
Everyone pop in with a guess. 😉You will be surprised how much that -2 will hurt your ranking. Things are very tight at the top.
ADM is irrelevant as every Tom, Drick and Hairy owns him.😳
Indeed, ADM's -2 will be irrelevant.
PLEASE 😀
I think at that rank, it's better if ADM blanks considering the amount of VC to him.
I'm at the same rank and I'm hoping he gets 5 points max or so.True. I forgot about that.
How would him getting 5 points benefit. Surely we either want him to get 100 points or no points at all...
Those with him captain get 200.
Two players to one and most of the top 50K have him.
I think adm blanking may benefit as many would have him C/VC
Take 10 points off your score and use that rank.
I dread to even think about Maria getting blank.
I'm at 23 points and Maria is my only chances left to salvage anything. 🙁About 20k.
Forster - 4.0
Naylor - Clyne - Ivan - Moreno - Moore
Siggy - Sterling - Fab - ADM - Boyd
Pelle - Costa - Welbeck
I really want to do "Moreno + Welbeck" ->> "Baines + Aguero".
4.6m short and I need to downgrade someone to fund these moves.
Who would you preferred to downgrade?
A: Sterling -> 4.4m MF
B: Fabregas -> 4.7m MF
C: ADM -> 5.3m MFLol @ 4.6m short. Wasn't expecting that
Keep Ivan and Get Baines. That has caused it.
A lot of money tied up in 3 players, 2 of which are defenders. I think one of Baines or Ivan is plenty
Take out Ivan and Costa instead.
Downgrade Ivanovic
Tough call - Hutton (qpr) or Wisdom (CRY)??
Guzan is my keeper with Naylor and Baines starting in the back three.wisdom then spread the risk
+1
64K. Captain already played. ADB left. 1 point coming from bench. Big red arrow tonight?
Adm*
Massive.
Disagree.
What rank do you predict then?
About 95k.
I say over 100K. Anything worth betting?
Not really. Spread is too thin.
🙂
I wouldn't think it would be too big, but you will undoubtedly slide a little.
Lucky to stay inside top 100K imo.
I think he will make it, just. VCs are spread a lot and not many have the likes of Boyd coming off the bench.
Pelle, Welbeck, Sterling and AdM are popular.
1 point difference down there is 2/4k in rank.This ^^^.
Better than me. no ADM, aguero played, 1 point coming off the bench 🙁
I'm trying to ignore my current rank as it is irrelevant!Is relevant to how far you'll slide!
Anyone think people underestimate the importance of fixtures? Or at least that in hindsight, when assessing a team's quality, it is forgotten how good/ bad their recent fixtures were? I'll use my team Southampton as an example:
I remember last season, similarly to this, Southampton had their fixtures in big chunks of very easy fixtures and then smaller chunks of very hard. That was just how it went.... Most of their wins came in the good fixtures, pushing them up to top 4, and most losses in the hard ones, pushing them back down to midtable. So far it is exactly the same
Guaranteed, when saints lose 3 out of 4 against the big teams and go 6th or 7th, the media and fans will start saying how they have lost form, their quality has dropped off, they have been found out, etc. it happened last year too but in actuality there was nothing special at all.. They just won the easy games and lost the hard ones throughout but they happened to come in chunks.
The major exception to this is probably leicester who played great in the 'hard' games and badly in others!That is why I have made my own ticker ... 🙂
SOT: SUN 261 STO 226 hul 155 LEI 186 avl 172 MCI -167 ars -220 MUN -29
After this week's input, those figures will change significantly.
Indeed, you sure don't underestimate fixtures... You possibly overestimate them though 😉
But do you apply the logic of your ticker in hindsight? Everyone talks about how bad villa are defensively now after playing the top 5 in 5 games. I'm sure most would avoid them for that reason
In reality we are none the wiser after their impressive first fewI was. I never bought the Vlaar hype.
Your point about Southampton is very valid and actually makes me laugh a little when some of my friends also football fans think they could push for a european place this season. Fact is you can only beat whats put out in front of you and by and large Southampton have done that so far bar the 0-0 with West Brom so fair play. If you take a Swansea as a comparison point similar scenario haven't played many of the big boys bar Chelsea and yet don't have the same returns as Southampton, just goes to show you still have to give huge credit to them for being very consistent.
Yeah other examples who have had extreme fixture swings are everton and villa. Both largely gone with fix. Exceptions are there of course!
Any team fighting for Europe will tell you winning the games you should is critical and harder than it sounds.
Nice point.
Yeah I think southampton are in a state of limbo where they are relaxed against the lower teams because they don't see relegation as a big threat and go for it.
Against top teams they may be more nervous as they feel it is the next hurdle
Indeed. But not only.
Most importantly, and in the mould of their excellent manager, they have the knack of scoring goals from anywhere ...
Sterling & Dzeko -> Henderson & Aguero for a -4 pt hit? I got costa and pelle as my other forwards.
Get Diame.
Do it
Does anyone have any players playing tonight other than ADM?
There's a few Wisdoms and Falcaos out there too.
I imagine a fair few have Falcao
UFPL - Luke Shaw...
Foster and ADM ,
De Gea (Myhill)
Baines Clyne O'Shea (Wisdom, Chambers)
Siggy Fabregas Silva Sterling Tadic
Pelle Costa (Zamora)
How do I get Aguero without downgrading my midfield too much? I have a WC, 1FT and 1.9m ITB.Costa to Aguero works.
Works, but seems Costa is a must have, majority of my points come from him.
That will change when you get Kun.
Losing Pelle seems a waste. Zamora really needs a serious upgrade.
You need to lose Silva.
Pronto.Was planning to do this:
Silva -> Boyd
Sterling -> Chadli
Zamora -> Aguero
however I'm not sure if the WC is worth it just for Aguero. What do you guys think?No player is worth a WC. Not even Kun.
Wait till Citeh travel and return from Russia to make a call.Just take the hit.
OK. Gonna take the hit if City is fine after the match. Thanks guys.
Costa to Aguero....easy solution.
If you want to keep Costa, then downgrade Silva in mid to free up funds. No need to have him when you'll have Kun for CityChange two of these DDG, Silva, Sterling.
Who should I change DDG to?
Guzan or Foster.
Guzan (qpr TOT whm)
Foster (CPL lei NEW)
leading my mini league opponent by 38 points this GW. He has adm (c) and wisdom left to play.....am I safe?
Have you used a condom?
lol
Hope so . Think so
You should have a double figure lead after the game.
No he has 30 game weeks to catch you
Yes, under normal circumstances.
Dreading tonights post United rank update 😆
I think United will struggle.
Maybe...but I'll still plummet in rank thanks to all the VC switches and auto-subs. Boyd wont be enough to keep me in the top 1K and that's being optimistic 🙂
I could have done with Boyd being first sub.
😕You will be OK, JOA.
Hopefully Costa makes quick transfer to West Brom and has a 1 point cameo
😆
Adm blank would cap off a great week.
*moves sofa away from the wall in preparation*Same! Hoping for a 1-0 victory to United with Blind scoring the goal
I have DiMaria & Falcao and many have DiMaria captain. Be afraid.
I'm thinking that instead of doing
Cahill, PvA, Silva --> Coleman, Kompany, Barkley (-4)
I can try to get Silva --> Wally this week with Cahill --> Coleman...and do Welbeck --> Benteke the week next...
in short who will score better points in the coming GWs?
A) Kompany, Barkley, Welbeck
B) Vlaar, Wally, BentekeToo early for Wally
I have eaten a sandwich with toothpaste on it...am I safe?
Go to hospital now.
Safe. And MacClean in the inside.
He might die. Then it'll be Colgate gate.
😀
Should be good to go
What I would give for ADM to get three own goals and a red card tonight 😀
I wouldn't mind.
Brother has him (c).
lol
Has the Chadli bagonwheel derailed already then? No talk of him on the forum any more.
Tadic stole the show.
His form has dipped a lot, while Eriksen's has soared ...
http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/1373/This! But I'm not giving up on Chadli just yet
Think people are looking at Eriksen now as he's been looking so good the last few weeks. Chadli still a good option at 1.5M cheaper IMO
Chadli look disinterested during the couple of minutes I peeped out behind the couch.
I'm 0.1m short of Eriksen.
Dammit.Same, standard FPL woes huh.
He played second-fiddle to Eriksen on Saturday, and then Tadic did his thing - so very much in the background now for a mid price mid.
What are the chances of getting any genuine information on Costa's injury? Are people selling him as hamstrings are always dodge? I cant bring myself to sell him as had him from the start but that is alot sat on the bench and makes getting in Aguero alot easier...
Oh we have a very high chance because Mr Jose Mourinho is a highly honest and respectable, right honourable gentleman.
bench downing or Naismith this gw?
Naismith, as Barkley might take his spot
Haven't got there yet, mate. Tomorrow. 🙂
Surely Downing (MCI)?
Play Naismith IMO. So much more upside.
Not necessarily, on this one.
IMO a naismith brace wouldn't be a big surprise. A downing brace or triple assist would be a minor miracle.
