A number of midfielders are amongst this evening’s members piece, as we take a look the in-form options at Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham and Tottenham. We also cast an eye over Diego Costa’s recent form, assess Sergio Aguero’s displays compared to recent campaigns and take time to assess QPR’s in-form frontman after another impressive showing in yesterday’s narrow defeat at the Bridge.
Going forward, who is more important to own?
A] Costa
B] Sanchez
this appears a too easy question?
B of course
its not so straight forward i think
Sanchez is a striker in as a midfielder
B
Costa I think.
I NEVER do early transfers, especially given that there are Champions League games coming up, but on Saturday I did
Begovic > Guzan
Sterling > Sanchez
Looks like I made some $$ and saved as well!Anyone else with Sahko and Downing? Feels weird having 2 West Ham players but they've been the surprise team this year along with Southampton
I have both along with 3 Saints
ditto
also hold the crystal pal pens man-jedi-has served me well and will stay till asia cup
I feel after the break Creswell Downing and Sakho /Valencia will be the Clyne /Bertrand Tadic and Pelle of the start of the season
I'm deciding between Jenkinson & Cresswell at the moment. Jenkinson looks nailed & his stats are as good as Cresswell - the 2 assists.
my main concern is will their form last the whole season. If they can, then definitely wouldnt mind doubling up on that
for such a cheap price u really should not expect too much
I'm bloody knackered. No idea what to do. In a veritable FPL wilderness ATM.
Beef up the midfield... Downgrade a mid to bring Rooney in... Bring in Coleman to double up with Baines...
I'm all over the place. 🙁ahh
now your talking
you shifted sterling already?Yeah. For Sanchez. Which has really put a kink in my plans. 🙁
Unlucky with AdM today mate , respect for the ballsy move , red card spoiled chances badly
Yeah it did. But then I wouldn't have fancied him either way. Was very poor overall. Needs to get his arse in gear or I'll be shipping him.
City away at the end of the day , big things coming don't get rid
No, of course not. But he better produce the goods in the coming weeks or Theo will come in for him.
?you seem to have had a pretty good fantasy GW
Red arrows are never good. I'm more referring to transfers though. Suddenly not that happy with my team and not real sure how to address it.
I felt ADM looked a class above today
welbeck still in the house?
you have kun and berahino-you sticking with arsenal hold up man?
as regards red arrows-my guess is its pretty tough at 12k-I've never been near there!I guess so. I was very stubborn this past week though. Cost myself big.
Welbeck the only real elephant in the room now that Sterling's gone but I'm not crazy about bringing anyone but Rooney in. Maybe Sakho but his injury and that big, pony tailed oaf getting fit are scaring me off ATM.as a sakho holder and regular (c) he's great to own
I hope the oaf has gone and buried-I can't see shared time but I see your caution
stick to getting roonpig in then-his run was spectacular today and he did look menacing(when he wasn't falling over!!)
-how much money would you need to find?-yr double sainted in def but moore looks vulnerableNeed to find 1.4m. So either Clyne to 4m or downgrade a midfielder. Was contemplating Dummett and but he just rose. 🙁
well you know I think siggy has blown his gasket
I'm really sweet on jedinak(5.1ish)-watch him tonight-a pens taker who's always in the action at both ends of the pitch-gives me arun for my money
one caution,as i know you take a long view-asia's cup in january I thinkFood for thought. Cheers.
I'd just hold for a week and see what happens. Was in the same position myself this GW, and just held. Ended up at 73 points. Still only around top 100k OR, but doing nothing was the best choice.
good advice-the old if you dont know what you're doing
then actually do nothing but watch and wait insteadYou really thought AdM looked that good today? Thought he was quite poor myself. Gave the ball away a lot, got at no one on the dribble and his corners were atrocious.
ok those 2 corners when he passed the ball to clichy at the end...
but yes I did as an oppo fan think this boy could damage us-his positional was good -he was a marked man,he's still getting used to league-he will be very big-i don't hold utd players in my team but he'd be a keeperYeah. He's hit a bit of a lull and it just so happened to be two of the toughest fixtures so far. Frustrating. He's definitely a class above most. Not selling but certainly a worry. Fear he may be nursing an injury.
Probably will do just that. Welbeck>Sakho for a hit is tempting though.
Then welbz will go nuts against his former employer and score a brace, while Sakho's shoulder keeps him from playing. (At least that would happen to me if I made the same choice 🙂 )
Or BFS will drop him for that ponytailed oaf 😆
Likelihood of Ady being dropped for Kane?
maybe for a week, but not likely long term.
Steven Taylor is for now safe right? They seem to be winning games so why would he go back on the bench right?
It was an actual post below, not a reply fail... Think I'm grabbing him for my FOX team
you don't change something that works so at 3.9 could be a steal
just realized, Steven taylor was captain on Saturday so surely will remain in the starting team I would guess!
Newcastle have won every game that Steven Taylor has played this season
What would you do with this? 1FT 0.1ITB planning on holding and reassessing next week with costa in my sights and Sterling on the chopping block
Forster, Guzan
Baines, Clyne, Chambers, Naylor, Moore
Sanchez, Hazard, Sterling, Downing, Boyd
Aguero, Pelle, Welbeckprobably makes sense to wait so you'll have 2 FT, but Sterling is likely to lose a little more value this week.
Thanks mate, the way it's going if I end up holding Sterling he'll be a massive point of difference
So what's the new midfield template going to be? Clearly won't be as unanimous as at the start of the season but I reckon it's Sanchez, Di Maria, Hazard/Fabregas and Downing. Which will be mine next week and I'm still have Baines, Costa and Aguero. B-)
Sanchez, ADM, Hazard, Downing
That's mine B-)
hey old timer!
How's your rank this season?
I was wondering if anyone would have all of them. Seems i'm always gonna be missing one.
My mid this gw is adm, fab, sanchez, sig. that seems to be where the template is heading. I reckon downing is more of a trend and it will swing back to sig
BL
You: Bertrand, Chambers/Siggy and Heaton
vs
Me: Duff, Downing and Forster
😯Looks like it's Downing vs a defender capable of getting assist then
wow. So pretty much comes down to siggy vs downing. That's brilliant. You two are probably representing half the community each.
#team siggy
I had the template midfield before the template midfield was template. Let this be a lesson to everyone. Doesn't mean a thing if you hold onto to them too bloody long.
haha u mean u hold on to the template too long and refuse to get the new template? 😀 no sanchez..have sterling, welbeck etc
Next week team looks like:
Guzan
Chambers(A) Kaboul (H) Bertrand (H)
Fabregas Sanchez DiMaria(C) Siggy
Welbeck Costa Aguero
Feeling confident!
You need Pelle but nice looking team. Any hits this week?
-4 but im sure there were many who took hits!
Sanchez or ADM? The classic form v fixtures debate.
both
This
Siggy > Downing not a silly move?
not at all
swans supporters not happy with how their team is playing
bony will leave in a few weeks
tough times i feel for siggyNeed to run Gomis out next week.
They're 6th in the league?
what is the best 2 out of: Hazard/ADM/Sanchez? I currently have the first 2
I have all 3 but I think ADM and Sanchez more consistent with points against the poor teams
ADM & Sanchez would be my picks. Haz has been a little disappointing, but his taking PKs helps his story.
& I have Fabs along with ADM and Sanchez
If I WC we can get the following team, thoughts?
Krul/Foster (good rotation)
Baines, Chambers, Wisdom, Dummet, Hutton (1 from the 3 cheap for the 3rd defender slot, and West Brom/Newcastle rotate well, so every week I could have either Foster and Wisdom or Krul and Dummet at home - 2 might be overkill but helps fund the rest of the side)
Sanchez, ADM, Fabregas, Downing, Boyd
Aguero, Costa, Kane (Kane the enabler but surely he starts now? Plus he rotates well with Boyd so always guaranteed one of them at home each week in a 3-5-2 or 3-4-3)Crazy to take a -8 to get Rooney in for Welbeck, right?
yes imo
Yep
yes. Think Roon would need a brace and Welbz to blank to make the hit worthwhile.
both likely-i'm a citeh fan but the roon looked focused mad today
I agree. Problem is I'd be significantly downgrading elsewhere. So that might not even make up for it unless I captain him.
but that angry focused energy was back there again
I thought citeh were lucky to get away with it....ok now i've said it
thankyou mr sDon't you mean Mr. O? 😉
double act then
yes...leave it for the international break
Cheers all
I'm planning to take a -4 hit...
Still confused on whom to pick, Sakho or Valencia?
Sakho has scored at ridiculous rate, so not sure whether he can continue scoring like that. Whereas Valencia has been racking up pts every now and then...
I am downgrading Luka, so budget isn't an issue. With remaining cash, I can upgrade Tadic to Walcott in future. Though if I go with Sakho, I can upgrade my 5th mid to Moses/Downing as well.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, Thanks! 🙂Sakho as soon as it is clear he will play.
Diafra imo
Thanks! Might go for Sakho then 🙂
Sakho for sure, even if prices were reversed, still him
I picked up Valencia last week but Sakho is lethal in the air and has a better price
Well, already did 3 transfers on Saturday night for a -4.
Did Sterling, Moreno and Welbeck to Sanchéz, Naughton and Sakho.
Now, I'm confused about who to bench.
Team's like.
Begovic, (Hamer),
Chambers, Naughton, Coloccini, Clyne, (Hutton)
Tadic, Sigurdsson, Sanchéz, di Maria, (Davis),
Aguero (c), Costa, Sakho.
Not sure who to bench from Naughton, Coloccini, Chambers and Sigurdsson.
Please help. 😉Bench NChS
Good day gaffer. How's your season going?
55K rank with 1 match left and 1 point to come off bench...how much can my rank fall after tonight's match?
not much possibly 2-3K
thanks!
Further I reckon once Mannone doesn't start and Krul auto subs in for shitloads of people :-@
Worth to use a FT to change Begovic to Forster??
Have no pressing issues except sterling n siggy still in the team..you have at least 1.5 pressing issues then imo
bego to foster (wba) perhaps-who's your other GK
GIIKS who doesnt play .. I was only thinking of saving this FT so could have 2 FTs after international break to use?
To get back Costa and walcott possiblyokay given context of your aims i'd ride with bego and hold your transfer if you're comfortable with sterling....
Forster have tough fixture after couple of weeks
yes but that means save points as well
Greetings all.
62 points and still a red arrow.
That's what you deserved for not owning an Arsenal player 🙁60 and a red. That's what you deserve for thinking Welbeck is adequate cover. 🙁
Similar story, mate.
So what's the latest move? Got Alexis/Calum in already?Sterling>Sanchez. Not getting Chambers.
Same here. Tadic -> Downing to fund it. you?
FT. Had money ITB which was planned for Welbeck>Rooney. Now bricking the fact that it's really tough to get him in.
Why Rooney? i watched the game last night and he was playing way too deep for my liking. I think you'll be better off without him.
He'll score points, as he always does.
should have put away his chance after that run. Not sure what he was thinking!!
Probably shocked he'd just done it. Spellbinding run. Can't remember the last time he put his head down and went through defenders like that.
Yeah, when you looked at his History and previous prices, he's ridiculously priced at 10.2 atm! but I don't like his role nowadays plus ADM is arguably a better pick at 10.1 cheaper.
*0.1 duh
want to do pelle->rooney but just no fund to do it so might give it a skip
skip at your peril 😛 Kidding mate.
painful transfer to make, but i did the same couple of transfers.
feel any better after making it Nabil?Definitely good, Shifty. Thanks for the reply yesterday 🙂
1st time owner of Sanchez, and Downing this season - after a long, long time since his Boro days.Same, have held off Sanchez for long enough. A couple of GWs ago it was a question of Baines or Sanchez in...got Baines in.
Last GW it was deciding whether to bring Sanchez in for Sterling but felt wasn't worth a hit.
Lesson learned - just got him in anyway this week..feck it if he has tough fixtures! 😀 Downing isn't too shabby a pick for the fixtures I guess!Yep. Lesson learnt hard.
We knew he's going to be "essential" at some point, just being late for the party. Better late than never, i guess 😉
but marney was back so it should have been safe 😛
Yeah, something to cheer about 😀 Let's start him against HUL!
na it was a bizarre opinion doing the rounds last week that dean marney was gonna single handedly stop arsenal 😆
How you travelling this season nabil?Haha I know, it's always fun to be overly optimistic 😆
Pretty nice.. hope I can stay in top 10k and achieve my bigger target. Yours?
The RMT tool was quite accurate this week.
I can't applaud it enough , in the 2 biggest transfers game weeks of my season that I was mulling over it guided me to do them , ended up with about a 60-70 point swing in my favour over then 2 game weeks
broken clock etc. 🙂
Risers and Fallers?
Risers: Chambers Jedinak Dummett Diame
Fallers: Rodwell Skrtel Begovic Sterling Mirallas Evans de Jong Januzaj Gomis
Brief pop in to say hello. Ask me 1 question then I will be gone
question-why don't you stay?
At work starting to get a little busy
where did i leave my car keys?
fridge
yes! on the road again 😀
The chicken or the egg ? What come first ?
I'm quite happy with my early transfers. Cue UCL/Europa injuries.
Does anyone know why falcao hasn't subbed out for me?
Didn't watch the game but it says 0 mins played.
Also have Wanyama on the bench 🙁what formation were you playing? who was on your bench?
lol there is still another game left 😀
😆
Hah how'd i miss that. prob because it's Palace v Sunderland...
Auto-subs only happen once the gw is over. There is still CPL-SUN to go, though almist everyone is overlooking that one.
Gw not over yet
c'mon jedi!!
Autosubs take place after the last game of the GW, so tomorrow after Palace/Sunderland
Who is stronger?
1) Fab, Welcbeck, Pelle
2) Downing, Costa, SakhoClose call. I'll say 2, just.
Does Kane (TOT) start next week?
I think he will after his recent performances and adebayor/soldado poor form
Who knows really? Pochettino has been making some questionable decisions. Obviously he deserves it, but I feel he shouldve started today over Soldado
yes
is there a europa fixture?
What's up with Naughton? A regular now? could be a perfect replacement for my Chester...
Siggy to Downing
Siggy to Chadli
Naismith to Sakho
Bruce to Chambers
What to do with my FT???C
Naimisth to Sakho
