While Gameweek 15 is shaping up to be one to forget for many Fantasy managers, our analysis of the weekend’s statistics for members offers some insight to distract us, notably the growing influence of Yannick Bolasie and West Ham’s efforts to maximise the formidable weapon that is Andy Carroll.
Dammit the word is out on Bolaise. He has been high on my wishlist for a few weeks now. Incoming on Jan WC for sure if I don't get to him before that. Pantillimon as well. The keeper to own imo. Tbh, the more red on the ticker, the better. Most of Manone's big hauls last season came against the top 6.
Those Mannone hauls really helped me at the end of last season.
Yes, I spotted Bolasie earlier and was hoping he'd fly under the radar a little longer. 🙁
problem is, Bolasie not bringing in the points
Exactly. Due respect lads, he isn't a secret. But, for all the dynamism and dazzle, he is averaging just over 3pts per week.
1.6% ownership is hardly mainstream anyway.Lampard is the player to bring in. He's in good form.
Good shout. 1 pointer cameos put me off a bit, but could see some more gametime now with Aguero out.
Yet. Only a matter of time before Palace string a few results togetherand he is amongst the points. At 5.5 I'm not asking for a 7 ppg average either
well, every mid i select for my first team, I'm hoping for 6 points minimum, otherwise what's the point?
Balancing a squad?
3-5-2 Lampard is good for a low price midfielder, granted he won't start but expect and assist or a goal. He is in the box constantly.
True, but with his stats he might start soon. Having said that, Tadic kind of shows that stats don't always equal points. Bolasie is only a monitor at present, but it would have been nice if not everyone was monitoring him.
Getting Tadic back in soon as well mind.
Southampton attack is overated, Mane in the side, Tadic output has declined.
This. Stats are cheap. We are 15 games into the season. Show me the points
He's already got 48 points. Not very many ahead of him in his price bracket.
Well there are six players valued at 5.7 or less that have out scored him, and a further three that equal his score. You'd only want one in that bracket presumably.
Don't get me wrong, he is a fine player and a lot of fun to watch. Hence why they regularly feature him on MOTD.
I just don't think he's this well kept secret tbh.
As a former Tadic owner I recommend you avoid. Maddening!!
good point on the redder the better for Sunderland. Their experienced backline really does come into play for tougher fixtures.
Repost from last page.
Noticed that teams are playing on the 26th and the 28th this month. I know Christmas fixtures are bunched up but is it normally just one days rest?Sorry ILF, just seen that you already responded.
So it was. Cheers.
Depends on when the weekend falls. There are always games on the 26th (unless the weather intervenes).
Currently thinking of these transfers:
Aguero, Fabregas, Siggy --------> Yaya, Hazard, Bony
Is it stupid to trade out Siggy? Already have Naylor and Bony
Cheers!I'd keep Siggy tbh as I don't see better alternatives at his price. There are plenty of fw options at Bony's price. Siggy had one good chance today, would have had a second if Montero played the ball properly and was instrumental in the goal they did score, albeit assistedthe assister.
You'd play Henderson away to Man U or take a hit moving him out ?
Liverpool are also playing Arsenal the week after Man U.Apart from Sterling a few weeks back I've just avoided Liverpool players this whole season. I don't think they'll finish any higher than 8th.
Sorry that didn't really help. I should've added that yeah, I'd get rid of Henderson but maybe not for a hit. Take it you haven't got more pressing issues/injuries etc?
so a hit in your opinion ?
we posted at the same time , Cheers Mate.
Ok. No hit. Aguero -> Lukaku
Foster (AVL)
Baines (QPR) Azpi (HUL) Naylor (TOT) Hutton (wba)
Hazard (HUL) Sanchez (NEW) Sigurdsson (TOT) Jedinak (STO)
Costa (c) (HUL) Lukaku (QPR)
Elliot, Wanyama, Austin, Chambers
...Looks tasty?Like an apple pie.
😀
oo so many capitalised fixtures, very nice indeed 🙂
worth the extra 25 seconds 🙂
Very nice in deed RCA.
Thank you Flynny 🙂
Tasty like an apple pie with no hits.
Does Bony no tempt you?Sold him this week for Costa 😳 I'm going with Lukaku... for the millionth time 🙂
I see, good luck then RCA. Solid side, no doubt 😉
Thanks Z
10/11 home
Any one fancy captain options over H17
1. Siggy (to retaliate against a club that rejected him)
2. Sanchez (Newcastle like Sunderland will be a bit loose after holding out Chelsea)*Sanchez also playing later.
captain?
A. Hazard
B. Oscar
C. Yaya toure
D. Benteke
E. Bony
Cheers!Azarr
A imo
Ya agree with RCA. Gonna bring him in and captain him. Question is whether or not I'm going to ship Fab. If I'm getting Costa yes, if notno. Undecided.
Azard 🙂 IMO
Yaya and Rooney in -- Eriksen and Aguero out for a 4 pt. hit? (Have no United or other Man City players and think these two will be scoring gobs for the next few weeks at least).
Rest of Front line is: Costa/Austin.
Rest of Midfield is: Haz, Siggy, Downing, Boyd (yes, no Sanchez).Hard to know with Rooney and Yaya. A) Possibly deployed deep and B) on 4 yellows and also not at the same level (yet) as last season. Also shipping Eriksen for -4 has an Eriksen brace written all over it!
*Cough cough* which team does Bolassie play for?
CP
Crystal Palace
Wonder what the hype for coz checking he has not performed in like the last 4 gwks...
People in FFS trolling in this hard times.
Been playing very well, hasn't always translated into fantasy points unfortunately
Thought on this team for next GW?
Guzan
Baines Azpi Hutton
Hazard(C) Yaya Sanchez Downing Boyd
Costa Bony
Bench: Foster Dummett Moore Austin
I will wait for more news on Aguero before to make any transfer.I'm off to make a cuppa and go to bed.
Night guys, I hope you get no red cards from tomorrow's game.Yeah, yeah. I know *Tonight's game.
Night ILF.
nn Flynny
Good night mate
Anyone have any updates on Silva..Said he was due back last weekend..I am hoping for a return this GW so I can do -
Fab >>> Hart
Boyd >>>Silva
Agureo >>> RooneyDont get rid of Boyd. The best fifth mid.
See if he gets some minutes in the champs lge. I f he does then he's def an option again with those fixtures.
The FPL gods will frown on a Boyd sell.
I hear you but I feel Silva might pickup a few more points over the season. I can always return. Need to spend this 4.6mill on someone
OMG Hutton!!!!!
I know 😀 It was sooo ggod 🙂 ppl on here calling it lucky. I've had him the whole season. Best 4m def in GW1 no doubt!!
He may not score many but he does come with assist potential. The fact 1/3rd of the top 10k (and me) owned him illustrates he was a sensible squad player - and this was always a fixture owners were highly likely to start him in.
Absolutely. No luck involved. We can bask in our 8 point glory in a really tough GW 🙂
😀 legend - still remember a ridonculous goal he scored fir Spurs a few seasons back (can't remember against who) - rounded a couple then lobbed the keeper from the edge of the bix. Tbf he's looked a threat when he has the opportunity to get forward this season.
That feeling 😀
Clichy has not played in only 3 games the whole season.
Can we say he's nailed on now?
Kolarov was injured though
No chance. Kolarov missed last six through injury. They will be sharing a shirt over the busy period. He's cheap for a reason.
King Kolarov has been crocked the last 6 gws though...all of those no-shows were when Kolarov was fit, so no imo
Regarding Costa and any other players who were playing in La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, etc last season, lets remember that they all had a lovely 2 week holiday from Christmas to mid-January last season and before, so this will be their first time experiencing a hectic winter schedule...
Just something to bear in mind, as managers might be tempted to give those guys some extra rest and play their PL-veterans (i.e. Drogba/Remy over Costa, Andy Carroll over Sakho/Valencia, Bony over Gomis, etc)Good point. But you're basically shitting it that you don't have Vs HUL, aren't you? 😉
Cutting through the flannel there RCA. :)*
* full disclosure, I'm likely to be running without Costa and I'm happy and worried at the same time.Well yeah, but not any more worried than I am of not having Lukaku vs QPR, or Benteke in the midlands derby, or... etc... you could do that with any of them really.
I wonder when Yaya flies off to ACON. 5 games time I suppose...
Why are people holding off Sakho/Bony/Yaya just because of ACON? It's a month away and they're just a transfer away to sort. With good planning, it won't be a problem for your team. Would get them in regardless - if you think they will get points for your team.
One maybe, but you might not want all three.
Needless to say 🙂
I guess cos there are other equally good options who aren't going to ACON, on 4 YC's etc.
hence my point on if you think they will get points for your team. there are other options, but i've seen posters post about not getting Bony just because of ACON.
-4 to get in , -4 to get out..yaya has 4 yc,very likely to get 1 game ban..bony is different scenario as he looks like a very solid pick .
Agree ( have Bony and Yaya ) Plenty of time to phase them out.
Some people use every excuse to not get in a form player ? and by the time they do its too late to make a difference
Chambers out for a hit or would you just bench him and roll with the price drops?
benchy
Cheers mate.
yeh, im going to bench him as I have other players to sort out such as Fab and Kun
bench and sort out next week if you have 3 playable defenders. Not taking a hit would be a good start to the week.
Yeah seems to be the right way to go. Cheers Shifty.
Yea, plenty have a combination of Austin/Chambers/Fabianski/Fabregas/Kun problem, if you can field 11 for the week and are at a good rank, you should avoid hits. I'm trying to! 🙂
I'll likely take a hit to remove Chadli. What a waste of space lol Just wondering if getting rid of chambers would be worth it or not
Hey Badger , you dont look too bad maybe just Chadli and Kun to go .
Hutton on bench though , not nice.Every week 😆 My bench scored just 8 points less than my whole team this week 😡
Yeah , I must remember not to double up with cheap defenders.
Saints were an exception , with their excellent run of fixtures.
Having Foster , Wisdom normally gets left on the bench.
With you it's Guzan and HuttonI'd rather points on the bench though than no points. Getting Guzan was the right move. Having Hutton was the right move.
Bench ... returns the following week for Newcastle ... tasty!
Only concern is Debuchy returning soon.You mean the giant slayers? Wouldn't exactly call it tasty given Arsenals form at the minute 😆
Debuchy back too is also a worry. Cheers mateYeah Newcastle are in form ... but i think Chelsea are the bogie side for them. I would also expect Arsenal to really tighten up this week given recent disasters.
If you can cover, bench for sure
Cheers man.
pick one to start this week
A. Boyd
B. Berahino
C. Hutton
D. WisdomWhich defence would you rather double up on?
City or Chelseachelsea
The dark blue ones
Chelsea ... they'll finish with 5+ more clean sheets at the end of the season than any other.
General trend is that Chelsea, Arsenal, Man U and Man City start tightening up at the back after Christmas.
ive gone City, first week they conceded. this week a cleanie, went Hart and Clichy fwiw
Costa + Eriksen OR Lukaku/Benteke + Yaya?
The latter. Toss up between the Belgian beasts, but Benteke looks a better pick just due to how much Villa rely on him.
the baps hate him though. offside magnet.
Good point. Also going for Benteke allows a Chambers upgrade possibly next week.
Wait, I forgot to put Naylor on bench and Wisdom is my second choice bench (after Boyd).
Since the minimum is 3CB's, is Wisdom gonna get swapped and I get my 6 points?yes
Yes.
So who are you guys bringing in to replace Kun?
Bony for me.
this, have costa already
Costa or Benteke. Probably Costa. He'll have a goid festive period methinks.
Costa
Costa easily, although the Bony and Benteke wagons do scare me ... they're both looking very handy at the moment.
I already have Costa and Austin. Thinking one of the United forwards or Bony (have Siggy)
Lolkaka initially, but Benteke was a handful last night - got me thinking.
Few shots on goal but we're any actually threatening to go in? Didn't see the game. Is like to bring him in but worries me that they scored 2 and he couldn't get in on the action
Fabregas Aguero Austin Chambers along with Marney and Moore in my team...struggling to put 11 players this week...shld I wildcard??
Ditch Aguero and Chambers/Fab what will your team look like?
I wouldn't wildcard because those red flagged players are mostly good picks who you might regret not having from the next week. If you wildcard you might end up selling them all and wanting them back!
I'd probably sell Aguero, Moore and maybe one more. Leave 3 benchedAgree with this ^
Ride the storm with a 4 point hit at most and things will look much rosier this time next week.
That wildcard will serve you much better in March / April with DGWs, etc.Aguero Fabregas Marney out
Costa Yaya Bolaise In for -8
Team would be
Forster
Hutton Naylor Terry
Hazard Sanchez Yaya Bolaise Downing
Costa Benteke
Bench - Gilks Austin Chambers Moore
keep the wildcard. If you have to take a hit, take what's necessary to field 11.
Anyone else feel like you don't want to spend all your money?
I need to sell Aguero. Don't want to sell sig or downing. If I sell Boyd I'll have benching issues. Don't want Rooney. Got Costa.
So any move I can think of will leave me with 5m+ in the bank! (Already got 1.7)
Very strange year!Get yourself a fancy defender. It's going to be tough these next coupple of weeks. Wth Aguero tying up so much of people's cash I was all set to capitalize on putting my extra cash to good use. Now seem slike everyone will have money to burn
In my opinion you probably got lucky. A fit Aguero could've destroyed you good and proper if you were going without!
A game of opinions though of courseLol I wasn't going without mate I had Aguero too. Just had a good TV and shifted my funds to get me a strong defence and heavy hitting midfield too. Was all set to crush the little guys haha
Wait until Rooney bags a brace at Southampton tonight and you'll change your mind.
has Jovetic ever been played as a lone striker ?
Don't believe so, not his game, that's why Dzeko is the better bet aat the moment imo.
Both may start or Dzeko on his own, 60+ minutes till he gets his full fitness I reckon.ok thanks . I'm leaning towards Dzeko too , if Jovetic is unlikely to play as lone Dzeko should be playing , unless that Pozo kid mess up the thing !
Pozo came on as Dzeko couldn't have managed more than 30 odd minutes.
Wait & see who plays against Roma.
Evening. In figuring out my forward line when I ship Aguero, I am a bit concerned in going too cheap and therefore eliminating a spot that also gives my team another captaincy option.
I know I shouldn't consider price when figuring out the armband, but if I spread the wealth from my Aguero sale I might be left with only Hazard and Sanchez. Not sure if that is enough, and even if I get Costa my squad would be looking at only two fixtures since Aguero is the only fixture proof option there has been.
What genuine captaincy options are there besides those two big mids? Yaya, Costa, Rooney?Baines
😯i have Baines, however, Miralles hogs the ball, not helping Baines!
I am tempted, though the Hull match was hard to figure since it should have been easy points.
Yup exact thoughts going through my mind at the moment. The incoming player would have to be a reasonable captaincy contender.
Rooney's the most captainable of the replacements. RVP at a stretch.
Lukaku has the fixtures but he's a troll
Benteke is a good captain option in isolation but you'd never know which VIlla team show up, he depends on service.
Dzeko - is Dzeko
Bony - Swansea don't attack enough to warrant the armband on their attackers. Though they do seem to make the most of whenever they attack
But Costa seems the most sensible replacement if you dont already have himTrue, though I wonder if Rooney diversifies my options a bit more as a Hazard owner.
I've captained Austin for two of the last three GWs. He got me a goal and an assist in each.
Granted the added present of a red card!
But at home he can be trusted because he is the focal point and QPR score goals at Loftus.
He will be my captain against WBA in the week following his suspension too.Ouch, that is hard luck to lose a potential 12 points. I own him as well and he could be a good shout for the following gw.
Yeah, bit of a gutter. Still, given the other captaincy options, I felt alright about it really. Can't win 'em all can you 🙂
I allow myself the odd FF sulk, but I can't be every weekend!
Anyone got the league code for the players who arepkaying FF since 06/07?
Who is everyone moving Aguero too? Rooney?
It's a mix up between Bony, Costa, Benteke and Lukaku really, I've gone for Lukaku myself
Hazard
Indeed
