It's back!!
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Classic League: 8110-50410
Discuss and enjoy :)
Il be in shortly ;)
I just re-activated the one from last year so this isn't necessary btw! Everyone gets auto added!
Code to join this league: 8110-50410
For any newcomers. Might be best to delete your league PB and add this one to the top!
Didn't think of that haha. I'll fix it all up tonight when I ge ton my laptop :)
Let's try keep this thread active so all of us can reach the top 10k 8)
My thoughts for 2017 so far:
Kane/Lukaku/Trippier/Alli = must haves
Jesus is a good shout
I'll hold on all newbies like Lacazette
Man U and Southampton have great fixtures, so I'll double up on them both
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 14, 2017, 06:52:42 PM
My thoughts for 2017 so far:
Kane/Lukaku/Trippier/Alli = must have
Jesus is a good shout
I'll hold on all newbies like Lacazette
Man U and Southampton have great fixtures, so I'll double up on them both
Loftus-Cheek, Carroll hold good value
Fabregas will be great if he starts
Bump for PB to change OP code lol
@EZ, what have you finished before? I assume you use fantasy football scout?
Done, I'll leave the H2H league up there as it's something different :)
Back in the classic league and have joined the H2H, just saw this morning that it was open for entering a team!
Straight back to the Fantasy Football Scout website to get the good oil ;)
My current squad looks like this:
Foster / Myhill
Trippier / Bertrand / Lindelof / Newcastle Defender / Hudson
KDB / Alli / Fabregas / RLC / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
Playing 343 every week
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 17, 2017, 10:46:33 AM
My current squad looks like this:
Foster / Myhill
Trippier / Bertrand / Lindelof / Newcastle Defender / Hudson
KDB / Alli / Fabregas / RLC / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
Playing 343 every week
I'm sure you've changed it already, but I wouldn't be playing 3-4-3 when your 4th mid is Carroll (RLC probably won't play given puncheon was named as C and they were competing for the same spot). It's just 2 points every week.
By my calculations you've left money in the back, so I'd do Bertrand to 4.5 or 5.0 and upgrade the 4th mid to someone more relevant.
Or of course you could do Berry to Cedric and Newcastle to Ake and play 4-3-3 instead.
Where do you usually rank?
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 02:12:43 AM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 17, 2017, 10:46:33 AM
My current squad looks like this:
Foster / Myhill
Trippier / Bertrand / Lindelof / Newcastle Defender / Hudson
KDB / Alli / Fabregas / RLC / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
Playing 343 every week
I'm sure you've changed it already, but I wouldn't be playing 3-4-3 when your 4th mid is Carroll (RLC probably won't play given puncheon was named as C and they were competing for the same spot). It's just 2 points every week.
By my calculations you've left money in the back, so I'd do Bertrand to 4.5 or 5.0 and upgrade the 4th mid to someone more relevant.
Or of course you could do Berry to Cedric and Newcastle to Ake and play 4-3-3 instead.
Where do you usually rank?
It was my first season last year and came in at 100k. What really screwed me up was during the congested fixtures near December, when I was on holiday, I was unable to make transfers during that period, when there were two GW's in one week.
This year I hope to come in the top 10k.
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 19, 2017, 08:48:18 AM
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 02:12:43 AM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 17, 2017, 10:46:33 AM
My current squad looks like this:
Foster / Myhill
Trippier / Bertrand / Lindelof / Newcastle Defender / Hudson
KDB / Alli / Fabregas / RLC / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
Playing 343 every week
I'm sure you've changed it already, but I wouldn't be playing 3-4-3 when your 4th mid is Carroll (RLC probably won't play given puncheon was named as C and they were competing for the same spot). It's just 2 points every week.
By my calculations you've left money in the back, so I'd do Bertrand to 4.5 or 5.0 and upgrade the 4th mid to someone more relevant.
Or of course you could do Berry to Cedric and Newcastle to Ake and play 4-3-3 instead.
Where do you usually rank?
It was my first season last year and came in at 100k. What really screwed me up was during the congested fixtures near December, when I was on holiday, I was unable to make transfers during that period, when there were two GW's in one week.
This year I hope to come in the top 10k.
That's pretty good for your first season. It's a big step up to the top 10k mark. Good luck!
If it makes you feel better, I was away that week in December in Japan and the two transfers I made were Kane and Ali out for Kun and Stanislas and it pretty much ruined my entire season :p I have no doubt I would have finished top 1k with those two in my team given I only managed to get them back on my GW36 WC!
I played the entire season for the first time and finished 154k. Pretty happy considering I was 2mil about 10 weeks into the season :P
Back into it again for me for about 4th or 5th year now. Think ill start the forward combo of Lukaku/ Jesus / Rooney. Injuries worry me for Rooney, but he is cheap. Kane a bit out of reach for me- at 12.5 costs a bit too much, by going Jesus instead i can strengthen my mids. Mids im looking at Alli, Fab, Willian and Coutinho for my starting 4. Backs and keepers yet to do. But with 3 defenders starting have about 5.5 to spend on each with 2 4.0 bench coverage players. Keepers will leave me with 8.5 to spend...
Quote from: The_Captain on July 19, 2017, 05:53:38 PM
Back into it again for me for about 4th or 5th year now. Think ill start the forward combo of Lukaku/ Jesus / Rooney. Injuries worry me for Rooney, but he is cheap. Kane a bit out of reach for me- at 12.5 costs a bit too much, by going Jesus instead i can strengthen my mids. Mids im looking at Alli, Fab, Willian and Coutinho for my starting 4. Backs and keepers yet to do. But with 3 defenders starting have about 5.5 to spend on each with 2 4.0 bench coverage players. Keepers will leave me with 8.5 to spend...
Sounds decent enough! Just not sold on Evertons early fixtures, very tough. Will get Rooney in GW7ish!
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 01:48:16 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 19, 2017, 08:48:18 AM
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 02:12:43 AM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 17, 2017, 10:46:33 AM
My current squad looks like this:
Foster / Myhill
Trippier / Bertrand / Lindelof / Newcastle Defender / Hudson
KDB / Alli / Fabregas / RLC / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
Playing 343 every week
I'm sure you've changed it already, but I wouldn't be playing 3-4-3 when your 4th mid is Carroll (RLC probably won't play given puncheon was named as C and they were competing for the same spot). It's just 2 points every week.
By my calculations you've left money in the back, so I'd do Bertrand to 4.5 or 5.0 and upgrade the 4th mid to someone more relevant.
Or of course you could do Berry to Cedric and Newcastle to Ake and play 4-3-3 instead.
Where do you usually rank?
It was my first season last year and came in at 100k. What really screwed me up was during the congested fixtures near December, when I was on holiday, I was unable to make transfers during that period, when there were two GW's in one week.
This year I hope to come in the top 10k.
That's pretty good for your first season. It's a big step up to the top 10k mark. Good luck!
If it makes you feel better, I was away that week in December in Japan and the two transfers I made were Kane and Ali out for Kun and Stanislas and it pretty much ruined my entire season :p I have no doubt I would have finished top 1k with those two in my team given I only managed to get them back on my GW36 WC!
Ouch, that's super unlucky as Alli and Kane went off after December.
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 06:32:29 PM
Quote from: The_Captain on July 19, 2017, 05:53:38 PM
Back into it again for me for about 4th or 5th year now. Think ill start the forward combo of Lukaku/ Jesus / Rooney. Injuries worry me for Rooney, but he is cheap. Kane a bit out of reach for me- at 12.5 costs a bit too much, by going Jesus instead i can strengthen my mids. Mids im looking at Alli, Fab, Willian and Coutinho for my starting 4. Backs and keepers yet to do. But with 3 defenders starting have about 5.5 to spend on each with 2 4.0 bench coverage players. Keepers will leave me with 8.5 to spend...
Sounds decent enough! Just not sold on Evertons early fixtures, very tough. Will get Rooney in GW7ish!
Yep, I'd avoid Everton at all costs.
Quote from: PowerBug on July 19, 2017, 02:30:09 PM
I played the entire season for the first time and finished 154k. Pretty happy considering I was 2mil about 10 weeks into the season :P
Nice PB 8)
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 06:32:29 PM
Quote from: The_Captain on July 19, 2017, 05:53:38 PM
Back into it again for me for about 4th or 5th year now. Think ill start the forward combo of Lukaku/ Jesus / Rooney. Injuries worry me for Rooney, but he is cheap. Kane a bit out of reach for me- at 12.5 costs a bit too much, by going Jesus instead i can strengthen my mids. Mids im looking at Alli, Fab, Willian and Coutinho for my starting 4. Backs and keepers yet to do. But with 3 defenders starting have about 5.5 to spend on each with 2 4.0 bench coverage players. Keepers will leave me with 8.5 to spend...
Sounds decent enough! Just not sold on Evertons early fixtures, very tough. Will get Rooney in GW7ish!
yeah- might have to also look at that option. Never know- Rooney could pull some flukey strikes out his ass :P
Which budget mids are you guys thinking of picking? I've gone for Pedro, Phillips and Tadic but I'm not really convinced by any of them.
Matt Phillips is a gun, locked in my team.
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 02:12:43 AM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 17, 2017, 10:46:33 AM
My current squad looks like this:
Foster / Myhill
Trippier / Bertrand / Lindelof / Newcastle Defender / Hudson
KDB / Alli / Fabregas / RLC / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
Playing 343 every week
I'm sure you've changed it already, but I wouldn't be playing 3-4-3 when your 4th mid is Carroll (RLC probably won't play given puncheon was named as C and they were competing for the same spot). It's just 2 points every week.
By my calculations you've left money in the back, so I'd do Bertrand to 4.5 or 5.0 and upgrade the 4th mid to someone more relevant.
Or of course you could do Berry to Cedric and Newcastle to Ake and play 4-3-3 instead.
Where do you usually rank?
I think RLC should definitely get game time. Chelsea wouldn't have given him on loan otherwise.
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 19, 2017, 08:59:42 PM
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 02:12:43 AM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 17, 2017, 10:46:33 AM
My current squad looks like this:
Foster / Myhill
Trippier / Bertrand / Lindelof / Newcastle Defender / Hudson
KDB / Alli / Fabregas / RLC / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
Playing 343 every week
I'm sure you've changed it already, but I wouldn't be playing 3-4-3 when your 4th mid is Carroll (RLC probably won't play given puncheon was named as C and they were competing for the same spot). It's just 2 points every week.
By my calculations you've left money in the back, so I'd do Bertrand to 4.5 or 5.0 and upgrade the 4th mid to someone more relevant.
Or of course you could do Berry to Cedric and Newcastle to Ake and play 4-3-3 instead.
Where do you usually rank?
I think RLC should definitely get game time. Chelsea wouldn't have given him on loan otherwise.
If he plays now it'll have to be as a CDM though as all palace attacking spots are taken. So that's 2 points per week for you which isn't good enough for your field.
For the budget picks, there's a whole lot and I can't decide between mhki and pogba and one of William, zaha, Ramsey (to a lesser extent lanzini and ayew). But really cheap ones, Phillips, Redmond, Tadic, Mooy, Ritchie, knockhaert (if not injured) all look decent enough punts to start.
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 09:46:59 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 19, 2017, 08:59:42 PM
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 02:12:43 AM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 17, 2017, 10:46:33 AM
My current squad looks like this:
Foster / Myhill
Trippier / Bertrand / Lindelof / Newcastle Defender / Hudson
KDB / Alli / Fabregas / RLC / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
Playing 343 every week
I'm sure you've changed it already, but I wouldn't be playing 3-4-3 when your 4th mid is Carroll (RLC probably won't play given puncheon was named as C and they were competing for the same spot). It's just 2 points every week.
By my calculations you've left money in the back, so I'd do Bertrand to 4.5 or 5.0 and upgrade the 4th mid to someone more relevant.
Or of course you could do Berry to Cedric and Newcastle to Ake and play 4-3-3 instead.
Where do you usually rank?
I think RLC should definitely get game time. Chelsea wouldn't have given him on loan otherwise.
If he plays now it'll have to be as a CDM though as all palace attacking spots are taken. So that's 2 points per week for you which isn't good enough for your field.
For the budget picks, there's a whole lot and I can't decide between mhki and pogba and one of William, zaha, Ramsey (to a lesser extent lanzini and ayew). But really cheap ones, Phillips, Redmond, Tadic, Mooy, Ritchie, knockhaert (if not injured) all look decent enough punts to start.
Phillips is class so I'll start with him. That leaves me 14.5 to spend on 2 mids
How's this as a second draft:
Foster / Myhill
Bertand / Tripper / Lindelof / Monreal / Lascelles
Alli / Phillips / Pedro (Insert 8m) / Tadic / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
This squad gives me great rotation as I don't have to play Gayle against TOT but instead Monreal.
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 20, 2017, 12:00:34 AM
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 09:46:59 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 19, 2017, 08:59:42 PM
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 02:12:43 AM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 17, 2017, 10:46:33 AM
My current squad looks like this:
Foster / Myhill
Trippier / Bertrand / Lindelof / Newcastle Defender / Hudson
KDB / Alli / Fabregas / RLC / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
Playing 343 every week
I'm sure you've changed it already, but I wouldn't be playing 3-4-3 when your 4th mid is Carroll (RLC probably won't play given puncheon was named as C and they were competing for the same spot). It's just 2 points every week.
By my calculations you've left money in the back, so I'd do Bertrand to 4.5 or 5.0 and upgrade the 4th mid to someone more relevant.
Or of course you could do Berry to Cedric and Newcastle to Ake and play 4-3-3 instead.
Where do you usually rank?
I think RLC should definitely get game time. Chelsea wouldn't have given him on loan otherwise.
If he plays now it'll have to be as a CDM though as all palace attacking spots are taken. So that's 2 points per week for you which isn't good enough for your field.
For the budget picks, there's a whole lot and I can't decide between mhki and pogba and one of William, zaha, Ramsey (to a lesser extent lanzini and ayew). But really cheap ones, Phillips, Redmond, Tadic, Mooy, Ritchie, knockhaert (if not injured) all look decent enough punts to start.
Phillips is class so I'll start with him. That leaves me 14.5 to spend on 2 mids
How's this as a second draft:
Foster / Myhill
Bertand / Tripper / Lindelof / Monreal / Lascelles
Alli / Phillips / Pedro (Insert 8m) / Tadic / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
This squad gives me great rotation as I don't have to play Gayle against TOT but instead Monreal.
Don't think its bad at all mate. I'd suggest maybe doing Lascelles to a non-playing 4.0 (given your other 4 will always be chosen ahead of Lascelles) and then doing tadic to one of the 7.0 options. It just allows for more flexibility if one of the 7.0s fire!
Quote from: Spite on July 20, 2017, 02:09:01 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 20, 2017, 12:00:34 AM
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 09:46:59 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 19, 2017, 08:59:42 PM
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 02:12:43 AM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 17, 2017, 10:46:33 AM
My current squad looks like this:
Foster / Myhill
Trippier / Bertrand / Lindelof / Newcastle Defender / Hudson
KDB / Alli / Fabregas / RLC / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
Playing 343 every week
I'm sure you've changed it already, but I wouldn't be playing 3-4-3 when your 4th mid is Carroll (RLC probably won't play given puncheon was named as C and they were competing for the same spot). It's just 2 points every week.
By my calculations you've left money in the back, so I'd do Bertrand to 4.5 or 5.0 and upgrade the 4th mid to someone more relevant.
Or of course you could do Berry to Cedric and Newcastle to Ake and play 4-3-3 instead.
Where do you usually rank?
I think RLC should definitely get game time. Chelsea wouldn't have given him on loan otherwise.
If he plays now it'll have to be as a CDM though as all palace attacking spots are taken. So that's 2 points per week for you which isn't good enough for your field.
For the budget picks, there's a whole lot and I can't decide between mhki and pogba and one of William, zaha, Ramsey (to a lesser extent lanzini and ayew). But really cheap ones, Phillips, Redmond, Tadic, Mooy, Ritchie, knockhaert (if not injured) all look decent enough punts to start.
Phillips is class so I'll start with him. That leaves me 14.5 to spend on 2 mids
How's this as a second draft:
Foster / Myhill
Bertand / Tripper / Lindelof / Monreal / Lascelles
Alli / Phillips / Pedro (Insert 8m) / Tadic / Carroll
Kane / Lukaku / Gayle
This squad gives me great rotation as I don't have to play Gayle against TOT but instead Monreal.
Don't think its bad at all mate. I'd suggest maybe doing Lascelles to a non-playing 4.0 (given your other 4 will always be chosen ahead of Lascelles) and then doing tadic to one of the 7.0 options. It just allows for more flexibility if one of the 7.0s fire!
Great idea :)
Anyone want to make a draft league?
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 22, 2017, 12:13:06 PM
Anyone want to make a draft league?
I've never participated in a draft game, was just reading about it and it seems interesting!
Count me in ;)
Quote from: Goosey on July 23, 2017, 12:49:50 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 22, 2017, 12:13:06 PM
Anyone want to make a draft league?
I've never participated in a draft game, was just reading about it and it seems interesting!
Count me in ;)
I made a draft league, the code is 54332-16256. The scoring is currently classic, but I can change it depending on your wants. I've set the draft date to Sunday the 6th of August at 2pm (WA time), but I can change it depending on when you guys are available. There are currently 8 spots available, but I can increase the size if we gain more interest.
I'll pass just because I won't have the time to do more than just the classic comp.
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 23, 2017, 06:40:44 PM
Quote from: Goosey on July 23, 2017, 12:49:50 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 22, 2017, 12:13:06 PM
Anyone want to make a draft league?
I've never participated in a draft game, was just reading about it and it seems interesting!
Count me in ;)
I made a draft league, the code is 54332-16256. The scoring is currently classic, but I can change it depending on your wants. I've set the draft date to Sunday the 6th of August at 2pm (WA time), but I can change it depending on when you guys are available. There are currently 8 spots available, but I can increase the size if we gain more interest.
August 6 @ 2pm WA time, I reckon I'll be at the showdown!
Quote from: Goosey on July 23, 2017, 09:26:29 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 23, 2017, 06:40:44 PM
Quote from: Goosey on July 23, 2017, 12:49:50 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 22, 2017, 12:13:06 PM
Anyone want to make a draft league?
I've never participated in a draft game, was just reading about it and it seems interesting!
Count me in ;)
I made a draft league, the code is 54332-16256. The scoring is currently classic, but I can change it depending on your wants. I've set the draft date to Sunday the 6th of August at 2pm (WA time), but I can change it depending on when you guys are available. There are currently 8 spots available, but I can increase the size if we gain more interest.
August 6 @ 2pm WA time, I reckon I'll be at the showdown!
Oops, which date would you all prefer?
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 19, 2017, 06:36:50 PM
Quote from: Spite on July 19, 2017, 06:32:29 PM
Quote from: The_Captain on July 19, 2017, 05:53:38 PM
Back into it again for me for about 4th or 5th year now. Think ill start the forward combo of Lukaku/ Jesus / Rooney. Injuries worry me for Rooney, but he is cheap. Kane a bit out of reach for me- at 12.5 costs a bit too much, by going Jesus instead i can strengthen my mids. Mids im looking at Alli, Fab, Willian and Coutinho for my starting 4. Backs and keepers yet to do. But with 3 defenders starting have about 5.5 to spend on each with 2 4.0 bench coverage players. Keepers will leave me with 8.5 to spend...
Sounds decent enough! Just not sold on Evertons early fixtures, very tough. Will get Rooney in GW7ish!
Yep, I'd avoid Everton at all costs.
With the squad we have assembled, and with us playing competitive fixtures before the season starts so we can gel, the opening fixtures don't phase me 8)
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 24, 2017, 08:13:29 AM
Quote from: Goosey on July 23, 2017, 09:26:29 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 23, 2017, 06:40:44 PM
Quote from: Goosey on July 23, 2017, 12:49:50 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 22, 2017, 12:13:06 PM
Anyone want to make a draft league?
I've never participated in a draft game, was just reading about it and it seems interesting!
Count me in ;)
I made a draft league, the code is 54332-16256. The scoring is currently classic, but I can change it depending on your wants. I've set the draft date to Sunday the 6th of August at 2pm (WA time), but I can change it depending on when you guys are available. There are currently 8 spots available, but I can increase the size if we gain more interest.
August 6 @ 2pm WA time, I reckon I'll be at the showdown!
Oops, which date would you all prefer?
Looks like you've moved it to Monday 5.30pm SA time, I can do that. We still need another 4 coaches at least though!
Quote from: Goosey on July 25, 2017, 09:20:24 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 24, 2017, 08:13:29 AM
Quote from: Goosey on July 23, 2017, 09:26:29 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 23, 2017, 06:40:44 PM
Quote from: Goosey on July 23, 2017, 12:49:50 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 22, 2017, 12:13:06 PM
Anyone want to make a draft league?
I've never participated in a draft game, was just reading about it and it seems interesting!
Count me in ;)
I made a draft league, the code is 54332-16256. The scoring is currently classic, but I can change it depending on your wants. I've set the draft date to Sunday the 6th of August at 2pm (WA time), but I can change it depending on when you guys are available. There are currently 8 spots available, but I can increase the size if we gain more interest.
August 6 @ 2pm WA time, I reckon I'll be at the showdown!
Oops, which date would you all prefer?
Looks like you've moved it to Monday 5.30pm SA time, I can do that. We still need another 4 coaches at least though!
Yeah, I just moved it to the next day. Hopefully we can get four more members from this forum.
(http://i66.tinypic.com/2uzrwba.jpg)
That's my first draft. It's pretty cookie cutter that way I can just follow the pack for the first 5-10 gameweeks :P
Nice PB. Wouldn't start with two 4.0 defenders though, that'll hurt. If staying with the pack early is your idea (really I find that to be the best strategy at the beginning) then I'd look at Kane with around 40% ownership. But if you're set on doubling spurs mids instead then go for it because they're both awesome picks.
Keep an eye on Coutinhos transfer news too.
To free up 0.5, just do hart to Elliott (he's starting ATM) and then spend the 0.5 getting rid of Rangel (he's not playing ATM so will drop like a stone when the casual players realise)
How do we feel about Chicarito at West Ham as a viable option?
Quote from: Nige on July 27, 2017, 10:49:15 AM
How do we feel about Chicarito at West Ham as a viable option?
In my team, I'd rather have him than Gayle. I'm pretty confident he'll score against Man U as well.
Quote from: EazyMoney on July 27, 2017, 02:19:47 PM
Quote from: Nige on July 27, 2017, 10:49:15 AM
How do we feel about Chicarito at West Ham as a viable option?
In my team, I'd rather have him than Gayle. I'm pretty confident he'll score against Man U as well.
Assuming Austin doesn't get the nod for gw1 then Chico is locked and loaded
Almost about to start, how are your teams coming along?
Just gave a team a crack! Do you guys recommend spending the whole budget?
De Gea / Hart
Bertrand, Trippier, David Luiz, Lindelof / Daniels
Alli, Mkhitaryan, Zaha / Mooy, Carrol
Kane, Firmino, Chicarito
Quote from: WhatMate on July 31, 2017, 08:40:22 PM
Just gave a team a crack! Do you guys recommend spending the whole budget?
De Gea / Hart
Bertrand, Trippier, David Luiz, Lindelof / Daniels
Alli, Mkhitaryan, Zaha / Mooy, Carrol
Kane, Firmino, Chicarito
Yeah, also make sure to not spend too much $$ on your bench.
Jay Rod anyone?
Quote from: Spite on July 27, 2017, 02:07:41 AM
Nice PB. Wouldn't start with two 4.0 defenders though, that'll hurt. If staying with the pack early is your idea (really I find that to be the best strategy at the beginning) then I'd look at Kane with around 40% ownership. But if you're set on doubling spurs mids instead then go for it because they're both awesome picks.
Keep an eye on Coutinhos transfer news too.
To free up 0.5, just do hart to Elliott (he's starting ATM) and then spend the 0.5 getting rid of Rangel (he's not playing ATM so will drop like a stone when the casual players realise)
Cheres for that. I didn't even realise I had double Spurs in the mids, Eriksen started slow last year and annoyed me so I might drop him.
I'll just keep mucking around with it until the 11th August comes around :)
Thoughts on my current team?
Foster / Myhill
Kompany / Trippier / (Cedric/Yoshida) / Lascelles / Hudson
KDB / (Mkhi or Pogba) / Willian / Zaha
Kane / Lukaku / Jay Rod
Quote from: EazyMoney on August 03, 2017, 09:08:07 AM
Thoughts on my current team?
Foster / Myhill
Kompany / Trippier / (Cedric/Yoshida) / Lascelles / Hudson
KDB / (Mkhi or Pogba) / Willian / Zaha
Kane / Lukaku / Jay Rod
Like it, but I am no expert! My first cut is:
Heaton / Foster
Luiz / Trippier / Daniels / Rangel / Hunemeier
Alli / Salah / Willian / Salah / Loftus Creek
Kane / Lukaku / Mitrovic
Too light in defence, not great bench cover, but it doesn't matter, my starting teams always fails and I use the WC in week 2 to fully reconstruct my team!!!
Quote from: Goosey on August 03, 2017, 09:57:39 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on August 03, 2017, 09:08:07 AM
Thoughts on my current team?
Foster / Myhill
Kompany / Trippier / (Cedric/Yoshida) / Lascelles / Hudson
KDB / (Mkhi or Pogba) / Willian / Zaha
Kane / Lukaku / Jay Rod
Like it, but I am no expert! My first cut is:
Heaton / Foster
Luiz / Trippier / Daniels / Rangel / Hunemeier
Alli / Salah / Willian / Salah / Loftus Creek
Kane / Lukaku / Mitrovic
Too light in defence, not great bench cover, but it doesn't matter, my starting teams always fails and I use the WC in week 2 to fully reconstruct my team!!!
Double Salah?
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Thoughts on my current team?
Foster / Myhill
Kompany / Trippier / (Cedric/Yoshida) / Lascelles / Hudson
KDB / (Mkhi or Pogba) / Willian / Zaha
Kane / Lukaku / Jay Rod
Like it, but I am no expert! My first cut is:
Heaton / Foster
Luiz / Trippier / Daniels / Rangel / Hunemeier
Alli / Salah / Willian / Salah / Loftus Creek
Kane / Lukaku / Mitrovic
Too light in defence, not great bench cover, but it doesn't matter, my starting teams always fails and I use the WC in week 2 to fully reconstruct my team!!!
Double Salah?
Doh! Should be Zaha!
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Thoughts on my current team?
Foster / Myhill
Kompany / Trippier / (Cedric/Yoshida) / Lascelles / Hudson
KDB / (Mkhi or Pogba) / Willian / Zaha
Kane / Lukaku / Jay Rod
Like it, but I am no expert! My first cut is:
Heaton / Foster
Luiz / Trippier / Daniels / Rangel / Hunemeier
Alli / Salah / Willian / Salah / Loftus Creek
Kane / Lukaku / Mitrovic
Too light in defence, not great bench cover, but it doesn't matter, my starting teams always fails and I use the WC in week 2 to fully reconstruct my team!!!
Double Salah?
Doh! Should be Zaha!
Looks good. I'd downgrade Heaton -> 4.0 and use the funds to upgrade one of your defenders. I'm not sold on Mitrovic either, I'd rather have Jay Rod or Austin.
Trippier injured :/
Pretty settled on this team:
Foster / (Myhill)
Cedric / Bertrand / Kompany / (Dummett) / (Hudson)
KDB / Mkhi / Willian / Zaha / (Carroll)
Kane (VC) / Lukaku (C) / Jay Rod
The fact I can realistically only start one of Austin, Rodriguez and Chica is really bugging me. I think they all provide very good value
Team so far
Hart / (Elliot)
Cedric / Bertrand / Daniels / (Lejeune) / (Mee)
Eriksen / Alli / Salah / Ritchie / (Chalobah)
Lukaku / Jesus / Rodriguez
- Not sure I can start two Southampton defenders and get away with it, but I can't see where else to go now that Trippier is injured for at least GW1 (If I'm reading right??)
- Also not sure double Spurs is the way to go, Zaha and Pogba (don't laugh, think Matic will do wonders for him) are others under very high consideration
- Ritchie on set pieces is tasty for dayssssssssssss
- Am worried about Jesus's possible rotation risk. Any city fan's thoughts on this?
- Rodriguez could be Chica or Austin by the weekend lockout, it's literally flip a coin.
so i made a quick team...
Foster (Hart)
Luiz/Bertrand/Vertonghen (Rangel/Rosenoir)
Pogba/Silva/Sigurdsson/Snoddgrass (McArthur)
Kane (VC) /Aguero (C) /Austin
GK - standard, both should score 100+, and rotate when needed
DEF - 3 x 100+ DEFs, 2 from teams who i think will have the most clean sheets (trying to fit in a City DEF)
MID - 4 x 100+ MIDS, snoddy again goes unnoticed (6.5%) even though he's a proven 100+ player and @ 6.0m you're laughing.
Pogba is my only concern, will he be avg again or will he become a 180+ player with Lukaku/Matic in the team, assists & goals will improve IMO. Siggy is another proven scorer, will go 150+
FWD - Kane & Aguero will be top 3 goal scorers. both Proven 150+ avg. Austin is cheap, can score and Southampton have an easier run till MW11.
Update
De Gea / Hart
Bertrand, David Luiz, Lindelof / Rangel, Daniels
Alli, Mkhitaryan, Snodgrass, Zaha / Mooy
Kane, Firmino, Chicarito
Nice teams guys.
De Gea + Hart at 10mil is quite an expensive pairing.
Aguero could be a very nice POD seeing as Kane/Lukaku are the popular 2 starters.
Regarding Snodgrass from the above teams, he is one to avoid according to WHU fans.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyPL/comments/6s8eu4/west_ham_guide_updated/
Looks good. I think I have some of my side worked out (Namely my front 2), but it'd be cool to know who the new/lesser known sides will be starting with (Especially Newcastle) so I'll do some research over the next few days.
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Looks good. I think I have some of my side worked out (Namely my front 3), but it'd be cool to know who the new/lesser known sides will be starting with (Especially Newcastle) so I'll do some research over the next few days.
Here's a list of team guides if you need some more info:
https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyPL/comments/6rxo0z/updated_team_guides_list/
fpladdicts.com is what I use mostly. I'll have to check out the FPL reddit :)
Fantasyfootballscout.co.uk is by far the best FPL website and it's not even close. Some of the other sites are laughable in their suggestions
Quote from: Spite on August 09, 2017, 03:01:05 AM
Fantasyfootballscout.co.uk is by far the best FPL website and it's not even close. Some of the other sites are laughable in their suggestions
I would recommend fpl reddit as well, people there are very helpful with their analysis and tips.
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Where I sit now.
This is the team I've come up with... Any thoughts?
Haven't played it for a few years :-\
(http://i.imgur.com/m6SDhqZ.png)
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Where I sit now.
Pretty similar PB, except Mkhi and Jay Rod over Tadic and Chica, and a different defence.
After Danny Rose's comments today, Ben Davies anyone?
Good luck people :) Up the Gunners as well :D
Anyone have Vardy?
Is it worth making this a megathread for both FPL and EPL discussion? Dunno whether there's enough traffic through here to warrant different threads.
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Anyone have Vardy?
Had to talk myself out of it.
But then I realised I probably needed 2/3 of Kane/Aguero/Lukaku and once Chicarito signed for the Hammers I couldn't ignore him at that price.
This is what I ended up going with. A shame Trippier was injured to start the season, will bring him in in a few weeks time...
(http://i.imgur.com/N6h2M1Z.png)
Quote from: Nige on August 12, 2017, 09:40:34 AM
Is it worth making this a megathread for both FPL and EPL discussion? Dunno whether there's enough traffic through here to warrant different threads.
Let's do it :)
Consider this a thread for both FPL and EPL chat :)
Goal and Assist for Salah and a goal for Hegazy! Fair to say thats a nice start, hopefully West Brom and Southampton can hold for for clean sheets too!
Only poor choice was Jrod for Rooney based on fixtures
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Goal and Assist for Salah and a goal for Hegazy! Fair to say thats a nice start, hopefully West Brom and Southampton can hold for for clean sheets too!
Only poor choice was Jrod for Rooney based on fixtures
Jrod was excellent, he did everything but score. I wouldn't transfer him out at all.
I'm on 39 with Lukaku (C), Kane and Mkhi to come
I should get around 60-65 hopefully.
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Goal and Assist for Salah and a goal for Hegazy! Fair to say thats a nice start, hopefully West Brom and Southampton can hold for for clean sheets too!
Only poor choice was Jrod for Rooney based on fixtures
Jrod was excellent, he did everything but score. I wouldn't transfer him out at all.
Ah! Great to hear! Brom have a fixture for the next month or two so I'll certainly hold onto him, cheers man!
The success of my entire weekend rests with Lukaku's performance, as it will every week until I get him :P
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I'm on 39 with Lukaku (C), Kane and Mkhi to come
I should get around 60-65 hopefully.
Nice.
Im on 19 :'(
but i have Pogba/Eriksen/Ritchie/Kane/Lukaku (C) to go.. so im hoping a few decent score out of that lot.
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I'm on 39 with Lukaku (C), Kane and Mkhi to come
I should get around 60-65 hopefully.
Nice.
Im on 19 :'(
but i have Pogba/Eriksen/Ritchie/Kane/Lukaku (C) to go.. so im hoping a few decent score out of that lot.
Good luck, those players should do you well.
The fanfooty league has someone who actually won the entire comp :o
Finished on 77, pretty happy with the start to the year, now I just have to do this for another 37 weeks.
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I'm on 39 with Lukaku (C), Kane and Mkhi to come
I should get around 60-65 hopefully.
Nice.
Im on 19 :'(
but i have Pogba/Eriksen/Ritchie/Kane/Lukaku (C) to go.. so im hoping a few decent score out of that lot.
Good luck, those players should do you well.
finished with 67. not too bad considering.
Only 32, rip in peace.
60. Not really fussed, I didn't get any injuries and all my players started so I'm happy :)
61, cheers for nothing Kane. Hate picking him and skippering him over Lukaku -.-
Kane -> Lukaku/Vardy
Zaha -> Xhaka
Worth the -4?
I am in a cash league atm and the bloke I am playing this week only beat me by 3 pts (because he had Lukaku C).
Strategy is to manage wins and losses through the first half of the season and focus on building a massive team value, then come home like a steam train after Xmas.
Xhaka set to increase in price, Lukaku a fair chance to soon.
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Kane -> Lukaku/Vardy
Zaha -> Xhaka
Worth the -4?
I am in a cash league atm and the bloke I am playing this week only beat me by 3 pts (because he had Lukaku C).
Strategy is to manage wins and losses through the first half of the season and focus on building a massive team value, then come home like a steam train after Xmas.
Xhaka set to increase in price, Lukaku a fair chance to soon.
I wouldn't do any of these transfers. Xhaka is a cdm and they're no good for fpl, and Kane is the best striker in the game, he was unlucky not to score against Newcastle (Hit the post).
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Kane -> Lukaku/Vardy
Zaha -> Xhaka
Worth the -4?
I am in a cash league atm and the bloke I am playing this week only beat me by 3 pts (because he had Lukaku C).
Strategy is to manage wins and losses through the first half of the season and focus on building a massive team value, then come home like a steam train after Xmas.
Xhaka set to increase in price, Lukaku a fair chance to soon.
I wouldn't do any of these transfers. Xhaka is a cdm and they're no good for fpl, and Kane is the best striker in the game, he was unlucky not to score against Newcastle (Hit the post).
I restrained :P Can see not have Lukaku hurting me all season though! :-\
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Kane -> Lukaku/Vardy
Zaha -> Xhaka
Worth the -4?
I am in a cash league atm and the bloke I am playing this week only beat me by 3 pts (because he had Lukaku C).
Strategy is to manage wins and losses through the first half of the season and focus on building a massive team value, then come home like a steam train after Xmas.
Xhaka set to increase in price, Lukaku a fair chance to soon.
I wouldn't do any of these transfers. Xhaka is a cdm and they're no good for fpl, and Kane is the best striker in the game, he was unlucky not to score against Newcastle (Hit the post).
I restrained :P Can see not have Lukaku hurting me all season though! :-\
Any other way you can bring him in? I think he'll go off against Swansea.
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Update
De Gea / Hart
Bertrand, David Luiz, Lindelof / Rangel, Daniels
Alli, Mkhitaryan, Snodgrass, Zaha / Mooy
Kane, Firmino, Chicarito
Swapped Hart with Elliot and Snodgrass with Tadic. Had Xhaka instead of Tadic but opted out last minute :-\
Firmino Captain helped me on to a nice 73 8)
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Kane -> Lukaku/Vardy
Zaha -> Xhaka
Worth the -4?
I am in a cash league atm and the bloke I am playing this week only beat me by 3 pts (because he had Lukaku C).
Strategy is to manage wins and losses through the first half of the season and focus on building a massive team value, then come home like a steam train after Xmas.
Xhaka set to increase in price, Lukaku a fair chance to soon.
I wouldn't do any of these transfers. Xhaka is a cdm and they're no good for fpl, and Kane is the best striker in the game, he was unlucky not to score against Newcastle (Hit the post).
I restrained :P Can see not have Lukaku hurting me all season though! :-\
Any other way you can bring him in? I think he'll go off against Swansea.
Jesus I could cut if I can find the 1m (means taking a hit obviously).
Otherwise I drop DeBruyne to someone 6m and do JRod to Lukaku haha
Lukaku all set to rise in price tomorrow morning, feel like (with Swansea this week and a relatively soft opening fixture) its becoming a now or never situation. Of course United won't score 4 goals ever match but I would back them for at least 2 over this early stretch.
I'd hold. You'll probably wildcard in a few weeks and can get him in next week anyway. I'm thinking I'll hold this week, then use 3 transfers next week to get who I need to get.
But then again Lukaku plays Swansea and Kane plays Chelsea...
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But then again Lukaku plays Swansea and Kane plays Chelsea...
Fair chance both score a couple, our defending was woeful against Burnley and we lose G.Cahill through suspension. Least we get Moses back allowing Azpi to drop back in.
Obviously Palace were disgraceful in GW1 but Ruben Loftus-Cheek playing as part of a front 3 as a 4.5 midfielder is enormously tempting...
Operation get United attacking cover has taken an interesting turn. Could get Mkhitaryan in for Zaha (who is in doubt) by making 1.0 somewhere else.
From what I have read, RLC's position could be under threat as Palace look to ring the changes.
Zaha injured :-\
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Operation get United attacking cover has taken an interesting turn. Could get Mkhitaryan in for Zaha (who is in doubt) by making 1.0 somewhere else.
From what I have read, RLC's position could be under threat as Palace look to ring the changes.
plz don't take a hit this week, you'll be better off hahah
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Zaha injured :-\
I thought it was just precautionary? Any news come out today?
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Operation get United attacking cover has taken an interesting turn. Could get Mkhitaryan in for Zaha (who is in doubt) by making 1.0 somewhere else.
From what I have read, RLC's position could be under threat as Palace look to ring the changes.
plz don't take a hit this week, you'll be better off hahah
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Zaha injured :-\
I thought it was just precautionary? Any news come out today?
Tweet here on it: https://twitter.com/ed_aarons/status/897380060705038340
This guy is reliable apparently, so he's out for supposedly 4 weeks.
Haha didn't take the hit, watched Lukaku heartbreakingly rise in price :'( Kane + Jesus hatricks this week pls
Flicked Zaha to Ritchie. Newcastle's next month is fairly generous and Ritchies and free-kicks, some corners and pens on lock. I also rate him as a player which is a bonus hahaha
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Haha didn't take the hit, watched Lukaku heartbreakingly rise in price :'( Kane + Jesus hatricks this week pls
Flicked Zaha to Ritchie. Newcastle's next month is fairly generous and Ritchies and free-kicks, some corners and pens on lock. I also rate him as a player which is a bonus hahaha
Ritchie should be a great option. I've gone for Ramsey, who had 4 shots in 24 minutes and scored a goal against Leicester.
I'll be going to a 5.5 or cheaper so it's either Gross, Mooy or a RLC for me.
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I'll be going to a 5.5 or cheaper so it's either Gross, Mooy or a RLC for me.
Time for some Aussie love? 8)
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Haha didn't take the hit, watched Lukaku heartbreakingly rise in price :'( Kane + Jesus hatricks this week pls
Flicked Zaha to Ritchie. Newcastle's next month is fairly generous and Ritchies and free-kicks, some corners and pens on lock. I also rate him as a player which is a bonus hahaha
Ritchie should be a great option. I've gone for Ramsey, who had 4 shots in 24 minutes and scored a goal against Leicester.
I know lots were going for Atsu (who I think is 1m cheaper) due to his pace and higher attacking threat but I can't say no to a bloke with a monopoly over set pieces who scores the odd screamer!
Rambo is a very good choice, I did consider him too. Can see him having a great season.
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Haha didn't take the hit, watched Lukaku heartbreakingly rise in price :'( Kane + Jesus hatricks this week pls
Flicked Zaha to Ritchie. Newcastle's next month is fairly generous and Ritchies and free-kicks, some corners and pens on lock. I also rate him as a player which is a bonus hahaha
Ritchie should be a great option. I've gone for Ramsey, who had 4 shots in 24 minutes and scored a goal against Leicester.
I know lots were going for Atsu (who I think is 1m cheaper) due to his pace and higher attacking threat but I can't say no to a bloke with a monopoly over set pieces who scores the odd screamer!
Rambo is a very good choice, I did consider him too. Can see him having a great season.
I think Ritchie should score much better compared to Atsu. Atsu seems to be all skills and pace but no end product.
Weird fact here...
Stoke has more champions league winners in its squad than any other English team!
GW2 approaches...
Knee-jerked Tadic to Paul this morning. United look too good and I had to get in before the price rise.
Man Utd look the goods two weeks in.
Chicarito delivered with two goals for West Ham, very happy.
on 41 so far, but Eriksen/David Silva/Willian and a cheapo DEF to go.
hoping for 60+
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on 41 so far, but Eriksen/David Silva/Willian and a cheapo DEF to go.
hoping for 60+
Good score, I'm on 34 with Kompany/Kane/KDB/Willian to go.
Pretty mediocre but I'm hoping for 55-60, which I'd be content with.
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on 41 so far, but Eriksen/David Silva/Willian and a cheapo DEF to go.
hoping for 60+
Good score, I'm on 34 with Kompany/Kane/KDB/Willian to go.
Pretty mediocre but I'm hoping for 55-60, which I'd be content with.
How many times do my players want to hit the flowering post
38 with KDB/Kompany to go. 50 please at least, but knowing this GW, I'll get 42.
On 53 and I still have Kun (c), KdB, Klaassen and Keane to go.
Kane unlucky to not score again but the August curse is real. 12.5 for 2 points made me rage trade to Lukaku.
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On 53 and I still have Kun (c), KdB, Klaassen and Keane to go.
Kane unlucky to not score again but the August curse is real. 12.5 for 2 points made me rage trade to Lukaku.
Rage trade even though he's playing Burnley next week?
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On 53 and I still have Kun (c), KdB, Klaassen and Keane to go.
Kane unlucky to not score again but the August curse is real. 12.5 for 2 points made me rage trade to Lukaku.
Rage trade even though he's playing Burnley next week?
Only reason I am not rage trading tbh. In fairness he has looked in pretty good touch, not having Lukaku really really hurts though
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On 53 and I still have Kun (c), KdB, Klaassen and Keane to go.
Kane unlucky to not score again but the August curse is real. 12.5 for 2 points made me rage trade to Lukaku.
Rage trade even though he's playing Burnley next week?
Only reason I am not rage trading tbh. In fairness he has looked in pretty good touch, not having Lukaku really really hurts though
Yeah, I went back and forth on it, but I pulled the trigger.
Lukaku looks the goods though so that should soften the blow a little.
41 with only KDB to go :-\
I've already made Tadic to Pogba, I can see myself making another change taking a -4 hit. Possibly Willian to Mooy as Hazard is nearly back playing. Or Monreal out if there's a defender I like that's about to rise in price.
Not brave enough to check my team yet, flowering awful week!
Danilo is going, figure I'm in too deep now with Jesus and Kane - have to back them to score sooner rather than later
Zanka, Mooy, Miky some of the bigger names to rise in price
Lukaku and Eriksen looking like rising tomorrow
Rooney scored me some good points first 2 weeks
and won me some cash both games on first goal ;)
Jesus subbed in the 46th minute for City...
With Walker suspended I think I'll hold Danilo for one more week.
Really feeling as though dropping Jesus for Lukaku is destined for absolute disaster but nevertheless I think it needs to happen.
KDB -> Eriksen?
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KDB -> Eriksen?
Tossing up the same thing, but it'd involve taking a hit as well. I'm leaning towards no.
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KDB -> Eriksen?
Tossing up the same thing, but it'd involve taking a hit as well. I'm leaning towards no.
I think I'll give KDB this week, but next week, he's out.
Giving KDB another week. Watford this week and he's the most expensive mid in the game for a reason!
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Giving KDB another week. Watford this week and he's the most expensive mid in the game for a reason!
Bournemouth, and Hazard and Sanchez are more expensive :P
But yeah, I didn't pull the trigger, I like his matchup this week. If he blanks again though it'll be time I got some Liverpool coverage.
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Giving KDB another week. Watford this week and he's the most expensive mid in the game for a reason!
Bournemouth, and Hazard and Sanchez are more expensive :P
Hahaha ffs, how did I get that so wrong ;D
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Giving KDB another week. Watford this week and he's the most expensive mid in the game for a reason!
Bournemouth, and Hazard and Sanchez are more expensive :P
Hahaha ffs, how did I get that so wrong ;D
I don't know, but I'm really impressed. :P
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Giving KDB another week. Watford this week and he's the most expensive mid in the game for a reason!
Bournemouth, and Hazard and Sanchez are more expensive :P
But yeah, I didn't pull the trigger, I like his matchup this week. If he blanks again though it'll be time I got some Liverpool coverage.
Alli will come in for me, they have a great run of fixtures after the Everton game.
So i got Lindeloff still oops..
and Zaha.. oops
forgot to make a trade last week.
Lost .3mil off this.
This gives me 12.2mil to spend across 2 positions.
Looking at:
Hegazi and Loftus-cheek + 2mil (means starting Hegazi)
Is this a bad move?
Quote from: WhatMate on August 24, 2017, 04:56:17 PM
So i got Lindeloff still oops..
and Zaha.. oops
forgot to make a trade last week.
Lost .3mil off this.
This gives me 12.2mil to spend across 2 positions.
Looking at:
Hegazi and Loftus-cheek + 2mil (means starting Hegazi)
Is this a bad move?
Good move, but I'd get Dawson over Hegazi.
Double SOTON defence doing the business. Mkhi also providing an assist. Pretty happy Lukaku didn't score, even though I owned him, as many near the top had him as captain.
24 with Kane (C) + Ramsey + Jay Rod + Foster to come
KDB is a dead man, out for Alli.
So I trade trading Klaassen out like early afternoon on the app on my phone got an error. Meant to do it when I get home but forgot and then went to a party and only remembered once the games started. RLC was my bench mid too. And I was gonna bring in Mkhi/Pogba. :(
I'm 18 with Kane C, foster, Monreal, Willian left.
And sitting on KDB and Gross who are both likely to drop in 30 mins... thinking wildcard
Need some Kane (C) magic today, wouldn't mind a brace.
So didnt realise you have to save your team after changing captains etc. Stuck with Firmino captain instead of Kane :(
Quote from: WhatMate on August 27, 2017, 01:07:18 PM
So didnt realise you have to save your team after changing captains etc. Stuck with Firmino captain instead of Kane :(
If it makes you feel any better, Firmino was excellent in the UCL mid-week.
This game's such a dog, I'm having the worst start.
Don't know whether to activate the WC or not
Forgot to touch my team, luckily didn't cost me... In fact my rage Capt of Salah C last Monday paid off! ;D
Had to get rid of Klaassen and RLC, so KdB gets one more week unless I take the free hit.
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So didnt realise you have to save your team after changing captains etc. Stuck with Firmino captain instead of Kane :(
If it makes you feel any better, Firmino was excellent in the UCL mid-week.
Ok im happy now ;D
Happy with the 56 I got this week, even if watching Kane continually pepper the goal with no reward is getting really irritating. :'(
Long to Mbemba is transfer 1, will probably save the second one for next week. Hart not doing too flash however, neither is Gross.
Popped 68 last week, cannot complain there!
However I am considering playing my wildcard, and in turn using this two week break to play with the market a bit. Kane for example is set to drop 0.2 over the two weeks, while someone like Firmino is certainly going to rise.
Or am I missing this completely? :P
If I trade Kane to Firmino now for 4.0 profit, and Kane drops to 12.3 and Firmino rises to 8.7 by the weekend, will I be able to reverse that trade using the wildcard and take the 'profit'?
Quote from: elephants on August 29, 2017, 03:59:55 AM
Popped 68 last week, cannot complain there!
However I am considering playing my wildcard, and in turn using this two week break to play with the market a bit. Kane for example is set to drop 0.2 over the two weeks, while someone like Firmino is certainly going to rise.
Or am I missing this completely? :P
If I trade Kane to Firmino now for 4.0 profit, and Kane drops to 12.3 and Firmino rises to 8.7 by the weekend, will I be able to reverse that trade using the wildcard and take the 'profit'?
Yep, if your wildcarding, get rid of Kane now, and buy him back in at a cheaper price.
Quote from: EazyMoney on August 29, 2017, 09:38:49 AM
Quote from: elephants on August 29, 2017, 03:59:55 AM
Popped 68 last week, cannot complain there!
However I am considering playing my wildcard, and in turn using this two week break to play with the market a bit. Kane for example is set to drop 0.2 over the two weeks, while someone like Firmino is certainly going to rise.
Or am I missing this completely? :P
If I trade Kane to Firmino now for 4.0 profit, and Kane drops to 12.3 and Firmino rises to 8.7 by the weekend, will I be able to reverse that trade using the wildcard and take the 'profit'?
Yep, if your wildcarding, get rid of Kane now, and buy him back in at a cheaper price.
Ugh, Firmino and Morata went up this morning. Reckon that alone ruins the value in playing the market for this two week block
Used my wild card already. Forward line looking very strong with Morata, Firmino and Lukaku :)
This wildcard is doing my head in. My position breakdown is below, but the start has been so bad I'm thinking of rolling with the Fantasy AFL strategy or Guns and rookies,. So I'll have as many of the big hitters I can fit in, and then roll with 4.5 backs and mids (I'll go 3 heavy up top) for the remaining spots.
GK: Foster, Elliot
Never considered changing this
Def: Alonso
That's the only player I've locked in at this point. So after this point I need to decide whether to go with another quality defender (or 2?), or just roll with 4.5 from then on. Top line backs would be Bertrand, Man U back or Everton back.
Mids: Mane, Pogba
These two aren't locked in but I have the price rises on them already so I'm likely to hold them, I'm deciding whether to roll with a 3rd one or go with THREE 4.5 guys (Carroll, Cork and maybe I'll go slightly more expensive if $$ allow for the other) and field one of them every week (means I get more in defence). If I get a 3rd heavy hitter it'll have to be Eriksen.
Fwds: Lukaku, Firmino, Morata
Morata is there right now, but I will be switching him to Kane as he's had the price drop now. Just hoping Morata can go up another 0.1 so I get to make 0.1 on the sale.
So yeah, any thoughts guys? What are you all doing?
I already made my two transfers for this week but I still have KdB so I think I might just take the hit and get rid of him. Not sure who to bring in. Thinking like Eriksen or Alli.
KDB out for Alli and Kompany out for Jones this week for a -4.
I'll use my wilcard later on, still a lot of the year to come.
PASCAL!!!!! :-*
Of course KdB outscored Eriksen. :P
PB, didn't you get rid of Gross? That would absolutely suck.
Quote from: EazyMoney on September 11, 2017, 03:03:40 PM
PB, didn't you get rid of Gross? That would absolutely suck.
I wildcarded, so yes. I don't really want to know what my team from GW3 would've scored this week, but something tells me I would've benched Gross anyway.
I ended up with 49 this week and I think I have a better team anyway. Blind not starting wasn't great but Ward got me 8 from my bench anyway so didn't lose out there.
Morata or Jesus?!
Chelsea with a tougher draw coming up, but Jesus doesnt look to be getting the minutes, but i think will come good. Got 10.4
Quote from: WhatMate on September 12, 2017, 09:13:25 PM
Morata or Jesus?!
Chelsea with a tougher draw coming up, but Jesus doesnt look to be getting the minutes, but i think will come good. Got 10.4
Morata on fire. Pretty livid with myself for talking myself out of him initially. :(
Just a reminder to everyone that the first game this week is 5am tomorrow, might be too late for some if they've forgotten but remember to set your teams if you can folks! Pogba also out for up to 6 weeks too for those that have him. Had 2 free transfers this week, was only planning to use one this week where I went Zanka to Kiko Femenia. Reasoning just that I feel Huddersfield's draw is closing up big time and Femenia the next best 4.5 scoring option despite the draw. Has been handy the first few weeks.
Have now got the Pogba issue to deal with, didn't realise and he has already dropped .2 so missed out on logical replacements in David Silva or Mkhitariyan which is frustrating. No one cheaper fills me with much confidence going forward except Gross (who I already have, get on folks. ;) ) so settled on Choupo-Moting from Stoke as a downgrade sort of option. Will then probably next week and offload Charlie Daniels or Cedric to Kolanasic or Ben Davies and rotate between 3-4-3 and 4-3-3 until Pogba returns (UCL permitting). Hazard also a target but not sure how I am going to pull it off unless I downgrade Lukaku at some point.
Team for GW5
Hart
Alonso, Daniels, Cedric
Salah, Alli, Choupo-Moting, Gross
Lukaku, Kane, Abraham
(Elliott, Femenia, Carroll, Mbemba)
Bank: 2.5
Rank: 43,575
Still holding onto the wildcard for now, don't think team is doing that poorly. :P
GROSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Ended up using my wildcard.
Decided to go with Doucoure over Gross so we'll see how that works out.
39 with Blind, Alonso, Mhkitaryan, Lukaku to play. Foster, Naughton and Bertrand all kept cleans amazingly, Brady got credited with the Burnley assist, and Salah scored. Firmino and Kane (C) only two to do nothing so far.
None of my defenders started! Danilo, Davies and Stephens all didn't feature. Lucky I had some contributions off the bench!
Quote from: elephants on September 17, 2017, 05:57:49 PM
None of my defenders started! Danilo, Davies and Stephens all didn't feature. Lucky I had some contributions off the bench!
Not too sure about Danilo, but Davies will surely come in next week and this was just rotation. Stephens is cooked though, Yoshida and Hoedt started yesterday, and VVD came on for 5 minutes off the bench, and he will take Yoshida's spot from next week (or the week after). With Soton only having English Cup games to worry about and no Europe I doubt there will be much playing time for Stephens moving forward.
38 for me, with Lukaku + Jones + Mkhi to come.
Hopefully Manchester United dominate today and keep Everton goalless.
Can bring in Fabiankski, Kompany (whens he back?) and Aguero this week for De Gea, David Luiz and Chicarito. I think those are solid moves. Only costing me 4 points
Quote from: WhatMate on September 18, 2017, 08:12:25 PM
Can bring in Fabiankski, Kompany (whens he back?) and Aguero this week for De Gea, David Luiz and Chicarito. I think those are solid moves. Only costing me 4 points
Not sold on City defence, not when there's plenty of options going around. Also De Gea has done nothing wrong and will clean more than Swansea.
I'm looking at Blind + Bertrand to Kolasinac + Hoedt/Jones. Would be a hit if I made the moves, but Blind isn't even starting (Transferred him in for two non starts ::)) and Bertrand is not showing anything on the attacking side so Hoedt would make more sense if I wanted to stay with Soton cover. If I want to get Jones instead I need to make the move before his price rises.
Quote from: PowerBug on September 17, 2017, 06:09:45 PM
Quote from: elephants on September 17, 2017, 05:57:49 PM
None of my defenders started! Danilo, Davies and Stephens all didn't feature. Lucky I had some contributions off the bench!
Not too sure about Danilo, but Davies will surely come in next week and this was just rotation. Stephens is cooked though, Yoshida and Hoedt started yesterday, and VVD came on for 5 minutes off the bench, and he will take Yoshida's spot from next week (or the week after). With Soton only having English Cup games to worry about and no Europe I doubt there will be much playing time for Stephens moving forward.
Thanks mate :) Thats handy info as I dont have a great idea of rotation and whats going on at every club haha.
So yesterday I did...
J.Stephens -> Otamendi
Now I am looking at copping a hit this week, but since I am playing the bloke right above me on the table I should probably try limit it to a -4.
Danilo -> P.Jones (makes me 0.4 and gets me a good starting defender who will prob rise in price this week).
Kane/Kaku -> Aguero (hitting some peak form with solid fixtures and about to rise in price as well).
Some decisions to be made it seems! Aguero probably rising in the next 15 mins
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brought in aguero and gave him triple captain. hope it works and he bangs in 5 against palace LOL
Quote from: Keeper27 on September 20, 2017, 10:59:07 AM
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brought in aguero and gave him triple captain. hope it works and he bangs in 5 against palace LOL
Save your chips for the DGW's mate. People thought Kane would do that against Swansea, look how that turned out.
And city have Champs League on Tuesday. Wouldn't be surprised to see Aguero and or Jesus subbed early if they get ahead.
Quote from: PowerBug on September 20, 2017, 12:47:18 PM
And city have Champs League on Tuesday. Wouldn't be surprised to see Aguero and or Jesus subbed early if they get ahead.
Yeah, wouldn't at all be surprised if they are benched. Sane, Sterling, KDB and Silva are capable of beating Crystal Palace on their own.
oh great >:( lol oh well
Quote from: Keeper27 on September 21, 2017, 10:49:47 PM
oh great >:( lol oh well
Jesus played 90 this morning and aguero was rested, so expect him to play on the weekend. You can still remove the triple captain chip if you want to, it's not locked in until lockout.
He may very well go nuts again, but the % play would have to be to wait for a gameweek when a team plays twice.
Quote from: PowerBug on September 21, 2017, 11:03:44 PM
Quote from: Keeper27 on September 21, 2017, 10:49:47 PM
oh great >:( lol oh well
Jesus played 90 this morning and aguero was rested, so expect him to play on the weekend. You can still remove the triple captain chip if you want to, it's not locked in until lockout.
He may very well go nuts again, but the % play would have to be to wait for a gameweek when a team plays twice.
Yep, last year in the DGW's, Kane and Sanchez got 31 and 27 points. Both more than what Aguero got last week.
Aguero went alright in the end.
I got 61 points after my hit, ranking stayed where it was. Got Chalobah injured, I won't make a change this round unless Chalobah is going to drop in price. Then maybe make 3 transfers over the international break.
A pretty good GW so far, mainly thanks due to Davies and Kane.
I'm on 64 with Salah + Joselu to come
So I got too caught up in grand final fever and forgot to switch captain from Morata to Kane... ::)
I really need to get Davies somehow...
40 with Ward, Brady, Kolasinac, Salah, Firmino to come. I'm being trolled this year big time, I transferred in Wesley Hoedt because he looked really good, BPS magnet and 6"4 so a set piece threat. VVD and Yoshida play ahead of him last night and Yoshida (who I thought Wes would start ahead of) scored >:(
So my team sucks, and here's my plan to revamp it over the next couple of weeks.
Team right now:
Foster (Elliot)
Alonso, Kolasinac, Hoedt, Ward, Naughton
Salah, Mhkitaryan, Brady, Carroll, Chalobah
Kane, Lukaku, Firmino
I'm playing a 4-3-3 right now. Those in bold are the ones I want to move on because of fixtures, their team being shower, or not even getting on the park.
I have 2 FT for this international break, and I'm thinking first area to address at is the lack of City, and the lack of Ben Davies in defence. So my thoughts here are: Turn Firmino into Jesus, turn Naughton into Davies. That covers both my problems, but I need to fund that move somehow, and I was planning on doing that by going Mhkitaryan to Kante (5.1). My reason for Kante is a) he's played 90 minutes every game this season, so he's getting 3 points for every Chelsea CS, and at that price, any attacking returns are great, but ultimately he's there to fund the rest of my team.
So in GW8 I play a 5-2-3, Benching Chalobah (injrued), Carroll and probably Brady as Kante plays Palace (But brady may have to come in if Hoedt doesn't play again) Then I make a double transfer of Brady to Loftus-Cheek (4.5 maybe 4.4 in two weeks) and Hoedt to Otamendi, giving me the following side:
(https://i.imgur.com/d3FFsXy.png)
I have:
4 big name defenders
1 big name mid
3 big name fwds
Foster/Elliot in goals
2 of Kante, Ward, RLC starting depending on fixtures.
Chelsea have a good run of fixtures, Burnley are solid at home and Ward is a Bonus Point magnet and RLC looks the most likely Palace player to score.
Is it silly what I'm doing? Have I missed anything important? It gives me coverage for every team in the top 6, I have City, Chelsea, Spurs defence and they look the best 3, Kola is the best Gunners player to own at the moment. Kane and Lukaku are going nowhere all season and Jesus whilst lone striker will be awesome. Salah and Coutinho are the most likely source of goals for Liverpool. I have two weeks ot think about this I will probably let a price rise or two happen as at the moment this final team has 0.5 left over.
Quote from: PowerBug on October 01, 2017, 09:31:06 PM
So my team sucks, and here's my plan to revamp it over the next couple of weeks.
Team right now:
Foster (Elliot)
Alonso, Kolasinac, Hoedt, Ward, Naughton
Salah, Mhkitaryan, Brady, Carroll, Chalobah
Kane, Lukaku, Firmino
I'm playing a 4-3-3 right now. Those in bold are the ones I want to move on because of fixtures, their team being shower, or not even getting on the park.
I have 2 FT for this international break, and I'm thinking first area to address at is the lack of City, and the lack of Ben Davies in defence. So my thoughts here are: Turn Firmino into Jesus, turn Naughton into Davies. That covers both my problems, but I need to fund that move somehow, and I was planning on doing that by going Mhkitaryan to Kante (5.1). My reason for Kante is a) he's played 90 minutes every game this season, so he's getting 3 points for every Chelsea CS, and at that price, any attacking returns are great, but ultimately he's there to fund the rest of my team.
So in GW8 I play a 5-2-3, Benching Chalobah (injrued), Carroll and probably Brady as Kante plays Palace (But brady may have to come in if Hoedt doesn't play again) Then I make a double transfer of Brady to Loftus-Cheek (4.5 maybe 4.4 in two weeks) and Hoedt to Otamendi, giving me the following side:
(https://i.imgur.com/d3FFsXy.png)
I have:
4 big name defenders
1 big name mid
3 big name fwds
Foster/Elliot in goals
2 of Kante, Ward, RLC starting depending on fixtures.
Chelsea have a good run of fixtures, Burnley are solid at home and Ward is a Bonus Point magnet and RLC looks the most likely Palace player to score.
Is it silly what I'm doing? Have I missed anything important? It gives me coverage for every team in the top 6, I have City, Chelsea, Spurs defence and they look the best 3, Kola is the best Gunners player to own at the moment. Kane and Lukaku are going nowhere all season and Jesus whilst lone striker will be awesome. Salah and Coutinho are the most likely source of goals for Liverpool. I have two weeks ot think about this I will probably let a price rise or two happen as at the moment this final team has 0.5 left over.
just remember with Davies, yes top of defenders but that is due to 2 games of scoring a goal and 1 with 2 assists (i know that is awesome from a defender), but looking a little deeper into it that was
GW1, newcastle goal for 14,
GW4 Everton 2 Assists for 14
GW7, Huddersfield goal for 16
all 3 teams not exactly world beaters (even everton has really dropped so far this season goal difference of -8 having let through 12 already)
so take those 3 away
GW2 - 2
GW3 - 2
GW5 - DNP
GW6 - 1
still looking at it going at about every 3rd game or so is a big one
but then looking at the quality he has done it against fine to grab him if coming against poor opposition but in the next 5 weeks they have 2 easy and 3 hard
GW8 - Bournemouth - (could go well here)
GW9 - Liverpool - (could scorer against Liverpool they do get scored against but on the flip side Liverpool can score so chance there is no clean sheet
GW10 - Man UTD - (scoring well atm Utd so again relying on him actually scoring goals or assists as doubt another clean sheet
GW11 - Crystal Palace - (another good chance at CS or scoring etc)
GW12 - Arsenal - (just starting to fire the last couple of weeks and looking good will be another danger game)
so up to you ofc, but i was like wow his killing it i need him, noticed that and went Otamendi instead,
other one i want to get is monreal but struggling to afford him with my side, unless i ditch mkhitaryan too,
Then again, you can't just simply remove his attacking returns. He's gotten 3 attacking returns in the 6 games he's played which show he's no fluke.
Although in saying that, Otamendi has better fixtures and I think he's slightly a better option at the moment.
Hoedt should get gametime soon, but there defence is turning bad so I'm looking to get rid of Cedric.
In regards to your team, I don't reckon you need to make such drastic changes yet.
I'd definitely be looking to get rid of Firmino. Possible Vardy in?
David Silva looks essential right now and I'd be looking to bring him in, so Mkhi -> Silva.
Naughton was unlucky not to get defensive returns on the weekend as they conceded in the 90th minute. I also hear he was on track for Bps.
Quote from: EazyMoney on October 02, 2017, 12:03:09 PM
Then again, you can't just simply remove his attacking returns. He's gotten 3 attacking returns in the 6 games he's played which show he's no fluke.
Although in saying that, Otamendi has better fixtures and I think he's slightly a better option at the moment.
Hoedt should get gametime soon, but there defence is turning bad so I'm looking to get rid of Cedric.
In regards to your team, I don't reckon you need to make such drastic changes yet.
I'd definitely be looking to get rid of Firmino. Possible Vardy in?
David Silva looks essential right now and I'd be looking to bring him in, so Mkhi -> Silva.
Naughton was unlucky not to get defensive returns on the weekend as they conceded in the 90th minute. I also hear he was on track for Bps.
oh agreed his proving he can hit the boar with goals and assists , I was more pointing out that he may continue to score well but the next 3 of 5 games will be hard to do so, So after that period would be the ideal time to get him in was more my point, as let's say even if he does score in 1 of those 3, those games are danger for keeping clean sheets so would really be relying on him scoring or assisting in all 3 to be confident of getting a good return, rather then clean sheet bonuses (or they could get in all 3 ofc just assessing it on danger games etc)
Quote from: DazBurg on October 02, 2017, 12:09:24 PM
Quote from: EazyMoney on October 02, 2017, 12:03:09 PM
Then again, you can't just simply remove his attacking returns. He's gotten 3 attacking returns in the 6 games he's played which show he's no fluke.
Although in saying that, Otamendi has better fixtures and I think he's slightly a better option at the moment.
Hoedt should get gametime soon, but there defence is turning bad so I'm looking to get rid of Cedric.
In regards to your team, I don't reckon you need to make such drastic changes yet.
I'd definitely be looking to get rid of Firmino. Possible Vardy in?
David Silva looks essential right now and I'd be looking to bring him in, so Mkhi -> Silva.
Naughton was unlucky not to get defensive returns on the weekend as they conceded in the 90th minute. I also hear he was on track for Bps.
oh agreed his proving he can hit the boar with goals and assists , I was more pointing out that he may continue to score well but the next 3 of 5 games will be hard to do so, So after that period would be the ideal time to get him in was more my point, as let's say even if he does score in 1 of those 3, those games are danger for keeping clean sheets so would really be relying on him scoring or assisting in all 3 to be confident of getting a good return, rather then clean sheet bonuses (or they could get in all 3 ofc just assessing it on danger games etc)
Agreed, City also have
6 4 consecutive clean sheets iirc, so Otamendi looks like a very good option.
City have 4 CS in a row now, only conceded to Everton and Bournemouth. Their next 5 are Stoke (H), Burnley (H), West Brom (A), Arsenal (H), Leicester (A) followed by 3 more good ones. Spurs meanwhile have what Daz mentioned above. So I guess I should go Otamendi if I get a top defender this week.
As for Naughton yeah he was on for 3 Bonus which was super frustrating, they do have Huddersfield at home this week but Leicester and Arsenal games are ones he gets benched in. Thanks to Stephen Ward for picking up 12 points last night, gee Burnley looked good (Everton were terrible as well).
Firmino is 100% going especially as he's not even starting anymore. I'd like Jesus but might just settle for Vardy. And Mhkitaryan will go as the United fixtures turn now and I can't see Jose going for 4-0 wins in these games. So if I went to Vardy and Silva with those two it'll give some City coverage for the next GW, then after that I could turn Brady to RLC and Hoedt up to Otamendi leaving me with:
Alonso, Kola, Otamendi, Ward (Naughton)
Salah, Silva, RLC (Carroll, Chalobah)
Kane, Lukaku, Vardy
Heading into GW9. Then look towards getting Davies in for GW11 when they play Palce Home and have a great run after that.
Quote from: PowerBug on October 02, 2017, 01:37:08 PM
City have 4 CS in a row now, only conceded to Everton and Bournemouth. Their next 5 are Stoke (H), Burnley (H), West Brom (A), Arsenal (H), Leicester (A) followed by 3 more good ones. Spurs meanwhile have what Daz mentioned above. So I guess I should go Otamendi if I get a top defender this week.
As for Naughton yeah he was on for 3 Bonus which was super frustrating, they do have Huddersfield at home this week but Leicester and Arsenal games are ones he gets benched in. Thanks to Stephen Ward for picking up 12 points last night, gee Burnley looked good (Everton were terrible as well).
Firmino is 100% going especially as he's not even starting anymore. I'd like Jesus but might just settle for Vardy. And Mhkitaryan will go as the United fixtures turn now and I can't see Jose going for 4-0 wins in these games. So if I went to Vardy and Silva with those two it'll give some City coverage for the next GW, then after that I could turn Brady to RLC and Hoedt up to Otamendi leaving me with:
Alonso, Kola, Otamendi, Ward (Naughton)
Salah, Silva, RLC (Carroll, Chalobah)
Kane, Lukaku, Vardy
Heading into GW9. Then look towards getting Davies in for GW11 when they play Palce Home and have a great run after that.
Yeah, Mhki is gone for me as well. In comes Silva who has looked superb. According to those that watched the Chelsea game, Silva was excellent.
"As a non-Silva owner it was a horrible game to watch. Whenever he has the ball he looks like he's going to make something happen. Could've scored 2-3 times and played some dangerous passes into Sane/Sterling. The way city are playing I wouldn't be surprised if their next 3 games are 5-0."
So I've gone and done something I've never done before and that's completely ignore the defence. Usually I have 1 or 2 top quality guys there, then fill with cheapies, but I've gone with an experiment and now only have guys who cost less than 5, with the most expensive at 4.7. Means I've been able to stack the fowards and mids. Thoughts on this team?
Foster (Elliot)
Lascelles, Naughton, Hegazi (Zanka, Gomez)
Silva, Mkhi, Salah, Brady (Groß)
Morata, Lukaku, Jesus
Very strong front 6, then can rotate defenders depending on who they are playing on a weekly basis...
I'd be wanting Burnley defensive coverage if you are going that cheap. Ward, Tarkowski or Mee are all awesome picks. Double West Brom is probably worth jumping off as well. And you should get Harry Kane somehow because he is better than every other striker in the EPL (But those three you'd expect goals from each week so maybe leave that transfer for a couple of weeks).
The front 6 are good, but I think going Brady and Grob is a waste because you can only play one of them a week and expectation of a return is quite low. If you turned one (or both) to 4.5 mids and then upgraded a defender to a top back I think it'll net more points overall. With a lot of teams playing wing backs grabbing guys that are listed as defenders but playing WB will net attacking and defensive returns.
Quote from: EazyMoney on October 02, 2017, 01:55:59 PM
Yeah, Mhki is gone for me as well. In comes Silva who has looked superb. According to those that watched the Chelsea game, Silva was excellent.
"As a non-Silva owner it was a horrible game to watch. Whenever he has the ball he looks like he's going to make something happen. Could've scored 2-3 times and played some dangerous passes into Sane/Sterling. The way city are playing I wouldn't be surprised if their next 3 games are 5-0."
Could it be worth going Sterling instead for 7.9 if he will be putting the goals away?
Quote from: PowerBug on October 02, 2017, 04:48:30 PM
I'd be wanting Burnley defensive coverage if you are going that cheap. Ward, Tarkowski or Mee are all awesome picks. Double West Brom is probably worth jumping off as well. And you should get Harry Kane somehow because he is better than every other striker in the EPL (But those three you'd expect goals from each week so maybe leave that transfer for a couple of weeks).
The front 6 are good, but I think going Brady and Grob is a waste because you can only play one of them a week and expectation of a return is quite low. If you turned one (or both) to 4.5 mids and then upgraded a defender to a top back I think it'll net more points overall. With a lot of teams playing wing backs grabbing guys that are listed as defenders but playing WB will net attacking and defensive returns.
Quote from: EazyMoney on October 02, 2017, 01:55:59 PM
Yeah, Mhki is gone for me as well. In comes Silva who has looked superb. According to those that watched the Chelsea game, Silva was excellent.
"As a non-Silva owner it was a horrible game to watch. Whenever he has the ball he looks like he's going to make something happen. Could've scored 2-3 times and played some dangerous passes into Sane/Sterling. The way city are playing I wouldn't be surprised if their next 3 games are 5-0."
Could it be worth going Sterling instead for 7.9 if he will be putting the goals away?
I think Silva is worth the $$. This is someone's thoughts on Sterling:
"Played ok imo on the right wing, looked threatening at times but sometimes his final ball lets him down.
Silva was the one shooting the most amongst the midfielders while Azpi dealt with Sane pretty well."
Sterling saving my week!
I'm struggling to break get more than like 50ish most weeks haha.
Already used the wildcard too.
I'm thinking that Mkhi might have to go.
Sterling looks good but idk how I'll get him in.
Tad worried about Jesus with Aguero returning.
Still can't get my captain right either (apart from that one week where I had Morata captain).
Quote from: Nige on October 15, 2017, 11:15:59 AM
I'm struggling to break get more than like 50ish most weeks haha.
Already used the wildcard too.
I'm thinking that Mkhi might have to go.
Sterling looks good but idk how I'll get him in.
Tad worried about Jesus with Aguero returning.
Still can't get my captain right either (apart from that one week where I had Morata captain).
Yeah, Mkhi has to go, City are scoring for fun. A city mid is essential currently.
Quote from: EazyMoney on October 15, 2017, 11:22:46 AM
Quote from: Nige on October 15, 2017, 11:15:59 AM
I'm struggling to break get more than like 50ish most weeks haha.
Already used the wildcard too.
I'm thinking that Mkhi might have to go.
Sterling looks good but idk how I'll get him in.
Tad worried about Jesus with Aguero returning.
Still can't get my captain right either (apart from that one week where I had Morata captain).
Yeah, Mkhi has to go, City are scoring for fun. A city mid is essential currently.
If you copped the price drop though, I wouldn't be rushing to trade mhki out against huddlesfield this week, especially with the likely return of Kun meaning a city mid will be benched and we aren't sure which one yet
I made Mkhi to Sterling for last night's game, thankfully :P Also turned Firmino into Vardy, he really needs to perform for me now. Sitting on 34 with Elliot, Hoedt and Vardy to come (Brady 2 at E1). Pretty average week so far Sterling and Naughton were the only two to get any returns.
My premium backs are testing my patience but I know when I transfer them out they will get attacking returns. So Alonso and Kolasinac are going nowhere, and I'd like to add a 3rd from somewhere.
Only transfer I'm looking at for this week is Brady -> RLC, but I very easily could hold and use two the following. Or I could do that and Foster -> DDG to get United coverage
I'm going to hold because I can't justify a hit just to change keepers, and Brady -> RLC just to change my E1 isn't really doing anything so I may as well wait a week and have 2 to use next week
Forgot the GW started early...
If I made those transfers I discussed above I'd be on 9 with 3 + C to play. As it is I'm on 21 at least but it's still horrendous. Will definitely be using 3 transfers this week.
Quote from: Nige on October 21, 2017, 10:02:34 AM
Forgot the GW started early...
Haha same! But I should win my h2h which is all I really care about.
Otamendi huge and my midfield delivers again! Assists for KDB, Pascal and Ritchie ;D
Will defs be using both FTs next week. Can't justify using my wildcard just yet
As for the EPL itself, flower we need to win tonight. Wenger won't last the week if we lose to this Everton team.
Quote from: PowerBug on October 22, 2017, 11:58:25 AM
If I made those transfers I discussed above I'd be on 9 with 3 + C to play. As it is I'm on 21 at least but it's still horrendous. Will definitely be using 3 transfers this week.
Ended on a solid 61 thanks to Kane C. Starting to think otherwise with the transfers and just turn Hoedt to Dunk to pocket 0.6, then take 2 FT into next week.
Kane with the hammy strain to miss a week. flowering glorious hey.
Quote from: Nige on October 28, 2017, 10:28:46 AM
Kane with the hammy strain to miss a week. flowering glorious hey.
yeah not worth trading him out for me taking -4
It's a one weeker, think of it if it was Dusty or Danger after Round 5 having a week off. No one would consider trading out!!
And if you have no bench, then spend the hit on fixing up your bench imo
Being a Man United fan with Kane out for Tottenham I probably had my largest ever bet on a soccer game backing Man United to win. Wasn't pretty but we got the job done.
West Ham have a terrible away record this year. Have got a small bet on Crystal Palace to get their 2nd win of the season.
I wildcarded this week... Kane -> Aguero was great :P
At least I got Aguero price rise and avoided Kane's drop!
Quote from: elephants on October 29, 2017, 01:53:10 PM
I wildcarded this week... Kane -> Aguero was great :P
At least I got Aguero price rise and avoided Kane's drop!
Aguero not starting after playing 120 minutes mid week and Jesus starting after being subbed at 83 was the most obvious thing ever. Did you get all 3 of Aguero's rises this week?
I have 41 with Elliot, Ward, Dunk, Brady, Vardy to go. I'd be happy with just one of the remaining players to get a return to pass 50-55 points. It'll be a big green arrow regardless and I should get into the top 1mil now.
Quote from: PowerBug on October 29, 2017, 02:13:23 PM
Quote from: elephants on October 29, 2017, 01:53:10 PM
I wildcarded this week... Kane -> Aguero was great :P
At least I got Aguero price rise and avoided Kane's drop!
Aguero not starting after playing 120 minutes mid week and Jesus starting after being subbed at 83 was the most obvious thing ever. Did you get all 3 of Aguero's rises this week?
I have 41 with Elliot, Ward, Dunk, Brady, Vardy to go. I'd be happy with just one of the remaining players to get a return to pass 50-55 points. It'll be a big green arrow regardless and I should get into the top 1mil now.
Tbh, I'm only really interested in my h2h league, couldn't give a toss about overall. I'll win my h2h game, so all's good!
In saying that though, I am ranked 100k so eh :P
Sorted out my team with a -12 this week and as long as Vardy blanks then I made points so all good. Team looking much healthier now, that's for certain. :)
Oh come on. I hold onto Hoedt for 3 GWS in a row where he doesn’t play and this week when I finally transfer him out he starts again ::) The guy is so good so I’m totally expecting BPS if they clean as well.
Lost h2h because oppo had Steven Dais capt ::)
My own fault though, 3 bench players combined for 20 points and I lost by 4...
Activated Wildcard after dropping a little
Current WC team:
Pope / Elliot
Stones / Daniels / Mee / Jones / Mason
Hazard / Richarlison / Gross / Zaha / Salah
Abraham / Kane / Morata
Prepared for Christmas rotation.
Yay, EPL returns tonight!! No more international breaks until March now :)
(https://i.imgur.com/MwLs4jj.png)
Here's how I am going into this week. Only transfer was Foster to De Gea. Next week I'll almost certainly move on Naughton, the thought right now is Vertonghan but I'll be considering guys like Scott Dann, Jonjoe Kenny, Ben Chilwell, Alberto Moreno as cheaper options, so it'll leave me with the cash to move Vardy to Morata.
62 with Kane (C) blanking again! FML
Gross and Richarlison to play
I have spent the last 2 hours working out how to get Hazard into my team and I still can't figure it out.
75 with Pascal Gross to come!
My midfield just delivers every single week <3
81 this week and now sitting on the cusp (2 points) of the top 10k. Peaked way too early but I'll enjoy it while it lasts. ;D
Finally had enough of Alli and rage-traded him out the other night to the returning Pogba, only for news 24hrs later that Pulis had been sacked, and the god-awful Megson is in charge for this weekend. :-[
Also went Carroll to RLC to try and give me a fully playing 15 for the upcoming madness period.
Still yet to use my WC, or any chip, but will save it for a rainy day.
Current team for GW13 looks like;
Pope
Alonso // Kolasinac // Daniels
Salah (vc) // Pogba // Richarlison // Gross // Loftus-Cheek
Kane (c) // Lukaku
Elliot // Ward // Abraham // Femenia
am toying with the idea of downgrading Lukaku & upgrading Gross to Hazard in the coming weeks, but we'll see.
and to think I was 50/50 on starting the season with Salah & Gross....
Quote from: Koop on November 21, 2017, 06:03:20 PM
81 this week and now sitting on the cusp (2 points) of the top 10k. Peaked way too early but I'll enjoy it while it lasts. ;D
Finally had enough of Alli and rage-traded him out the other night to the returning Pogba, only for news 24hrs later that Pulis had been sacked, and the god-awful Megson is in charge for this weekend. :-[
Also went Carroll to RLC to try and give me a fully playing 15 for the upcoming madness period.
Still yet to use my WC, or any chip, but will save it for a rainy day.
Current team for GW13 looks like;
Pope
Alonso // Kolasinac // Daniels
Salah (vc) // Pogba // Richarlison // Gross // Loftus-Cheek
Kane (c) // Lukaku
Elliot // Ward // Abraham // Femenia
am toying with the idea of downgrading Lukaku & upgrading Gross to Hazard in the coming weeks, but we'll see.
and to think I was 50/50 on starting the season with Salah & Gross....
Nice one, I've got to catch up to you!
Hopefully I can during this hectic Xmas period.
I'm on 47 with Sane + double Burnley to come.
Kane finally scoring!
Hopefully Burnley can keep a clean sheet.
Being an Arsenal fan, I obviously wanted a victory. But being so madly in love with Burnley and how they play (I love the gameplan and the discipline Dyche has going there), I didn't want Burnley to lose pace with the top 4.
I eventually settled on either a 0-0 or a 0-1 with a dodgy Arsenal goal, that way I feel like Burnley still performed and are good enough to finish 7th (or higher!). I got what I wanted :o
Shame about losing Ward's CS but Sterling, Sane and Otamendi made up for it. (By me having Sterling and not having the other 2 :P)
I ended with a very solid 64. Not sure where to use my transfer this week so I might just hold it
Awful 47, bench killed it while I had big guns drawing blanks across the board ::)
Still won my league h2h though by 3 points and now only one win off top spot!
Ashley Young, $4.9mil midfielder. 10 straight starts, 48 points in that time including 29 in the last 3 with 2 goals 2 assists. Owned by under 50,000 managers. Just saying :P
Quote from: PowerBug on November 29, 2017, 12:12:48 PM
Ashley Young, $4.9mil midfielder. 10 straight starts, 48 points in that time including 29 in the last 3 with 2 goals 2 assists. Owned by under 50,000 managers. Just saying :P
Innnnnnsane. I still think he is a woeful player but he's in good form and could be hard to ignore
I’d finally made ground from 1.5m to 700k in 3 weeks but my haz and azpi in for a -8 this week couldn’t have been worse. Azpi didn’t start for the first time in 75 PL matches! Back down a little but hopefully can keep on charging up the ranks. It’s hard to be on top of it whilst travelling and I’ll have no internet for the entire 3 gameweek Xmas period so that’ll be interesting!!
Quote from: Spite on November 30, 2017, 05:44:02 PM
I’d finally made ground from 1.5m to 700k in 3 weeks but my haz and azpi in for a -8 this week couldn’t have been worse. Azpi didn’t start for the first time in 75 PL matches! Back down a little but hopefully can keep on charging up the ranks. It’s hard to be on top of it whilst travelling and I’ll have no internet for the entire 3 gameweek Xmas period so that’ll be interesting!!
Yeah very unfortunate for Azpi not starting but I'd be interested to hearing your reason behind taking a hit for a defender?
I hate picking Arsenal players because I feel like I jinx them or they just don't perform as well as they can when in my team. But Aaron Ramsey at 7.1 is sooooooo tempting...
6 straight starts
2 goals, 5 assists in that time.
46 FPL points
Nailed in our midfield 2. And won't play the midweek Europa league game so there's his rest.
Only priced at $7.1mil! (So good it's worth mentioning again)
By going Vardy -> Niasse I have 9.2 mil to pick a midfielder. And I'm having such a tough time working out who I want (Sane, Silva, Ramsey, Pogba) that instead of taking a hit to get one of them I might just wait a week and take 2 FT into the next week. Plus I can see if Niasse will get his spot back or whether I just go with Calvert-Lewin or even Crouch.
Quote from: PowerBug on November 30, 2017, 10:42:10 PM
Quote from: Spite on November 30, 2017, 05:44:02 PM
I’d finally made ground from 1.5m to 700k in 3 weeks but my haz and azpi in for a -8 this week couldn’t have been worse. Azpi didn’t start for the first time in 75 PL matches! Back down a little but hopefully can keep on charging up the ranks. It’s hard to be on top of it whilst travelling and I’ll have no internet for the entire 3 gameweek Xmas period so that’ll be interesting!!
Yeah very unfortunate for Azpi not starting but I'd be interested to hearing your reason behind taking a hit for a defender?
Holding Jones as I started with him so have too much value in him to trade away. Also have Niasse, so was copping a zero regardless so a hit for a defender is justifiable since they usually get 2 points for playing anyway and I chose a Chelsea defender with a high chance of CS against Swans. I got him for Mbemba (ironically who played) but he hasn’t for like 2 months...
Holding this week, Ramsey & Pogba both super tempting but don't have the funds to upgrade Gross. Gross still going strong anyway. Hopefully can keep moving up. 5k at the moment.
Decision to not get Niasse this week was good. Decision to get Christensen was okay. Means I have double Chelsea defence and Morata, so no way of getting Hazard in, but I don't have the funds to get Hazard in anyway when I make my midfield upgrade so I'm not too fussed. Will do Vardy -> DCL and Chalobah -> Ramsey this week, for a -4 I think.
Quote from: PowerBug on December 03, 2017, 01:59:46 PM
Decision to not get Niasse this week was good. Decision to get Christensen was okay. Means I have double Chelsea defence and Morata, so no way of getting Hazard in, but I don't have the funds to get Hazard in anyway when I make my midfield upgrade so I'm not too fussed. Will do Vardy -> DCL and Chalobah -> Ramsey this week, for a -4 I think.
And then Ramsey got injured the first week I had him so it was Daniels -> Kenny and Ramsey -> David Silva for a -4, which paid off spectacularly with a Kenny CS and Silva brace :D
Scored 66 with a big green arrow. Can't be much happier with that week after about 4 weeks of being really stagnate.
Thinking of blowing my entire war-chest on Richarlison -> Silva tomorrow
Hopefully welcoming back Morata, Moreno and Kiko this week
Quote from: elephants on December 14, 2017, 03:18:51 PM
Thinking of blowing my entire war-chest on Richarlison -> Silva tomorrow
Hopefully welcoming back Morata, Moreno and Kiko this week
Richarlison likely to get a rest on the weekend with his injury. But they do have a good run so if you can wait a week he should still be a good pick!
^ Seems like Marco Silva will play Richarlison every week lol ^
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRZO05GUQAAHGNp.jpg:large)
69 points, inside the top 150k now. Ward -> Ogbonna my FT for the week I think, netting another 0.4 to go to 1.2 in the bank. That's the extent of my forward planning though, haven't thought ahead after this GW.
So who else apart from PB, ele, Nige & myself is still kicking?
Spent the last few gameweeks nestled in the 5-7k region, before an absolute mare in GW17 and dropping outside 15k with an awful return. Now have some significant work to do to climb back up, considering only roughly 50 points seperate me from 200k... Bit of a logjam at the pointy end at the moment. Got chased down & overtaken in the FF league too. :(
Despite the relatively decent ranking Im feeling like I’m treading water a little bit. Still do not possess a City player and only absolute nailing of transfers (Lanzini last week, etc.) and okay captain choices is keeping me with small green arrows. Kolasinac & Kabasele in a garbage Watford defends are causing me all sorts of headaches and my front 3 are not delivering at all considering their price tags. I’m seeing a lot of people take funds out of their forward lines and re-distribute them elsewhere (PB) and are shooting up the rankings. Happy to hold firm for now, but a shift towards forwards needs to happen soonish or I’m in trouble.
Team for GW19 is
Pope
Alonso // Kolasinac // Kabasale
Salah // Hazard // Richarlison // Loftus-Cheek
Kane // Morata // Calvert-Lewin
Elliott // Kenny // Lanzini (susp 1 game) // Duffy (susp 1 game)
Team Value: 103.5
Rank: 13’212
Kolasinac has one more week, otherwise he is gone to Otamendi, or someone, just anyone at this point, just not this hack.
I want Pogba, dunno how to get him though. Maybe Kola down & Lanzini up after DGW.
Thinking Duffy to Ogbonna as this weeks transfer.
Lingard tempts me, is he fully nailed with Mkhi out of favour?
and the big one
How much longer can I keep the faith with Kane & Morata? Do I just need to ride this out?
I’m too scared to transfer out Kane :’(
Kola to Masuaku and richarlison to Pogba work?
79 points! 8) Monreal injury my worry, my standard with those sorts of things are to wait a GW and see what happens with them. On the plus side Sterling (c), Salah and Kane all hit double figures, double Chelsea defense got another clean sheet. Buying Kenny at 4.3 seems like a steal with the way Everton are defending lately as well.
So it looks like I'm going to hold my FT for Boxing Day, will captain Morata against Brighton.
Oh and I'm through to Rd 4 of the Cup, definitely my best ever effort here
I hate this game
Haha I am stoked, I have normally thrown the towel in months ago by this stage!
A few things to note for future reference:
GW28 matches likely to be moved - City vs Arsenal, Chelsea vs United. Depends what the EFL Cup final is. Let's all get behind Arsenal against Chelsea in the second leg so there's only one blank. I own 6 players from Chelsea, City, United and others probably own more!
GW31 is likely to have 5-7 blank games. This is where I'll be using my Free Hit chip so I won't bother too much with prepping for this game.
These fixtures will be caught up in GW34 and GW37. Probably use the TC in 34 (Fingers crossed some fixtures line up), Wildcard in 35 or 36, then Bench Boost in 37.
Bit of a change from the above actually, and GW28 won't be a blank at all thankfully.
My plan is:
Run the team through to GW31 which will be the big blank with the FA Cup QFs on, Only 2 matches are confirmed starting that GW (LIV vs WAT, EVE vs STK), every other one could be blank. It's likely that 6-7 will remain blank after the games get played (e.g MUN def HUD which is likely would mean HUD vs CRY in 31 gets played) next weekend. I'll try to field 8-9 players this week
Then GW32 or 33 I will Wildcard
GW34 BenchBoost (As the 15 players I just got are more likely to be still starting in 34 compared to 37)
GW35 Free Hit. This is the weekend of the FA Cup Semis, so 4 (likely big) teams will be missing, and so will their opponents. Better to not worry about this GW, then I also get to keep my wildcard team after this as well.
GW37 Triple Captain. Hope Salah, Kane, Kun, or whoever else pops up as a genuine option by that stage has two good fixtures :)
Was away in December but been doing pretty well recently and am prepared for the blank and the DGWs so here's to a big end to the season! Was 1.2m at New Year, hoping for a top 100k finish still
Hopefully I can make inroads this week.
I think I'll have 8 playing after a -4. Planning on wildcarding next week.
Van Dijk, RLC, Zaha, Shaqiri, Stanislas, Salah (C), Firmino, Mounie.
Quote from: Spite on March 16, 2018, 01:15:32 PM
Was away in December but been doing pretty well recently and am prepared for the blank and the DGWs so here's to a big end to the season! Was 1.2m at New Year, hoping for a top 100k finish still
December the wrong month to miss for FPL haha. If you have all chips then anything is possible in the last 8 weeks.
I'll be taking a -12 to field 11. Banking on Bournemouth to go big against West Brom with Wilson, Stanislas and Daniels/Smith/Ake coming in. Also bringing in Butland so I have coverage for all the defenses playing at home.
How good is Salah!
Salah + Robertson + IbeDaddy = :-*
Back up to 22k overall. Top 50k still the goal but a 4 figure rank come GW38 would be a nice surprise. :D
Quote from: Koop on March 18, 2018, 10:19:48 AM
Salah + Robertson + IbeDaddy = :-*
Back up to 22k overall. Top 50k still the goal but a 4 figure rank come GW38 would be a nice surprise. :D
Good luck mate, I'm aiming for a 5 figure rank, but with all chips in hand, anything is possible.
Quote from: Mongoose528 on March 18, 2018, 11:52:23 AM
Quote from: Koop on March 18, 2018, 10:19:48 AM
Salah + Robertson + IbeDaddy = :-*
Back up to 22k overall. Top 50k still the goal but a 4 figure rank come GW38 would be a nice surprise. :D
Good luck mate, I'm aiming for a 5 figure rank, but with all chips in hand, anything is possible.
A lot of movement seems to happen around chip time. Just look at those who didn’t captain Salah last week as an example, hopefully we both make the correct calls and see green rather than red. ;) I last played in 13/14 when none of these chips existed, so its going to be a big learning curve for me.
Speaking of, I’m wildcarding 33 instead of 32 personally, but that’s because my team at the moment is at a point I’m comfortable with without a wildcard, and I can avoid loading up on Chelsea & Tottenham players this week when they both play eachother, keep my Liverpool assets for another week. Avoid Swansea as they play United this week but also have the DGW, and monitor the UCL 1st leg for any potential injuries. Some people will have so much deadwood that they need to WC this round, I’m just at a luxury where I can wait a week. Looking at Kun to either Auba or Lukaku this week.
Pope
Alonso // Mee // Robertson // Zanka
Salah // Son // Mahrez // Ibe
Auba/Lukaku // Firmino
Butland // Baines (v MCI) // Zaha (inj cloud) // DCL
In terms of a WC team, I’m looking at
DDG // Fabianski
Alonso // Smalling // Christensen // Chilwell // Lowton
Salah // Son // Mahrez // Silva/Willian // Kenedy
Aubameyang // Vardy // Jordan Ayew
Willian extremely tempting over Silva, would allow up to 5.5 to come in for Lowton
Well with the new DGW news, you've ruined your season if you have used your FH chip in 31 and only burnley plays in 35 and has a double in 37 now.
Farcical scenes!
Lucky I am only going for the league win, 4 points off 1st atm!
Quote from: Spite on March 23, 2018, 04:04:43 PM
Well with the new DGW news, you've ruined your season if you have used your FH chip in 31 and only burnley plays in 35 and has a double in 37 now.
Not overly, because you could still tailor to 35 and then Wildcard in 36.
Is that true (Burnley thing) even with the remaining fixtures yet to be announced that will almost certainly go in GW37?
Quote from: PowerBug on March 23, 2018, 04:15:20 PM
Quote from: Spite on March 23, 2018, 04:04:43 PM
Well with the new DGW news, you've ruined your season if you have used your FH chip in 31 and only burnley plays in 35 and has a double in 37 now.
Not overly, because you could still tailor to 35 and then Wildcard in 36.
Is that true (Burnley thing) even with the remaining fixtures yet to be announced that will almost certainly go in GW37?
They have been announced.
Sorry to say, without a WC you cant get your DGW34 assets in place quickly enough so it would be pointless to WC in 36... And if you are tailoring to 35 then you aren't getting the most out of 34. Sorry man, there is no way out for people who have used their FH chip here, they will be like 50+ points behind those who still have theirs.
this is making my head hurt
Currently on the Wildcard, this is how my team is looking:
DDG / Ryan
Alonso / Christensen / Bailly / Van der Hoorn / Lowton
Salah / Mahrez / Son / Willian / Gudmundsson
Auba / Vardy / Barnes
Leaves me with 3 x single GW34, 12x DGW34
Choosing Auba over Lukaku, as I'd back him to score more over 3 games, than Lukaku will in 4.
Not the first time I've been shouting 'flowering Rondon' for ruining CS's for my team. :(
The top 10k average is predicted to have 9.2 double gameweek players this week. If you're bench boosting, you'll exceed that by a fair amount.
The next two weeks will be massive on rank changes and I'm looking forward to it!
Quote from: Spite on April 14, 2018, 12:30:48 AM
The top 10k average is predicted to have 9.2 double gameweek players this week. If you're bench boosting, you'll exceed that by a fair amount.
The next two weeks will be massive on rank changes and I'm looking forward to it!
I have 13 + Salah and Auba. But will probably turn Auba to Kane (somehow) so will end up having 14 :O
Hopefully with all my chips to play/in play I can get into the top 100k :)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaqwwomVwAEM61G.jpg:large)
That'll be my team I think
Looking forward to the next 4 weeks.
Hopefully I can get that top 50k finish.
Always a lot of movement at this part of the season.
Yeah interesting to note that PB, myself, Nige, Mongoose (who it took me a while to work out is EazyMoney) and Spite are the only 5 of the top 11 in the FF league that still had their Free Hit intact for this week. Of the remaining 6, 5 took hits 4 were -8+ and no one has more than 9 playing. Could be a big week of movement, although having Salah C and seeing the remaining guys with Jesus makes me extremely uncomfortable.
Quote from: Koop on April 22, 2018, 09:22:46 PM
Yeah interesting to note that PB, myself, Nige, Mongoose (who it took me a while to work out is EazyMoney) and Spite are the only 5 of the top 11 in the FF league that still had their Free Hit intact for this week. Of the remaining 6, 5 took hits 4 were -8+ and no one has more than 9 playing. Could be a big week of movement, although having Salah C and seeing the remaining guys with Jesus makes me extremely uncomfortable.
I'm just annoyed I made a late change and it has cost me heaps of points. I selected Ederson, Mane, Wood over Hennessy, Silva and Ings right before deadline because the Liverpool team was leaked early. Could have been a massive week :(
Quote from: Koop on April 22, 2018, 09:22:46 PM
Yeah interesting to note that PB, myself, Nige, Mongoose (who it took me a while to work out is EazyMoney) and Spite are the only 5 of the top 11 in the FF league that still had their Free Hit intact for this week. Of the remaining 6, 5 took hits 4 were -8+ and no one has more than 9 playing. Could be a big week of movement, although having Salah C and seeing the remaining guys with Jesus makes me extremely uncomfortable.
New Year, new name aha.
There's definitely been a lot of movement, with most people that didn't plan getting poor scores.
Looking on to the next DGW, I've got to get some City into my side, they are just too good right now.
Still don't know what to do with Alonso either.
But Sterling comes in for me this week and Mahrez can gtfo.
Don't know what to do with Bailly either.
(https://i.imgur.com/64V6ikc.png)
Final standings!
See you all in a couple of months. If there's a good one for the World Cup I'd be down for that for some fun.