After assessing the Defence and Midfield numbers over the last four matches, we turn our attentions to up front this evening. A number of double Gameweek options arrive under analysis, including Everton, City and Newcastle’s main men, whilst we also compare Arsenal and United’s strikers and doff our cap to Tottenham’s man of the moment after a series of scintillating displays.
In the same boat.
I vote no chips and only 1 wildcard next season!
No chance it'll happen though :/
Reviewed my options and believe a WC
With Kane Mahrez & your Leicester defender is most desirable and will most likely merit the most points.
Any conversing views?
Ryan disagrees 🙂
I'm actually doing Kane, Mahrez and, controversially, PvA!
PvA has an okay 33 fixture (LEI H), an okay 34 fixture (nor a), and also has a fixture in 35 plus DGW37. Attacking threat is well known.
I do like Leicester defenders but I feel like with PvA in it's one less change for me before 37, giving me a spare FT to use somewhere in my planning if I need some emergency surgery from an unexpected injury.
Hope that is useful! 🙂Current owner of PVA and 100% in my 37 team, may look to keep him in too as you said it saves a precious transfer in getting him back in!
P.S have a feeling PVA will get a haul this week.Yeah man, I'd keep him in - can see them playing up til the end of the season (there's a few Mackems on these fora who will tell you!) so I can't see anything to say I shouldn't keep PvA - Mahrez - Kane as my SGWers if I'm planning til the end!
Here's my WC team (for as soon as the game unlocks after this GW):
Hennessey Mignolet
Bellerin Sakho Smalling PvA Janmaat
Bolasie Mahrez Ozil Lingard Payet
Lukaku Kun Kane
Can't wait til the community smashes it this DGW 🙂
Good luck, DL!
You're probably right, the lure of DGW players is strong though...
Aye it really is, cannot wait to see how it all works out.
12-13 DGMWK players is enough for me though
Kane has some tough fixtures coming up so I'm not expecting big hauls from him, I think Sturridge will deliver more points until GW35!
Heavily on my watchlist, just can't do it to myself again though. Had him twice this season and well it's gone terribly. He really cannot be trusted to start games. I promise you in the double he'll be benched!
I like taking stupid risks, that's most of the fun for me! 😛
Boy o boy is it fun
Only Mahrez to survive for me.
I'm keeping Kane, Mahrez and Alli over week 34. But using BB that week.
I think that's the general consensus. I'm switching Fuchs to Simpson to raise money elsewhere.
Fuchs to Morgan as Morgan gets 2 bps when ever fuchs does .1 more than simpson
Those were Morgan's first baps of the season
Depends how many points you are chasing.
Do like Mitrovic's stats in the article above thoughLeading my ML rival by 50. What would you say is the conservative smart plan?
Repost from last article!
One week punt. Goalkeeper.
Almost an oxymoron!
Any idea who? Here's my team, 1 week before WC, can bring in any keeper.
Butland (to be replaced!)
Daniels Fuchs Ivan
Payet Mahrez Eriksen Siggy
Kun Kane Vardy
Who? Courtois? Ospina/Cech if fit?
Cheers in advance 🙂
Courtois easily
Thanks SG. I'm very tempted.
Cheers to all who posted on last article.
Anyone else TC Lukaku GW33?
If im forced into a WC this week its a serious possibility
It is a great option.
Fixture Plums:
GW 33:
EVE : wat 78 cpl 160
GW 34:
ARS : CPL 351 WBA 328
MCY : che 14 new 276
MUN : AVL 551 CPL 321
WHM : lei -145 WAT 233
GW 37:
CHE: sun 186 liv -20
EVE: lei -216 sun 164
LIV: WAT 146 CHE 20
WHM : SWA 276 MUN 82
bookmarked
Man U's fixtures screaming Smalling TC to me 😉
Highly considering (c)ing him that week 🙂
Hehehe. You cheeky Devil!!! 😉
But how to solve that WC TC BB GW puzzle?
its these figures that are making me Tc gw34(specifically sanchez) when i had planned the BB like every1 else
Plenty
Thinking yup at present
GW37 might be too late with rotation in squads and some teams have nothing to play for, if Lukaku performs well against United im doing it for sure.
It might certainly prove to be the best use of TC in remainig GW's. But it's a big headache - means no WC in GW33 followed by BB in GW34.
Y
yeah
Sanchez GW34 still just about edging it for me
Despite the numbers and Rooney's potential to spoil the party who's going Rashford on their WC?
Such good value and those fixtures....If anyone has to make way for Rooney it will be Lingard.
I don't think this is true, and no one knows for certain
I am picking Martial personally, he costs more obviously but he's the only 100% nailed on member of our attackSo you think Rashford will get 2 starts?
I'm game - but will wait and see what role Rooney will play first
how manny sgwers will you keep?
who if any?
i was temped to go with full 15dgwers but might as well keep kaneone Leicester, either Mahrez or Simpson
5.
Gomes(Mignolet)
Walker, Simpson
Eriksen
KaneGomes is not a GW34 SGWer
Ah. Forgot.
Klose, Fuchs, Simpson
Mahrez
One hit wonder. 😎
😆
Funes Mori and Robles on the way ...
I am not sure why people with good t.v's are considering Robles .
Otherwise it might be Hennessey ... 🙂
CPL : whm -248 NOR 108 EVE -160
- and don't get me started on DePardieu! 😀I'm off to play football in 30 mins I don't have the time 🙂
Enjoy!!! 😆
Cheers 🙂
Clyne and Huth or Gabriel and Cresswell ?
For when?
All the way possibly, certainly till 37
In my ML I'm 95 points clear and also the only one with BB left in top 6. 4 including me have TC left too. I think I can go with best players for average till the end. I hope so anyway.
Ok, no worries man. Good luck
Start again.
Would go Sakho for Liverpool, Reid for WHM, Simpson LEI and Bellerin/Kos over Gabriel as he isn't nailedI have Bellerin, Ivanovic, Koschelny at present as my other three m keeping I think. With currently Clyne and Huth. Should I all them and for who? Thanks
( my team value is 112 )
After a thousand drafts (till the next few) here what it comes down to 🙂
A) Mangala, Simpon- Coutinho-Vardy
B) Mangala , Ottamendi- Coutinho-Ayoze
C) clyne, Simpson- Mahrez-Kane
Robbles Elliot
Monreal-Bellerin-Sakho-XXX-XXX
Ozil-Firmino-Payet-Barkley-XXX
Kun-Lukaku-XXX
Thanks 🙂I see you sneakily edited out Moreno for Clyne.
🙂 what is your pick?
Evening all, thoughts on my first draft for a WC in 33.
Mignolet Elliot
Bellerin Rojo Coleman Olsson Delaney
Ozil Payet Coutinho Mahrez Alli
Lukaku Aguero Martial
Plan to get rid of Delaney and Martial for players with a game in 35.
Any pointers / feedback is welcomed. ThanksRojo, Olsson, Delaney?
Not today, thank you. 🙂Are there better options out there for my £££?
Reid, Jagielka, Simpson.
It is so telling, when that is the better selection.
Coleman has done bugger all to justify the extra money over Jags/Funes Mori
Would just have Simpson at 4.2 over Delaney. Palace defence is rubbish
All the rest looks legitDelaney Is likely to be a 1 week punt but point taken!!
Currently staring at Alexis-Ozil-Iwobi in a WC draft 😀
Iwobis had one good game lol
What is your defence ?
Mate I was thinking Alexis and Ozil was a bit overkill in my own team...
How dare you say that to Balders >:( . He invented double game weeks
Get off his nuts
Deep Vein Thrombosis. 😉
Özil - Bellerin - Monreal ...
Why Monreal over Kosc? Monreal might be rotated no?
No. 🙂
Are you still looking at Payet-Antonio-Lanzini?
Bellers-Ozil-Iwobi here 🙂
for a GW33 wc
a) Mahrez and Clyne
b) Coutinho and a defender for up to 4.6 (can't be Arsenal or Pool)
If A I would likely bench one of Mahrez or Ozil GW37
if B I would bench Ozil GW37
A
Well there's not many defender options ... :/
Is Firmino in your plans? If so, A.yes he is
I think the defender in B would have to be Simpson
keeping Simpson and not getting Clyne could be an option as it allows Smalling over Rojo
With dortmund game I can't see either Coutinho or Firmino playing both DGW games. Pains me to say but Milner and Henderson look the only safe bets.
fail was meant to be seperate post
Whom are you guys bringing in as your No.1 stopper in place of Butland? DDG, Courtois, Adrian or someone else?
Mignolet on WC33, if 1 week punt before WC then Courtois
DDG/Cech for the ballers
Robles/Elliot shopping in the bargain bin
That feeling when your 0.1 off! ;(
Check behind that enormous sofa!!! 😉
Is it worth replacing Butland for a hit?
If so, for who?
1GW punt (will WC next week)Robles.
EVE : mun -203 wat 78 cpl 160GW 32:
Robles{x2}
Monreal, Simpson, Funes Mori{x2}
Özil, Eriksen, Payet(vc), Antonio
Kane(c), Lukaku{x2}, Agüero
[Hart]; Mahrez, Wollscheid, Alderweireld … - 4, 0.6 ITB, TC: 109.5, SV: 106.7Everton don't have a DGW in 32...
But they do in 33.
And they are better defensively, BY FAR, away from home ...-203 doesn't seem like the best one-week option though Doos...
No. But view the tables below ... 😉
I don't care what the tables say, no way I'm bringing in Robles at Old Trafford for a -4 !!!
Fair enough. 😀
Wait, you're bringing in Robles AND Mori this week away to United. We're gonna batter Everton 🙂
Yes, of course you are! 😆 😆 😆
Come on. Already that you're getting Mori sounds so bad...
Just no.
OK. 😀
But seriously, there's no way Everton are walking home with a CS ... We thrashed them 3-0 in the reverse fixture with no form!
lol@ManU! 😆 😆 😆
NOW you get it. 🙂
Still, Mori. 🙁 I can't believe I'm probably going to get him for DGW33. Is he even nailed on?
Coleman, Mori, Jagielka, Some other bugger.
Yes, I think so. 🙂Stones dead now?
John Stones?
You are such a Doosra. 🙂
You sweet-talking guy - stay away from me!!! 😆
Goalkeeper punt lol
Have to make the same move myself.
Might go Adrian.How's the draft coming along ? . I'm fairly happy despite crushing poverty 🙂
Decided not to WC and wait.
Just got in Payet early to get the rise to save future value deficits.How's your team looking AW?
I also decided not to wildcard the rises and falls are simply not happening for some reason . Bar Payet it's been fairly static . http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2016/03/25/scout-scribbles-international-round-up-30/?hc_page=1#hc_comment_12977890
Roy Carroll still beating about.
With dortmund game I can't see either Coutinho or Firmino playing both DGW games. Pains me to say but Milner and Henderson look the only safe bets.
Sturridge worth the gamble? Sturridge Lukaku Kane?
Impossible to tell.
If he gets the minutes, yes. If.You are worthy of a gloat post if the Strurridge punt pays off
Wildcarding this gameweek.
Wildcard option 1:
Elliot Robles
Bellerin Dann SMALLING Sahko Simpson
Sanchez OZIL Coutinho Payet Bolasie
Aguero Lukaku RASHFORD
Wilcard option 2
Elliot Robles
Bellerin Dann Sahko JANMAAT Simpson
Sanchez FIRMINO Coutinho Payet Bolasie
Aguero Lukaku WELBECK
Both leave 0.0 itb. Which do you prefer?
Monreal AND Bellerin, decent shouts for the DGW and rest of the season run in?
Gibbs a rotation threat to Monreal..
I'm doin' it. 🙂
Depends if you think Monreal outscores Alexis + Ozil
Alexis isn't an option for me, can't afford, ruins my team
I want to do this, but maybe Monreal will be rotated? I just don't know
He will be yep, but will feature in 35 I'd of thought.
Provides no injuryI can't see this happening myself. I'm not sure why people think this.
It would be the best defence that's for sure. Misses out on a valuable attacking slot though.
Limits you to one Arsenal attacker and given the run in fixtures I would want two.
2 is the way to go if you can afford Ozchez
I should be able to.
I just know that I will end up with Mitrovic and Iwobi in my team come DGW34.
Flair 🙂
...and now Doosra got Mori in my head. Can I get him out of there in time before GW33 starts and I stare at a team with a double Everton and Palace defence?
😎 😆
Oh - and Palace ...
http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/2283/
Has anyone actually run correlations on which defensive statistic best performs future goals against?
The number of "big chances" are just too small in a six-game stretch. The amount of statistical wobble in that variable is just too great to be predictive, me thinks.
I (possibly erroneously) tend to think goals are most likely scored from inside the box from open play, so the Goal Attempts In Box Conceded data would lead me to actually have some confidence in both Everton and Palace.
Yep that wouldn't be ideal 🙂
I'm just interested to hear some neutrals thoughts on Everton. If you were in charge would you sack Martinez and if so who would be the best replacement?
Most Everton fans want him out.
About 65% according to the polls
Yah.
Lukaku will be off somewhere else before long.
With his goals in the team Everton should be doing much better than they are.
yeah they do when they lose, the minute they look like they're improving they go all quiet again. Fickle feckers
This is very true I'm afraid.
I think when you look at other teams in the league and their squads there are a few who have made some great signings and now have very capable players at their disposal. I know they were a big team in the past but when you look at the Everton squad it doesn't stand out heads and tails above the other teams that are fighting it out for Europa league / 6th place etc etc.
I have to disagree on that I'm afraid. IMO we should be in the top 4 this season. How many of the Utd side would get in it for instance? DDG, Martial, Mata and Smalling. And Rooney 🙂
And maybe Carrick
Ans Shaw if he was fit
🙂lol, what makes you think you should be top 4? really. Sorry limbo but we will have ti disagree on this. United aren't top4 either . You have a decent defence, Lukaku and other than Barkley and maybe Delofeau its not enough to be getting into the top 6 let alone the top 4 imho,
Only reasons n I say it is because Leicester are top. City and Utd are poor. We had a chance this season. West Ham are close, Everton should be up there too.
My mate at work is a toffee and had high hopes this season and now shouts Bobby must go etc. The team I support in Scotland I expect to be top 4 but we got relegated 2 seasons ago and are finding it difficult getting back up, Dundee United are facing relegation this year. This is probably why I am saying this. Times have changed
I'd sack him. Not getting the right results despite the nice to watch football. Everton have to be a top 6 side.
Agreed.. should be doing a lot better with the talent at his disposal
I disagree with this, they haven't had much money and all other teams in the Premiership get vast sums of money now so there is a more even spread of wealth and due to this some of the so called lesser teams can bring in real quality. You just have to look at some of the stoke signings, Who would have thought 5 years ago that Shaqiri, Bojan, Affelay and the likes would be playing there. There is no team who has any so called "right" to finish anywhere any more.
yes I would
I think he is taking you backwards and is clueless on organising a defence. You have lost 8 home games this season, have dropped 14 points from winning positions (and a total of 45 in his 3 seasons)
totally unaccpetable that a team with the level of talent you guys have are in the bottom half.
as for a replacement that's tougher. We can rule out Brodge or Moyes IMO, if he could be tempted the Ginger Mourino might be a good shout.Who's the Giner Mou again? 🙂
Dyche
Dyche lol c'mon.
what's wrong with him?
doing a good job on a limited budget, knows how to organise a defence and deserves a chance at a better team IMO. He'd sort that defence out and buy a decent keeper
Heaton
Coleman, Jags, Stones, Baines
That back 5 with a guy who can organise.If I was a fan of a team, I'd probably want a manager who can organise an _attack_.
Everton's attack is not the problem though
That can change if you bring in the "right" manager.
should a manager not have a chance to better himself?
Thanks to Martinez
I like Unai Emery of Seville but would he go to Goodison
Everton are a higher standard than Dyche.
You cant say Everton should be a top 6 team in one breath and in the next recommend Dyche as a potential manager to do it.I didn't say top 6, I said top half
you don't know if he can do it or not unless he is given a chanceLol.
By that logic they should let you run the Olympic 100m sprint final just to for the craic to see if you can run fast or not.They're only a couple of points off the top half now with a game in hand.. Under this new owner they will be looking higher than that
Oh yeah 😀 I actually really like him. He wouldn't be popular though. Evertonians would see that as a step down.
a sign of how far Moyes took you IMO
IMO Martinez doesn't win the FA cup, he doesn't get the job in the 1st place
If he improved your results he'd win fans over. Who would you like?Who would I like? I honestly don't know because I don't know who's good that we could get. Howe would be my first choice from England but I'd really like to see another season from him first at Bournmouth.
if Burnley go up, forget about it though.
He'd still come, no danger.
100%. But I'm not convinced he'd do a great job at Everton. You should aim higher.
I'd definitely want him out. And replaced by someone not a complete nutter. Garde would be good and could be released by Villa soon anyway, so I would probably try to negotiate a free release of him asap to give him time to get to know the squad and club structures for better summer planning.
Alternatively, if they want to give a chance to an English manager, Howe from B'mouth seems like he could be good.
Yeah I like Howe but the general feeling is he comes into the Dyche category
Why? Don't seem too similar to me.
Wait, so, you're rating Dyche and Howe, but not Garde? Are you winding me up? 😆😀 i don't know what Garde did previously tbf.
He's top class. One of the future greats. You can't seriously blame that Villa failure on him. The way he even temporarily managed to solidify their defence was almost miraculous, seen the scenes before it. Now it's like that again.
I know it was mission impossible but I expected some kind of improvement. They've just got worse.
Are you winding me up? 😀
What? Why? I seriously think both these would be excellent choices. Garde and Howe. Is there a reason why you'd doubt that?
Garde has failed miserably at Villa. He couldn't be trusted unless he proves himself first.
He has proven himself at Lyon pretty well. Also, started out reasonably well with an awful team (that had only won 1 match before he took charge), until the recent collapse of the team.
The big wonder is why on earth he took over Villa in the first place. He could have got so much better.
Yes. Some one with a bit of class. Eddie Howe?
But isn't Howe just another Martinez. Very impressive though what he's done considering all those injuries.
Is he a total lunatic too? I didn't know that.
Martinez's problem is not that he wants to play possession football, nor anything in his tactical style. It's that he's a madman and hence ends up doing mad decisions.
I think Howe will be difficult to tempt. He is embarking on something at Bournemouth and seems to like living on the coast.
He would be a fine choice but hard to get
Yep fire him.
Imagine Mou at Everton.. He can make that defense solid with a quality GK and probably get them to top 4 easily neext season..IF Everton first wastes some £500M on top players on transfer market.
Maybe if Jose goes to United you can have Giggsy
I'm secretly hoping you get Giggs and we get Mou. The chances are somewhat slim 🙂
Conor Washington debut goal.
well taken too
1-0 Northern Ireland Washington
I need a defender with potential for the run in, 6.2 to spend
Already have Bellerin, Monreal, Sakho and SimpsonReid?
Not sure I fancy many clean sheets for West Ham tho
find 0.3 and get Smalling or double up and get Koscielny who is at 6.2
Surely there is no point having Barkley/Bolasie/Lennon for GW33 but not GW34, was contemplating a switch after GW33 but this is rendered pointless by the odds. Switching either of those three for 'someone better' surely negates the point of having them at all, unless by some massive stroke of luck they get loads of points in 33 but none in 34.
Swap for Liverpool players makes sense
That does make sense but I'm thinking that if I have say Barkley for 33 and he blanks then there is every chance if I swap him for Couts/Firm that Barkley then picks up some points in 34 when one of those 2 doesn't.
Bolasie's threat looks good, if I'm punting, I'm punting for 4 games in 2 weeks.
GW32 onwards
a) Monreal + Sahko
b) Kosci + KloseA
A).
Barkley for 33 and 34 and then get Willian? Better idea?
What Im doing Sort of
Really surprised the lack of Martial in WC drafts
AVL
CPL
N/A
LEI
nor
whm
BOU*cue Doosra's Terrifying Teams table
I have Rashford hoping he keeps his place or at least gets decent minutes
but he doesn't score many points
Okay, cracked it I think. I can get Sanchez in for DGW 34 and then Sturridge for my punt.
Come down to this
A) Simpson + Sanchez up to GW 35
+ [Creswell for GW 36 & 38]
B) Bellerin + Mahrez up to GW 35
+ [Bellerin for GW 36 & 38]
8 years, 3 months agoI think the problem with these chips is that when my ML rivals figure out what I'm up to, they will be so confused and angry they will accuse me of "cheating"
They will be like disaffected rednecks at a Trump rally.