We delve into the Gameweek data now in our first members article of the week. Amongst this evening’s topics for analysis are Liverpool, Stoke and Southampton’s midfielders, Swansea and West Brom’s frontmen, Man United’s full-backs and Palace’s summer signing with a penchant for a pot shot.
It's all about that risk, man. I'm captaining Lamela this week
Eh
He got into good positions, right? Palace at home is a tasty fixture. Also, Aguero might be tired after his midweek game. I have Hazard too but I don't know how defensive Conte will be in away games
Fair point about Chelsea but I think people are backing lamela in for a breakout season a bit too soon.
Good shout IMO
You'll find that those who do well in fantasy just captain the popular choice, it will always be aguero or risk falling behind heeps if he explodes. Risky captain choices are something you do late in the season when:
a) it's your only option to catch up to the people in front of you, as a template will have formed and this will be your differential.
b) you know what you can expect from players so can make safer captaincy choices (unlike gameweek 1)
Im currently on Firmino (c).
Looks like Liverpool games could be around 4-3 every week, as a Liverpool fan it's going to be an interesting season!
I think Burnley might make it boring, its the kind of game liverpool will struggle in, and make perfect sense, batter arsenal, fail to score against Burney.
Any thoughts...?
A. Lukaku, Mane & Sterling
Or
B. Zlatan, Barkley & Lamela
...hoping Lukaku moves to Chelsea and Mane's injury isn't too bad
b, but sterling is tempting also
Which combo do like best for a draft league / long term?
A.) Azpil, Lamela, Deeney
B.) Terry, Sterling, Rondon/6.5
A
I like B with Carroll
B
Thanks chaps. Those that went B - do you think Terry is nailed when Zouma returns?
Who to play from this 3 ?
1. Evans
2. Deulofeu
3. Capoue2
2
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Morning all. I'm still considering the Vardy/Alli to Ibra/Lamela -4 switch this week.
What are people's thoughts on this? Not catching the .1 rise on Ibra would be annoying for rest of squad at this stage.Do it
i think that are goot transers !
Flippin wish I'd just gone with those as orginal picks - would've had a very high score GW1
Yeah I'm concerned about ibra going up too. Those changes make sense I think Lamela will have a decent season.
When the player prices came out, I picked out Lamela as being underpriced with loads of potential. I didn't go with him myself becasue I'm a boring, safe FPL player!
Haha looking at your pedigree fella it works for.....
*Works for you....
I always rely on help from this site though!
Don't take hits based off one gameweek :/
Both Alli and vardy have favourable fixtures this weekTo be fair, so do Lamela and Ibra
Just think one week isn't enough time to base that move off, but if you're confident go ahead.
I think at the start of the season it can be worth it to jump on players/combos that will gain value. Alli and Vardy do have decent fixtures and it could well bite me on the arse.
You only need to get through tonight for another free transfer though?
Ibra could rise tonight though no?
I dunno, I think those who didn't score this week are more likely to next gw, they're not as in form I admit.
Hey Timbo, or anyone else, is there a way to save a team that you've created in RMT? It always reverts back to my actual team from last week. Thanks!
nah. it just constantly refreshes according to your FPL team ID which extracts your current players.
Bench 1 please?
A-Shaw (Soton)
B-Terry (wat)
C-Stones (stk)
D-Amat (Hull)
E-DelaF (wba) play 4-3-3.C
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What way you leaning?
wish i knew. Stones benched atm but wanna bench Kingsley instead.. can see Hull scoring even if it's away. yours is even harder cause you've got Terry instead of Kone so all the best :p
D but them I'm often swayed by player value in these decisions....
I was on D till I noticed all the scouts have picked some form of Swan defence-I expect the GK to make the picks now.
I hear you, this site is a blessing and a curse. All golden nuggets and self doubt 🙂
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Rondon vs Negredo ??
Negredo for the fixtures
Rondos has lovely fixtures
West Brom's fixtures are arguably better
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Is Collins nailed with Ogbonna lurking. Thanks.
Sounds like the most horrific porno ever
This. I'm a bit worried myself. Risky. His goal was class but defending was a bit leaky i.e.) Costa's goal
Ibra vs Rooney is interesting...
Don't think it should even be a decision tbh - Mourinho might play Pogba at 10 in the away games (as he played Fabregas), and Mkhi is a big threat too
Surely Pogba will play as a holding mid. But I think that you're right about Mkhi playing in the number 10 role at times...
Box to box. a defensive mid to cover such as Schneiders, Blind Fellaini
It is at the moment. Will see what the Pogba impact will be. I do suspect Pogba will be deeper than the front two though.
Shall I start Stones or Amat on Saturday?
Amat.
Amat for sure
Look up!
Don't think city have a chance getting a cleanie?
Jaku
Valencia stones mcauley walker
Willian tadic sanchez
Kun kane gray
Subs : kasper, amat, gradel, fletcher
Gtg? Or should i change?
I'd go 3 at the back and put fletcher in hoping he gets something. Maybe drop stones or mcauley
For some reason I put Lingard in my team as my 4th mid and I'm already regretting it. My midfield is,
Hazard - Wijnaldum - Redmond - Deulofeu - Lingard
With 0 ITB. Any thoughts on who I could transfer Lingard to? Such a waste of 6mill at the minute.Why not go in for a 4.5 mid and upgrade elsewhere?
You could get ramirez and use the extra funds to upgrade elsewhere
Lingard -> Ramirez
Wijnaldum -> 8.5?Sounds good
wait for this gw, lingard could start
also have him
Asked by my mates at my club who want to play FPL. They all like their football but not what I would call addicts. One guy ask me to give pointers to start and pin it up on the notice board so they start a mini league.
My thoughts are:
1. Go to this site for advice.
2. Pick a balance of Goalies/Defenders 27 mil, Mids 40 mil, forwards, 33 mil.
3 Always have 2 bench players who will play.
4 Point scorers at the back based on team ability
5 Point scorers mids and forwards on individual ability.
There are a lot of things to say but not so easy to paraphrase to 5 points.
What should be added and taken out?
Take out #1. Just send them to the Premier League twitter account instead. 😉
*goes fishing*
27 mil not enough for 7 players
You are right. Should be 29 and 38 mids
Amat for stones at least
- Thursday's press conferences
Some presser info -
9 Pressers today -
0800 (BST) – Bournemouth
0900 – Arsenal
Then in chronological order -
Liverpool
Tottenham
Everton
Leicester
Manchester United
Burnley
Swansea
Thanks
Always feel for Eddie Howe having to get up so early
Thanks
Last one Swansea at 5:30
Probably been asked by others, but who do I get in for Ayew? I have 8.0 to spend. My other attackers at the moment are:
Hazard/Coutinho/Redmond/Capoue
Aguero/Ibra/Gray
My thoughts were either Barkley/Lamela or Ramirez for different reasons (too long to explain).
Which one do I get? Or other suggestions appreciated
I would go with Sterling...
An as FFS community, how do we feel about the integration between FPL and FFS?
Mark spoke about it in the pre-amble and I'm genuinely happy he's doing something he loves for a living. I don't mind the extra competition and awareness this brings to the game, leveling the playing field etc etc.
It's only 1 week into the season but am already starting to see the value proposition of FFS diminishing. The @OfficialFPL twitter is basically spoonfeeding information. How much is too much?What is the difference between the PL twitter account "spoonfeeding" and us reading articles on here?
Mark's trying to make a living. Yes, I'd agree, it's diminishing the value of this site to us and probably making people ask what the point of membership is, but it's boosting the value of FPL to him. So even if people don't sign up next year, he'll be doing alright!
Yep. Pretty sure most of those who paid the membership fee seem hard done by. But dynamics change.
I'd agree with that - a combo of the poor ticker upgrade and the amount of information now easily available. I've got no grudge over that though. We make a choice if we want to pay or not, but that gives us no control over how the site is run.
A lot of people paid for membership before they realised so many stats would be available for free via FPL, though!
Hence I prefaced the question with, as a *community*.
The content being available to a wider audience, that's not my concern - it's Mark's and FFS' business model and strategy. But the new people coming to this site have no sense of belonging to the community...create accounts...shoot a question and eff off.
Regular posters try to respond but then it gets tiresome. I was here Thursday and Friday...couldn't be arsed to post. I'm sure I'm not alone. Let's put it this way - if FFS became just a news portal and another site focuses more on the community engagement aspect of things, and some regular posters start switching there - would you jump?Yes, probably. When I come on here, I sort the comments by rating more than reading the articles - that probably says what I value most.
I would
Maybe. I am mainly here for the community the FPL stuff is just a bonus. I know a lot of people are the other way about but im happy to spend my summers here and contribute where I can.
One day, the comments section will just be a place where gravless ask their questions and the FFS mods reply them.
That's where things are heading.Its a shame as I love the community.
I'm not sure how the new FPL stuff has anything to do with the community here.
Every single year in the past 2-3 years at least we've heard how FFS is getting too busy, it's too difficult to speak to regulars, there's too many newbies who come then go.
There's definitely a lot of traffic and at peak times it can be difficult to see posts as the pages move so fast but that isn't a new thing really.
Otherwise I still see plenty of regulars and I still read and respond to their post. I make a point of checking the recent comments for any replies as I don't like to post and then go (although it happens sometimes with work).
But that's just me, the community also has to help itself of course.
And if you have any ideas (probably not worth suggesting a forum 🙂 ) about how things could be done better let Jonty know 🙂Just to add - I don't think FPL will ever have what we have here in terms of community.
Yes they now have a twitter account but no forums, or comments on articles etc.Sorry for the delayed response, had work 🙂
Have no grudge against more content on the FPL site (well some grudges but I can see why it is what it is). But I see the might/will have on the community side of things is very clear - i'll not repeat stuff in this reply but it's all over the thread.
The replies to this thread, though a few, are from some regular posters. It's an odd time of day but repost this at peak-ish hours and you will likely find replies largely similar. There is already some discontent. Am sure Mark is cautious of this and has been transparent with the business strategy side of things - which the community has seem to accepted.
But what we'd like to see is proactive steps to manage or at least acknowledge that things are being done to address some of these concerns. The loyalty is there, it just has to be reassured/strengthened, not forgotten or taken for granted.What are the other concerns that Mark hasn't addressed?
If you check back through his recent posts he's replied to a lot of threads like this one over the last couple of days btw:
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/profiles/admin-2/Haven't seen them but I will now.
For starters my whereabouts here have drastically reduced. And has been the same for quite a few regulars now.
Lot of great posters here mind and i've started coming for the community articles more than the FFS articles now.I just hope some of the great community articles don't filter onto the FPL page.
precisely LR. It's got to a point where I don't see the personal value in posting/replying. I bookmark the posters I like, check on them once in awhile, reply to their posts even if it's hours back....
I have no issue with the business strategy of the site, but i don't like where the community aspect of things is going
The @OfficialFPL account you mention is pretty frustrating to be honest - seems like FPL are almost trying to reduce the importance of sites like this and Fix, certainly this season.
It's not bitterness about competition or anything like that, but it just reduces the fun. If the account is going to point out every differential or every bit of news what's the point?It comes down to how much people care. If you don't care then you're not gonna benefit that much from spoon feeding. If you do care then this website hardly a secret. We still have to make decisions anyway, options for every spot this season
I don't mind info being on fpl as it is out there anyway. My biggest concern is when analysis or opinions are put on the fpl website and Twitter feed. Seems to negate the need for ffs and the community here which has to be a bad thing.
Still not impressed over the ict change as well. Fine for it to move but to give it fpl and not warn us before we pay the membership is disappointing.exactly. I normally pay membership a week before the season as I like to use it as a last minute sense check rather than spend hours and hours going through the stats.
The moment I saw the content FPL site had to offer, I knew it was a waste of money paying for membership here.
It's a vicious circle - and the "victims" here imo are the regular posters who've been here for upwards of 5 years.
Hey there Shifty. It's been a while.
Good for Mark. As for me, I just don't care. I just want to win.Hello! haha, i too want to win...but I also do enjoy exchanging opinions with the regulars here. Getting abit hard to do these days.
I found it really amusing as i was watching the telly in India last Friday. Prime time and Marks FPL show came up. The likes of Redmond were thrown in my face and everybody in India saw that coverage.
A week down the line, i've resigned to the fact that any shrewed businessman would have gone in bed with FPL. It is good for him, no doubt and he's not bound by us at all.yea business is business!
Slowly but surely, this game is being stripped down to pure luck, as the more dedicated managers (FFS members and dedicated non-FFS FPL players) get steered in the same direction and a tighter pool of players.
I won't be surprised if a "WC Strategy" or "How to best utilize your chips" articles get posted on the FPL site itself soon.But it's people's ability to interpret the information that makes the difference. Same in poker, all the info on how to be good is out there yet still a lot of people suck at it
this
I think it's quite amusing this desire to restrict information, would be quite sinister if it wasn't just fantasy football.
By that argument though, charging membership for such information is surely even worse!
I'm not impressed that the same analysis on here is now all over the scout articles in the FPL app etc. I think it is significantly devaluing this site. I didn't buy membership for the stats and members articles, I pay to support the site which has provided lots of useful tips. I won't be doing that in the future if those tips (many of which come from the debate in the community, to one extent or another) are being sold to FPL.
This.
Sadly - I'm really struggling today - anyone who saw Tuesday's ScoutCast would have seen I was coming down with something and today I'm dosed up and just about managing to stay lucid.
So, not a time to come on here and get involved in this but I would like to have a discussion via a hot topic very soon, perhaps.
The basic crux of it is that we've worked producing material and articles for the Premier League for five seasons now. I don't think you or their audience have been aware of this because they haven't been that effective in communicating FPL content out.
They are now because they're pushing it via dedicated social channels.
To a great extent, the stuff we're doing now for them is just breaking down the previews and FPL extras we wrote for the last two seasons into multiple articles.
The material was always there, it just wasn't communicated effectively.
I'm now dedicated to Fantasy Football - working with the Premier League and steering FFS. I'd hope that would be a good thing for everyone here. For starters I've never been able to post at 9.50 in the morning for the last three years because my day job kept me from this.
Perhaps we do have re-align FFS content and the approach now - to be honest, I wasn't aware of how the material I'm providing would be packaged and pushed.
Give me some time to get better and then I'll come on here and talk some more.
What to do with Ayew?
A) Bench & play Stones / Friend / Capoue. Lets me tinker with 2 FT next week
B) Ship for Ramirez / Lamela / 8.0m midI have the same issue. Can't decide between Lamela/Ramirez and Barkley. I am definitely selling to avoid price drop
Hasn't his injury been described as 'signicant' or has it been reassesd?
I wouldn't be benching id be transferring to avoid price drop if nothing else.
I've done ayew to Barkley
Thanks guys
That hattrick by Aguero is swaying me.... Smells like 'Form' but how do we account then for those peno misses?
complacency 😀
Due the misses? Surely this means that he will now go on to score loads if pens 🙂
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In many ways our hands are forced by ownership.
And to be fair it reeks of form.I've no Ibra so Kun (C) is almost a certainty.
Those peno misses? He's just doing nice things for us owners.
any ayew owners thinking of swapping for Bolasie?
Not for me...too many people at everton play the same sort of role. I am thinking more barkley if you want Everton coverage or Lamela. Another option is Ramirez which will free up cash elsewhere
Barkley owners beware. Ronald clearly stated if he was no more consistent he would make changes. He started off well but as an Everton supporter I don't have full trust in him.
I have done it yesterday and saves you 1.5 too
Need opinion splease !
Who is the best pick from these players:
1. Deulofeu
2. Bolasie
3. Grey
Also do you think that Lamela and Redmond are better picks and will have more points at the end of the season than Grey ?
Should i spread 1 or 1.5 more and just pick Barkley and catch price rise tonight ?
Thanks ! 😀
Probably Gray but none of them inspire tbh. Not too keen on Lamela and I'd rather back Redmond for now.
Forget price rises-just get the right players in. Barklay needs to be monitored first.
Some dodgy players there and none of them are heavy enough for ff. Make sure you go for quality first.Thanks jafalad ! Realy appreciate your answer !
Hey there Jaf. Hows the start been?
63 points. No Liverpud but pretty happy with my lot. How about you?
Really happy. a solid 68. Williams from the off. Went Long instead of Redmond though who i've now sold for Negredo.
Good lad. Keep it going. 😛
Also Jaf i have Lamela in my team from the off. He's averaging 3 shots a game pre season. He matched Alli and Eriksen last 8 games of the season last year. And Spurs fans see he's improved a lot. Become a lot more selfish.
Don;t disregard him.Cool bananas. I'll keep an eye on him 😉 Thanks for the heads up 😛
Deulofeu looked great when I was watching him against Tottenham just a bit unlucky not to score. Pick him for sure 🙂
Thanks ! Will he keep his place with Bolasie as competition ?
I like Lamela and Redmond more.
thanks lateriser ! same oppinion as me 😉
Just thinking who will score more: Barkley or Grey 🙂
Any news on Feghouli injury?
No. I sold him for Cout already
Is Barkley better pick than Lamela for this gw ?
Anyone heard any news on Feghouli playing this week or trade to Snodgrass?
Are Scout Picks released tonight or early tomorrow? These Friday deadlines...
Tomorrow pm I assume
Thursday.
7 goals and not one assist or goal from captain firmino and Sanchez. I still can't believe that. 14 things happened that resulted in a goal and they weren't involved.
Could easily change next game. Firmino and Sanchez are pivotal players for their respective teams. Keep the faith.
Did you see that hot topic posted up by Appleplonkers on Coutinho?I didn't. Where can I find it?
Talk about midfield minefield..
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I considered putting in Gray, Deulofeu, Ayew, Austin, Townsend, foughali for gw 1 but didn't. I avoided them all and still only ended up with 41 points.
Am I right in saying there's only one more set of price changes between now and GW2? (When we get another FT)
So, there's only one more time Ibra can go up in price - and if he doesn't can get him without a hit next gw?Yep, tonight's the last chance for GW1 price rises
Yes, but the transfer will probably have to be made before the rest of your squad has played, which is a risky strategy (injuries and suspensions, and no FT's)
FWIW though having checked Fix I think Ibra may well go up tonight if enough people clock onto the fact that the deadline is tomorrow.
8 years, 1 month agotoo risky to cap Firmino?