Time to roll out our first post-Gameweek delve into the 2017/18 members’ data and assess some of the stand-out performers over the opening round of matches.
Tottenham’s top scorer misses chances aplenty as the transfers-out pick up pace. Man City’s front two and Liverpool’s summer signing from Roma arrive for analysis, while Chelsea and Palace’s left wing-backs also make the cut thanks to forward-thinking performances.
a) with kompany for me
B for me.
b) will weaken his defence a lot. it's going to be not flexible enough
B! Moreno or TAA as 4.5 defender
If you are thinking about hits to strengthen your midfield then maybe Alonso & Zaha > Cedric & Salah?
hard one :
a) kdb+mounie
b) miki + firminio
thank's
I've gone for B
I like B.
Have you got any other city players?
yes,jesus and stones
100% B then.
then b) for sure.
when ask this kind of Qs in the future, better post your whole squad.
ok!
Got bottomed
Help needed with selecting one of 4 possible replacements for Zaha
1) Tadic (GW1: 2 Chance Created, 3 Shots) - On Fks, Corners [WHU hud WAT cry]
2) Redmond (GW 1:5 Chance Created, 2 Shots) None [WHU hud WAT cry]
3) Ramsey (GW1: 1 Chance Created, 4 Shots) None [stk liv BOU che]
4) Ritchie (GW1: 1 Chance Created, 0 SHot) On Penos, Fks, Corners [hud WHU swa STK]
Went through all imp stats, saw highlights and found tadic and ramsey most inform but Ramsey gametime and Tadic cutting edge are worries
Thoughts?
Dusan Tadic
Redmond for me.
I could have saved you the time. Tadic always looks good but lacks cutting a edge. Ramsey is a good FPL player but could struggle with playing time.
Saved me time how? WHo is best replacement option for 7mn and below?
From those...definitely Tadic...consider Arnautovic as well.
I swapped him for tadic
De Gea
Davies Bertrand Walker
Willian Salah Erikson Mk
Firmino Lukaku Mounie
Elliott Carroll Zanka Ward
How are we looking?
Look good
Perfect for GW1
And GW2!
Best replacement for Zaha? Have 7.0 itb and already have Ramsey.
Is it Willian with the tough fixtures or someone like Ince to give me 1M itb?
Just started a three man money draft league. What do you reckon are my chances of winning? Any suggestions for improving my team? Defense heavy on United and Arsenal, and with Haz and Sanchez benched in my team, im light on mid starters.
Lloris Cech
Kolinasic Valencia Azpi Bailly Monreal
Mane Eriksen Silva Hazard Sanchez
Kane Aguero Lacazette
Competitor1
Ederson Forster
Alonso Bellerin Walker Alderweireld Otamendi
Ali Salah DeBruyne Pogba Ozil
Lukaku Chicharito Rooney
Competitor2
De Gea Foster
Keane Bertrand Luiz Davies Hegazi
Mahrez Ramsey Xhaka Mhiki Fernandinho
Morata Vardy Firmino
Feedbacks welcome!
You are looking stacked. My concern other than the mids is the triple Arsenal defense.
Any replacement ideas for Bailly and Monreal? A good GK for this week? And who would be a better option than Silva?
Also, I am very concerned for Competitor2, who has seemingly just picked players who scored last week.
Has last night scoutcast been put on youtube? anybody knows? Ta
It's there
Ep.229
Scout tweets.
Cheers troops, thanks for the link!
Ritchie or Atsu?
Atsu, a million cheaper
Thoughts/suggestions appreciated 🙂
GW2: Zaha > RLC (rotate with Carroll)
GW3: Wijnaldum > Eriksen
Foster
Kompany Davies Bertrand Ake
KDB *Zaha Wijnaldum
Kane Lukaku Firmino
(Myhill Carroll Romeu Long)
Serious question for Newcastle fans: What's the drawback with Atsu?
I mean, his stats and heatmap vs Spurs are excellent, and he only costs 5.0. But according to whoscored, last season he only played 15 matches as a starter and came on a whooping 17 times from the bench...
What's the issue? Is there a pattern to how Rafa uses him?
he got an incredible pre-season and it made him a starter I think
ps/ it comes from non newcastle fan
Cheers!
I didn't really mean to say "Newcastle fans only", it was more in terms of "people who've known him longer than 5 days..."
Rafa loves rotation
Is zaha confirmed out?
How's she looking chaps?
1FT, thinking Zaha to Rambo or Ince
DDG
Bertrand, Cedric, Hegazi, Kolas
Willian, Zaha, KDB
Lukaku, Kane, Firmino
(Elliot)(Carroll, RLC, Long)
WHAT. A. DEFENCE.
Ince
Ramsey will look good in that team. Nice
Wow! TM and Mark have both taken a hit 😯
Very surprised. Very rarely do you make up the 6 point (-4 from the transfer and the +2 from the person replaced) from a hit.
Depends how you see it. Investment in the hit might pay off in the next few weeks instead of just one.
At the end of the season all those hits just drag your OR down.
Crazy to be taking hits after one gameweek IMO.
-4 vs the drop in Zaha's impending drop in value. Might even increase OR if the first sub doesn't perform.
Replace Zaha - yes.
No need to jerk both knees and jump on an extremely early bandwagon. How much can we really know about a player after just one game?
Who are bandwagons to you? Hegazi, Xhaka?
Yes. They are the bandwagons of the masses.
And Micky is the bandwagon for the more discerning FPL player.
Unless you're near the top 😉
Not necessarily 2 points for the person replaced though is it? Might not make 60 minutes, might get a card, might get 2 or more goals scored against them if they are a defender.
Logic...oh my...
Hits are a disease.
To say this shows.complete lack of understanding.
It shows bitter experience, Siggy.
A lot of FPL pundits agree and would only take hits as a last resort.
Hits should never be regarded as inherently bad. Sometimes they are a necessary part of the game.
We are trying to score the most points. We try to do this by having the right selection of players. If you can achieve this with no hits then that is the ideal. However, of your team is nowhere near this then saving the -4 is pointless (you've saves 4 but lost majorly elsewhere) your team is further away from the ideal, and sometimes you can't catch up 1 move per week.
To label hits as a disease will dangerously limit you. Best to learn the art of self control where hits are concerned - the art of the well judged hit can bring major rewards.
Excellent point. This is what I mean by statesmanship.
Surprised by that.
I'm saving FT personally after a fairly slow start (65 pts).
Do you have Zaha?
Nope.
I would have saved a FT too if it wasn't for Zaha.
Very unlucky.
You could still save 2 for the international break though.
Yeppers 🙂
Stalwarts of the game.
Rookie error? Yay or nay, Dingo?
I think the best way to use a -4 is with two FTs as a sort of mini-WC.
Why? Because that's what Mark said on the scoutcast?
I'd prefer to save a FT, make 2 transfers 1 week and another FT the following week. I think it is more sensible to do your mini Wildcard in 2 stages.
Every point is precious and they are so hard to make up.
How do you notice all these things so well Virgin? Where does the interest come from?
I'm a FPL nut, Dreams. Aren't we all? 😉
You seem more of a Mark and TM nut. An FPL nut would limit his area of specialization to FPL and football itself. In my view, he wouldn't venture into other players' teams and transfers during the season.
Mark and TM are two of the biggest - and best players - in the game. You gain valuable insight by studying what they do.
Personally I think that TM and Mark kneejerking after one game is a big news story for a rather dull Wednesday - and it warrants a nice discussion 🙂
Personally I feel it warrants a discussion after the gameweek results are out and you know about the exact transfers made by them. Things like last weekend's matches or any interesting observations made by you during the course of a match would be less stalkeresque. 🙂
That's a lazy comment. If you really want upvotes so much by calling me a name, then enjoy it.
I'm having an enjoyable debate about the merits of taking very early hits. It's a good debate to have as many people will be thinking about doing the same. What we need to answer the question is arguments from both sides and, ultimately, statesmanship .... not childish name calling.
I didn't call you the name for upvoted. I know that you'll give me one anyways. 🙂
My problem is with you not keeping it as a general discussion and pointing out specific players which is not healthy. Anyways enjoy the day.
Have another upvote 🙂
Ignore Dreams he's s negative troll.
I apologised to you yesterday bud. It'd be better if we stop bothering each other.
Didn't see it pal
@FPL DREAMS.
All good mate let's be civil then.
Don't worry about it as others said I dish it out but can also take it.
I thought Mark's moves were not bad, all things considered.
However, I do wonder why he bought Valencia in the first place if he was just going to sell him after one week. If he decided to invest 6.5m, he had to have believed that he would deliver value for that price, with attacking points as well obviously. How do you determine that value after just one week? Now Jones can't cover those attacking points (which he believed in), so he might lose out on them. Switching the budget around this early is quite strange.
I agree. He always said that going big in defence would allow him to downgrade and free up cash, but to do it after just 90 minutes of football is a bit myopic.
This post should be a hot topic about early hits and kneejerking.
If it wasn't a "FPL Virg Joint", it would be.
agree on hits not against them full stop but I've always taken a few too many , looking to do less this year to beat previous ranks. That said done a minus 4 gag to votes and zaha to milk so looking to cover this with price rises and few points more hopefully
Fair point
Haven't watched yet but yes, very surprising
Who loses their place if Lemina plays for Southampton?
Davis?
Aguero had only two shots against Brighton so he can't have three big chances.
Not all big chances result in a shot on goal.
take too much time and chance is lost etc
Big chance doesn't mean shot. He might have slipped over when through one-on-one, still a big chance and the stats reflect that.
The walker cross in first half that went through his legs was a big chance but not a shot on goal
Good morning
Please help with this lot.
DDG, Elliot
Cedric, Stephens, Dawson, Rangel, Hunemier
Zaha, Willian, KDB, Redmond, Carroll
Lukaku, Kane, Firminho
Obv need to take Zaha out but not sure for who.
Have a nice day 🙂
Thanks
Who do you have in mind? Don't ask us to manage your team
Not a life changing decision but doing my head in...
A) Begovic, Hegazi, Stones/Otamendi
B) Foster, Ake, Jones
B for me, Ake worth it for the BAPS and Jones looking solid for the coming weeks, at least 3/4 I'd say, potentially more if he stays fit, Jose doesn't make many changes to a winning side
That's what is throwing me at the moment...
Jones should get clean sheets but doesnt go forward for corners.
Ake got a bono this week just by doing Ake like stuff... Hegazi has already gone up in price though
B with southamptoon defender instead of Ake
Already have Cedric.
I already have 3 x Utd and 3 x Spurs. I did an early FT so have £1m itb and need to sell Zaha at £7m, so I have £8m.
a> Get Silva (is he nailed?)
b> Buy Mooy and have £2.5m itb
c> Other?
thanks for your thoughts
a> and b> mean a 4 point hit so I could just take the Zaha fall in value
Depends on future weeks and rest of your team, wouldn't do like for like and -4, only do it if having money itb is going to set you up nicely for coming weeks and you need to jump on a big hitter
Does anyone know how many of Kane's attempts on goal were when Toon had only 10 men on the pitch. I seem to recall that he was v quiet in the first half, so the Big Numbers might be misleading
Good point.
I watched the whole game and spurs were pretty quiet in general until the card. Feel safe-ish as a non-owner of Kane/Alli/eriksen.
Forster
Bertrand Bailly Daniels
KDB Alli Willian Ince
Lukaku Kun Mounie
I'm banking the FT this week to stick with the same lot - wise move?
Nothing glaringly obvious that needs changing there.
Stick that FT in your back pocket.....
Don't know who the subs are but not sure what there is to change? Feel left out with all these transfers going on...?
Quick poll guys.
A. Salah & vardy
B. Firminho & Alli
Team is
Begovic, Elliott
Bailly, Bavies, mee, hegazi, 4.0,
Eriksen, mkhi, ------, atsu, Carroll,
Lukaku, Jesus, ------,
A, as you already have Erik.
B
Every player that didn't score week one is useless. Get in everyone that did score for those that didn't, they're essential
+42
:lol
Do it now!!
ASAP imo......
wait for the bandwagons thatll start if someone scores two weeks in a row!
Can hear that train rumbling in the distance... 🙂
said those who refused to buy Mahrez start of 2015 season
Who would you start in defense? Mee or Stephens?
Stephens
Interesting.The forward with the most transfers in,is not Lukaku,but Vardy with 19k more,143k to 124k.
Lei playing Brighton at home and cheaper
Most people have Lukaku already, that's why....
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RMTrain:
Booked two singles to London and back for today. In a zombie like state, I only picked up the outward ticket at the machine. So now, I have to buy another one for the way back.
A hit of -16.
😆 10/10.
Casual
Need to drop Dann this gw else will have to play both alonso and willian against spurs. Suggestions for this team please? Thanks
ddg
alonso bertrand dawson mee
kdb eriksen willian
lukaku firmino benteke
elliot dann carroll chalobah
Don't drop Dann
Don't see the issue in playing Alonso and Willian. I wouldn't be bench at 7.0 player in any position.
So save ft?
Yeah. Dann could even score.
Keep as is?
defdners and attackers points have nothing to do with each other in any case
What to do with Zaha, i'm almost tempted to hold if he's out for 2 weeks.
Hart
Bertrand / Ake / Cedric / Mee
KDB / Salah / Richie
Kane / Lukaku (C) / Gabbiadini
Elliot / Carroll / Long / Zaha
£0, 1ft
What if he's out for 4?
Does it still show when teams in ML make transfers? Some managers have made changes but it still reads GW Transfers 0
Forget that
Still shows. If you are on a WC then it appears as 0 transfers
if trippier is on -59% now do we think he will have dropped 0.1 by gw3?
I hope so!
Sooner than that, Friday night likely.
Hopefully! And then more people notice that they´re losing money on him and drive his price down all the way to 5.3 before Burnley [rubs hands Mr Burns style]
Guys
Lowe or Ward
Have suttner that i'll rotate with
Thx
I have the Lowe,Suttner combo in my team.
Don't know how Ward fits into a rotation.
i'll be playing him only on home matches
7 years, 1 month agoFoster Elliot
Alonso Bertrand Daniels Stuttner Long
KDB Fraser Zaha* Ritchie TCarrol
Lukaku Kane Firmino
Was planning on saving but I think the Zaha news force my hand. Will wait until Friday for any move.
A) Zaha + Alonso --> Mkhi + Kompany/Alderwield
B) Zaha + Alonso --> Eriksen + 4.5 defender
C) Zaha --> Willian/Ramsey
D) Other