General FPL Chat 2014/15 MOD WARNING POST 1839

Swiper the fox

Verthongen is a stone cold absolute certainty to play whenever he's fit, needs to get the finger out regards scoring goals though. I think Walker will keep the right back spot but I haven't a clue how they will line out besides that. I didn't see any of last weeks game but Dier was very average against West Ham before his goal. He wouldn't have been expected to be a regular two weeks ago so it remains to be seen whether he's done enough defensively to keep that place.

shadowcomplex

what city and Chelsea defenders are nailed on in the 6m and below bracket?

F1ngers

shadowcomplex wrote: »

what city and Chelsea defenders are nailed on in the 6m and below bracket?

Courtois and Hart(just).

They're not defenders, but are probably cheapest entry to those defences.

SpaceCowb0y

shadowcomplex wrote: »

what city and Chelsea defenders are nailed on in the 6m and below bracket?

None just at the moment! We have only had two game weeks so its hard to say as both squads are at risk of rotation, well the players in that price bracket anyway! Azpilicueta seems a good shout and is eating up bps but he is high risk for rotation i'd imagine! Nobody screams certain starter at that price range at City, far too many options and they will all be expecting game time!

Shedite27

zarquon wrote: »

I'm just waiting for Dier to be tossed out on his arse. Can't wait for that bandwagon to burn.

Booooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KevIRL

Mental scenes in the CL qualifiying. A Ludogorets defender steps in for the keeper when he's sent off in extra time with no subs left. Games goes to pens, defender scores the first pen and then saves 2 to send the team through :pac:

extra gravy

Rumours that Costa injured himself in training...nothing confirmed yet though.

Irish94

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Verthongen is a stone cold absolute certainty to play whenever he's fit, needs to get the finger out regards scoring goals though. I think Walker will keep the right back spot but I haven't a clue how they will line out besides that. I didn't see any of last weeks game but Dier was very average against West Ham before his goal. He wouldn't have been expected to be a regular two weeks ago so it remains to be seen whether he's done enough defensively to keep that place.

Where will Verthongen play? Can't imagine him being LB. Wouldn't be a typical Pochettino full back IMO.

What is the general opinion on letting a player drop in value or either transferring him out and take the -4 point hit. I have made my free transfer this week, and I have noticed Begovic and Isgrove may drop before Saturday (hopefully not). I don't really wanna take the hit, I have 131 points and am currently around the 20K mark. I would have taken that two weeks ago. Best thing to do?

CSF

Jovetic and Hazard or Aguero and Chadli (or other 6.0 or lower midfielder)

Mr. Incognito

extra gravy wrote: »

Rumours that Costa injured himself in training...nothing confirmed yet though.

The sun. Believe nothing from them

Lemlin

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

The sun. Believe nothing from them

They may be exaggerating the timeframe but other respected news sites are now carrying the story:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/28/chelsea-diego-costa-injury-hamstring

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/11060418/Chelsea-injury-scare-as-Diego-Costa-suffers-hamstring-blow.html

I read yesterday it's his third hamstring injury this year. Surely that puts him on a par with your other favourite Aguero!

The Wild Bunch

They won't risk Costa this weekend now

jokser250

Have costa and bojan in team after making my transfer , may have to take a hit

John83

I still have a FT to use so waiting on confirmation on Costa.

Was tinkering with the idea of playing the WC during the international break so I could reevaluate Utd, Ageuro and new signings.

If I don't use my FT, I'll have 2 FTs the following week. Probably a stupid question, but if I use my WC next week will I be left with one FT then?

Dr. Bre

sky sports news saying costa has minor muscular injury. mite mean 1 game out and then theres the internationals. prob not worth taking him out then

qwabercd

Zaha gone back to palace. Could be a decent option at 5.4m if he can regain his championship form.

Also Ricky Alvarez has signed for Sunderland. Never really rated him at Inter but could do ok at Sunderland. Would've expected more from Giacherrini last year than Alvarez this year and that didn't work out too well.

the incredible pudding

John83 wrote: »

If I don't use my FT, I'll have 2 FTs the following week. Probably a stupid question, but if I use my WC next week will I be left with one FT then?

Yup.

manual_man

Aguero's ownership is 1/2 Jovetic's

OneColdHand

manual_man wrote: »

Aguero's ownership is 1/2 Jovetic's

Differential!

roryc

He's also 50% more expensive!

OneColdHand

roryc wrote: »

He's also 50% more expensive!

and 50% more injured!

zarquon

OneColdHand wrote: »

and 50% more injured!

Jovetic is injury prone too. Won't be surprised to see a yellow or red flag on him soon.

manual_man

OneColdHand wrote: »

and 50% more injured!

i'll take the 50% extra points 'til that happens

Markx

zarquon wrote: »

Jovetic is injury prone too. Won't be surprised to see a yellow or red flag on him soon.

Clubcall reporting a story titled "City Sweat on Aguero" filed 29 minutes ago

Monsieur Folie

Do I need to wildcard now? How could I set up this team to survive another week or two and average 50+pts (my goal for the season as a newbie, 50+ a week =P)? I'm about 25 pts shy of first place in the main private league I'm competing in and do not want to fall much further behind. Don't want to knee jerk and over haul the team if it has another week or two in it.

CSF

Playing my wildcard this week and STILL considering taking on Ramsey. Am I insane?

iroced

Monsieur Folie wrote: »

Do I need to wildcard now? How could I set up this team to survive another week or two and average 50+pts (my goal for the season as a newbie, 50+ a week =P)? I'm about 25 pts shy of first place in the main private league I'm competing in and do not want to fall much further behind. Don't want to knee jerk and over haul the team if it has another week or two in it.

Don't think so. You won't be alone to be burnt by Diego Costa injury. Since you already have MU and Arsenal cover, of all the remaining big teams only City have a game where they could really score big so if you really want a replacement you could get Aguero if he plays or Jovetic.
Vlaar is not confirmed out yet so I would not panic.

And 25 pts after 2 weeks is absolutely nothing. You want to be ahead after GW38 not now .

FHFC

CSF wrote: »

Playing my wildcard this week and STILL considering taking on Ramsey. Am I insane?

I did Sanchez to Ramsey this week. Despite Sanchez looking like playing OOP for the foreseeable I don't regret it at all. Rambo had nearly 43% ownership to Sanchez's around 15%. I think when a player with potential to rack up big scores and who is a captaincy option some weeks has that high an ownership it becomes a huge risk not to own them.

Even if Sanchez does well for a while very very few if my rivals own him so fair play to the 15%, but it won't hurt me that much. While every Ramsey goal would be a killer.

Danger781

So Sky are reporting that Man Utd have an accepted a bid from Aston Villa for Tom Cleverley of £9 million. I'd love to see him leave United and he's perfect fit for a mid table team like Villa (or Hull who are also rumoured to have made a bid). Only 5.4 I can't see many people here adding him to their team once he moves though.

@RNBVB have tweeted that they believe Dortmund and United have reached an agreement to bring Kagawa back to Dortmund. @RNBVB is the official twitter of Ruhr Nachrichten. They are the most reliable source for BVB news. Bad news for the whole 0.4% of people who own him at the moment :pac:

Wilfried Zaha is supposedly returning to Crystal Palace on a season long loan. He was fantastic there before going to United but if the rumors are to be believed he has attitude problems and I don't see LVG putting up with him. Similar to TC23 he comes in at 5.4. Probably a bit too expensive for a 5th mid so once again I don't see anyone jumping to bring him in.

Sky Sports also issued a report that they've heard Danny Welbeck could be going out on loan to one of Tottenham, Newcastle, Sunderland or Hull City. Apparently a season long loan is on the cards. He could definitely contribute to FPL with some decent returns from his 6.9 price tag (And dropping!). Third striker for that price? Yes please.

Monsieur Folie

iroced wrote: »

Don't think so. You won't be alone to be burnt by Diego Costa injury. Since you already have MU and Arsenal cover, of all the remaining big teams only City have a game where they could really score big so if you really want a replacement you could get Aguero if he plays or Jovetic.
Vlaar is not confirmed out yet so I would not panic.

And 25 pts after 2 weeks is absolutely nothing. You want to be ahead after GW38 not now .

Worth taking a 4pt hit to swap him out or should I bench him this week and hope he's fit for next week? I actually took a 4pt hit to bring him into the squad last week when there were doubts around Giroud so it seems wrong to take another hit to get rid of him again!

CSF

FHFC wrote: »

I did Sanchez to Ramsey this week. Despite Sanchez looking like playing OOP for the foreseeable I don't regret it at all. Rambo had nearly 43% ownership to Sanchez's around 15%. I think when a player with potential to rack up big scores and who is a captaincy option some weeks has that high an ownership it becomes a huge risk not to own them.

Even if Sanchez does well for a while very very few if my rivals own him so fair play to the 15%, but it won't hurt me that much. While every Ramsey goal would be a killer.

I've never had Ramsey as captain before and I couldn't see myself ever being likely to do so. I'm planning on going with 3 big hitters up front long-term and figure there'll always be one of those likely to be higher in my plans for captain.

I also don't like Ramsey's upcoming fixtures at all, and I don't believe in the term fixture-proof. Fixtures always have an impact. I've even considered going with him (and Sanchez) for this weekend, and then transferring him out for Hazard next weekend. Then I can re-evaluate around Gameweek 8 when they're over the worst.

That is the logical thinking in my head. Logic tells me he is good for one more week, and then he has a spell where there'll be better options in that bracket. But it is Aaron Ramsey and he is always a massive danger not to have, especially when as you said, most other people would be crushing me with his points.

Monsieur Folie

Out of Ramsey/Mata/Rooney who would be the safest bet captain wise this week? Also have Siggy/Naismith but not sure if they're worth captaining. I have to finalise my team tonight as I'm heading off the Electric Picnic in the morning. It'll be just my luck that half my team gets injured tomorrow night haha.

Swiper the fox

CSF wrote: »

I've never had Ramsey as captain before and I couldn't see myself ever being likely to do so. I'm planning on going with 3 big hitters up front long-term and figure there'll always be one of those likely to be higher in my plans for captain.

I also don't like Ramsey's upcoming fixtures at all, and I don't believe in the term fixture-proof. Fixtures always have an impact. I've even considered going with him (and Sanchez) for this weekend, and then transferring him out for Hazard next weekend. Then I can re-evaluate around Gameweek 8 when they're over the worst.

That is the logical thinking in my head. Logic tells me he is good for one more week, and then he has a spell where there'll be better options in that bracket. But it is Aaron Ramsey and he is always a massive danger not to have, especially when as you said, most other people would be crushing me with his points.

Please stop now. I need very little persuasion to go without that bóllocks, I am bringing him in on the wildcard but don't be one bit surprised if he ends up out in the cold come Saturday morning again. Don't do it to me:(

Danger781

Monsieur Folie wrote: »

Out of Ramsey/Mata/Rooney who would be the safest bet captain wise this week? Also have Siggy/Naismith but not sure if they're worth captaining. I have to finalise my team tonight as I'm heading off the Electric Picnic in the morning. It'll be just my luck that half my team gets injured tomorrow night haha.

Check the captaincy thread.

Iused2likebusts

CSF wrote: »

I also don't like Ramsey's upcoming fixtures at all, and I don't believe in the term fixture-proof. Fixtures always have an impact. I've even considered going with him (and Sanchez) for this weekend, and then transferring him out for Hazard next weekend. Then I can re-evaluate around Gameweek 8 when they're over the worst.

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If I wildcard which is still up in the air thats a strategy Ive been looking at.

Mr.Prodston

Drop. Aaron. Ramsey. At. Your. Peril.

CSF

Think he is gonna have one week in and then out, unless I have a change of heart.

iamanengine

People will never learn :P

Iused2likebusts

Looking at Cl draw and opening fixtures which are between GW 4 and 5.
Chelsea sat 13 swansea H wed 17 schalke H sun 21 city A
City sat 13 arsenal A wed 17 b munich A sun 21 Chelsea H
Arsenal Sat 13 City H tues 16 dortmund A sat 20 villa A
Liverpool sat 13 Villa H tues 16 Ludogrets H sat 20 west ham A

The draw has been very rough on City and that is 3 very tough fixtures in a week. Aguero is highly unlikely to play in all 3. Liverpool have the handiest opening week but have real back to back in matchday 3 and 4.

FHFC

CSF wrote: »

I've never had Ramsey as captain before and I couldn't see myself ever being likely to do so. I'm planning on going with 3 big hitters up front long-term and figure there'll always be one of those likely to be higher in my plans for captain.

I also don't like Ramsey's upcoming fixtures at all, and I don't believe in the term fixture-proof. Fixtures always have an impact. I've even considered going with him (and Sanchez) for this weekend, and then transferring him out for Hazard next weekend. Then I can re-evaluate around Gameweek 8 when they're over the worst.

That is the logical thinking in my head. Logic tells me he is good for one more week, and then he has a spell where there'll be better options in that bracket. But it is Aaron Ramsey and he is always a massive danger not to have, especially when as you said, most other people would be crushing me with his points.

Totally get your logic. I went without him the first two gws and got it wrong.

The main consideration for me now would be his ownership both globally and in my leagues. There comes a point where a player is so highly owned he effectively becomes essential, especially if he is capable of returning a double figure score an any given week.

CSF

FHFC wrote: »

Totally get your logic. I went without him the first two gws and got it wrong.

The main consideration for me now would be his ownership both globally and in my leagues. There comes a point where a player is so highly owned he effectively becomes essential, especially if he is capable of returning a double figure score an any given week.

I dunno about essential, he'll be essential if he keeps doing well. My hope is that he doesn't do well, and him having so many owners will lead to him dropping in value a decent amount for when I want to have him again

Arnold Tanzarian

Been away for a couple of days, has this place gone mad wit the news Costa is out for 6 weeks ???

Danger781

Arnold Tanzarian wrote: »

Been away for a couple of days, has this place gone mad wit the news Costa is out for 6 weeks ???

As reported by the Daily Mail..


Believe nothing until Jose tells us at the presser

unplayable

costa is fine according to del bosque. praise the lord!!!

mjv2ydratu679c

unplayable wrote: »

costa is fine according to del bosque. praise the lord!!!

Any updates on Costa - out definitely or possible he'll still play

zarquon

Mauricio Straight Scrap wrote: »

Any updates on Costa - out definitely or possible he'll still play

jive

Mauricio Straight Scrap wrote: »

Any updates on Costa - out definitely or possible he'll still play

Jose said he'll do light training today and see how it goes. He didn't train for the last 2 days. If he has a positive response to light training then they bring him to everton to either play or be on the bench, if the reaction is not positive then he won't be travelling

Arnold Tanzarian

RVP as captain this week, only lad in my pay league with him in i think. anyting less than a hat trick from him and il be dissapointed!

boccy23

Apparently Skirtel has a knock now. TotalFPL says 50% chance of playing. With this and the Costa news, I'm getting sick of checking injury reports.

SlickRic

Jovetic, Dzeko and Aguero all fit apparently.

there are going to be some disappointed FPL managers around the place when City's team is announced.