Gameweek 3 Captain

AdMMM

Juan Mata

Have Costa as my captain, but if he remains questionable that's changing to Rooney pretty pronto.

Paully D

Juan Mata

Rooney for me. Though I may do something regarding getting City striker coverage in for Costa if he's out for a number of weeks and captain them.

Griever931

Other

Think I might go with Sigurdsson if Costa isn't playing.

Dont be at yourself

Other

Going for Siggy myself.

HighClass

Might go for Di Maria :eek: One of the best players in the world vs Burnley, has to be worth a punt.

wonski

HighClass wrote: »

Might go for Di Maria :eek: One of the best players in the world vs Burnley, has to be worth a punt.

Not a good idea imo.

Big Borg

Juan Mata

AdMMM wrote: »

Have Costa as my captain, but if he remains questionable that's changing to Rooney pretty pronto.

Costa is not playing this weekend.

zarquon

Gylfi Sigurdsson

HighClass wrote: »

Might go for Di Maria :eek: One of the best players in the world vs Burnley, has to be worth a punt.

Terrible idea. Will get limited minutes, if any. Will not be match fit nor have trained sufficiently with his new team mates to understand the system he will play in.

Big Borg wrote: »

Costa is not playing this weekend.

Debatable, Chelsea TV have confirmed that he is only a doubt. Will need to hear Jose's press conference later to know more.

Danger781

Juan Mata

zarquon wrote: »

Terrible idea. Will get limited minutes, if any. Will not be match fit nor have trained sufficiently with his new team mates to understand the system he will play.

You have got to be joking. Their new signing that they just spent £60m will play nearly the whole game, if not the full 90. Regardless of how match fit he is. It will remain that way week in, week out.

CSF

Danger781 wrote: »

You have got to be joking. Their new signing that they just spent £60m will play nearly the whole game, if not the full 90. Regardless of how match fit he is. It will remain that way week in, week out.

It really doesn't work that way. There's a decent chance he will be eased in like Van Persie following the World Cup

Liam2012

Juan Mata

CSF wrote: »

It really doesn't work that way. There's a decent chance he will be eased in like Van Persie following the World Cup

I'd imagine he'll come on as a late sub for maybe 20 mins. He gets his welcome from the fans and is eased into the hustle and bustle of a game against lower table opposition. Opposition will be tiring at that stage too so he could have an impact. As I said elsewhere, there's no hurry getting him in. If he looks good I'll consider him. Far too much of a risk for me when there are clearly already many reliable options at that price.

G1032

I was thinking Rooney but I'm now considering buying Aguero for Costa. I'll see what the news is today. If I buy Aguero I'll make him captain.

PARlance

Danger781 wrote: »

You have got to be joking. Their new signing that they just spent £60m will play nearly the whole game, if not the full 90. Regardless of how match fit he is. It will remain that way week in, week out.

Yip.., they'll rush him into the team to make sure the Burnley fans get to see him for 90 mins.

threein99

G1032 wrote: »

I was thinking Rooney but I'm now considering buying Aguero for Costa. I'll see what the news is today. If I buy Aguero I'll make him captain.

I'm thinking of this too

IsMiseMyself

Gylfi Sigurdsson

Rooney is the obvious option but he was terrible last week. He played quite deep too. RVP was further forward. Where will Di Maria play and will he affect Rooney? (My knowledge of football is limited to FPL :pac:). I have captaincy on Ramsey at the minute. He's got 2/2 and he's up against Liecester. Seems a safe bet to score.

zarquon

Gylfi Sigurdsson

Di Maria has only been training with United since yesterday and not even full training due to press conferences. He was not training all week due to negotations and moving country. He will not be match fit and no way will he play a full game on Saturday as he will be eased in. It's crazy to captain him but there is an abundance of crazy players in FPL so work away!

Iused2likebusts

Rvp

wardie101

No city striker so tempted by Kompany....cant see stoke scoring and he is a huge threat as usual on set pieces

JR6

Gylfi Sigurdsson

G1032 wrote: »

I was thinking Rooney but I'm now considering buying Aguero for Costa. I'll see what the news is today. If I buy Aguero I'll make him captain.

Don't think aguero will start.. Pelligrini said today.. "we'll see how many minutes he will get tomorrow".

the incredible pudding

Aaron Ramsey

I'm a bit nervous of captaining Jovetic, worried that Dzeko and Aguero might start ahead of him, so I changed the captaincy to Siggy, I'm not sure if it's the right call though. Not something I want to mull over for too long!

CSF

Aguero or Van Persie, I dunno, you tell me which I should go for?

OneColdHand

Juan Mata

CSF wrote: »

Aguero or Van Persie, I dunno, you tell me which I should go for?

RVP.

FHFC

Aaron Ramsey

Sticking with Jovetic and I hope my compadres from the other night will hold firm. Although I fear we have already lost Busts to a wildcard.

Hold firm the rest of ye, Super Mick will watch over us.

roryc

Juan Mata

Rooney. Ramsey. Rooney. Ramsey.

G1032

Aguero if I wildcard. Or RVP. Or Ramsey and if I don't WC then Ramsey or Rooney

CSF

Is Aguero going to start though? That is the only thing that is making me nervous about putting that capital c on him.

zarquon

Gylfi Sigurdsson

Loves weeks like this with no clear choice. Captaincy spread out for different teams meaning potential big gains or losses depending on choice.

Ziegler1988

Other

zarquon wrote: »

Loves weeks like this with no clear choice. Captaincy spread out for different teams meaning potential big gains or losses depending on choice.

1500 matches are going to be super nerve-wracking for me since I have no City players and Siggy captain.

Mr.Prodston

roryc wrote: »

Rooney. Ramsey. Rooney. Ramsey.

Ramsey, Ramsey, Ramsey, Ramsey, Ramsey, Ramsey....Rooney, Rooney!

Ramsey, Ramsey, Ramsey Ramsey, Ramsey, Ramsey...Rooney, Rooney!

Ramsey, Ramsey, Ramsey, Ramsey, Ramsey, Ramsey....Jovetic, Jovetic, oh Jovetic!!

etc

SlickRic

CSF wrote: »

Is Aguero going to start though? That is the only thing that is making me nervous about putting that capital c on him.

Jovetic, Dzeko and Aguero are all fit according to Pellegrini.

he said Aguero is "absolutely fine" and "we'll see how many minutes he'll play".

it suggests a sub appearance, but I wouldn't be surprised if he starts and gets an hour.

i've Dzeko, not Aguero, and i'm going to captain Rooney or Ramsey for the reason that at least I know that they're definitely starting and will also play 90 barring injury.

Irish Aris

Aaron Ramsey

A difficult one for me.
It currently sits with Alexis, but I also have Ramsey, Rooney and Jovetic on my team and I see all three as potentially good options.

Western Pomise

Aaron Ramsey

Think that Dzeko and Jovetic will start for City with Aguero coming on if they need him.....going with Jovetic.

CSF

Van Persie to get the nod from me now.

Juan Mata

Toying with the idea of giving the armband to Costa seeing as loads of people got rid of him. Bit early in the season for those sort of gambles though.

iroced

Juan Mata

With all the uncertainty around Costa and Aguero (whom I could have transfered in for the former if he was nailed on for 90 min) I'll certainly go Rooney (C) Siggy (VC). Don't really have the balls for reversing this order...

OneColdHand

Juan Mata

Ugh, just realised united play in the early game on Saturday. I HATE captaining someone in the early Sat kick-off. Might switch to Ramsey. I know this makes no sense, but I was between the 2 anyway.

NoviGlitzko

Daniel Sturridge

Mata over Rooney or anybody else for me. Goals could be shared between RVP and Rooney so at least Mata can come up with an assist. Gets in the box just as much too. A safer bet than Rooney IMO.

sword1

Irish Aris wrote: »

A difficult one for me.
It currently sits with Alexis, but I also have Ramsey, Rooney and Jovetic on my team and I see all three as potentially good options.

I have Alexis picked also ,He is not an option in the poll

Cantona's Collars

Siggi at the moment but tempted by Rooney,after the Di Maria signing we might actually see some decent balls into the strikers rather than them dropping deep to try to get some service.

wonski

OneColdHand wrote: »

Ugh, just realised united play in the early game on Saturday. I HATE captaining someone in the early Sat kick-off. Might switch to Ramsey. I know this makes no sense, but I was between the 2 anyway.

What is the reason that so many players hate to captain those who play early on Saturday? Any stats to support this?

Rikand

Other

Siggy

Yolo!

wonski

I have it on Rooney now and Silva as a VC, not convinced yet.
Siggy is out of question as I don't captain "cheap" players.
Ramsey is third in line.

Rooney or Silva

OneColdHand

Juan Mata

wonski wrote: »

What is the reason that so many players hate to captain those who play early on Saturday? Any stats to support this?

It's not based on stats at all! It's just that if Rooney (in this case) returns a 2 pointer I'm left sh1tting myself for the rest of the weekend!

A bit illogical i know, but can't help feeling that way!

extra gravy

Have a feeling Burnley will put in a performance against United tomorrow and it's turning me off Rooney. Tempted to go with Aguero now that I've gone against everything I previously said and brought him in

Cantona's Collars

wonski wrote: »

What is the reason that so many players hate to captain those who play early on Saturday? Any stats to support this?

I'm a United fan,we are playing poorly and for the life of me.I can't remember the last time we put in a performance in an early kick-off either.

Mint Sauce

No doubt Rooney will go on the rampage if I give the captaincy to someone else for the first time this season.

Scorpion Sting

Juan Mata

Going with Rooney, think he'll be fired up after being announced as England captain. Also with Di Maria due to play he will get much better service than from the likes of Valencia and Young.

Axwell

wonski wrote: »

What is the reason that so many players hate to captain those who play early on Saturday? Any stats to support this?

I think its mainly that come 3 o clock on a saturday you are keeping an eye on all the games, your captain, your assists etc. If your captain plays in the early game and does nothing your weekend is effectively over before it begins and you are looking at all the other games thinking i should have went with (insert player with double figures)

Saying that im going with Roomey. Di Maria to give him decent service and he should be im good spirits with England armband.

GLaDOS

ScienceNerd wrote: »

I'm steering well clear of United players.

Told ya

wonski

Axwell wrote: »

I think its mainly that come 3 o clock on a saturday you are keeping an eye on all the games, your captain, your assists etc. If your captain plays in the early game and does nothing your weekend is effectively over before it begins and you are looking at all the other games thinking i should have went with (insert player with double figures)

Saying that im going with Roomey. Di Maria to give him decent service and he should be im good spirits with England armband.

Now I understand:mad: