Gameweek 5 Transfers.

km79

chambers 50:50 for European game due to tonsillitis..../

How Soon Is Now

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

How does this look ??

I like it because it's similar to my own on the previous page, except I've downgraded shawcross and brought aguero in for rooney.

Ace2007

zarquon wrote: »

Agree with this. He did have a great overall game and will get plenty of assists over the season but i don't expect him to score too much. ADM becoming too expensive is a good reason to jump on now. I also think that Ramsey to ADM is not a bad call. I'm still not convinced that Ramsey is a good long term pick. For me the only 3 nailed on options in anyones midfield should be Siggy, Fabregas and Boyd(bench fodder). Then it's a case of 2 from ADM/Hazard/Ramsey/Sanchez/Mata/Sterling.

I wonder how long people will stick with Siggy, I can see the next 2/3 GW's going by and him only picking up the odd assist. I would have the opinion that Ramsey should be a nail on in any team as oppose to Siggy, if your going for a 4 man midfield.

Don't really see the love for Sanchez at this price tag, while Mata could be a rotation risk.

If you have Fab, getting in Hazard at this point of the season seems like a waste.

Sterling is interesting, I have him and will probably keep for a while, but without sturridge up front I can see goals being a problem.

I think Eriksen could be a player that plays himself into most teams midfield as the season goes on, and then the likes of Mirallas always has an eye for goal.

extra gravy

Trying to decide between Bertrand and Alderweireld. I suppose Bertrand would shade it with potential for assists.

Shanotheslayer

Just did straight swap. Sturridge out. Costa In.

jive

Ace2007 wrote: »

I wonder how long people will stick with Siggy, I can see the next 2/3 GW's going by and him only picking up the odd assist. I would have the opinion that Ramsey should be a nail on in any team as oppose to Siggy, if your going for a 4 man midfield.

Who else is there around £6m who will return as much as Siggy though? You're talking about maybe Chadli/Dyer/Larsson/Schneiderlin/Wilshere. Will they score as much as Siggy? I highly doubt it. Sure you can pay more for another premium mid but then likely your defence will suffer or your third striker

Scorpion Sting

Costa and van Aanholt for Dzeko and Cahill.

Ace2007

jive wrote: »

Who else is there around £6m who will return as much as Siggy though? You're talking about maybe Chadli/Dyer/Larsson/Schneiderlin/Wilshere. Will they score as much as Siggy? I highly doubt it. Sure you can pay more for another premium mid but then likely your defence will suffer or your third striker

Let's say over the next 4 GW's he doesn't provide you with anything more than 12/13 points, I would say the majority of people will not see him as nailed on. He had 3 good GW's.

Everyone of the other nailed on players has history of performing, at spurs he has a run of good games but then was dropped.

The idea that the defence will suffer doesn't really add up - top 5 players for keeping clean sheets this season so far cost 4.5 or under.

Ziegler1988

Ace2007 wrote: »

Let's say over the next 4 GW's he doesn't provide you with anything more than 12/13 points, I would say the majority of people will not see him as nailed on. He had 3 good GW's.

Everyone of the other nailed on players has history of performing, at spurs he has a run of good games but then was dropped.

The idea that the defence will suffer doesn't really add up - top 5 players for keeping clean sheets this season so far cost 4.5 or under.

He'll score that against Newcastle in GW7 alone :pac:. He has quite tasty fixtures until a very hard stretch from GW10-12

Dempsey

Thoughts on a striker, tempted to get Pelle.

Iused2likebusts

Ace2007 wrote: »

Let's say over the next 4 GW's he doesn't provide you with anything more than 12/13 points, I would say the majority of people will not see him as nailed on. He had 3 good GW's.

Everyone of the other nailed on players has history of performing, at spurs he has a run of good games but then was dropped.

The idea that the defence will suffer doesn't really add up - top 5 players for keeping clean sheets this season so far cost 4.5 or under.

In his previous spell at Swansea he was very consistent. I'd be very wary of taking him out myself but as you say when he has a few blanks or harder fixtures people will.

jive

Ace2007 wrote: »

Let's say over the next 4 GW's he doesn't provide you with anything more than 12/13 points, I would say the majority of people will not see him as nailed on. He had 3 good GW's.

Everyone of the other nailed on players has history of performing, at spurs he has a run of good games but then was dropped.

The idea that the defence will suffer doesn't really add up - top 5 players for keeping clean sheets this season so far cost 4.5 or under.

Defenders in the dream team are valued @ £7.2m,£5.4m & £5.2m. Last season was the top defenders were Baines, Coleman, Terry IIRC. If you're basing who the top defenders will be over the course of a 38 week season on 4 game weeks then you're going to be sorely mistaken.

The top defenders will come from the top4 + Baines as he takes penalties and a few set pieces. Based on last year, Coleman will also be in with a shout. All consistent starters for the top 4 will be in the £5.5m to £7.0m range for a reason. If any player from £4.5 or less ends up as a top scoring defender I'll eat the very keys I'm typing with*


*unless Pulis returns to premier league management

Ace2007

Your basing your love and nailed on status of Siggy based over 3/4 games.
He doesn't have a history of high scoring in FF terms. So need to compare like with like.

jive

Ace2007 wrote: »

Your basing your love and nailed on status of Siggy based over 3/4 games.
He doesn't have a history of high scoring in FF terms. So need to compare like with like.

Eh? Per minutes played, his stats are good. I don't love Siggy at all, he's just by far the best option in that price bracket at this moment in time. You're saying it as if you can just transfer Siggy out for one of the £9.0m mids without suffering elsewhere whereas I'm saying that's not the case.

Mr.Prodston

Ace2007 wrote: »

Your basing your love and nailed on status of Siggy based over 3/4 games.
He doesn't have a history of high scoring in FF terms. So need to compare like with like.

The 2nd half of the the 2011/12 season says hello. 102 points in just under 1500 minutes for Swansea.

77 and 72 in about 1200 minutes the last two seasons when being a bit part player for Spurs is also decent enough in my eyes.

qwabercd

Ace2007 wrote: »

Your basing your love and nailed on status of Siggy based over 3/4 games.
He doesn't have a history of high scoring in FF terms. So need to compare like with like.

Were you playing in 11/12? He was an absolute beast who pretty much ruined my season single-handedly.

Ace2007

qwabercd wrote: »

Were you playing in 11/12? He was an absolute beast who pretty much ruined my season single-handedly.

Yes, don't remember him being a beast though. anyway, my point was that I don't see him as being nailed on the way some people are talking about him, and that if he goes the next 2/3 games with poor returns the masses who got him in will soon forget about all the above stats etc. and will look to get rid.

NabyLadistheman

Have 2 freebies so just did Bruce to Duff. Probably the least exciting transfer I've ever made but cannot afford to start losing value on a 4 mill defender.

Terry & Fletcher will likely to get the bullet as well if there gonna drop again before the weekend

dahat

I did Zaha to Boyd, an equally boring transfer.

Dubliner28

Thinking of a 4pt hit

Mirallas for Mata
Costa for Bony

Or should I hold for Costa for another GW

G1032

This cheapie defense I have is all well and good until I get what I got this week......

5 defenders...
Clyne 6 points
Van Aanholt 0 points
Wisdom 0 points
Coloccini 0 points
Robertson 0 points

I can forget about bringing in the likes of Di Maria etc until this gets sorted

Chambers looks like an option for a transfer this week. What a mess.

Scorpion Sting

Dubliner28 wrote: »

Thinking of a 4pt hit

Mirallas for Mata
Costa for Bony

Or should I hold for Costa for another GW

I'd get Costa in now, he's proving to be a must-have. If he rakes in another big score you'll be kicking yourself you didn't have him.

Dubliner28

Thinking of a wildcard now

Iused2likebusts

G1032 wrote: »

This cheapie defense I have is all well and good until I get what I got this week......

5 defenders...
Clyne 6 points
Van Aanholt 0 points
Wisdom 0 points
Coloccini 0 points
Robertson 0 points

I can forget about bringing in the likes of Di Maria etc until this gets sorted

Chambers looks like an option for a transfer this week. What a mess.

Could be worse you could have the likes of
Terry -1
Debuchy 2
Lovren 2
which a lot would have.
Im more than happy with a cheap defence newcastle and wba have been poor defensively but there is plenty of good cheap options out there.

the whole year inn

jebforever wrote: »

I'd get Costa in now, he's proving to be a must-have. If he rakes in another big score you'll be kicking yourself you didn't have him.

At least wait till after the champions league game on Wednesday.

Am holding off on di maria til later in the week or next weekend.

larchielads

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Fizman

Just used the first of my FTs. Deadweight Cameron to Duff. Things don't get much more exciting than this.

Will hold out on my other one until at least the Euro games have been played.

qwabercd

larchielads wrote: »

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2 villa defenders is a bit crazy. 3 united attackers is more than a bit crazy.

kronsington

does anyonne know the story with martin kelly of palacE? played t90 mins of the first three games but didnt feature this week, should i keep him or ditch for another 4.5??

i think we are approaching the stage of a lot of teams having the same core of their team.. looking for a few differentials now.. not sure about ramsey long term

kronsington

does anyonne know the story with martin kelly of palacE? played t90 mins of the first three games but didnt feature this week, should i keep him or ditch for another 4.5??

i think we are approaching the stage of a lot of teams having the same core of their team.. looking for a few differentials now.. not sure about ramsey long term

Wamble

Warnock is back in charge there. He seems to prefer Mariappa.

larchielads

qwabercd wrote: »

2 villa defenders is a bit crazy. 3 united attackers is more than a bit crazy.

Well gonna try not play the 2 villa lads at the same time and im hopin utd kick on from sunday

wonski

Did 1 very boring transfer:o
Aston Villa defender out - Burnley defender in.

Wildcard still available if something happens during the Champions League games.

Pipjam

G1032 wrote: »

This cheapie defense I have is all well and good until I get what I got this week......

5 defenders...
Clyne 6 points
Van Aanholt 0 points
Wisdom 0 points
Coloccini 0 points
Robertson 0 points

I can forget about bringing in the likes of Di Maria etc until this gets sorted

Chambers looks like an option for a transfer this week. What a mess.

Duff and Moore got me 14 points between them.

IsMiseMyself

Pipjam wrote: »

Duff and Moore got me 14 points between them.

Me too...but they were on the bench. :pac:

Fatty Magoo

Does anyone have any idea who would likely get dropped from the Aston Villa defense when Vlaar comes back in....?

km79

Fatty Magoo wrote: »

Does anyone have any idea who would likely get dropped from the Aston Villa defense when Vlaar comes back in....?

baker

8-10

kronsington wrote: »

does anyonne know the story with martin kelly of palacE? played t90 mins of the first three games but didnt feature this week, should i keep him or ditch for another 4.5??

i think we are approaching the stage of a lot of teams having the same core of their team.. looking for a few differentials now.. not sure about ramsey long term

Me neither. Walcott in a couple of GW's might be a good alternative and more of a differential? Good fixtures from GW8, have my eye on him for then

Posada

8-10 wrote: »

Me neither. Walcott in a couple of GW's might be a good alternative and more of a differential? Good fixtures from GW8, have my eye on him for then

I'm thinking Silva in for Ramsey soon.

OneColdHand

Really tempted to wildcard. Have already lost 0.1 on Jones. Can see Debuchy dropping (though I would probably make that transfer tonight to avoid a drop). But also worried about Cahill dropping too.

Current team is:

Krul - Elliott

Jones - Debuchy - Cahill - Moore - Van Aanholt

Ramsey - Siggy - Fabregas - Sterling - Eriksen

Costa - Naismith - Adebayor

Looking at changing to:

Forster - Elliott

Evans - Chambers - Moore - Duff - Wilson/Van Aanholt

Siggy - Fabregas - Sterling - Di Maria - Boyd

Costa - Aguero - Welbeck

Bank: 1.0m.

So essentially I would be downgrading my defence to get in Aguero and Di Maria. The only thing is, apart from Debuchy and Jones, I don't have any injuries. Could dump Debuchy for anyone 5.9 or under. There's not too many of my players that are badly under performing (Eriksen got a stay of execution with his goal this week). Cahill is probably the main one. Maybe Krul.

Every single week so far has been OK. Not good, not a disaster! So I've held onto the WC. Scored 61 points last week (despite not captaining Costa).

So, yay or nay?!

Swiper the fox

wonski wrote: »

Did 1 very boring transfer:o
Aston Villa defender out - Burnley defender in.

Wildcard still available if something happens during the Champions League games.

Was there a reason for you doing this so early in the week. Is there some price changes afoot in those defences?
I'm having the typical week after a disastrous performance where I just ignore all goings on for a few days. I haven't a clue what I'll do later in the week. Still haven't got Costa back but I'm wondering is he worth a hit with that fixture. My defence may be more pressing this week.

wonski

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Was there a reason for you doing this so early in the week. Is there some price changes afoot in those defences?
I'm having the typical week after a disastrous performance where I just ignore all goings on for a few days. I haven't a clue what I'll do later in the week. Still haven't got Costa back but I'm wondering is he worth a hit with that fixture. My defence may be more pressing this week.

Was worried of a price rise. Duff was mentioned by few posters by now.

They don't play midweek so I should be fine. I wouldn't bring any CL players early, though. Too risky.

Swiper the fox

wonski wrote: »

Was worried of a price rise. Duff was mentioned by few posters by now.

They don't play midweek so I should be fine. I wouldn't bring any CL players early, though. Too risky.

I'm no expert but I reckon that kind of early week activity for players who will be on your bench 4 weeks out of 5 is the kind of stuff that will bite you on the backside throughout the season and force you into taking regular unnecessary hits. Just friendly advice, not a criticism:)

You're doing well so far this season? (think I saw it on another thread) Don't overthink it early in the week.:)

Iused2likebusts

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Was there a reason for you doing this so early in the week. Is there some price changes afoot in those defences?
I'm having the typical week after a disastrous performance where I just ignore all goings on for a few days. I haven't a clue what I'll do later in the week. Still haven't got Costa back but I'm wondering is he worth a hit with that fixture. My defence may be more pressing this week.

I'm also thinking of waiting till the following week for costa. Despite only getting 40 pts last week I'm thinking of making no transfers.

sheroman01

Which one should I chose - Sterling, Chadli or Eriksen??

Mr.Prodston

With Champions League and Europa League kicking off proper it could make things messy for a little while. It should also bring clarity within a week or two when we see how serious managers are taking both Europe and the League and what players are playing in what competitions.

As of now I'm not looking at making a transfer this week but it's only Tuesday yet so going with Murphys Law I'll probably be on a hit by Friday

Pipjam

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Was there a reason for you doing this so early in the week. Is there some price changes afoot in those defences?
I'm having the typical week after a disastrous performance where I just ignore all goings on for a few days. I haven't a clue what I'll do later in the week. Still haven't got Costa back but I'm wondering is he worth a hit with that fixture. My defence may be more pressing this week.

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I'm also thinking of waiting till the following week for costa. Despite only getting 40 pts last week I'm thinking of making no transfers.

Just a quick note that Costa is currently leading the FFS captaincy vote on 404 votes, ahead of Rooney and Di Maria.
It seems that people believe we have the new Ronaldo/Suarez who they'll captain every week.

I can see the thought process behind it though. City have one clean sheet and that was against Newcastle who are toothless up front.

Iused2likebusts

Pipjam wrote: »

Just a quick note that Costa is currently leading the FFS captaincy vote on 404 votes, ahead of Rooney and Di Maria.
It seems that people believe we have the new Ronaldo/Suarez who they'll captain every week.

I can see the thought process behind it though. City have one clean sheet and that was against Newcastle who are toothless up front.

Costa being the main captaincy choice is what's worrying me and would be the main reason I'd get him in this week rather than next.

hjkl

Is Debuchy confirmed out lads?