GW 8 Transfer Thread

Dearg81

manual_man wrote: »

Very similar situation to myself. In terms of my current 11:
Guzan
Duff Ivan Clyne
Siggy Di Maria Sterling Fab
Aguero Costa Welbeck

Was v tempted by a Fab+Duff to Mane+Baines this week for a -4, but alas am .2 short

bench is: Gilks, King, Moore, Wisdom

Are you gonna go with Chadli instead?

CSF

Dearg81 wrote: »

I plan to get Hazard in a few weeks. Mane is a punt for a few weeks, I think he's looked decent so far and think he's more of a goal threat than Fab and can match his points over the next month. It's a bit of a risk but I was always planning on getting Hazard in for Fabregas at some stage anyway.

I think Mane is a good shout, admittedly a bit risky

RossieMan

Dearg81 wrote: »

I plan to get Hazard in a few weeks. Mane is a punt for a few weeks, I think he's looked decent so far and think he's more of a goal threat than Fab and can match his points over the next month. It's a bit of a risk but I was always planning on getting Hazard in for Fabregas at some stage anyway.

He's only played 2 games and hasn't done much FF wise.

Maybe he'll get the odd assist and gaol, still think they're better out there for his price.

Ziegler1988

Chesty08 wrote: »

Has anyone considered changing their Midfield Bench Fodder to a Striker Bench Fodder.

For example currently Boyd is £4.4m, Ashley Barnes is also £4.4m and is starting to get decent game time.

This would leave the door open to transfer Welbeck (currently have Costa & Aguero too) to Chadli freeing up some extra cash for the defence

Any thoughts on Midfield Bench Fodder over Striker Bench Fodder?

Welbeck is the best and cheapest way into Arsenal's upcoming great fixtures. If he starts firing, his value will skyrocket as well. But I inherently prefer the 3-4-3 formation

Ziegler1988

Dearg81 wrote: »

I plan to get Hazard in a few weeks. Mane is a punt for a few weeks, I think he's looked decent so far and think he's more of a goal threat than Fab and can match his points over the next month. It's a bit of a risk but I was always planning on getting Hazard in for Fabregas at some stage anyway.

I might bottle it now and keep Cesc . Everton's starting back 4 against Villa could be
Baines Jags Alcaraz Hibbert
which doesn't inspire me with too much confidence in a cleanie.

manual_man

Dearg81 wrote: »

Are you gonna go with Chadli instead?

Think i'm just gonna hold fire for now. Bank the transfer and re-assess after next gw. There's so many things to consider in midfield especially, like you said Chadli, also Fab v Hazard, Ramsey when he returns, Walcott... The extra F/T may come in handy depending on how things go. And it's not like any of the mids i currently have are underperforming anyway (and its not often you can say that!)

SantryRed

Am I missing something about this Mané guy?

CSF

SantryRed wrote: »

Am I missing something about this Mané guy?

Very attacking midfielder (almost an inside forward if you're a FM player) playing for a good Southampton side at 6.9 with preferable fixtures

Ziegler1988

He also has a great goalscoring record (albeit in the Austrian league and Europa league)

Dearg81

RossieMan wrote: »

Maybe he'll get the odd assist and gaol, still think they're better out there for his price.

Not too mane if you ask me

FutureGuy

SantryRed wrote: »

Am I missing something about this Mané guy?

He has a very decent scoring record. However, Tadic is on penalties and is also a good option.

Mane has superb fixtures over the next 5 and could be a massive differential.

RossieMan

Wheres all this Mane stuff coming from?

Is he even a nailed on starter?

LostArt

As it happens I was at Spurs v Soton at the weekend, on another day Mane could have scored and assisted a couple. What would worry me is that despite taking up some great positions he wasted them all and he won't come up against a centre half playing right back (Dier) every week.

Iused2likebusts

Chesty08 wrote: »

Has anyone considered changing their Midfield Bench Fodder to a Striker Bench Fodder.

For example currently Boyd is £4.4m, Ashley Barnes is also £4.4m and is starting to get decent game time.

This would leave the door open to transfer Welbeck (currently have Costa & Aguero too) to Chadli freeing up some extra cash for the defence

Any thoughts on Midfield Bench Fodder over Striker Bench Fodder?

Barnes is 4th or 5th choice striker at Burnley. He is getting more gametime due to the ings injury and midfield injuries. Ings could be back next game and if so it will be ings and jutk. Vokes when fit will leapfrog Barnes also. I prefer the mid option as it's cheaper for the striker option it's .5 dearer as jutkiewcz is the option there.

Chesty08

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Welbeck is the best and cheapest way into Arsenal's upcoming great fixtures. If he starts firing, his value will skyrocket as well. But I inherently prefer the 3-4-3 formation

Inherently I'm a 3-4-3 man but there are more options for high scores in midfield this season at the min!

I agree tho with Arsenal fixtures & Welbs. I'm going to stick.

Have 2 free transfers & Can't figure out what to do!

El festino

SlickRic wrote: »

Lovren looks like he could be out a while, in case anyone is insane enough to still have a Liverpool defender.

Thing is, Lovren out will probably improve Liverpool's defence :pac:

Lemlin

El festino wrote: »

Thing is, Lovren out will probably improve Liverpool's defence :pac:

Sakho and Skrtel playing together. I'm not sure how that'll go. Liverpool badly need Sturridge back. Their defence wasn't good last season but they had the firepower up front to counteract that.

Gaillimh1976

Lemlin wrote: »

Sakho and Skrtel playing together. I'm not sure how that'll go. Liverpool badly need Sturridge back. Their defence wasn't good last season but they had the firepower up front to counteract that.

Sakho injured as well

Toure & Skrtel !!!!

km79

Gaillimh1976 wrote: »

Sakho injured as well

Toure & Skrtel !!!!

oh lord this changes things!!!! moreno out immediately (which had been the original plan anyway but now .1 short for baines)

P.Walnuts

Got that itch again to do Cesc to Hazard...madness?

manual_man

How long are Lovren and Sakho out for? Kolo Toure is an absolute mess of a player these days. Liverpool defense had actually looked semi-decent in last 2 PLgames - clean sheets denied by a peno that never was, and a last minute worldy by Jagielka

Gaillimh1976

manual_man wrote: »

How long are Lovren and Sakho out for? Kolo Toure is an absolute mess of a player these days. Liverpool defense had actually looked semi-decent in last 2 PLgames - clean sheets denied by a peno that never was, and a last minute worldy by Jagielka

afaik Sakho out for QPR but back shortly after
Lovren injured in training with Croatia - no return date

Lemlin

P.Walnuts wrote: »

Got that itch again to do Cesc to Hazard...madness?

Not IMO. Hazard will come good eventually. He tailed off towards the end of last season, had a poor World Cup and isn't setting the world alight but he's a world class player IMO and will bounce back.

I'm keeping Fabregas myself but most people expect his returns to tail off given how deep he has been playing.

Rikand

Lemlin wrote: »

I'm keeping Fabregas myself but most people expect his returns to tail off given how deep he has been playing.

Hes got that Pirlo quarterback type role nailed on. The quality of his passing is second to only 1

Iused2likebusts

Lemlin wrote: »

Not IMO. Hazard will come good eventually. He tailed off towards the end of last season, had a poor World Cup and isn't setting the world alight but he's a world class player IMO and will bounce back.

I'm keeping Fabregas myself but most people expect his returns to tail off given how deep he has been playing.

Ill either be making the move fab to hazard or going with both of them. Hazard being on pens gives him an approx 25 pt head start on fab. Having said that I expect fab to be comfortably in the top 4 mids by year end. The price difference for those that have fab since the start has gone from 1 million to .6. My problem is my 3rd spot for a Chelsea player is it Azpilicueta or fab.

FrClintPower

Lemlin wrote: »

Not IMO. Hazard will come good eventually. He tailed off towards the end of last season, had a poor World Cup and isn't setting the world alight but he's a world class player IMO and will bounce back.

I'm keeping Fabregas myself but most people expect his returns to tail off given how deep he has been playing.

Hazard looked AWESOME at the weekend (on MOTD at least). Very tempted to go get him in instead of Fab in the next few weeks.

km79

anyone see how alderwield played for southampton the last day? still only 5ml so cheapest of the back 4 and would allow me to keep cash to upgrade PVA to another 5 ml defender the following week

Shedite27

km79 wrote: »

anyone see how alderwield played for southampton the last day? still only 5ml so cheapest of the back 4 and would allow me to keep cash to upgrade PVA to another 5 ml defender the following week

I got him in thinking he'd be a differential Soton defender. Only thing that differentiates him so far from Clyne/Bertrand is his lack of Goals and Assists.

km79

Shedite27 wrote: »

I got him in thinking he'd be a differential Soton defender. Only thing that differentiates him so far from Clyne/Bertrand is his lack of Goals and Assists.

if he got me 2 clean sheets in the next 4 I'd take it! he will be moved on again towards end of month. his main appeal is the extra money allows me to upgrade PVA to a spurs defender next week.
Its one of MANY options I'm looking at

8-10

km79 wrote: »

anyone see how alderwield played for southampton the last day? still only 5ml so cheapest of the back 4 and would allow me to keep cash to upgrade PVA to another 5 ml defender the following week

I've seen him play a lot in the past and he's got a great shot on him so might be good for a goal or two, but his stats v Fonte aren't great, I'd pick Fonte ahead of him

TaytoCrisps

Barring injuries I might carry a transfer this week for the first time this season. 8 attacking players in midfield and up front so playing 3-5-2 for a week or 2 until I decide what midfielder to drop to upgrade a strikers. Siggy, Di Maria, Silva, Sterling & Fab in Midfield

djPSB

Gaillimh1976 wrote: »

Sakho injured as well

Toure & Skrtel !!!!

#CaptainKolo

The Wild Bunch

WC TIME BAYBAY

Lemlin

This doesn't bode well for Sterling's future playing time:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/12/raheem-sterling-tired-roy-hodgson-england-estonia

Roy Hodgson was forced to defend Raheem Sterling after admitting that the Liverpool player had been left out of England’s starting line-up for their 1-0 win in Estonia because he was “a little tired” despite playing only 45 minutes in the previous game against San Marino.

Dearg81

Lemlin wrote: »

This doesn't bode well for Sterling's future playing time:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/12/raheem-sterling-tired-roy-hodgson-england-estonia

Having watched most of Liverpools games this season I'd have to agree that he's looked tired in the last few weeks. He was awful against Basel and Middlesborough, he kept getting dispossesed and overpowered too easily. He was better in his last game against WBA but no way near his early season form.

I'm gonna keep him for now though cos he has good fixtures and Sturridge is close to a return which will help his cause. His best performance came when he played behind Sturridge away to Spurs.

boccy23

Dearg81 wrote: »

Having watched most of Liverpools games this season I'd have to agree that he's looked tired in the last few weeks. He was awful against Basel and Middlesborough, he kept getting dispossesed and overpowered too easily. He was better in his last game against WBA but no way near his early season form.

I'm gonna keep him for now though cos he has good fixtures and Sturridge is close to a return which will help his cause. His best performance came when he played behind Sturridge away to Spurs.

Decided to jump off the Sterling bandwagon. He was very poor recently.
Have jumped to Di Maria.

hurlingman97

Have 2 ft an am looking at dumping Sterling because gametime could be affected.
Current team:

Krul, Mannone

PVA, Moore, Wilson, Duff, Bertrand

Fabregas, Di Maria, Sterling, Siggy, Diame

Costa, Welbeck, Aguero

Option 1:
Sterling - Hazard
Diame - Boyd
No hit

Option 2:
Sterling - Henderson
Diame - Chadli
Duff - Azpilicueta
-4pt hit

Please help me:)

CSF

boccy23 wrote: »

Decided to jump off the Sterling bandwagon. He was very poor recently.
Have jumped to Di Maria.

Reckon I'll make the switch from Sterling to Walcott after the Liverpool v Hull game myself.

Wombatman

I'm worried about Man City striker rotation. Aguero, Dzeko and Jovetic. Help me guys. Help me.
Thinking about Falcao + Ulloa -> Dzeko + Wellbeck

SlickRic

Aguero will not be rotated, especially with City already chasing Chelsea.

he'll be played until he breaks IMO.

boccy23

hurlingman97 wrote: »

Have 2 ft an am looking at dumping Sterling because gametime could be affected.
Current team:

Krul, Mannone

PVA, Moore, Wilson, Duff, Bertrand

Fabregas, Di Maria, Sterling, Siggy, Diame

Costa, Welbeck, Aguero

Option 1:
Sterling - Hazard
Diame - Boyd
No hit

Option 2:
Sterling - Henderson
Diame - Chadli
Duff - Azpilicueta
-4pt hit

Please help me:)

Option 1 is highly Chelski dependent.
Option 2 makes no sense to me. With Costa, Welbeck, Aguero upfront, why would you take a 4 point hit to bring in a midfielder who will be on your bench.
Why not go with Option 2 less the Chadli add?

POKERKING

SlickRic wrote: »

Aguero will not be rotated, especially with City already chasing Chelsea.

he'll be played until he breaks IMO.

+ Jovetic injured again:mad:

OneColdHand

Whatever about form, surely fatigue can't be an issue for Sterling by the time the weekend rolls around? He only played 25mins or so yesterday. Surely he's more likely to play now that he played less than a full game (71mins) over the 2 international games.

FutureGuy

OneColdHand wrote: »

Whatever about form, surely fatigue can't be an issue for Sterling by the time the weekend rolls around? He only played 25mins or so yesterday. Surely he's more likely to play now that he played less than a full game (71mins) over the 2 international games.

I am cautious about Sterling but he has 5 days to rest and I'll wait to hear from Rogers to speak on Friday.

Wombatman

POKERKING wrote: »

+ Jovetic injured again:mad:

Where you getting this from?

Lemlin

OneColdHand wrote: »

Whatever about form, surely fatigue can't be an issue for Sterling by the time the weekend rolls around? He only played 25mins or so yesterday. Surely he's more likely to play now that he played less than a full game (71mins) over the 2 international games.

CL games may come into play though. Liverpool only have 3 points from two games.

Sterling is facing into 3 games in seven days.

OneColdHand

FutureGuy wrote: »

I am cautious about Sterling but he has 5 days to rest and I'll wait to hear from Rogers to speak on Friday.

I'm also cautious about him, but it's form related. I don't really see how he could be fatigued, unless I'm missing something.

He's a number of players on my watch list that could be worth bringing in (Hazard, Silva, Tadic), and out of the template midfield 4 Sterling is the one at the minute that will make way. But not this week (unless there's something in the press conference on Friday).

OneColdHand

Lemlin wrote: »

CL games may come into play though. Liverpool only have 3 points from two games.

Sterling is facing into 3 games in seven days.

Fair enough, but why would he be fatigued now?

SlickRic

OneColdHand wrote: »

Fair enough, but why would he be fatigued now?

because he's 19, and he's playing 3 times as much football as last year.

Lemlin

OneColdHand wrote: »

Fair enough, but why would he be fatigued now?

Could be a number of reasons. As the user above says, he's 19 and is playing more games than before.

My own opinion is that think Rodgers isn't too fond of losing players to international duty, particularly with England. Have a look at the following:

http://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/liverpool-news-coverage/2014/9/11/6135241/brendan-rodgers-blames-england-causing-sturridge-injury-training

The disappointment for us is Daniel Sturridge coming back injured as he had started the season very well," Rodgers said while speaking on TalkSport today. "We're obviously disappointed because we feel it was an injury which could have been prevented. He has worked so hard over pre-season and looked very fit and strong in our last game against Tottenham."

Sturridge has had something of a history of getting himself injured while on international duty, and it's hard not to think at times that it's as much what he's being asked to do by the England coaches as anything to do with the player himself. And Rodgers has now confirmed as much, placing the blame entirely on England for their mishandling of the player's fitness.

Rodgers also said that England didn't need Sturridge for these two games and, in the past, when Sturridge was even mentioned for an England call-up, Rodgers said he needed to worry about playing regularly before he worried about playing for England.

I think Sterling may well have been under strict instructions from his manager not to play in both games for an extended period. I can't see Rodgers having a different attitude for Sterling on international duty than he has for Sturridge.