GW8 Captain Poll

Ziegler1988

Have the armband on Welbeck currently and not really tempted to switch to Costa or Aguero (yet).

CSF

Alexis Sanchez

Completely undecided (and this thread might help that) but at the moment I'm going with Welbeck.

Iused2likebusts

Danny Welbeck

I'd say it will be aguero

bezuaua

Danny Welbeck

the former son in law of maradona!

OneColdHand

Cesc Fabregas

I'm between Costa and Aguero. Currently leaning towards Costa - he played on Sunday and should be well rested. Aguero (although he didn't play) has to travel back from Hong Kong mid week. Not sure how much this travel will affect him, but it's probably something to consider.

Don't have the balls to captain Welbeck yet - he hasn't been consistent enough yet.

Lemlin

Cesc Fabregas

Costa.

km79

possibly falcao.......will be a long weekend if I do that .....

Rikand

Cesc Fabregas

Have it on Costa Coffee at the moment

manual_man

Cesc Fabregas

Think I'll play it safe and go Costa, tho tempted by Welbeck

Cesc Fabregas

I've gambled last two gws and ended up with a combined total of 6 pts, after being doubled. I am done with chancing my arm, and will go with costa.

Dice75

Tim Krul - peno save/6 saves/CS/3bpts

Make it happen Tim

FHFC

Danny Welbeck

In the past 3 seasons Aguero has faced Spurs 5 times. In those 5 games City scored 16 goals, Aguero scored 5 or maybe 6 of them (it was monday when i looked this up) including 4 in the last 3.

That's my captain for sure.

jimmii

Danny Welbeck

Will probably go with Aguero in FPL and UFPL. If I had Sanchez or Welbeck would definitely consider them.

km79

FHFC wrote: »

In the past 3 seasons Aguero has faced Spurs 5 times. In those 5 games City scored 16 goals, Aguero scored 5 or maybe 6 of them (it was monday when i looked this up) including 4 in the last 3.

That's my captain for sure.

oh........

Ziegler1988

Alexis Sanchez

Excellent, looks like a Welbz hat trick and Costa blank will shoot me up the rankings :pac:

FHFC wrote: »

In the past 3 seasons Aguero has faced Spurs 5 times. In those 5 games City scored 16 goals, Aguero scored 5 or maybe 6 of them (it was monday when i looked this up) including 4 in the last 3.

That's my captain for sure.

If Man City v Spurs was on Sunday, I would probably captain Aguero. But a long flight back from Hong Kong and a Saturday lunchtime kickoff has me nervous.

GetWithIt

Sergio Aguero

Fup. I'm the only one to go for Falcao. Might have to reconsider.

km79

GetWithIt wrote: »

Fup. I'm the only one to go for Falcao. Might have to reconsider.

I'm considering it.......but I'm also considering selling him for aguero

Chesty08

Danny Welbeck

FHFC wrote: »

In the past 3 seasons Aguero has faced Spurs 5 times. In those 5 games City scored 16 goals, Aguero scored 5 or maybe 6 of them (it was monday when i looked this up) including 4 in the last 3.

That's my captain for sure.

Was aware that he had crazy stats like this v Spurs. Had it on Aguero myself.

Just seen that the City v Spurs games is Saturday at 12:45 and it is well known(myth) that these games are quiet, dull boring games (particularly after Internationals). So for that reason ;

Baines is my captain. Clean Sheet, assist & guaranteed bonus

Scorpion Sting

Chesty08 wrote: »

Was aware that he had crazy stats like this v Spurs. Had it on Aguero myself.

Just seen that the City v Spurs games is Saturday at 12:45 and it is well known(myth) that these games are quiet, dull boring games (particularly after Internationals). So for that reason ;

Baines is my captain. Clean Sheet, assist & guaranteed bonus

My FSA League 1 opponent has brought him in so not having him terrifies me this weekend.

Chesty08

Danny Welbeck

jebforever wrote: »

My FSA League 1 opponent has brought him in so not having him terrifies me this weekend.

Just brought him in myself for Ivanovic Feel confident with him

G1032

Danny Welbeck

Aguero

The Wild Bunch

Alexis Sanchez

welbeck

SantryRed

Danny Welbeck

haven't decided between Aguero, Costa and Pellé yet. All three of positive and negatives

Last time there was an international break, all three of them scored the week after! Costa with 3 goals, Pellé 2 and Aguero 1. So it doesn't really help much :pac:

FutureGuy

Cesc Fabregas

Costa or Pelle, depending on the mood.

CSF

Alexis Sanchez

To be honest I can see myself following the thread on this one

LeaveitOff

Going to gamble on Welbeck. Costa has to hit a wall at some stage and Palace away is a potential banana skin.

Mr.Prodston

Danny Welbeck

If I end up wildcarding and somehow end up bringing in Sanchez I'd be seriously tempted to throw the armband his direction.

Most likely it'll be on Aguero though once I bring him in with a transfer or the WC. That record against Spurs is something I've been aware of for a while now. It's almost akin to Suarez against Norwich. Bound to fail now though I'm sure

GiftofGab

Cesc Fabregas

Costa hasn't let me down yet.

Playing it safe.

I'm coming 3rd in my league with about 28 points off the leader. So I reckon the rest of my team can make up the difference without making any rash decisions.

Iused2likebusts

Danny Welbeck

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

If I end up wildcarding and somehow end up bringing in Sanchez I'd be seriously tempted to throw the armband his direction.

Most likely it'll be on Aguero though once I bring him in with a transfer or the WC. That record against Spurs is something I've been aware of for a while now. It's almost akin to Suarez against Norwich. Bound to fail now though I'm sure

Sanchez had a game in south america on wednesday morning. I have toyed with the idea of bringing him in but there has to be a slight doubt of him starting due to this. Granted arsenal have a fair few injuries.

FrClintPower

Cesc Fabregas

Going to play safe with Costa.

Mr.Prodston

Danny Welbeck

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Sanchez had a game in south america on wednesday morning. I have toyed with the idea of bringing him in but there has to be a slight doubt of him starting due to this. Granted arsenal have a fair few injuries.

Oh really? I had a quick google yesterday and only saw news reports from the weekend so assumed he only had the one game. Cheers for that heads up

JR6

Falcao

Di Maria all the way.

Lemlin

Cesc Fabregas

FHFC wrote: »

In the past 3 seasons Aguero has faced Spurs 5 times. In those 5 games City scored 16 goals, Aguero scored 5 or maybe 6 of them (it was monday when i looked this up) including 4 in the last 3.

That's my captain for sure.

I was contemplating Aguero but I'm doing fairly well (61k) and near the top of most of my leagues so I don't think I need to risk it.

Costa plays Palace away and is owned by 67% of managers, most of whom it appears from polls will be captaining him.

Aguero is owned by only 12.8% so just having him if he has a good week should make a difference.

iroced

Cesc Fabregas

Costa is the obvious safe a priori choice.


That said I have to admit that FHFC stats re Aguero vs Spurs are tempting and give me the will to "misterprodstonise" it for once (yeah not that I want to twist the knife but after your last GW gamble/madness/balls of steel decision :pac:, I think by now you do deserve your own verb in the english language ).








I may not be ready for it yet though...

FHFC

Danny Welbeck

Lemlin wrote: »

I was contemplating Aguero but I'm doing fairly well (61k) and near the top of most of my leagues so I don't think I need to risk it.

Costa plays Palace away and is owned by 67% of managers, most of whom it appears from polls will be captaining him.

Aguero is owned by only 12.8% so just having him if he has a good week should make a difference.

Sitting at around 400k so it may be worth the risk in my case. The one thing that worries me is that it's the early game.

Lemlin

Cesc Fabregas

FHFC wrote: »

Sitting at around 400k so it may be worth the risk in my case. The one thing that worries me is that it's the early game.

Slow and steady my friend. This time last year I was sitting at 600k or something. Now is not the time to panic.

Small gains each week are all you need to make. Then you'll have the odd bumper week where everything goes right that will really pull you up.

FHFC

Danny Welbeck

Lemlin wrote: »

I was contemplating Aguero but I'm doing fairly well (61k) and near the top of most of my leagues so I don't think I need to risk it.

Costa plays Palace away and is owned by 67% of managers, most of whom it appears from polls will be captaining him.

Aguero is owned by only 12.8% so just having him if he has a good week should make a difference.

Sitting at around 400k so it may be worth the risk in my case. The one thing that worries me is that it's the early game.

Mr.Prodston

Danny Welbeck

I don't see Aguero as a gamble though, perhaps that's fundamentally where I fall down in the game? I usually know that some of the things I've done historically were risky but I just don't see it with Aguero this week.

I'm not saying Costa wouldn't do well but I think Aguero is capable/likely to do just as well with the added potential for outdoing Costa

iroced

Cesc Fabregas

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

I don't see Aguero as a gamble though, perhaps that's fundamentally where I fall down in the game? I usually know that some of the things I've done historically were risky but I just don't see it with Aguero this week.

I'm not saying Costa wouldn't do well but I think Aguero is capable/likely to do just as well with the added potential for outdoing Costa

The bold part made me :pac:.

No seriously. He's not a gamble. But he's coming back from an Asian Tour (Brazil in Beijing and Kong-Kong) and he plays the early game on Saturday. His ownership is fairly low (~13%).
On the other hand, Costa played twice in Europe relatively close by (Slovakia & Luxembourg), he finally scored for La Roja (which probably was a huge relief for him), and is owned by about 67% of managers.
FF-related captain polls (FFS, fiso forum, here) show a large majority of Costa captainers.

So, all this combined makes Aguero (C) a more riskier decision than Costa (C) .

Mr.Prodston

Danny Welbeck

iroced wrote: »

The bold part made me :pac:.

No seriously. He's not a gamble. But he went to play in Brasil and now is travelling back from Hong-Kong and he plays the early game on Saturday. His ownership is fairly low (~13%).
On the other hand, Costa played twice in Europe relatively close by (Slovakia & Luxembourg), he finally scored for La Roja (which probably was a huge relief for him), and is owned by about 67% of managers.
FF-related captain polls (FFS, tfpl, here) show a large majority of Costa captainers.

So, all this combined makes Aguero (C) a more riskier decision than Costa (C) .

You could also argue that Costa will now be playing 3 games in a week which is meant to be a sign of the Apocalypse :pac: While Aguero plays against Spurs at home in a relatively big game but has previous good memories/form of/in the fixture. He's a professional who is used to travelling and didn't even play in Hong Kong so effectively went on a little holiday

You make good points though to be fair

iroced

Cesc Fabregas

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

You could also argue that Costa will now be playing 3 games in a week which is meant to be a sign of the Apocalypse :pac: While Aguero plays against Spurs at home in a relatively big game but has previous good memories/form of/in the fixture. He's a professional who is used to travelling and didn't even play in Hong Kong so effectively went on a little holiday

Aaaah will you stop ?! :pac:. I'm being misterprodstonised by the misterprodstoniser-in-chief .

To be honest the main thing that's putting me off the Argentine is the huuuuuuge ownership of Costa. For the 4 years I'm playing the game I don't think there was ever such a high ownership.

LostArt

Danny Welbeck

Going with Costa. Don't have the balls for Aguero or Wellbeck

Mr.Prodston

Danny Welbeck

iroced wrote: »

Aaaah will you stop ?! :pac:. I'm being misterprodstonised by the misterprodstoniser-in-chief .

To be honest the main thing that's putting me off the Argentine is the huuuuuuge ownership of Costa. For the 4 years I'm playing the game I don't think there was ever such a high ownership.

The ownership is the elephant in the room alright but that works both ways

Iused2likebusts

Danny Welbeck

I'm happy to pick who I feel is my best option this week and for me it's Aguero. I wouldn't pay too much heed to ownership.

SlickRic

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

You could also argue that Costa will now be playing 3 games in a week which is meant to be a sign of the Apocalypse :pac: While Aguero plays against Spurs at home in a relatively big game but has previous good memories/form of/in the fixture. He's a professional who is used to travelling and didn't even play in Hong Kong so effectively went on a little holiday

You make good points though to be fair

the bold part is very important. any doubts anyone has as to whether Aguero will play at the weekend after the international break are now pretty much gone.

it's very much 50/50 for me as to whether I go Costa or Aguero.

Wombatman

Poll needs more Tadic

The Wild Bunch

Alexis Sanchez

Golden Rule is never choose an Away captain

CSF

Alexis Sanchez

The Wild Bunch wrote: »

Golden Rule is never choose an Away captain

Suarez last season says different. Granted Costa is not Suarez.

hurlingman97

Cesc Fabregas

Always captain Suarez Costa;)

Damnit CSF you bet me to it

FutureGuy

Cesc Fabregas

The Wild Bunch wrote: »

Golden Rule is never choose an Away captain

Hmmmmmm I would argue that point had I time today.

FHFC

Danny Welbeck

iroced wrote: »

The bold part made me :pac:.

No seriously. He's not a gamble. But he went to play in Brasil and now is travelling back from Hong-Kong

He didn't go to Brazil. That match was in Beijing.

He sat on the bench lunchtime Tuesday gmt, I'd guess he'd have been home Wed night at the latest.

Think the travel thing is being overplayed a bit, but Pellegrinis comments tomorrow will be worth watching. Thankfully he's usually fairly forthcoming and if jet lag is an issue he'll probably refer to it.


As I said I'd be more worried about the early kick off curse than the travelling.