GW17 Captain?

shadowcomplex

Tough call this week?

SantryRed

*Next week.

It's only Sunday.

shadowcomplex

RVP awat to Villa

SantryRed wrote: »

*Next week.

It's only Sunday.

Don't you start.There's always one every week

km79

probably sign yaya and captain him
most if my team is away bar green and eriksen
BUT rooney has an incredible record against villa so will see how he looks today

qwabercd

No Austin? I'll probably be going for him.

ShaneU

Giroud away to Liverpool

No idea this week

CSF

Would have thought Austin would be prime choice. It is him or Toure for me.

dahat

CSF wrote: »

Would have thought Austin would be prime choice. It is him or Toure for me.

Same boat here,likely Yaya if I get him.

jimmii

RVP awat to Villa

Yaya if I bring him in. If I don't then no idea!

Lemlin

Rooney away to Villa

Austin I think.

AboutaWeekAgo

Rooney away to Villa

Austin probably. Watching Liverpool play this bad against United has me thinking of Sanchez as well, he could do some damage if they play this bad next week!

Paully D

Rooney away to Villa

Van Persie or Austin. Likely Van Persie with Austin vice at the moment.

Arbitrary

RVP awat to Villa

Once I decide to who to field or drop I'll have an idea. I've put myself in a great position for the games to follow GW 17 as I'm loaded up on quality midfielders and I've got a strong bench. The problem is I have Austin Giroud and Costa up front. I'm considering ditching Costa.

The only viable midfielder I can drop is Downing and he's at home to Leicester, total cluster ****, but I'm hoping this will put me in a strong position when rotations start happening.

/end rambling.

It's between Austin and Yaya. Both Palace and Westbrom are capable of keeping it tight at the back on the road. Of the two teams Palace are far more likely to park the bus. Westbrom will look at this fixture and see it as an opportunity to bag three points and Palace will play for a draw or look to nick a goal on the counter.

Palace kept a very respectable scoreline against Spurs and United. I think Austin might shading it right now.

km79

Wayne Rooney has scored 14 times against aston villa.......

internet_user

Austin at the moment.

G1032

Rooney away to Villa

After today I'm probably going to get RVP in and captain him

greedygoblin

Rooney away to Villa

One of Austin, Eriksen or Yaya (if I bring him in).

Ziegler1988

Austin

manual_man

Giroud away to Liverpool

leaning towards Sanchez at the moment. Austin is tempting but you just know WBA are going to park the bus. Liverpool are a right mess at the moment and i really do fancy Sanchez to score

Theboinkmaster

shadowcomplex wrote: »

Don't you start.There's always one every week

If you're going to do it so early you may as well do right :P

will you amend to include Austin

Rikand

RVP awat to Villa

greedygoblin wrote: »

One of Austin, Eriksen or Yaya (if I bring him in).

Picked Yaya, but those other 2 make great cases for themselves

Copper_pipe

RVP awat to Villa

Can we add an Austin option please

Ace2007

Rooney away to Villa

manual_man wrote: »

leaning towards Sanchez at the moment. Austin is tempting but you just know WBA are going to park the bus. Liverpool are a right mess at the moment and i really do fancy Sanchez to score

For as bas as liverpool are right now, defensively at home they are quite good - in 8 games at home, they have only conceded 6 goals, compared with 16 goals in 8 away games.

i'll probably keep the armband on RVP since it worked well this week.

wreckless if true

Rooney away to Villa

Im seriously giving thought to captaining harry kane next week at home to burnley. Brought him in 4 weeks ago for a 4.8 bargain, watched the game today he could of had a hat trick very easily. He should be in the poll at least. decent option imo

the whole year inn

Rolling the dice on Silva, he will player further up on the pitch and maybe in a striker role.
Who else have city for this position bar poza?

hots

wreckless if true wrote: »

Im seriously giving thought to captaining harry kane next week at home to burnley. Brought him in 4 weeks ago for a 4.8 bargain, watched the game today he could of had a hat trick very easily. He should be in the poll at least. decent option imo

Think I'm going to gamble on him this week, nothing obvious in my team with lots of away fixtures, only other would be Downing so worth a punt imo.

The Wild Bunch

Rooney away to Villa

Van Persie

FHFC

Rooney away to Villa

The Wild Bunch wrote: »

Van Persie

He's probably a candidate for me, but Uniteds away form......hmmm.

sheroman01

Giroud away to Liverpool

Gonna be very interesting this week (or is it next week :P?) as there is no real obvious choice. I just brought in the lovely Sanchez and have it on him at the moment. He's always dangerous and Liverpool look terrible at the back as well as a dodgy Brad Jones in goal. Kane at home to Burnley is also tempting and he is currently my the Vice Captain.

OneColdHand

Giroud away to Liverpool

sheroman01 wrote: »

Gonna be very interesting this week (or is it next week :P?) as there is no real obvious choice. I just brought in the lovely Sanchez and have it on him at the moment. He's always dangerous and Liverpool look terrible at the back as well as a dodgy Brad Jones in goal. Kane at home to Burnley is also tempting and he is currently my the Vice Captain.

Yeah I currently have 10 players playing away! Sanchez could be a good shout - seems to do better than Hazard away from home.

I'll probably bring Silva in, but not sure if he's captaincy material just yet.

GLaDOS

Will Jones keep his spot for Liverpool? Would seriously consider Sanchez if so, Brad Jones is simply awful.

OneColdHand

Giroud away to Liverpool

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Will Jones keep his spot for Liverpool? Would seriously consider Sanchez if so, Brad Jones is simply awful.

Even if he doesn't, Mig can't exactly be full of confidence after being dropped.

sheroman01

Giroud away to Liverpool

Mignolet dropped 'indefinitely' - Brendan Rodgers. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30471299

But yeah either way it's a poor defence and Sanchez should have a nice time against them

Lemlin

Rooney away to Villa

RVP got a nice hat trick against Villa, albeit at home, two seasons ago. Anyone know his record against them?

Nalz

Rooney away to Villa

Lemlin wrote: »

Anyone know his record against them?

Does this matter much? I'd judge it on the teams form, players form, oppositions form, oppositions injuries and suspensions...

He scored a hattrick the year they won the league. If he didn't score the previous 3 games before that, would that alter your decision making?

Lemlin

Rooney away to Villa

Trilla wrote: »

Does this matter much? I'd judge it on the teams form, players form, oppositions form, oppositions injuries and suspensions...

He scored a hattrick the year they won the league. If he didn't score the previous 3 games before that, would that alter your decision making?

Certain players have good records against certain teams so yes, I would bear it in mind. For example, Vidic always struggled against Torres (when he was good!).

FHFC

Rooney away to Villa

Lemlin wrote: »

RVP got a nice hat trick against Villa, albeit at home, two seasons ago. Anyone know his record against them?

I think I do recall that United/Villa games have a history of being high scoring affairs.

Think RVP or Sanchez are the top candidates for me.

alchemist33

RVP awat to Villa

Yaya probably, although the idea brings me out in a cold sweat.

FHFC

Rooney away to Villa

FHFC wrote: »

I think I do recall that United/Villa games have a history of being high scoring affairs.

Think RVP or Sanchez are the top candidates for me.

Ok, checked into this and I remember right. Going back 4 seasons average of over 3.6 goals per game in 8 PL meetings.

29 goals in total in that period. 23-6 in favour of United! United scored 5 against then in total in 11/12, 6 in 12/13 and 7 last year.

At Villa Park the results were 2-2, 0-1, 2-3, 0-3

Goalscorers for the 23 goals makes better reading for Rooney owners who put value in this sort of thing.
Rooney 6 (in 4 different games, 2x2, 2x1)
RVP 3 (a Hatrick at OT)
Welbeck 3
Hernandez 3
Vidic 2
Mata 1
Cleverly 1
P Jones 1
Nani 1
Macheda 1 (remember it!!)
Vlaar 1 (og)

To put it another way, in their last 5 meetings, 3 home and 2 away United a have scored 4, 3, 3, 3, 4

Sold....to the big in form Dutchman at the front.

OneColdHand

Giroud away to Liverpool

FHFC wrote: »

Sold....to the big in form Dutchman at the back.

Wouldn't bring in Vlaar this week!

CSF

FHFC wrote: »

Ok, checked into this and I remember right. Going back 4 seasons average of over 3.6 goals per game in 8 PL meetings.

29 goals in total in that period. 23-6 in favour of United! United scored 5 against then in total in 11/12, 6 in 12/13 and 7 last year.

At Villa Park the results were 2-2, 0-1, 2-3, 0-3

Goalscorers for the 23 goals makes better reading for Rooney owners who put value in this sort of thing.
Rooney 6 (in 4 different games, 2x2, 2x1)
RVP 3 (a Hatrick at OT)
Welbeck 3
Hernandez 3
Vidic 2
Mata 1
Cleverly 1
P Jones 1
Nani 1
Macheda 1 (remember it!!)
Vlaar 1 (og)

To put it another way, in their last 5 meetings, 3 home and 2 away United a have scored 4, 3, 3, 3, 4

Sold....to the big in form Dutchman at the back.

I'm going to it and plan to find a way to sabotage this Dutchman.

FHFC

Rooney away to Villa

OneColdHand wrote: »

Wouldn't bring in Vlaar this week!

Ok, at the front would have read better all right.

Ninja edit....

Scorpion Sting

Sterling home to Arsenal

Van Persie has a great record against Villa actually. He has 8 goals and 2 assists in 11 games against them.

FHFC

Rooney away to Villa

jebforever wrote: »

Van Persie has a great record against Villa actually. He has 8 goals and 2 assists in 11 games against them.

Of course, didn't check his Arsenal record. Even better. Thanks.

Scorpion Sting

Sterling home to Arsenal

FHFC wrote: »

Mustn't have gone back far enough. Even better. Thanks.

Well he did play for some London club before he joined the Red Devils.

EDIT: I see you remembered. :pac:

FHFC

Rooney away to Villa

jebforever wrote: »

Well he did play for some London club before he joined the Red Devils.

EDIT: I see you remembered. :pac:

Ninja edit. Almost.

Captain decided most importantly.

iroced

Hmmm... These stats make me consider a Diego Costa -> RVP switch. Getting a player FHFC owns can't go wrong right :P?


As for the players I currently own, Eriksen and Austin have the fixtures for them...

km79

FHFC wrote: »

Ok, checked into this and I remember right. Going back 4 seasons average of over 3.6 goals per game in 8 PL meetings.

29 goals in total in that period. 23-6 in favour of United! United scored 5 against then in total in 11/12, 6 in 12/13 and 7 last year.

At Villa Park the results were 2-2, 0-1, 2-3, 0-3

Goalscorers for the 23 goals makes better reading for Rooney owners who put value in this sort of thing.
Rooney 6 (in 4 different games, 2x2, 2x1)
RVP 3 (a Hatrick at OT)
Welbeck 3
Hernandez 3
Vidic 2
Mata 1
Cleverly 1
P Jones 1
Nani 1
Macheda 1 (remember it!!)
Vlaar 1 (og)

To put it another way, in their last 5 meetings, 3 home and 2 away United a have scored 4, 3, 3, 3, 4

Sold....to the big in form Dutchman at the front.

rooney it is so

stiffler123

Hazard away to Stoke

Giroud or Austin. Leaning towards Giroud because of the Brad Jones factor.

Lucas Hood

RVP awat to Villa

Thinking of Yaya at the minute. Don't think Austin is captain material.

Iused2likebusts

Sterling home to Arsenal

Eriksen is probably my best option at the minute