UFPL 2015/16

Trimm Trabb

29 with Cedric, Alderweild, Darmian, Gomez, Sako, Ibe and Benteke (c) still to play - down a couple of places to 1156.

I reckon a fair few of the top 1000 don't have Aguero - he's still going to end up top scorer in the league so once he starts firing should see some upward movement.

jimmii

He's the highest owned player in the game at 58% but hopefully thats all us waiting just outside the 1k waiting to pounce!

Markx

Coughing up 11 points from 53 to bring in Benteke(c), Alderweireld, Mane, Chadli and Clyne.

Seem to be subbing out all my expensive players as a rule each week. The season of weirdness continues.

jimmii

Markx wrote: »

Coughing up 11 points from 53 to bring in Benteke(c), Alderweireld, Mane, Chadli and Clyne.

Seem to be subbing out all my expensive players as a rule each week. The season of weirdness continues.

42 with that to go looks a pretty good position to be in.

Finding the same with the bench very expensive players sitting there at on Sunday evening! 3 big chances missed from Aguero is not something you see very often!

Trimm Trabb

jimmii wrote: »

He's the highest owned player in the game at 58% but hopefully thats all us waiting just outside the 1k waiting to pounce!

Yeah I just clicked into a few of the top teams yesterday and thought some of them had quite strange picks and a few were Aguero-less.

jimmii

Trimm Trabb wrote: »

Yeah I just clicked into a few of the top teams yesterday and thought some of them had quite strange picks and a few were Aguero-less.

Yeh a lot at the top have been brave but surely that will count against then in the end! It bloody better!!

Markx

Next week looks like a disaster. I've one non-MD1 player and thats Kone. Can't imagine too many would have more than 3 or 4 though. Makes it a nightmare to pick the MD1 team too.

jimmii

Markx wrote: »

Next week looks like a disaster. I've one non-MD1 player and thats Kone. Can't imagine too many would have more than 3 or 4 though. Makes it a nightmare to pick the MD1 team too.

Yeh the odd numbers weeks for a while are horrible fixtures most won't have more than a couple of players. I have Deeney, Punch and McCarthy. Given the fixtures having more than 4 is probably a mistake really.

stiffler123

Forgot to change my team this morning, thankfully only cost me three points but it could have been much worse. Down to 1.1K now.

Dearg81

Bad week for me. 3 of my defenders dropped - Gomez, Soares and Muniesa! It's gonna be tough playing with 5 defenders so hoping at leas Soares gets recalled soon, I think Gomez's run of games is over, not sure about Muniesa.

jimmii

Dearg81 wrote: »

Bad week for me. 3 of my defenders dropped - Gomez, Soares and Muniesa! It's gonna be tough playing with 5 defenders so hoping at leas Soares gets recalled soon, I think Gomez's run of games is over, not sure about Muniesa.

Similar position to me I have Gomez, Shaw & Cedric. Been a bit of a nightmare week for my defence!

Dearg81

jimmii wrote: »

Similar position to me I have Gomez, Shaw & Cedric. Been a bit of a nightmare week for my defence!

Of course it had to happen just after the transfer window closes!

jimmii

Dearg81 wrote: »

Of course it had to happen just after the transfer window closes!

Unreal alright. After last year I had made sure I was very happy with my defence now I expected Gomez to fall out of favour at some point but Cedric and obviously Shaw have been very unwelcome issues! Still have Kosc, Super Kol and Azpi but going to be running pretty short if anything happens to one of them!

Dearg81

jimmii wrote: »

Unreal alright. After last year I had made sure I was very happy with my defence now I expected Gomez to fall out of favour at some point but Cedric and obviously Shaw have been very unwelcome issues! Still have Kosc, Super Kol and Azpi but going to be running pretty short if anything happens to one of them!

I think Cedric might be in and out of the team, he doesn't look much of a defender but I'm hoping Koeman will still play him against from time to time as a wing back now Betrand is nearly back. The 2 of them would suit a 352 formation.

jimmii

Dearg81 wrote: »

I think Cedric might be in and out of the team, he doesn't look much of a defender but I'm hoping Koeman will still play him against from time to time as a wing back now Betrand is nearly back. The 2 of them would suit a 352 formation.

Yeh think I might get a few minutes out of him hopefully. Easy MD1 pick but don't fancy having him as an MD2/3 option now though.

manual_man

ive been lucky in that regard tho i may be without Dieeeego for a few games for my 2nd team by the looks

edit: well actually have Silva in both teams so wait and see on that injury front. at least if he's out for a while can loan in KDB like-for-like

Trimm Trabb

Foraying into the loan market this week with Martial in for Benteke for Saturday (c) and Barkley in for Sterling in case I need a Monday captain and just to bulk up my empty looking MD 2/3 bench.

manual_man

Trimm Trabb wrote: »

Foraying into the loan market this week with Martial in for Benteke for Saturday (c) and Barkley in for Sterling in case I need a Monday captain and just to bulk up my empty looking MD 2/3 bench.

May do so myself with Benteke and Silva possibly out and Costa definitely out

Dearg81

Trimm Trabb wrote: »

Foraying into the loan market this week with Martial in for Benteke for Saturday (c) and Barkley in for Sterling in case I need a Monday captain and just to bulk up my empty looking MD 2/3 bench.

Everton also play on MD2 next week at home to Liverpool.

manual_man

rolling the dice on some loans for this gw

team 1: Benteke and Forestieri out for Martial and Ighalo

team 2: Costa, Gomis & Wilson out for Sturridge, Martial & Ighalo

Dearg81

manual_man wrote: »

rolling the dice on some loans for this gw

team 1: Benteke and Forestieri out for Martial and Ighalo

team 2: Costa, Gomis & Wilson out for Sturridge, Martial & Ighalo

I've never even heard of Forestieri!

I went with Lukaku for Benteke for a 3 week loan for 6 points just cos of the match day fixtures.

manual_man

Dearg81 wrote: »

I've never even heard of Forestieri!

I went with Lukaku for Benteke for a 3 week loan for 6 points just cos of the match day fixtures.

4.5 bench fodder is all he is...

Ighalo may be handy this week, in form and possible MD2 captain option

Martial will probably define my gw tho, transferred into and captained in both teams!

Dearg81

manual_man wrote: »

4.5 bench fodder is all he is...

Ighalo may be handy this week, in form and possible MD2 captain option

Martial will probably define my gw tho, transferred into and captained in both teams!

Martial is a good pick, I can't decide between him and Sanchez as captain in FPL. Gonna go with Sanchez in ultimate, I can see Arsenal scoring a few tomorrow.

manual_man

Haha. Kane benched

:rolleyes:

jimmii

manual_man wrote: »

Haha. Kane benched

:rolleyes:

Same. Stupid game.

Markx

manual_man wrote: »

Haha. Kane benched

:rolleyes:

Fairly reasonable thing to do. Benched Alderweireld.

Took a foray into the loan market to bring in Lukaku for Benteke for two weeks. If he scores 1 in 2 it will pay off especially if he has the armband Monday.

stiffler123

No playing goalkeeper this week. Have Hart in goals and Cech in reserves, wondeful.

jimmii

72 with Azpi, Deeney and Punch to go and have to decide on keep Butlands 4 or change to McCarthy. Think 4 is a keeper though.

manual_man

jimmii wrote: »

72 with Azpi, Deeney and Punch to go and have to decide on keep Butlands 4 or change to McCarthy. Think 4 is a keeper though.

that's an excellent score. did you captain Sanchez like in fpl?(grumble grumble - fsa league 2 h2h)

jimmii

manual_man wrote: »

that's an excellent score. did you captain Sanchez like in fpl?(grumble grumble - fsa league 2 h2h)

I did indeed. Between the two games that's like 80 points from him!! What a guy!

Trimm Trabb

Amazing how quickly your 25 man squad contracts in size.

I have McCarthy dropped, Gomez dropped, Shaw injured, Ibe out of favour, Wilson injured, Benteke injured and Gary Hooper was never going to play. So that's 7 unavailable meaning 18 man squad picks itself already with 13 gameweeks until the transfer window opens again. Loans are definitely much more appealing this time round.

Did a little bit of browsing this morning and 8 out of top 20 didn't have Aguero. I still reckon he will be top scorer in the league and top 3 in fantasy and if you don't have him as a captaincy option you won't last up the top.

Dearg81

Lukaku gets me 18 points on his debut to bring me up to 93 points this week. Who's the leader in the fsa pay league? He managed to break 100 this week and should be well inside top 50 in the world now.

Markx

Dearg81 wrote: »

Lukaku gets me 18 points on his debut to bring me up to 93 points this week. Who's the leader in the fsa pay league? He managed to break 100 this week and should be well inside top 50 in the world now.

That's me. First season having a pop at this. Got Lukaku in on loan for Benteke which was nice.

Dearg81

Markx wrote: »

That's me. First season having a pop at this. Got Lukaku in on loan for Benteke which was nice.

Oh I see, so you basically copied me

I was suprised to see how many of us captained Sanchez, at least 3 in that league.

Well done though, you're off to a flyer!

Markx

Dearg81 wrote: »

Oh I see, so you basically copied me

I was suprised to see how many of us captained Sanchez, at least 3 in that league.

Well done though, you're off to a flyer!

In the sea of wrongness that's been my season so far, captaining Sanchez in both games has been the only rightness. I am strongly considering copying you again this week....:eek:

jimmii

Another busy week for the team doctor I now have a reserve bench full of red after losing Yaya and Kosc. Getting killed with injuries yet again!!

Can we see either Gomez or Ibe getting any game time?

Dearg81

jimmii wrote: »

Another busy week for the team doctor I now have a reserve bench full of red after losing Yaya and Kosc. Getting killed with injuries yet again!!

Can we see either Gomez or Ibe getting any game time?

Gomez won't play but I think Ibe will get a few minutes as a sub.

Not many tough decisions to make this week, I think it has to be Aguero as captain.

Markx

Aguero as captain 100% and would be surprised to have to take it off him too.

My only real call is Redmond or Sinclair to start today. Could imagine either starting on the bench or could imagine either scoring two. Alternative is to bench Mane and play both but I'll be watching the Southampton game so would keep Mane for something to should at.....

Dearg81

Markx wrote: »

Aguero as captain 100% and would be surprised to have to take it off him too.

My only real call is Redmond or Sinclair to start today. Could imagine either starting on the bench or could imagine either scoring two. Alternative is to bench Mane and play both but I'll be watching the Southampton game so would keep Mane for something to should at.....

On current form I'd play Redmond over Sinclair, also Leicesters defence is pretty bad lately. Mane usually does well against Chelsea and is scoring again so wouldn't bench him.

Markx

Yeah I've plumbed for Redmond. His form is better and Stoke have a better defence than Leicester.

jimmii

Dearg81 wrote: »

Gomez won't play but I think Ibe will get a few minutes as a sub.

Not many tough decisions to make this week, I think it has to be Aguero as captain.

Be nice to get a bit of a surprise and have one of them start! Have had to stick them both on the bench with all the injuries and handy having that match up first so we can get a look at who they are starting.

jimmii

Took a -6 to do Yaya & Mane > KDB & Ritchie for a week. First loans of the season of the season.

manual_man

jimmii wrote: »

Took a -6 to do Yaya & Mane > KDB & Ritchie for a week. First loans of the season of the season.

punting with my boards league team with a -9 this week. Hazard, Sterling & Vardy in for Pedro, Depay & Benteke. Kun(C) obviously

jimmii

manual_man wrote: »

punting with my boards league team with a -9 this week. Hazard, Sterling & Vardy in for Pedro, Depay & Benteke. Kun(C) obviously

Its fun having these seemingly cheap punt sin UFPL especially with 6 point goals for strikers that makes a goalscorer loan pretty good value.

manual_man

jimmii wrote: »

Its fun having these seemingly cheap punt sin UFPL especially with 6 point goals for strikers that makes a goalscorer loan pretty good value.

yeah its better than last seasons system i think. can be useful to balance out your matchday options too when you have too many/too little on one day

KevIRL

Stick or twist aguero(c)?

manual_man

already got the tonne with my 1st team. was 0.5 short to get KDB instead of Sterling in my transfer dealings. but hell yeah Sergio!!!!!

jimmii

110 with Cedric & Azpi to go. My bench is wafer thing so hoping for a 0-0 now!

manual_man

currently on 119(-9). Had i been able to afford KDB that would be 135(-9):eek:. And that even includes a non-playing Mahrez:eek:

jimmii

manual_man wrote: »

currently on 119(-9). Had i been able to afford KDB that would be 135(-9):eek:. And that even includes a non-playing Mahrez:eek:

:eek: