Wildcard Thread

ShaneU

Rikand wrote: »

Thinking something like this ::

No Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City or Arsenal midfielders or forwards.....this is why you don't wildcard after 1 and half gameweeks.

PARlance

ShaneU wrote: »

No Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City or Arsenal midfielders or forwards.....this is why you don't wildcard after 1 and half gameweeks.

Different strategy. Get as many potential price risers in. Hope a good few rise twice and them get them out before the WC ends pocketing 0.1 profit.

jimmii

Rikand wrote: »

Thinking something like this ::

Looks like you should get a couple of .2s there I would think. Did you fire her up last night before a few of those risers?

Rikand

jimmii wrote: »

Looks like you should get a couple of .2s there I would think. Did you fire her up last night before a few of those risers?

Unfortunately not. It would have been the right idea though

jimmii

Rikand wrote: »

Unfortunately not. It would have been the right idea though

Yeh important to WC as soon as the deadline passes still not too much damage done though should still add a net .4/.5 I would think.

Rikand

Yeah. Haven't actually popped the transfers yet. Gonna stew on it for the evening

shineon23

shineon23 wrote: »

90% Sure I'm wildcarding this week.

Unless someone can see any hope for these chaps going forward.

GK
Ruddy-Hennessey (Ruddy in for Courtois after last week's red)

Def:
Bellerin, Cedric, Huth
(Targett, Taylor: 4.0 bench fodder thought they were most likrly to get early gametime)


MF:
Silva, Hazard, Mane, Walcott, Bentaleb

For
Defoe, Benteke, Rooney

1.0 ITB


Really only happy with
Ruddy, Huth, Silva, Hazard and Defoe/Benteke (as 3rd Striker) long term

so can anyone see the benefit of going on as I stand without major surgery?

Even at that I'd probably still ship Huth for a premium Def and Hazard for Costa when I WC

Any opinions on this fixing this mess without a WC before I pull the trigger?

Seen Courtois touted to drop on the price change thread, could counteract the 0.1 I lost on Walcott if I got him in after a drop.

kronsington

So caved to the pressure and now my WC is active. Thoughts please. Main issue is whether to keep fabregas, Sanchez, benteke or go with another combo to get hazard back and upgrade saylor to a playing 4.5.. 2 in the bank..

Myhill, but land
Ward, alder, huth, Richards, s Taylor
Sanchez fabregas payet Mahrez cabaye
Aguero benteke Gomis

PARlance

Rikand wrote: »

Unfortunately not. It would have been the right idea though

Impossible to foresee it happening last night imo. Ayew is the only one we missed out on. I have him in as I'll probably be keeping him post WC.

titan18

Played mine anyway. Usually prefer to wait until the international break, but have to get in early. Would have been taking a -4 to get Aguero in anyway, but Ayew and Gomis are looking too good to leave out of team, and could be some nice rises for a lot of players this week and next.

spock.

Just had a look at a potential wildcard team there.
Never thought I'd say this but I could be going 451 :eek:

Western Pomise

Have made a terrible start, after today's results I have 38 pts overall,GW rank of 1,195,000 and an Overall rank of 2,580,000 .....
Am seriously considering Wildcarding tonight,a gentle push would convince me,with this kind of ranking would you in my shoes?

SlickRic

If I don't WC I'm going to lose at least 0.4 on team value tonight, plus I'll lose out on at least 2 players I want because of price rises.

I cannot afford it at this stage.

titan18

Western Pomise wrote:

Have made a terrible start, after today's results I have 38 pts overall,GW rank of 1,195,000 and an Overall rank of 2,580,000 ..... Am seriously considering Wildcarding tonight,a gentle push would convince me,with this kind of ranking would you in my shoes?

I'm like 400k and I just wildcarded. Too many good season long looking players doing well

kronsington

kronsington wrote: »

So caved to the pressure and now my WC is active. Thoughts please. Main issue is whether to keep fabregas, Sanchez, benteke or go with another combo to get hazard back and upgrade saylor to a playing 4.5.. 2 in the bank..

Myhill, but land
Ward, alder, huth, Richards, s Taylor
Sanchez fabregas payet Mahrez cabaye
Aguero benteke Gomis

Any thoughts on this at all?might even play the 2-5-3 next week as I need to get the season up and running

Paddy Dreadful

opinion of this first 11, subs are **** so i havent listed


Schmeichel

Darmian
Gomez
francis or martin

hazard
mata or depay
a sanchez
mane
mahrez

ageuro
Gomis

CSF

Paddy Dreadful wrote: »

opinion of this first 11, subs are **** so i havent listed


Schmeichel

Darmian
Gomez
francis or martin

hazard
mata or depay
a sanchez
mane
mahrez

ageuro
Gomis

Not a good enough first 11 to have **** subs that aren't worth listing.

menoscemo

Wildcard activated.
Smalling, Darmian, Albrighton, Payet, Gomis and Aguero in
PVA, Francis, Ozil, Depay, Deeney and Rooney Out.

More changes to come tomorrow but I think I have covered those who might rise/fall tonight.

titan18

kronsington wrote:

Any thoughts on this at all?might even play the 2-5-3 next week as I need to get the season up and running

Not a fan of Alderwiereld or Staylor, rest are good though

titan18

Paddy Dreadful wrote:

hazard mata or depay a sanchez mane mahrez

Mata/Depay out for Payet or Ayew and money used to upgrade defense or 3rd striker

spock.

spock. wrote: »

Just had a look at a potential wildcard team there.
Never thought I'd say this but I could be going 451 :eek:

I wouldn't mind a few opinions on this.

SteelyDanJalapeno

If you're gonna wildcard, fill your team with price risers until Friday night or Saturday morning.

kronsington

titan18 wrote: »

Not a fan of Alderwiereld or Staylor, rest are good though

Who's a better 5.0 than alder I wonder? Could go with 2 4.5s...

CSF

spock. wrote: »

I wouldn't mind a few opinions on this.

That's a nice team.

SlickRic

spock. wrote: »

I wouldn't mind a few opinions on this.

You might feel silly if you've no Chelsea coverage.

CSF

SlickRic wrote: »

You might feel silly if you've no Chelsea coverage.

I wouldn't say that is absolutely true. If you're not going Costa or Hazard as your premium attacking priced players then you're better off without Chelsea attackers IMO.

He has Courtois so he's covered on the defensive side.

FrClintPower

menoscemo wrote: »

Wildcard activated.
Smalling, Darmian, Albrighton, Payet, Gomis and Aguero in
PVA, Francis, Ozil, Depay, Deeney and Rooney Out.

More changes to come tomorrow but I think I have covered those who might rise/fall tonight.

My arm's been twisted too but I hadn't got Aguero in yet - he's not likely to go up unless he does something v Chelski I'd imagine??

FrClintPower

TiltedBrain wrote: »

If you're gonna wildcard, fill your team with price risers until Friday night or Saturday morning.

ABSO.FLIPPING.LUTELY.

Anyone with an active wildcard who isn't simultaneously on every conceivable bandwagon is doing it very, very wrong.

spock.

SlickRic wrote:

You might feel silly if you've no Chelsea coverage.

It's Hazard or no one for me. I'll risk going without as I wouldn't be captaining him for a while.
Courtois will hopefully close to match and points from Ivan/Azpi.

TiltedBrain wrote:

If you're gonna wildcard, fill your team with price risers until Friday night or Saturday morning.

Yep. The team I posted is what I think I may end up with, but I've brought all the potential price risers in for now.

98q76e12hrflnk

Take courtuis out looks like hes dropping tonight

titan18

kronsington wrote:

Who's a better 5.0 than alder I wonder? Could go with 2 4.5s...

Amavi or Ashley Williams

dasa29

Played my wildcard

Myhill, Schmeichel,

Ivanovic, Gomez, Oxford, Whittaker, Richards,

Hazard, Silva, Albrighton, Hoolahan, Kouyate,

Giroud, Gomis, Aguero.

iroced

spock. wrote: »

I wouldn't mind a few opinions on this.

It's ... interesting. Not a very popular tactical formation but nothing majorly wrong with the team you posted. I agree with CSF re Chelsea and with Silva & Sanchez it should not be too complicated to fit Hazard if needs be.

The only thing is if a dearer forward explode (e.g. Benteke or Giroud) you may be in trouble getting him in since you'll need at least £2.0m to £3.0m to free somewhere else.

Also Kolarov may not be guaranteed now that Clichy's back (last year they rotated).
You may have a bit of a selection dilemma if Koné keeps his current form but in the end we all have one.

kronsington wrote: »

Who's a better 5.0 than alder I wonder? Could go with 2 4.5s...

One of the Swansea lads?

titan18

I have Kone in mine for the moment, but I think Deulefeu replaces him in the Everton side before long

shineon23

spock. wrote: »

I wouldn't mind a few opinions on this.

looks balanced apart from cheapie strikers, do you much left in the bank, I'd feel vulnerable without Chelsea attacking cover. (Would selling Silva be the only way to do this? )
No united attacking cover but that's not as worrying (Darmian or Shaw could make up for this with possible CS's and assists)

shineon23

Wildcard on the go

Am I missing any obvious bandwagons that could rise twice?
haven't hit any risers so far

Hazard -20% to a drop and Dier only +3% to rise so not concerned with moving on either.

Ruddy,McCarthy

Shaw, Smalling, Richards, Targett, Bellerin

Albrigthon, Payet, Barkley, Silva, Hazard

Defoe, Zarate, Gomis

Mike Ehrmantraut

shineon23 wrote: »

Wildcard on the go

Am I missing any obvious bandwagons that could rise twice?
haven't hit any risers so far

Hazard -20% to a drop and Dier only +3% to rise so not concerned with moving on either.

Ruddy,McCarthy

Shaw, Smalling, Richards, Targett, Bellerin

Albrigthon, Payet, Barkley, Silva, Hazard

Defoe, Zarate, Gomis

Mahrez, possibly Lukaku, and Yaya if he scores well again this week

FHFC

Leaning towards holding off lads. I take you lot have pulled the trigger now.

There do seem to be a good few price risers but only maybe 4 cert 0.2s and I think almost any week you'll get at least 2 or three bandwagons.

Not too unhappy with my team.

Only one player, Gomis, who I might want imminently is rising tonight.

No fallers affecting me.

Feckit, will I go for it or take a -4?

skippy15

spock. wrote: »

I wouldn't mind a few opinions on this.

This is the strongest 15 players ive seen in a team- first glance looks nice balance
But I think I would downgrade
kolarov- rotation risk but great fixtures. 4.5 def leicster def maybe-
Gomez- have him myself and as a pool fan feel moreno will get his place back in next 2/3 weeks. as your 15th man i'd downgrade him to a 4mil bench fodder

Potentially saving you 1.5 and only .5 short to upgrade a fwd to gomis for 7.

menoscemo

FrClintPower wrote: »

My arm's been twisted too but I hadn't got Aguero in yet - he's not likely to go up unless he does something v Chelski I'd imagine??

Not likely but he is the 3rd most highly transferred in striker atm and I want to make sure i have enough money to cover him....

Mr.Prodston

FHFC wrote: »

Leaning towards holding off lads. I take you lot have pulled the trigger now.

There do seem to be a good few price risers but only maybe 4 cert 0.2s and I think almost any week you'll get at least 2 or three bandwagons.

Not too unhappy with my team.

Only one player, Gomis, who I might want imminently is rising tonight.

No fallers affecting me.

Feckit, will I go for it or take a -4?

I'm not using the WC despite almost getting swept up with everyone else earlier, even if there's things I'd like to do to my team.

That may help you make up your mind and go for the WC :P

FHFC

FHFC wrote: »

Leaning towards holding off lads. I take you lot have pulled the trigger now.

There do seem to be a good few price risers but only maybe 4 cert 0.2s and I think almost any week you'll get at least 2 or three bandwagons.

Not too unhappy with my team.

Only one player, Gomis, who I might want imminently is rising tonight.

No fallers affecting me.

Feckit, will I go for it or take a -4?

I'm holding off. I currently have enough to bring in Aguero for Kane, so I might do that depending on the city game.

titan18

FHFC wrote:

Feckit, will I go for it or take a -4?

Go for it. Only have it for first half of the season so unlikely doubles, and some good players who could be kept for a while

FHFC

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

I'm not using the WC despite almost getting swept up with everyone else earlier, even if there's things I'd like to do to my team.

That may help you make up your mind and go for the WC :P

If I do the transfers just posted on the other thread I'll have the following for -4...

McCarthy,
Bellerin, Huth, Bassong (Coates, Gomez)
Silva, Payet, Fabregas, Mahrez (Fletch)
Aguero, Gomis, Rooney

Doesnt really justify the WC only for team value. When Beneteke spins my ranking to shît on Monday night I may well regret not playing it though.

Western Pomise

WC active...brought in potential risers,have 18m in bank:)....shows there's value out there at mo.

Chesty08

Played my wildcard and team stands as

(Mignolet), Mc Carthy

(Gomez) Clyne Smalling Shaw (Richards)

Silva Ayew Payet Mahrez (Albrighton)

Aguero Gomis Kone

It's not a bad team but is defo overkill (or is it) on 3/4 teams.

I.e
Man City (away to Everton)
Man U (home to Newc)
Swansea (away to Sunderland)
Leicster (home to Spurs)
Liverpool (away to Arsenal) but only have 1 starting this week and could rotate when they have their upcoming home games.

Obviously I'm looking to catch price rises but has anyone experience playing a team based off only a few teams and if so what a general experiences - do they do well over a 6 week period?

shineon23

Chesty08 wrote: »

Played my wildcard and team stands as

(Mignolet), Mc Carthy

(Gomez) Clyne Smalling Shaw (Richards)

Silva Ayew Payet Mahrez (Albrighton)

Aguero Gomis Kone

It's not a bad team but is defo overkill (or is it) on 3/4 teams.

I.e
Man City (away to Everton)
Man U (home to Newc)
Swansea (away to Sunderland)
Leicster (home to Spurs)
Liverpool (away to Arsenal) but only have 1 starting this week and could rotate when they have their upcoming home games.

Obviously I'm looking to catch price rises but has anyone experience playing a team based off only a few teams and if so what a general experiences - do they do well over a 6 week period?

That's the way I try to play of possible.

-Lump in as many premium players as possible to get a strong first 11.
Top 6 clubs mostly and try avoid sides struggling or near the bottom.

Last year I think I had 7-8 players from Chelsea-City-Arsenal for the majority of the season.
Then southampton defender, Kane, and AN Others made up the rest.

Has been tough to do that so far with fewer low priced premium defenders but if I can squeeze them in and hit price rises I'll try. But I think I'll have to do a cheapie rotation.

I find it leaves fewer selection headaches and feel more confident in top teams doing consistently well, which allows the core of team to stay in place long term
leaving me to tinker with my squad players with weekly transfers.

Haven't been able to do that this season yet but it'll be the goal.

Lemlin

FHFC wrote: »

Leaning towards holding off lads. I take you lot have pulled the trigger now.

There do seem to be a good few price risers but only maybe 4 cert 0.2s and I think almost any week you'll get at least 2 or three bandwagons.

Not too unhappy with my team.

Only one player, Gomis, who I might want imminently is rising tonight.

No fallers affecting me.

Feckit, will I go for it or take a -4?

I'm holding off too. Logged in last night to do Sakho to Gomis but Sakho has Bournemouth at home next week so decided against it.

Antibac

Lemlin wrote: »

I'm holding off too. Logged in last night to do Sakho to Gomis but Sakho has Bournemouth at home next week so decided against it.

I'm holding off it aswell. Few players need to be shifted out but can field decent team each week while doing it.

Rikand

I popped it. Sure feck it. I'm never happy until I do