GW 4 Transfer Thread (adios Rooney gu'lad)

sword1

thewools wrote: »

Rooney out... Aguero In.. DONE!!!

Predictable and boring but ESSENTIAL!!

you never know,it could be anything but boring if aguero gets injury/suspension tomorrow,considering giroud to wilson myself to get funds to do bentaleb to shaquri or payet,i think i will take the drop on bentaleb tonight and see what happens,with 7 left to play giroud could score a hattrick(hopefully 0)and i could have injuries/suspensions that would force wildcard

Dubliner28

Dubliner28 wrote: »

Rooney out for Kun

4point hit for Sakho to Wilson

Above transfers done .. Wilson Has nice run of fixtures coming up. Resisting wildcard for now.

kronsington

kronsington wrote: »

How much is Wilson? I have Kone as my third striker but feel i have to bring him in after that display and the run theybjave ahead.. If he's 6m I'm fooked

Total bandwagon signing but Wilson is in as 3rd striker for Kone. Decent fixtures ahead. .2 in the bank.

Possible city overkill with sagna, toure Kun( indispensable IMO)..

Depay and/or Payet on the block next of they don't return next game. Think shaquiri could be in for one of them.

Still unsure of my keeper situation. Have myhill and boruc.. Honestly can't make up my mins between a two rotaters or fork out for Courtois and a random

Shanotheslayer

Taking a -4 Hit. Rooney for Aguero, Terry for Kolorov I reckon. Thoughts?

jive

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Taking a -4 Hit. Rooney for Aguero, Terry for Kolorov I reckon. Thoughts?

Don't take a hit for a defender. Terry will score similarly to Kolarov, assuming he plays. No rotation risk with Terry if he holds his spot this week, Kolarov might get rotated.

stephenl15

I think D. Sakho is for the chop. Although I do also want Silva. Might do Sakho to Gomis and Hazard to Silva. Also kinda want Kolarov though and selling Ivan woould clear alot of cash

2nd Row Donkey

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

What do people think of Spurs's Ben Davies as a low budget option?

I brought him.in yesterday. I immediately regret it. I'm a spurs fan and we were awful today again. I'm no fan of Danny Rose but I hope he's back soon. That's how bad Davies is at the moment.

CSF

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Mahrez must surely be in everyone's team next week. Cheap, goalscorer, red hot form

It's eating me alive but I don't want to get rid of any of my midfielders for him (Depay, Ayew, Payet, Sanchez, Mane). He's cheap enough still that I can fight the tide until it becomes impossible not to but that late goal today hurt a lot.

dahat

Just a note on Depay, I thought he was legless today in the last 20, 3 games in a week for him.

I wouldn't be one bit surprised if he was rested for Young away to Swansea. Just a gut feeling I got after the game.

Lucas Hood

dahat wrote: »

Just a note on Depay, I thought he was legless today in the last 20, 3 games in a week for him.

I wouldn't be one bit surprised if he was rested for Young away to Swansea. Just a gut feeling I got after the game.

Would getting a rest against Club Brugge in midweek not be more likely?

dahat

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Would getting a rest against Club Brugge in midweek not be more likely?

Totally forgot that was on and I'm a UTd fan. Shame.

Likely that would make more sense alright but I'd be still a little wary.

Iused2likebusts

CSF wrote: »

It's eating me alive but I don't want to get rid of any of my midfielders for him (Depay, Ayew, Payet, Sanchez, Mane). He's cheap enough still that I can fight the tide until it becomes impossible not to but that late goal today hurt a lot.

I'm also hanging tough on him went with vardy instead.

zarquon

CSF wrote: »

It's eating me alive but I don't want to get rid of any of my midfielders for him (Depay, Ayew, Payet, Sanchez, Mane). He's cheap enough still that I can fight the tide until it becomes impossible not to but that late goal today hurt a lot.

He hit the post and should have had a penalty too.

I've learned hard lessons in previous years by not getting in Ramsey and Yaya when they were in red hot form and it cost me badly. I always used the excuse "they can't keep it up surely".

Every year there are breakout players like Mahrez, cheap and performing incredibly. People refuse to get them because they are adament that the form cannot be maintained. Kane was last year's example but i got him early enough and it made a big difference to my push up the rankings.

CSF

zarquon wrote: »

He hit the post and should have had a penalty too.

I've learned hard lessons in previous years by not getting in Ramsey and Yaya when they were in red hot form and it cost me badly. I always used the excuse "they can't keep it up surely".

Every year there are breakout players like Mahrez, cheap and performing incredibly. People refuse to get them because they are adament that the form cannot be maintained. Kane was last year's example but i got him early enough and it made a big difference to my push up the rankings.

Ah I know the examples all too well. But that doesn't mean EVERY player who starts that well goes the way. I won't be fighting the tide much longer put it that way. But for now I shall will him to fail.

Ziegler1988

zarquon wrote: »

He hit the post and should have had a penalty too.
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And an assist. He's a legit captaincy option imo if Aguero isn't playing

zarquon

CSF wrote: »

Ah I know the examples all too well. But that doesn't mean EVERY player who starts that well goes the way. I won't be fighting the tide much longer put it that way. But for now I shall will him to fail.

Not every player, but he has scored 6 goals in his last 6 PL games now and 2 goals in preseason. He is now on penalties too. That's hot form over the last 4 months and i've also learned a hard lesson that form over fixtures and price is the way to go.

CSF

zarquon wrote: »

Not every player, but has scored 6 goals in his last 6 PL games now and 2 goals in preseason. That's hot form over the last 4 months and i've also learned a hard lesson that form over fixtures and price is the way to go.

I do see it, Payet out for him is a consideration. But I really want Payet. I'm struggling to take out a player I expect to do better than Mahrez just to avoid getting burnt.

zarquon

CSF wrote: »

I do see it, Payet out for him is a consideration. But I really want Payet. I'm struggling to take out a player I expect to do better than Mahrez just to avoid getting burnt.

Right now, Mahrez is a better player than Payet. West Ham scored 3 goals today and payet blanked. I don't understand the fascination with keeping Payet ahead of Mahrez. I think the price puts people off as they think it's just a short term bandwagon. The same thing happened me two years ago with ramsey and i eventually got him in for nearly 1.5m more expensive than i could have after many others had cleaned up on him.

Baseline prices are higher this year and requires at least 2 bargain overperformers to allow for big hitters and for me Mahrez fits the bill. His stats are incredible. 13 goal attempts, 21 penalty box touches and 8 chances created. If Hazard, Sanchez or Silva had those stats, everyone would be falling over themselves to get them in and here we have a midfielder that is central to everything Leicester does, doing all this at half the price of the "big hitters". Remember that the likes of 3 bigs that i mentioned are in teams filled with superstars battling for a share of the bonus points while Mahrez has little talent to contend with in the leicester as he hoovers up the bonus points for the next while.

CSF

zarquon wrote: »

Right now, Mahrez is a better player than Payet. West Ham scored 3 goals today and payet blanked. I don't understand the fascination with keeping Payet ahead of Mahrez. I think the price puts people off as they think it's just a short term bandwagon. The same thing happened me two years ago with ramsey and i eventually got him in for nearly 1.5m more expensive than i could have after many others had cleaned up on him.

Baseline prices are higher this year and requires at least 2 bargain overperformers to allow for big hitters and for me Mahrez fits the bill. His stats are incredible. 13 goal attempts, 21 penalty touches and 8 chances created. If Hazard, Sanchez or Silva had those stats, everyone would be falling over themselves to get them in and here we have a midfielder that is central to everything Leicester does, doing all this at half the price of the "big hitters". Remember that the likes of 3 bigs that i mentioned are in teams filled with superstars battling for a share of the bonus points while Mahrez has little talent to contend with in the leicester as he hoovers up the bonus points for the next while.

You are making sense to be fair. Who would you value higher, Payet or Ayew?

zarquon

CSF wrote: »

You are making sense to be fair. Who would you value higher, Payet or Ayew?

I think Payet but only marginally He averaged a goal about every 5 games and 1 assist in 2 games last year versus Ayew's 1 goal in 3 and 1 assist in 10.

Apply those stats to the 38 game PL ignoring a percentage factor difference due to additional league difficulty (same factor so negates individual benefit) and you would have roughly:

Payet: 7 goals 19 assist = 92 points
Ayew: 13 goals 4 assist = 77 points.

I'd expect Ayew to pickup some extra clean sheet points over Payet so there would be minimal difference in their expected points. This is why i believe FPL priced Payet at 7.5 and Ayew at 7.0. They don't pluck prices out of their arse, they price based on statistical analysis and thus they expect Payet to outperform Ayew by 7% based on original baseline value. Apply those figures to the 92 point projection (ignoring a difficulty factor for PL versus Ligue 1) and this would give 85 points to Ayew. This is exactly in line with what i would expect.

To summarise i think Payet and Ayew offer the exact same value for money at the moment and there is nothing to choose between them except for variables such as form and fixtures which makes them interchangeable.

Mahrez was definitely underpriced and i'm kicking myself that i took a punt on Ritchie instead of Mahrez at the start. Mahrez was in my drafts but i didn't know he'd be on penalties and that sealed the deal for me for this season.

Ritchie is still on my watchlist as he is underperforming. If he gets his game together he will offer great value for money too with a reduced price and i can see myself bringing him in then.

Chesty08

dahat wrote: »

Payet to Kouate if Payets price drops below 7.5, for a hit if needed...

Depay to Silva as planned in WC.

Payet does not look like dropping?

CSF

zarquon wrote: »

I think Payet but only marginally He averaged a goal about every 5 games and 1 assist in 2 games last year versus Ayew's 1 goal in 3 and 1 assist in 10.

Apply those stats to the 38 game PL ignoring a percentage factor difference due to additional league difficulty (same factor so negates individual benefit) and you would have roughly:

Payet: 7 goals 19 assist = 92 points
Ayew: 13 goals 4 assist = 77 points.

I'd expect Ayew to pickup some extra clean sheet points over Payet so there would be minimal difference in their expected points. This is why i believe FPL priced Payet at 7.5 and Ayew at 7.0. They don't pluck prices out of their arse, they price based on statistical analysis and thus they expect Payet to outperform Ayew by 7% based on original baseline value. Apply those figures to the 92 point projection (ignoring a difficulty factor for PL versus Ligue 1) and this would give 85 points to Ayew. This is exactly in line with what i would expect.

To summarise i think Payet and Ayew offer the exact same value for money at the moment and there is nothing to choose between them except for variables such as form and fixtures which makes them interchangeable.

Mahrez was definitely underpriced and i'm kicking myself that i took a punt on Ritchie instead of Mahrez at the start. Mahrez was in my drafts but i didn't know he'd be on penalties and that sealed the deal for me for this season.

Ritchie is still on my watchlist as he is underperforming. If he gets his game together he will offer great value for money too with a reduced price and i can see myself bringing him in then.

Excellently detailed post. Mané also has to come into the discussion I suppose. Think I'll be killing myself making this decision so I'm going to have to absorb Mahrez's rise tonight and wait til I've seen all the football this weekend before making a decision on it.

dahat

Chesty08 wrote: »

Payet does not look like dropping?

IF was the key word there. FPL folk are fickle people.

dakid

CSF wrote:

It's eating me alive but I don't want to get rid of any of my midfielders for him (Depay, Ayew, Payet, Sanchez, Mane). He's cheap enough still that I can fight the tide until it becomes impossible not to but that late goal today hurt a lot.

It should have been impossible to you before the start of this gw! What is breaking point for you? Depay 3rd blank in a row mane on course also and that's ignoring the fact that mahrez has also out scored Sanchez ayew and payet by quiet some distance. In fantasy you need to jump on players when they are bang in form. It looks to me like you are judging players on reputation which is silly in fantasy football.

CSF

dakid wrote: »

It should have been impossible to you before the start of this gw! What is breaking point for you? Depay 3rd blank in a row mane on course also and that's ignoring the fact that mahrez has also out scored Sanchez ayew and payet by quiet some distance. In fantasy you need to jump on players when they are bang in form. It looks to me like you are judging players on reputation which is silly in fantasy football.

This isn't a good post. The notion that you should go for players who have started well ahead of the players you think will do well isn't a good one. If we follow such a logic everyone would have had Eric Dier at this stage last season and be onto an absolute stinker. We are predetermined to remember the Ramsey's and the Toure's because they absolutely annihilated people whereas those Dier 1 points for the few weeks after it didn't, they were a minor inconvenience as opposed to weeks and weeks of torture.

You could make the argument that such is a reason to play it safe by bringing such players in but nobodies season was killed by Ramsey or Toure by GW3. Form is absolutely above reputation or fixtures but it's not black and white either. Sometimes you have to go with the flock and sometimes you have to go against the grain and go with what you see happening instead. Otherwise you're frequently going to be a few GWs behind the form rather than seeing it before it happens which has generally been what has kept me consistently inside the top 1% rather than being reactive.

Zarquon's stats do make Mahrez more appealing (I haven't seen any of this weekend's football and won't until I get home from Germany on Monday evening) but your implication that I would take Depay out for Mahrez because Mahrez has a higher overall score than him so far is not a good or persuasive argument. Depay will explode sooner rather than later. It's coming like.

Lemlin

Mahrez had decent stats for his price before this season. I posted them before but he's returned a goal or assist in every three games for Leicester.

Fowler87

Lemlin wrote: »

Mahrez had decent stats for his price before this season. I posted the before but he's returned a goal or assist in every three games for Leicester.

Yep agree. The only proper thing I've got right myself too in fpl this year. Didn't expect Mahrez to carry these performances from GW1 to now though. Class act, like HBA but with more consistency

CSF

Lemlin wrote: »

Mahrez had decent stats for his price before this season. I posted the before but he's returned a goal or assist in every three games for Leicester.

Solid but unspectacular stats from his last season. A goal or assist every 231 minutes for him last year with more of them being assists than goals. Mané 142 mins for reference and some closer in value Walters 172 mins and Puncheon 217 mins. It's his first 3 games this year that has really seen him explode into everyone's radar where previously he had only earned the right through his output to be a decent cheapie option.

Ziegler1988

Today was the first Leicester match I've watched in full and Mahrez passes both the eye and stats test. I think he's a must personally at his price and the fixtures Leicester have coming up

Ziegler1988

CSF wrote: »

Solid but unspectacular stats from his last season. A goal or assist every 231 minutes for him last year with more of them being assists than goals. Mané 142 mins for reference and some closer in value Walters 172 mins and Puncheon 217 mins. It's his first 3 games this year that has really seen him explode into everyone's radar where previously he had only earned the right through his output to be a decent cheapie option.

I thought he was class the few times I saw him last season and couldn't understand why Pearson didn't start him until the end

sneachtafear

It's not rocket science either. Buy Mahrez and keep him for a few weeks. You could make a cup of tea sound complicated.

CSF

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

I thought he was class the few times I saw him last season and couldn't understand why Pearson didn't start him until the end

Hindsight would prove that to be correct based on his start this year. The stats weren't in his favour last year though with the minutes he did play. Ulloa, Vardy and Albrighton would have all gazumped him in terms of minutes per assist or goal. It's been these 3 opening weeks that have driven him as someone who can't not be on your radar whereas the people who had him in from GW1 can only have been doing so based on an excellent prediction (which I maintain is the daddy if you're going to escape the pack) rather than impressive overall output.

Mr.Prodston

I think Mahrez is much more than a flash in the pan. Obviously he won't keep the rate if returns up for the season but he'll score consistently if played consistently.

I'm going to boldly state that I was his biggest fan here last season but between not playing due to Pearson and an element of settling into the league he never really pushed past being on the radar.

At his price he's an excellent option for now and in the long term as long as Leicester's form holds up.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Mahrez is a must-have now at this stage, not only because of his form but also because of his ownership. Basically, it's an unnecessary risk not having him given his price.

zarquon

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

I think Mahrez is much more than a flash in the pan. Obviously he won't keep the rate if returns up for the season but he'll score consistently if played consistently.

I'm going to boldly state that I was his biggest fan here last season but between not playing due to Pearson and an element of settling into the league he never really pushed past being on the radar.

At his price he's an excellent option for now and in the long term as long as Leicester's form holds up.

What do you make of Redmond. He is a serious contender on my watchlist too.

FutureGuy

Mahrez is the real deal. Watched him twice now and he is a top player. I'm not saying he is the next Michu in terms of returns but he is a fourth mid for 5.8m and is outscoring everyone. Scored, hit the post, should have had an assist.

For me, I've 8.5m locked into Memphis and a week to determine whether to hold or sell on. United will find it tough to breakdown Swansea and they will have the 2nd leg of the CL playoff to come back from on Wednesday.

It was either him or Payet for the spot and it made little difference in the end.

Honestly, Redmond is seriously on my radar now.

Paully D

Mahrez didn't even register on my radar when picking my team initially, he wasn't considered once in any of my 1,000,000 drafts. He looked very much all fart and no shit to be me last season, certainly no more impressive than others players that contribute for 1 week and then disappear for a month.

I got on him this GW with my wildcard primiarly because of his price rise potential, needing someone in that price range as a 4th midfielder and Leicester's fixtures and I'm glad I did but I'll be ready to dump him quick-smart too.

I could well be wrong but I think he'll end up tailing off dramatically and this time next year we'll be saying "remember that Mahrez bandwagon".

CSF

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

I think Mahrez is much more than a flash in the pan. Obviously he won't keep the rate if returns up for the season but he'll score consistently if played consistently.

I'm going to boldly state that I was his biggest fan here last season but between not playing due to Pearson and an element of settling into the league he never really pushed past being on the radar.

At his price he's an excellent option for now and in the long term as long as Leicester's form holds up.

Ah I'm not saying that either. Ranieri may have been just what he needed and there were flashes of it towards the end of the season last year too. The people who went with him from the start have to be commended for doing so. I would very much like that 35 points.

If we go by the stats of his 3 games so far alone, unquestionable choice. The stats zarquon posted will probably push me over the line with him too but at the same time I've seen him described in this thread as consistent which hasn't been the case, and I've also seen claims that not having him after GW2 was crazy which after his output last season is all I was really contending with.

Mr.Prodston

zarquon wrote: »

What do you make of Redmond. He is a serious contender on my watchlist too.

I think he's a great player and his ceiling for points is very high, if he continues like he has. The main reason I didn't big him up over all the other Norwich mids in preseason was doubts over him starting every game. Which was vindicated by him not starting the first game. He did come on and score mind.

I think Alex Neil is a terrific coach and is looking to get the best out of him and encouraging more in his game I.e. getting involved centrally more often. The way he's started this season should see him start you'd like to think. Whether he's worth a spot in midfield when the bigger hitters start performing I don't know though.

I'm beginning to think Norwich's points will probably be shared out rather than one player hoovering them up though to qualify all of the above in FPL terms.

Lemlin

CSF wrote: »

Solid but unspectacular stats from his last season. A goal or assist every 231 minutes for him last year with more of them being assists than goals. Mané 142 mins for reference and some closer in value Walters 172 mins and Puncheon 217 mins. It's his first 3 games this year that has really seen him explode into everyone's radar where previously he had only earned the right through his output to be a decent cheapie option.

Mane, Walters and Puncheon were playing for better teams though.

Pearson couldn't decide what first 11 he wanted for most of the season last year. Just picking out Mahrez's stats for last season isn't really fair on that basis.

He now has 18 attacking returns in 53 games for Leicester. That's a superb return for a player at his price point.

CSF

Lemlin wrote: »

Mane, Walters and Puncheon were playing for better teams though. Pearson couldn't decide what first 11 he wanted for most of the season last year.

Just picking out Mahrez's stats for last season isn't really fair. He now has 18 attacking returns in 53 games for Leicester. That's a superb return for a player at his price point.

This will probably sound blunt but trust me I don't mean it as such, but of course I'd be picking out Mahrez's stats for last season because that's what we were referring to. I wasn't using them as a stick to beat him with rather than as I said, based on his output last season he was a decent cheapie choice but certainly not a must have player.

His 4 goals in 3 to start this season are what's propelling him that way which is all I was pointing out, in response to someone making out like it was crazy policy not to have Mahrez after 2 good weeks.

Lemlin

CSF wrote: »

This will probably sound blunt but trust me I don't mean it as such, but of course I'd be picking out Mahrez's stats for last season because that's what we were referring to. I wasn't using them as a stick to beat him with rather than as I said, based on his output last season he was a decent cheapie choice but certainly not a must have player.

His 4 goals in 3 to start this season are what's propelling him that way which is all I was pointing out, in response to someone making out like it was crazy policy not to have Mahrez after 2 good weeks.

I referred to his stats for Leicester "before this season" so those are the stats I was talking about, not just last season. His previous year may have been in the Championship but other players have shown they can carry it across.

As I said, last season isn't a fair sample because Pearson wasn't clued in tactically or picking his best 11 for most of it. He also wasn't even starting Mahrez for a period of time.

I wouldn't see him as must have but I certainly had no problem getting him straight in for Walcott on what I'd seen of him last year and the stats I've referred to. I've reaped the rewards in the two weeks since.

Mr. Guappa

Rooney to Aguero done. That will be it for tonight but I may wildcard depending on the rest of the weekend. I'm conflicted though because my team has good fixtures next week but too many players in dropping in price. If Mane and Ivanovic produce tomorrow then I would be inclined to hold the WC.

Team for next GW as it stands:

sheroman01

Benteke in for Rooney. West Ham leaking goals so I'm gonna go for him over Wilson.

iroced

On the 8th of August I awoke to this FPL upcoming season asking you guys your always enlighten opinions

iroced wrote: »

Like every season, I'm very slow to get back into the game. In addition this year I've been over-busy these last 2 weeks... I probably have 100 pages to be catching up ...

For now I'll just be asking the FSA "FPL dictionary panel" (well... you guys ) 2 simple question:

1. I see Aguero in more and more teams. Didn't Pellegrini say weeks ago he was going to miss GW1? The latest I found about him is that he's fine. Does that mean a definite start?

2. Who's this Ritchie everyone's owning? I know he had a good season last year in the championship but does that make him such a "sure" bet early on? I mean he's dearer than Mahrez for example who's proven at PL level.

I honestly don't know neither remember how I ended up considering Mahrez in this bolded question (e.g. Albrighton would be a player I'd have more knowledge about).
I guess some of you mentioned him, his good pre-season, Leicester favourable fixtures, maybe Ranieri's style & policy fitting him more (whatever, probably a mixture of those in the countless pages of discussions I had reviewed).

I'm sure glad I went for him over Ritchie. My good start is largely due to him.

Now I'll come to a point I'd like to raise. I have zero knowledge of the lower English leagues. Every season, I'm very happy to read about players from promoted teams you guys expect to step up to PL standard. But, do you actually remember of some who immediately performed? I mean, weren't all the expectations around Ritchie too high? We've now all seen/heard about his potential from these 3 opening games. Is it not just normal that he and his team need time to adjust to PL level?

This is the very reason I went for Mahrez over Ritchie for my starting team, especially that he was £0.5m dearer than the Algerian. 'Cause Mahrez was certainly not a no brainer before the season but he had shown promising things and had the experience of a year and a half of PL? Isn't that more valuable than we'd tend to think it is?

CSF wrote: »

It's eating me alive but I don't want to get rid of any of my midfielders for him (Depay, Ayew, Payet, Sanchez, Mane). He's cheap enough still that I can fight the tide until it becomes impossible not to but that late goal today hurt a lot.

I've read your debate with zarquon and the others and would support all zarquon's posts but if I may add something I learned, though I know you're not holding a black & white position regarding Mahrez, stubborness is one of fantasyfootball worst enemy.

CSF wrote: »

You are making sense to be fair. Who would you value higher, Payet or Ayew?

Again, I agree with zarquon's post. Much of a muchness FPL-wise. Ayew is the better footballer but Payet (notably through his assists potential) may have the edge FPL-wise. He's a little dearer though. But it also depends if you (plan to) own Gomis upfront. I'd not like to double up on them right now so for me, as long as Gomis proves to be a solid FPL option, it's Payet all the way. If not him, I'd go for a United mid when/if they click on.

Paully D

I was an advocate of Ritchie at the start of the season, turned out I was wrong and I know, I know, if my aunty had a cock she'd be my uncle and all that - but I do think he should have scored way more points (missed a sitter on the opening day, hit the post against Liverpool) than he has and will score reasonably well when all is said and done.

Anyway, with regards to Mahrez, one thing that should be pointed out with Mahrez is that there was no guarantee that he was even going to start games or play near 90 minutes. Last season he made 30 PL apperances and played 2084 minutes. That works out at an average of less than 70 minutes a game. He was substituted around the 65 minute mark quite a lot. They had a new manager, their best player had left, no one really knew how they would start. Personally I thought they'd be a shambles. At the start of the season, player minutes and things such as new managers, systems etc are in our thoughts.

Look, well done to anyone who got on him from the off. However, there's no doubting that he was a massive punt, as was Ritchie (which I always said when giving my reasons for picking him), and as is virtually always any midfielder in that £4.5m-£6m range who we use as our 4th/5th midfielder.

Ziegler1988

I deliberately avoided Leicester players due to the Tinkerman and was well wrong in the end. We'll see if they can maintain this now

Lemlin

Have a bit of deadwood I need to shift. Willing to take a -4. I have:

Ivan
Sterling
Cabaye
Sakho

Ivan and Sterling have decent fixtures next week so, unless Ivan is dropped today, I'm currently giving precedence to Cabaye and Sakho out.

They give me 13 mil to spend. Gomis for 7.2 is the forward I'm thinking of. That leaves me with 5.8 for a mid. Redmond or has anyone any recommendations?

My team:

Myhill McCarthy
Ivan Shaw Kolarov Huth Saylor
Hazard Sterling Cabaye Mahrez Fletcher
Aguero Benteke Sakho

SlickRic

Lemlin wrote: »

Have a bit of deadwood I need to shift. Willing to take a -4. I have:

Ivan
Sterling
Cabaye
Sakho

Ivan and Sterling have decent fixtures next week so, unless Ivan is dropped today, I'm currently giving precedence to Cabaye and Sakho out.

They give me 13 mil to spend. Gomis for 7.2 is the forward I'm thinking of. That leaves me with 5.8 for a mid. Redmond or has anyone any recommendations?

My team:

Myhill McCarthy
Ivan Shaw Kolarov Huth Saylor
Hazard Sterling Cabaye Mahrez Fletcher
Aguero Benteke Sakho

Ritchie will.more than likely come down in price to 5.8 this week I think.

Bournemouth have some cracking fixtures coming.

Antibac

Is it worth bringing Wilson from Bournmouth in for Sahko(West Ham one) with the fixtures they have coming up?

Have Gomis and Aguero as the other 2 strikers