Gameweek 11 Matchday Thread - Pulisball vs "Vardez": The Ultimate Battle

spock.

Nib wrote:

I find it astounding so many benched Mahrez, the highest scoring midfielder in the game this season. WBA are a poor outfit, they're in the bottom half of the table for a reason. I know they are sound defensively against poor opposition but Leicester have been scoring at will this season.

Who would you bench from this front 8?
KDB Sanchez Payet Mahrez Eriksen
Vardy Pelle Ighalo

Ziegler1988

Nib wrote: »

I find it astounding so many benched Mahrez, the highest scoring midfielder in the game this season. WBA are a poor outfit, they're in the bottom half of the table for a reason. I know they are sound defensively against poor opposition but Leicester have been scoring at will this season.

It wasn't really that "astounding." He hadn't scored since GW6 (I'm aware he didn't start all of the matches between), a lot of people were already starting Vardy against the team that has kept the most cleanies this season, and people have strong front 8s. Looks like my Mahrez v Ighalo decision was right by 2 points, nothing to shout about though

PARlance

PARlance wrote: »

51 pre bonuses, should bring me over 60.

And that's with Kolarov playing and Ighalo on the bench. And to think I was happy to see Costa playing.

Only Mane left, the voodoo doll will be out tonight.

60 with Mane (or Ighalo's 13) left.

Ace2007

spock. wrote: »

Who would you bench from this front 8?
KDB Sanchez Payet Mahrez Eriksen
Vardy Pelle Ighalo

Eirksen

28 points. Would be 40 something if I'd started Mahrez. Ah well.

Ziegler1988

Ace2007 wrote: »

Eirksen

:pac:

Invincible

Is fantasy premier league down or just slow?

pmasterson95

When will bonus pts and tables be updated since theres no late kick off.

jimmii

Invincible wrote: »

Is fantasy premier league down or just slow?

Its going between slow and dead all afternoon.

jimmii

pmasterson95 wrote: »

When will bonus pts and tables be updated since theres no late kick off.

It'll still take a while and probably take even longer given how the site has been acting up today. I wouldn't be wearing out that F5 key on it until later!

Ace2007

Ace2007 wrote: »

Eirksen

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

:pac:

There are some teams out there, where i could see a problem and possible benching Mahrez, but a team with Eirksen in it is not imo.

Leicester are scoring goals for fun - Vardy and Mahrez are pretty much guaranteed to be involved.

The argument about west brom and CS goes out the window a little when you see that a lot of their CS are against teams in the bottom half of the table - sunderland. villa, Norwich, stoke.

conceeded against city, chelsea, Everton and Palace.

spock.

Ace2007 wrote:

Eirksen

At home to Villa? That would be crazy imo but fair enough.

Chesty08

If there is any justice in this world.. Mane (c) will run riot tomorroe

FutureGuy

40 with Pelle, Mane and Van Dijk to play. They better tear Bournemouth a new arsehole.

If the attackers don't play, on comes Mahrez. If Van Dijk doesn't, on comes Martin...

To answer the question of Mahrez on bench, strong front 8, WBA one of best defensive units in league. What can you do.

MarkSRFC21

Despite a frustrating day, 46 still sees me rise to ~38k, with pelle and alderweireld to play. I suppose I should be happy enough, but there's a feeling of disappointment, mainly with kolarov. On another day he could have got 15 points. Ah well, hopefully pelle and alder can add a bit to it

Ziegler1988

Ace2007 wrote: »

There are some teams out there, where i could see a problem and possible benching Mahrez, but a team with Eirksen in it is not imo.

Leicester are scoring goals for fun - Vardy and Mahrez are pretty much guaranteed to be involved.

The argument about west brom and CS goes out the window a little when you see that a lot of their CS are against teams in the bottom half of the table - sunderland. villa, Norwich, stoke.

conceeded against city, chelsea, Everton and Palace.

Eriksen is a reasonable captain shout this GW, I wouldn't have benched him for Mahrez

Dempsey

TBH, I dont know how anyone thought WBA would have held Leicester scoreless given their form and who WBA have been keeping their CS's against. WBA also let a 2-0 lead slip at home to Everton not so long ago so their defensive prowess is being overstated. As I said last week, I dont see them keeping another CS until GW17

Ace2007

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Eriksen is a reasonable captain shout this GW, I wouldn't have benched him for Mahrez

perhaps, however the point about the West Brom CS reason still stands, and i think anyone using that as a reason for benching Mahrez, didn't really look at the data behind the stats, i.e. against top half teams they conceded, where as against bottom half they keep CS.

could also be said this is the reason you don't have a strong front 8 - avoids head aches.

Ziegler1988

Ace2007 wrote: »

perhaps, however the point about the West Brom CS reason still stands, and i think anyone using that as a reason for benching Mahrez, didn't really look at the data behind the stats, i.e. against top half teams they conceded, where as against bottom half they keep CS.

could also be said this is the reason you don't have a strong front 8 - avoids head aches.

I just think it's too much hindsight bias for people to say Mahrez was an obvious play (and I started him).
In terms of strong front 8, I'd rather have Ighalo on my bench than not in my team. I have 7m in the bank as well :cool:

menoscemo

56 after BPs with Van Dijk and the BUIB to go. Should be ok for green arrows I hope?

Ace2007

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

I just think it's too much hindsight bias for people to say Mahrez was an obvious play (and I started him).
In terms of strong front 8, I'd rather have Ighalo on my bench than not in my team. I have 7m in the bank as well :cool:

You seem to be ignoring the stats about the west brom CS though?

Looking at their up coming fixture, I don't expect them to keep a CS in any of the next 3 based on who they are playing, however i'm guessing a lot of folks on here will think they will keep CS's.

Iused2likebusts

Chances are if going with a strong front 8 the people that had mahrez .on the bench may not even own mahrez if going with the alternative 4.5 mid option. It's frustrating but at least you have mahrez in your squad and don't need to bring him.in next week.

Ziegler1988

Ace2007 wrote: »

You seem to be ignoring the stats about the west brom CS though?

Looking at their up coming fixture, I don't expect them to keep a CS in any of the next 3 based on who they are playing, however i'm guessing a lot of folks on here will think they will keep CS's.

Well they kept a clean sheet against Southampton, but yeah I definitely wasn't starting more than one of my WBA defenders. I didn't expect them to concede 3 goals personally. They kept clean sheets against Chelsea, ManU, and Liverpool last season.
Anyway, I'm done with this argument. I just don't think people should feel bad about benching Mahrez, it was a reasonable decision with Vardy and a strong front 8

GLaDOS

Kolorov missing that penalty is a kick in the nuts, but 54 points with Pelle and Cedric to play has me happy enough.

Fowler87

Only caught City score. Don't know what's worse. The 20 quid I lost on city (had them overs @ even) or the 8+ points loss that late Kolarav penalty miss brought.. 62 with Pelle and Van Dijk to go. Need some points from them to make up for another captaincy fail :mad:

Andrew Laeddis

68 with captain Pelle and 10 Albrighton points to come

Andrew Laeddis

Actually I won't get my Albrighton points as the only player in my starting XI who won't start is Micah Richards

Or will I?

spock.

Andrew Laeddis wrote:

Actually I won't get my Albrighton points as the only player in my starting XI who won't start is Micah Richards

Or will I?

Not unless you played 4 defenders. If you had 3 at the back a defender will sub in.

FutureGuy

Andrew Laeddis wrote: »

68 with captain Pelle and 10 Albrighton points to come

Changed captain from Costa so?

Andrew Laeddis

spock. wrote: »

Not unless you played 4 defenders. If you had 3 at the back a defender will sub in.

Nope

3-4-3

Rikand

56 with BUIB and vvd to go.

Such is my lethargy with pelle I'd be happy if I didn't lose points tomorrow

T-b0n3

Andrew Laeddis wrote: »

Actually I won't get my Albrighton points as the only player in my starting XI who won't start is Micah Richards

Or will I?

How many do you have at the back? Needs to be at least 3 unless you've played all out attack chip.

iroced

Lemlin wrote: »

Site seems to be down. Can't get in to see my score. Another average week though I think with another transfer (Bony) that flops.

Edit: just got in. 42 points with Bertrand and Pelle remaining.

Still can't log in down here but I think we've fairly similar teams so I guess I should be on 42 pts too (-4) though...

Myhill
Bertie Bellerin Kolarov
Sanchez KDB (C) Payet Mahrez
Vardy Bony (VC) Pellè


The Kolarov missed pen is a real kick in my nuts though. 8 pts diff at least, maybe 9 or 10 with BPs (don't know how they were like before it). My Azpi -> Kolarov 4 pts hit would have just been perfect had he scored. Ah well...

stephenl15

Kolarov missed a pen?! :eek: Fecksake. Didn't really catch any of the football today. 50 Pelle(C) and Lukaku to go. How does that match up on here?

Fowler87

Who's this BUIB lads?

wonski

stephenl15 wrote: »

Kolarov missed a pen?! :eek: Fecksake. Didn't really catch any of the football today. 50 Pelle(C) and Lukaku to go. How does that match up on here?

49 with Pelle and Lukaku to go.

40-50 seems to be average.

Rikand

Fowler87 wrote: »

Who's this BUIB lads?

The BIGGEST most USELESS ITALIAN BAXTERD you've ever seen.

(Pelle)

Ziegler1988

stephenl15 wrote: »

Kolarov missed a pen?! :eek: Fecksake. Didn't really catch any of the football today. 50 Pelle(C) and Lukaku to go. How does that match up on here?

Green arrow. Top 10k average is 46, overall is 41

stephenl15

wonski wrote: »

49 with Pelle and Lukaku to go.

40-50 seems to be average.

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Green arrow. Top 10k average is 46, overall is 41

Nice one cheers

pmasterson95

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Well they kept a clean sheet against Southampton, but yeah I definitely wasn't starting more than one of my WBA defenders. I didn't expect them to concede 3 goals personally. They kept clean sheets against Chelsea, ManU, and Liverpool last season.
Anyway, I'm done with this argument. I just don't think people should feel bad about benching Mahrez, it was a reasonable decision with Vardy and a strong front 8

Benched Mata for Mahrez. Wasnt hard mate

iamanengine

57 with Pelle and Alderweireld left to go, happy with that

Aenaes

82 points, everyone played, KDB captain. Benched Evans, played Mahrez and Vardy. It's hard to see anyone stopping Leicester scoring unless it's defensive Van Gaal

KevIRL

47(-4) with mane and Kane(c). Decent score with potential left. A few big decisions have gone right for me this weekend so far. Transferring in kdb for Walcott, taking a hit to bring in Ighalo, playing AOA which meant I didn't bench Mahrez or not make that Ighalo transfer.

Last decision that is still pending review in terms of success is using my second free transfer to bring Kane in for Costa and make him capt. Biggest decision of the lot really...

KevIRL

Aenaes wrote: »

82 points, everyone played, KDB captain. Benched Evans, played Mahrez and Vardy. It's hard to see anyone stopping Leicester scoring unless it's defensive Van Gaal

Wow, some score. Wp

km79

46 with 27 on the bench!
pelle captain left
a brace from him and it will be a good week I think

CSF

48 with Pelle and VVD

FrClintPower

59 with Pelle and Bertrand still to play and FFFix has me down to go from 18k into the top 6k for now so very happy with that.

A few good points so far -

- I got the Sanchez vs Bony vs KDB captain decision right,
- I was right to back Vardez over Pulisball and to back it up by playing Nyom instead of Dawson, and
- a glorious feeling of schadenfreude as someone who transferred out Kolarov a couple of weeks ago and slightly regretted it since.

lassykk

64 points with Pelle, Mane and Van Dijk to play so happy out for a change after a Saturday!

A guy top of a private league I'm in played his bench boost today and got 37 points from it... Butland (11), Mahrez (15), Bellerin (6) and Darmian (5)... Some week to play it! Think he's a Watford fan too as he has 3 of their players!

Lemlin

iroced wrote: »

Still can't log in down here but I think we've fairly similar teams so I guess I should be on 42 pts too (-4) though...

Myhill
Bertie Bellerin Kolarov
Sanchez KDB (C) Payet Mahrez
Vardy Bony (VC) Pellè


The Kolarov missed pen is a real kick in my nuts though. 8 pts diff at least, maybe 9 or 10 with BPs (don't know how they were like before it). My Azpi -> Kolarov 4 pts hit would have just been perfect had he scored. Ah well...

Our starting line ups today were identical. 46 for the day now with bps added.

Cantona's Collars

FOOOK!! The first time I leave out Mahrez to fit in my new signing of KDB,he runs riot.:(:(