Gameweek 14 Transfer Thread.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Any Black Friday prices on players?

2ndcoming

Anyone noticing a trend this season that the fantasy managers in their leagues who are sticking to the tried and tested "get the most expensive players in at all costs" technique are lagging well behind this year.

I missed the Aguero points killing day but I reckon having to chop and change him so regularly due to injury has actually cost most who had him points overall, except the very cutest. Ditto Alexis, I'm a massive Arsenal fan but while he's always a joy to watch, his points have come in random bursts and lulls all season...

At least for now I wouldn't be in a rush to stump for either.

This week I have to get Payet off my squad (had a more pressing matter last week) but considering taking a 4 point hit for Payet/KDB -> Coutinho/Willian. I fancy Chelsea to upset the current form and make Poch pay for bringing his whole team halfway round the world for an EL game.

The alternative is to just get one or the other and chance bringing in a budget option for KDB in a couple weeks if I then fancy a big money buy like Kun/Alexis.

Decisions...

OneColdHand

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Any Black Friday prices on players?

The way my team is doing this year I need a few buy 1 get 1 free deals on players!

Cartman78

Have a front line of Kone - Pelle - Vardy and 5.3M in the bank.....

Pelle -> Aguero is the obvious move but it almost seems too obvious and I'm not convinced that he's firing on all cyclinders....am I overthinking things or just trying too hard be some sort of differential hipster :cool:

Rikand

Is Danny Simpson going to continue to retain his place in the Leicester team or is there anyone threatening him ?

Gary Gurny

Really hope this is the weekend where the fpl managers who have held onto their premium players are rewarded. Sanchez , KDB and Aguero are all over due a big score. The top three in my pay league are casuals who have haven't had any of those 3 in their team at any stage this season, shocking to think that I spend hours contemplating transfers etc and these guys still seem to outpox me! Hoping for a couple kun specials for next few weeks anyway :-)

mcgooch

Gary Gurny wrote: »

Really hope this is the weekend where the fpl managers who have held onto their premium players are rewarded. Sanchez , KDB and Aguero are all over due a big score. The top three in my pay league are casuals who have haven't had any of those 3 in their team at any stage this season, shocking to think that I spend hours contemplating transfers etc and these guys still seem to outpox me! Hoping for a couple kun specials for next few weeks anyway :-)

Ideally you'd like Aguero to start banging them in over the next 2 gameweeks, so the casuals start scrambling to get him into their team while you then concentrate on the fine-tuning of your team for the busy Christmas period.

Fingers-crossed Kun delivers the goods against Southampton this weekend as I brought him last week.

2ndcoming

Gary Gurny wrote: »

Really hope this is the weekend where the fpl managers who have held onto their premium players are rewarded. Sanchez , KDB and Aguero are all over due a big score. The top three in my pay league are casuals who have haven't had any of those 3 in their team at any stage this season, shocking to think that I spend hours contemplating transfers etc and these guys still seem to outpox me! Hoping for a couple kun specials for next few weeks anyway :-)

I think this links directly into my post. You say they're casuals but tbh there's nothing more lazy than sticking to the oldest technique in the book and hoping it will come good eventually.

Those doing well this year have got the points by spreading them all over the team and finding the gems: Butland, Payet, Ighalo, Vardy & Mahrez. Picking Ozil over Sanchez early on for consistency over the occasional blitz. Those at the very top have brought in the big guns at the right time and quickly ditched them and brought back in the above.

It's a great season tbh and I think tons of rotation at the right time and winning gambles will be the key to a good finish, sitting on the old big money reliables might not cut the mustard anymore.

Gary Gurny

2ndcoming wrote: »

I think this links directly into my post. You say they're casuals but tbh there's nothing more lazy than sticking to the oldest technique in the book and hoping it will come good eventually.

Those doing well this year have got the points by spreading them all over the team and finding the gems: Butland, Payet, Ighalo, Vardy & Mahrez. Picking Ozil over Sanchez early on for consistency over the occasional blitz. Those at the very top have brought in the big guns at the right time and quickly ditched them and brought back in the above.

It's a great season tbh and I think tons of rotation at the right time and winning gambles will be the key to a good finish, sitting on the old big money reliables might not cut the mustard anymore.

I agree with your post completely , this season is crazy compared to last! Admittedly this is only my 2nd season taking it seriously, I found this thread last year and got hooked! Managed to finish 38k worldwide last year which I was happy with, but most of my points last year was got due to captaining Aguero every week..having Chelsea and soton def coverage and hazard and Sanchez in midfield..easy right?!

This year..where to start!? Man Utd are prob the def coverage u want..not sure who else Midfield has been a minefield..I have been too loyal to Sanchez this year and will give him 3 more weeks before I review him..so many good cheap options in midfield this year makes it tough too. And up front the constant changing form of the strikers makes it impossible to predict . I mean can you really rely on Lukaku for a period of 6/7 weeks?!

Dubliner28

Sanchez a doubt?..

jimmii

Dubliner28 wrote: »

Sanchez a doubt?..

He's going to be a slight doubt for a while. He has to get a weekend off at some point but Wenger did say ”it might not be the best moment to rest Alexis” so we should be ok this week.

ScummyMan

Cartman78 wrote: »

Have a front line of Kone - Pelle - Vardy and 5.3M in the bank.....

Pelle -> Aguero is the obvious move but it almost seems too obvious and I'm not convinced that he's firing on all cyclinders....am I overthinking things or just trying too hard be some sort of differential hipster :cool:

Jump on the Kane train.

SantryRed

mectavba wrote: »

I went for Ben Watson at 4.3m.

For some reason I have it in my head that he has goals in him from his time at Wigan. It's probably completely wrong, but he's a regular starter and I hope to God not to have to ever use him. At 4.3m he enables me to have Aguero and Sanchez though.

Sorry to break it to you, but there's a high chance Behrami will be back in the team by next week. He's currently out injured and Watson's performances have started to wane.

Iused2likebusts

No transfers this week. Away for the weekend team picked
Ddg
Moreno bellerin kolorav
Mane mahrez sanchez kdb
Vardy kane lukaku
Sanchez captain

Dearg81

Gary Gurny wrote: »

Sanchez , KDB and Aguero are all over due a big score.

How is Aguero over due a big score? He's only back from injury so give the lad a chance. I wouldnt be expecting big returns from him straight away as he usually takes a couple of games to get going again after an injury.

harpstilidie

Pelle out Lukaku in.

Should have done it earlier in the week but wanted to get the Champions League over with first.

Think I'll go Sanchez captain.

Start Souare (NEW) or Bertrand (mci)?

iamanengine

harpstilidie wrote: »

Pelle out Lukaku in.

Should have done it earlier in the week but wanted to get the Champions League over with first.

Think I'll go Sanchez captain.

Start Souare (NEW) or Bertrand (mci)?

Surely Souare.

jimmii

harpstilidie wrote: »

Pelle out Lukaku in.

Should have done it earlier in the week but wanted to get the Champions League over with first.

Think I'll go Sanchez captain.

Start Souare (NEW) or Bertrand (mci)?

Souare for me.

kronsington

Going with AOA this week. Bit of a gamble

Gomes
Bellerin Alder/Evans
MAhrez Delefeu Ozil KDB Cabaye
Vardy Kane Igahlo

Unsure of captain. Either KDB Vardy or Kane

hufpc8w3adnk65

DeGea
Rojo bellerin nyom
DeBryne Sanchez Mahrez Mane
Kane Lukaku Ighalo

jimmii

kronsington wrote: »

Going with AOA this week. Bit of a gamble

Gomes
Bellerin Alder/Evans
MAhrez Delefeu Ozil KDB Cabaye
Vardy Kane Igahlo

Unsure of captain. Either KDB Vardy or Kane

Do you mean Ozil not Vardy? I would go with Ozil or KDB from them. Ozil for consistency or KDB for the chance of something special! I'd imagine their both around the same points expectancy wide but go about it very differently!

OneColdHand

kronsington wrote: »

Going with AOA this week. Bit of a gamble

Gomes
Bellerin Alder/Evans
MAhrez Delefeu Ozil KDB Cabaye
Vardy Kane Igahlo

Unsure of captain. Either KDB Vardy or Kane

I'm thinking of it too. I'd be benching Sagna, and playing Ighalo.

I know Southampton are missing Pelle, but City are missing Kompany and Hart. Sagna, by all accounts was poor vs Liverpool.

Bit of a risk, but not sure how long I'll have a strong front 8 for. Bolasie and Ighalo both have good fixtures this week, so makes sense to use it, I think!

Mr.Prodston

Midfielder for 6.0 or less. Discuss.

Added context selling KdB to fund Pelle-> Aguero. I'm open to both sensible and fanciful options. Please help

FHFC

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Midfielder for 6.0 or less. Discuss.

Added context selling KdB to fund Pelle-> Aguero. I'm open to both sensible and fanciful options. Please help

Sensible. Alli. Lanzini.

Punts. Walters. Moses.

Swiper the fox

FHFC wrote: »

Sensible. Alli. Lanzini.

Punts. Walters. Moses.

I would include Arnie in the punt category, he seems to be at the heart of all Stoke attacks (on MOTD:o) and I believe he would suit Mr P. Fixtures are not fantastic but he's done well against big teams in the past I recall, he's always been capable of being a very good FPL performer.

It's a punt though

Mr.Prodston

FHFC wrote: »

Sensible. Alli. Lanzini.

Punts. Walters. Moses.

If Alli wasn't suspended it'd be him.

Walters was my first thought but that's an Irish hat rather than a Stoke one, probably.

I thought of Brady but that's a Norwich hat

Lanzini possibly sensible option.

I want more pizzazz though. I might get Alli for Jarvis next week and get rotating 4th/5th mids heading into December.

FHFC

Right. I cant decide between 2 courses of action.

Currently front 8 is
Sterling, Sanchez, Mahrez, Ozil, Mané
Kane, Vardy, Lukaku

I'll be downgrading Sterling to a cheapie to fund Aguero v soon. I was tempted by the Coutinho wagon but now injury risks ruke that out. Thing is Couts wasn't exciting me overly, he was sensible. Deulofeu really caught my eye last week and his cheapness opens up other options such as Alli for 5th mid coming into Christmas.

Option 1
Bank transfer. See how Deulofeu does this week and if Coutinho plays. Bench Sterling. Can get Aguero for -4 next week.

Option 2
Sterling to Deulofeu as he's my fancy for this weekend. Thing is it would probably mean benching Mahrez. Him or Mane but most likely Mahrez. Can get Aguero for -4 next week by downgrading Mane, but holding Mane another week to play Villa may tempt me to hold off if Agueros price is not getting out of control.

Benimar

Id bank. You are well set for this week so save the FT.

I'm not a fan of making a sub a week in advance. Imagine selling Sterling and Sanchez/Ozil pick up an injury for example. You would essentially be forced into an extra transfer.

ElTel

@FHFC
Banking looks the smart play.
Mane is probably gonna drop in value tonight but I'm holding him.
If you go down the transfer route this week I'd consider holding Sterling and shift Mane. Sterling out of favour atm it seems but I feel City are bably missing his pace. This way you have City attack cover if you delay Aguero move and the .1m save on Mane offsets the more expensive Aguero price perhaps. Risky but another option maybe.

km79

rojo and linguard are out tomorrow
good news for mata

FHFC

ElTel wrote: »

@FHFC
Banking looks the smart play.
Mane is probably gonna drop in value tonight but I'm holding him.
If you go down the transfer route this week I'd consider holding Sterling and shift Mane. Sterling out of favour atm it seems but I feel City are bably missing his pace. This way you have City attack cover if you delay Aguero move and the .1m save on Mane offsets the more expensive Aguero price perhaps. Risky but another option maybe.

Mane drop doesn't hit my resale fortunately. Always planned to move him for Couts or Deulofeu but City's defensive injuries and Villa next week prompting me to hold. He's a player who always seems to score just after i sell him too.

But banking is looking wiser atm.

thewools

km79 wrote:

rojo and linguard are out tomorrow good news for mata

Rojo ? Injured?

km79

thewools wrote: »

Rojo ? Injured?

yes
hasn't travelled at all apparently

thewools

km79 wrote:

yes hasn't travelled at all apparently

Source?

km79

thewools wrote: »

Source?

David McDonnell a reporter for the daily mirror tweeted it just after 1030pm which is when the embargoed stories come out
he is reliable for united stuff
Manchester evening news also running with it

DarraghF197

Who would you start, McAuley (WH A)or Bertie (MC A)? Bertie might get the assist but there's two hopes for them keeping a clean sheet! McAuley seems like the better option to me.

OneColdHand

Trying to make a decision on which transfer to go with. Have 2fts, and 2.4m in the bank. Team is:

Stekelenberg - Elliot
Sagna - Bellerin - Moreno - O'Shea - Simpson
KDB - Sanchez - Bolasie - Mane - Barkley
Kane - Ighalo - Vardy

Happy enough to sit on my forward line for this week, obviously am thinking of Aguero and/or Lukaku in the coming week.

For this week I'm considering:
a. Sagna to Wollschied. Not confident about City's defence going forward, and need to bank some money for the Aguero fund.

or

b. Mane to Ozil. Seems obvious on paper, given Ozil's form, and Arsenal fixtures. But sort of have a feeling that Mane could do something this week (I know, shouldn't base decisions on feelings!), and then Southampton play Villa the week after.

Any other transfers I'm missing?

iroced

@OneColdHand.

Wollscheid was doubtful wasn't he?

Ozil's on fire alright. But if you go down that road, how difficult does it become to afford Aguero?

OneColdHand

iroced wrote: »

@OneColdHand.

Wollscheid was doubtful wasn't he?

Ozil's on fire alright. But if you go down that road, how difficult does it become to afford Aguero?

Well I've now transferred in Ozil for Mane.

You're right, it does make the Aguero more a little harder. It means one of KDB or Sanchez have to go.

ElTel

Ward in for Sakho done.

stephenl15

Going to hold on Mané and Pelle. Not happy about the ridiculous amount of value I've lost but I'm happy to play my 5 in midfield and have 2 transfers the week after.

iroced

How much does Simpson really deserve his extra £0.1m compared to Ryan Bennett? I had a quick look up to GW 25-30 and potentially I'd need them fot Palace tougj fixtures and both Leicester & Norwich offer decent games (based on current form).

stephenl15

iroced wrote: »

How much does Simpson really deserve his extra £0.1m compared to Ryan Bennett? I had a quick look up to GW 25-30 and potentially I'd need them fot Palace tougj fixtures and both Leicester & Norwich offer decent games (based on current form).

Will Bennett keep his spot?

Ziegler1988

iroced wrote: »

How much does Simpson really deserve his extra £0.1m compared to Ryan Bennett? I had a quick look up to GW 25-30 and potentially I'd need them fot Palace tougj fixtures and both Leicester & Norwich offer decent games (based on current form).

Simpson's gametime seems safer than Bennett's

Calvin

Only 1 transfer this week. Pelle > Aguero. Think this is gonna be a very decisive week...top of my private leagues but only narrowly. (C) Lukaku do some damage!

iroced

Right. Thanks lads.

Planned -8 done. Pellè + Payet + Smalling --> Agüero + Deulofeu + Simpson.


Hopefully

1. Leicester do score vs United (and Smalling doesn't) such that my Smalling move doesn't backfire. Plan is to get DDG in the next couples of GWs.
2. I'm ahead of the curve on Agüero.
3. Deulofeu punts works out and more importantly is not too much overshadowed by Lukaku's perfs...

And I'd also need KDB to remember he can score and Ozil take a rest for this week.


I'm asking for a lot but I kinda need it to halt my highway to hell...

siblers

Brought in Dann for Kompany and Barkley for Tadic. Partly based these transfers on coming game weeks so I'm hoping i'll be able to avoid any transfers next week.

siblers

Apologies for double post, Silva will be playing at the weekend, possibilty of De Bruyne or Sterling been rested. Would have actually brought him in for De Bruyne but thought he was still out.

CazSpeak

OneColdHand wrote: »

Trying to make a decision on which transfer to go with. Have 2fts, and 2.4m in the bank. Team is:

Stekelenberg - Elliot
Sagna - Bellerin - Moreno - O'Shea - Simpson
KDB - Sanchez - Bolasie - Mane - Barkley
Kane - Ighalo - Vardy

Happy enough to sit on my forward line for this week, obviously am thinking of Aguero and/or Lukaku in the coming week.

For this week I'm considering:
a. Sagna to Wollschied. Not confident about City's defence going forward, and need to bank some money for the Aguero fund.

or

b. Mane to Ozil. Seems obvious on paper, given Ozil's form, and Arsenal fixtures. But sort of have a feeling that Mane could do something this week (I know, shouldn't base decisions on feelings!), and then Southampton play Villa the week after.

Any other transfers I'm missing?

Agree about city's defence at least until kompany there, how about Alderweireld as spurs fixtures not too bad after this week, and maybe this week depending on which chelsea turn up. I have the same forward line was debating about Lukaku but hard to drop anyone of those just yet.

IsMiseMyself

Ah! Silva. Hopefully he comes back with a bang so I can offload KdB.