Gameweek 16 transfers

Lights On

Aguero out for Kane more than likely. Jumped the gun bringing him back in and it's cost me quite a few points since then. Until he starts hitting a run of form he's not coming back into my team, not getting burnt again!

SantryRed

Is Alderwiereld worth the extra money over Dier? Up until 3 weeks ago they were neck and neck, but Alder's goal and assist in the past three games has put his points up.

Haven't decided yet, but the transfers will prob be (have 2 FTs):

Ruddy -> De Gea
Bertrand -> Dier/Alder

FutureGuy

Just brough in Barrkley in for Mane. By mistake. Wife asked to make a transfer for her. Logged into my account by accident.

Balls. Wanted to make a defensive transfer.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Need to get rid of Mata, the Utd fan in me was hoping for an upturn. Is it too late to get Mahrez back in?

Leicester have some shocking fixtures in the next month or 2 but he's on fire! Have Vardy already so didn't like doubling on Leicester forwards as I'm waiting for the inevitable the drop in form!

Have Ozil, KDB, Barkley and Hoolahan as other midfielders, thoughts?

irish son

FutureGuy wrote: »

Just brough in Barrkley in for Mane. By mistake. Wife asked to make a transfer for her. Logged into my account by accident.

Balls. Wanted to make a defensive transfer.

Not the worst accidental transfer ever though annoying all the same.

Mike Ehrmantraut

SantryRed wrote: »

Is Alderwiereld worth the extra money over Dier? Up until 3 weeks ago they were neck and neck, but Alder's goal and assist in the past three games has put his points up.

Haven't decided yet, but the transfers will prob be (have 2 FTs):

Ruddy -> De
David Blaine is furious. His record of doing **** all in a box for 44 days has been smashed by Wayne Rooney.
Bertrand -> Dier/Alder

If you can afford it I think Alder is definitely worth the extra money. Have Dier, got him in early in the season thinking would have good potential for assists. Would definitely go for alder if was making the transfer now, he's picked up the odd assist and seems to be a bps magnet

GetWithIt

FutureGuy wrote: »

Just brough in Barrkley in for Mane. By mistake. Wife asked to make a transfer for her. Logged into my account by accident.

Balls. Wanted to make a defensive transfer.

Should guarantee some Mane points this GW. As an owner I can but only show my appreciation.

Colking

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Need to get rid of Mata, the Utd fan in me was hoping for an upturn. Is it too late to get Mahrez back in?

Leicester have some shocking fixtures in the next month or 2 but he's on fire! Have Vardy already so didn't like doubling on Leicester forwards as I'm waiting for the inevitable the drop in form!

Have Ozil, KDB, Barkley and Hoolahan as other midfielders, thoughts?

I kept Mahrez myself and shipped Vardy for Aguero. Sorry in hindsight but I think he's the one to sell of the 2. He's off penos now and is a solid point getter but doesn't have the explosiveness of Mahrez who for my money is a season keeper.

Vardy may continue in this form and I may continue to have egg on my face but for me if its one or the other I know who I'd go for.

dahat

With a likely transfer out for Aguero for Deeney to facilitate 352.

Ramsey ,Walcott , Silva , Sanchez and Coutinho all under consideration.

I'd love to see Walcott back flying as he has that explosive potential for returns like Sanchez and Aguero IMO.

DarraghF197

irish son wrote: »

If Walcott starts midweek I might get him in, not sure for who though yet. Gonna be stubborn and refuse to get Ozil.

If you don't want Özil, I would recommend you getting in Ramsey. They work extremely well as a pair. Credit to Emergingstar on the Arsenal forum who posted this link on their relationship:

http://dailycannon.com/2015/12/ramsey-and-ozil-arsenals-central-intelligence-agency/

I probably will get Ramsey myself but is that way too reliant on Arsenal with Özil and Bellerin already in my team? Have Coutinho, Mahrez and the ready-to-explode Deulofeu already in my midfield.

dahat

DarraghF197 wrote: »

If you don't want Özil, I would recommend you getting in Ramsey. They work extremely well as a pair. Credit to Emergingstar on the Arsenal forum who posted this link on their relationship:

http://dailycannon.com/2015/12/ramsey-and-ozil-arsenals-central-intelligence-agency/

Excellent link, thanks.

iroced

FHFC wrote: »

Yeah. Likely move is to get in Alli, but that might even wait till next week if his price looks like staying put, although he has Newcastle this week. Not sure when his protection ends.

Thing with the strong 5 mids is whoever i get in I'll only give myself a selection headache. Even if I get Alli (as 5th mid for Xmas) for Mane who do I bench from Hazard, Sterling, Ozil, Alli and Mahrez/Vardy Lukaku Kane....hmmm I've an idea...no, wait...

Strong front 8 may come useful for the Christmas period alright but I'd personally stay away from it. I never managed to make it work. I feel I don't have enough knowledge of PL (like H2H history between teams, pitch where some players struggle or shine etc... etc...) and/or am not willing to spend more time searching for it every single week. And well there's the extra element of luck involved.

That said, Alli could be an exception. He's only £5.0m so just an extra £0.7m from Wanyama who's currently yellow flagged. With Sanchez injured, Agüero not yet fit and Hazard out of form (or well Chelsea all over the shop shall I say), money may not be as tight as usual and Alli may be the perfect strong front 8 enabler.

Now, you may leave big pts on your bench but it'll be from a player you didn't spend huge cash for and did not have to (re)arrange your team around. I mean, this week Simpson got a CS on my bench but I'm not mad at it because the odds were against Leicester. It may change since they got a couple of CS lately but I never considered him for a start over Kolarov/Bellerin/Bertie. These things happen.

Colking wrote: »

Bit of a pickle here

I brought in Aguerro and Coutinho 2 weeks ago. I got nothing from them for week 14 and 15 (2pts for Aguerro in 14)

There's a lot of talk of them not playing again this weekend.

I currently have :


de Gea
Coleman Alderweireld Skrtel
Coutinho Mahrez Barkley Özil
Kane Agüero Lukaku

Subs: McCarthy Drinkwater Simpson Dawson

I'm thinking of for -8 :


de Gea
Coleman Alderweireld Skrtel
De Bruyne Mahrez Barkley Özil
Kane Agüero Lukaku

Subs: McCarthy Alli Simpson Dawson

This would mean that if Aguero doesn't play again I have a semi solid 5 man midfield.

What is the general concensus ?

De Bruyne is due to rise tonight. Alli will probably rise before next Saturday.

Coutinho has lovely fixtures coming up but having that amount of money on my bench for a third week in a row is killing me in my mini leagues.

Why -8? Only 2 transfers ...

The risk with the KDB move is let's say he gets injured midweek and Coutinho is finally fit at the week-end... I'm painting the worst case scenario but we've seen strangers things...

Otherwise, if both players fitness situation stays the same it's a good move. Alli too. But I'd play him over Aguero unless we have confirmation Sergio starts. You don't want a 15 min cameo while Alli plays Newcastle at home.

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Need to get rid of Mata, the Utd fan in me was hoping for an upturn. Is it too late to get Mahrez back in?

Leicester have some shocking fixtures in the next month or 2 but he's on fire! Have Vardy already so didn't like doubling on Leicester forwards as I'm waiting for the inevitable the drop in form!

Have Ozil, KDB, Barkley and Hoolahan as other midfielders, thoughts?

It's never too late in this game. Stubborness is your worst enemy! And you can look at it in a much more positive way. Let's say Mahrez gets injured or eventually loses his tremendous form (and Leicester too), you'll be in a very easy situation to sell him with 1) very little cash tied on him and 2) a much much higher resale value than most of us, potentially allowing you for a "stronger" replacement and giving you more flexibility in any case.

And about Leicester fixtures. True they look tough. But Vardy scored 9 & 5 pts respectively home to United and away to Swansea. Mahrez 2 & 21. They were the first 2 tough fixtures of their run of 6. A third of the way done and no drop in form yet. This season is a bit weird. No team (bar Leicester actually) is consistently strong week in week out. Even when they got thrashed by Arsenal, Leicester managed to score 2 goals (Vardy 12 pts, Mahrez 2 pts)! I see no reason yet to sell them. Especially that there's no obvious candidate to replace them. Maybe Ighalo for Vardy (but it's not your problem) though he's also ahead of a very tough run of 6 games across Christmas and the New Year after their game away to Sunderland.

Colking

iroced wrote: »

Why -8? Only 2 transfers ...

The risk with the KDB move is let's say he gets injured midweek and Coutinho is finally fit at the week-end... I'm painting the worst case scenario but we've seen strangers things...

Otherwise, if both players fitness situation stays the same it's a good move. Alli too. But I'd play him over Aguero unless we have confirmation Sergio starts. You don't want a 15 min cameo while Alli plays Newcastle at home.

Did Bertrand to Skrtel when I thought Aguero and Coutinho were guaranteed starters this weekend. But all the noises at the moment are that they'll get 10 -15 mins at best. That could change but ..... as I said earlier it's very frustrating having that much money on your bench and there doesn't seem to be any guaranteed return date for either right now. Just sorry I got them when I did, ah well

ThunbergsAreGo

Ighalo or Vardy is my only decision this weekl

Cartman78

Kone --> Ighalo done.

Might do Aguero --> Kane as well for a -4

boccy23

Why all this love for Arsenal???

In November, they scored 3 premiership goals. This is bookended by 3 goal performances against Swansea and Sunderland, hardly defensive world beaters. No clean sheets since the Swansea game.

Granted some of the upcoming fixtures are attractive, but then so wah Norwich and WBA and what did that bring?

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Will be staying well clear of anyone a part Özil.

Far better cheaper options available as this season is teaching us.

Iused2likebusts

DarraghF197 wrote: »

If you don't want Özil, I would recommend you getting in Ramsey. They work extremely well as a pair. Credit to Emergingstar on the Arsenal forum who posted this link on their relationship:

http://dailycannon.com/2015/12/ramsey-and-ozil-arsenals-central-intelligence-agency/

I probably will get Ramsey myself but is that way too reliant on Arsenal with Özil and Bellerin already in my team? Have Coutinho, Mahrez and the ready-to-explode Deulofeu already in my midfield.

Read that yesterday very interesting. I'm hoping rambo has a quiet night in the CL as I'm hoping he slips under the radar.

steve_r

Would it be madness to start Francis against Utd?

Reading this from F365 - While Eddie Howe’s side have conceded a league-high 30 goals in 15 games, they have conceded just three in as many games with Francis in the middle.

It could horibbly backfire, you could see Utd comfortably wining 1-0, 2-0.

Potential Underachiever

I took Alli in last week as a 5th midfielder to just bolster the bench, but the headache has begun already. He scored and I didn't get the points, that's fair enough but now I feel as if he has to play what with Spurs home to Newcastle this week...

Who Can I drop? I have KDB, Ozil, Mahrez, Lukaku, Kane who I definitely won't be benching, so that leaves me Deulofeu (nor), Vardy (CHE) or Alli (NEWC)

I had planned to go with Deulofeu for at least 3 weeks and I heard he was lively last night and unlucky with a couple of assists, I didn't see the game though.

Vardy, it might seem crazy but I dunno maybe Chelsea will actually show up and Jose will try to park the bus, I'm not keen on having 2 Leicester attackers versus Chelsea and I daren't bench Mahrez.

Thoughts anyone ?

Colking

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

I took Alli in last week as a 5th midfielder to just bolster the bench, but the headache has begun already. He scored and I didn't get the points, that's fair enough but now I feel as if he has to play what with Spurs home to Newcastle this week...

Who Can I drop? I have KDB, Ozil, Mahrez, Lukaku, Kane who I definitely won't be benching, so that leaves me Deulofeu (nor), Vardy (CHE) or Alli (NEWC)

I had planned to go with Deulofeu for at least 3 weeks and I heard he was lively last night and unlucky with a couple of assists, I didn't see the game though.

Vardy, it might seem crazy but I dunno maybe Chelsea will actually show up and Jose will try to park the bus, I'm not keen on having 2 Leicester attackers versus Chelsea and I daren't bench Mahrez.

Thoughts anyone ?

I'd probably bench Alli. Newcastle have a tendency to perform when they're supposed to lie down and vice versa.

I'm also looking at bringing in Alli as a fifth but I'd play Deulofeu and Vardy ahead of him.

Mike Ehrmantraut

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

I took Alli in last week as a 5th midfielder to just bolster the bench, but the headache has begun already. He scored and I didn't get the points, that's fair enough but now I feel as if he has to play what with Spurs home to Newcastle this week...

Who Can I drop? I have KDB, Ozil, Mahrez, Lukaku, Kane who I definitely won't be benching, so that leaves me Deulofeu (nor), Vardy (CHE) or Alli (NEWC)

I had planned to go with Deulofeu for at least 3 weeks and I heard he was lively last night and unlucky with a couple of assists, I didn't see the game though.

Vardy, it might seem crazy but I dunno maybe Chelsea will actually show up and Jose will try to park the bus, I'm not keen on having 2 Leicester attackers versus Chelsea and I daren't bench Mahrez.

Thoughts anyone ?

I have an identical front 8. Same reasoning as yourself, at the moment I'm thinking of benching Vardy.

COH

Costa out, Kane in.... the easiest transfer decision in history

Baggly

Mike Ehrmantraut wrote: »

I have an identical front 8. Same reasoning as yourself, at the moment I'm thinking of benching Vardy.

I would agree. IF Vardy scores, it will only be 1 i reckon.....and that's an if.

Think Alli has a much better chance of contributing an assist or another goal against Newcastle.

Ziegler1988

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Will be nice to do a late transfer/save. Bellerin to Smalling (despite him being overpriced) is on my mind, I'm just not sure if it's smart to do it this week or next

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2015-16/dec/081215-fpl-scout-differential-man-utd-chris-smalling.html

Do we still think ManU will be as solid defensively if Schweinsteiger gets a 3 match ban and Scheniderlin and the rest of their walking wounded are out? I'd probably do this move this GW since I'm a sucker for a price rise and I don't think Arsenal will keep a cleanie

siblers

I have a midfield of: Kouyate, Ozil, De Bruyen, Barkley and Mahrez.
Front 3 of: Ighaloo, Vardy and Kane.
With 4.3 in the bank.

Kouyate is doing nothing for me, could sell him for someone like Alli, or else get rid of De Bruyen but I have no idea who to replace him with, maybe Silva but I don't think he'll out score De Bruyen or else Coutinho. Leicester have some pretty tough fixtures coming up so may replace Vardy with Lukaku. I don't know what to do with myself having so much money in the bank :pac:

Inspector Coptoor

siblers wrote: »

I have a midfield of: Kouyate, Ozil, De Bruyen, Barkley and Mahrez.
Front 3 of: Ighaloo, Vardy and Kane.
With 4.3 in the bank.

Kouyate is doing nothing for me, could sell him for someone like Alli, or else get rid of De Bruyen but I have no idea who to replace him with, maybe Silva but I don't think he'll out score De Bruyen or else Coutinho. Leicester have some pretty tough fixtures coming up so may replace Vardy with Lukaku. I don't know what to do with myself having so much money in the bank :pac:

I've the same front 8 as you except I have Lukaku instead of Kane.

I've 6.1M in the bank and dunno what to do now.
Ighalo and Vardy are in such good form it's hard to think of transferring them out

siblers

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

I've the same front 8 as you except I have Lukaku instead of Kane.

I've 6.1M in the bank and dunno what to do now.
Ighalo and Vardy are in such good form it's hard to think of transferring them out

Think I may just bring in Alli for Kouyate and drop Vardy. The rest of the fixtures are pretty nice though so don't really need to change things around.

Dubliner28

Any ideas on where to change. very strong first 8 and dont fancy leaving anyone out at the moment.

Schmeichel (Myhill)
Kolorov Alderweireld Dann (Cedric & Francis)
De Bruyne Barkley Ozil Hazzard Mahrez
Vardy Lukaku (Igalgo)

Do i drop Hazzard to bench this GW?
Or take 4 point hit to bring in Kane.

Dont want to sell any of my midfielders with there fixtures coming. Waiting to do Hazzard to another and Vardy to Kane/augero on this return?

taughts?

Dubliner28

Dubliner28 wrote: »

Any ideas on where to change. very strong first 8 and dont fancy leaving anyone out at the moment.

Schmeichel (Myhill)
Kolorov Alderweireld Dann (Cedric & Francis)
De Bruyne Barkley Ozil Hazzard Mahrez
Vardy Lukaku (Igalgo)

Do i drop Hazzard to bench this GW?
Or take 4 point hit to bring in Kane.

Dont want to sell any of my midfielders with there fixtures coming. Waiting to do Hazzard to another and Vardy to Kane/augero on this return?

taughts?

How long have we been waiting for Chelsea to turn it around ? Last 4 prem games they have scored just 1 goal playing against Stoke, Norwich, Spurs and Bournemouth.

I think you're right to get Kane in for Hazard. It's the right thing to do. Even if Chelsea score 6 this weekend I'd feel like I made the right decision based on what's been happening.

ElTel

siblers wrote: »

I have a midfield of: Kouyate, Ozil, De Bruyen, Barkley and Mahrez.
Front 3 of: Ighaloo, Vardy and Kane.
With 4.3 in the bank.

Kouyate is doing nothing for me, could sell him for someone like Alli, or else get rid of De Bruyen but I have no idea who to replace him with, maybe Silva but I don't think he'll out score De Bruyen or else Coutinho. Leicester have some pretty tough fixtures coming up so may replace Vardy with Lukaku. I don't know what to do with myself having so much money in the bank :pac:

siblers wrote: »

Think I may just bring in Alli for Kouyate and drop Vardy. The rest of the fixtures are pretty nice though so don't really need to change things around.

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

I've the same front 8 as you except I have Lukaku instead of Kane.

I've 6.1M in the bank and dunno what to do now.
Ighalo and Vardy are in such good form it's hard to think of transferring them out

I would carry the FT or look at your defense.
Kouyate plays 90 and with West Ham's injuries up front he'll perhaps play further forward.

IsMiseMyself

I'm probably not gonna touch my team. After Benteke's crappiness at Newcastle, I imagine Sturridge will start. Gonna give him another chance!

Also facing the Alli conundrum but there's no one I want to risk benching so he can keep his place as first sub.

stephenl15

Pelle to Kane done before I head to Vegas for UFC194 in the morning

Fant11

Crazy to be thinking Ighako out for Kane? Watford fixtures as hard as they can be after this weekend.

Marje

Jagielka and Depay out for Alderweireld and Barkley

Edit: As I'm going to be down 4 points, might as well go down another 4.... got rid of Schwarzer and replace with Butland.

LeaveitOff

Sturridge gone again - out for several weeks with hamstring injury. That went well.

DarraghF197

Fant11 wrote: »

Crazy to be thinking Ighako out for Kane? Watford fixtures as hard as they can be after this weekend.

Sunderland could be tough for Ighalo but he should be able to out-pace Kaboul and O'Shea and make chances.

Liverpool at home could be easy enough for him considering Liverpool's poor record against lesser teams.

Then they're playing Chelsea. I think he would be a good option despite the fixtures looking a lot harder than they seem.

extra gravy

Tempted by Ramsey now that he's going to be playing in b2b role which is his best position I think. May sacrifice KDB for him, can see him being rested soon.

SteelyDanJalapeno

Ramsey is not worth your time lads, will only disappointed you......

mirwillbeback

stephenl15 wrote: »

Pelle to Kane done before I head to Vegas for UFC194 in the morning

Enjoy pal. Aldo by KO, rd 2 or 3

Arbitrary

My new goal for this season is to bank one transfer. Sigh.

Kane in for the Studge.

Rikand

Really Really want to bank

but also tempted to get Kane in for Aguero

dr.kenneth noisewater

Rikand wrote: »

Really Really want to bank

but also tempted to get Kane in for Aguero

Id say do it, Aguero wont play every game over Xmas with his injury record wheras Kane will due to lack of alternatives at Spurs

yorlum11

Coutinho trained today. Interesting to see how many minutes he gets tomorrow night, if any.

IsMiseMyself

LeaveitOff wrote: »

Sturridge gone again - out for several weeks with hamstring injury. That went well.

Lol. Buying Sturridge was a MASTERSTROKE.

spock.

Quick question:
A) Bench Vardy
Bench Barkley
C) Bench Souare and use AOA
(C only applies if Smalling is ruled out)

Henwin

a bit confused as to who to drop from my front 7, I have Sterling, Barkley, Coutinho, Ozil, Mahrez,
Kane, Lukalu and Vardy.
Tempted to put Mahrez on the bench but tat cud backfire, which do ye tink ye wud drop. Tinking of captaining Kane

Dearg81

Henwin wrote: »

a bit confused as to who to drop from my front 7, I have Sterling, Barkley, Coutinho, Ozil, Mahrez,
Kane, Lukalu and Vardy.
Tempted to put Mahrez on the bench but tat cud backfire, which do ye tink ye wud drop. Tinking of captaining Kane

I'd bench Barkley or Vardy, probably Barkley as he's more likely to blank than the others. Dont bench Mahrez for obvious reasons. Kane for captain is the right call I think.

Scorpion Sting

Aguero to Kane done. Also putting the armband on the Spurs man.

Benimar

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Aguero to Kane done. Also putting the armband on the Spurs man.

Will probably be my move if Aguero is out. Not making any transfers before Friday though.

Bleating Lamb

An thinking of going the strong front 8 route over Xmas,

Current team
De Gea Mc Carthy
Smalling. Dann. Bellerin Nyom Simpson
Ozil Mahrez Barkley KDB Hoolihan
Kane Vardy Lukaku

Have had Hoolihan for ages on bench.

Have about 4 m in bank.
Appreciate advice on what midfielder to go for that could bring returns over Xmas. Would have up to 9m to spend in swop for Hoolihan.

Likes of Alli for cheap money at Spurs looks tempting or likes of Arnautovic?

Feel free to throw in names?

Also bearing in mind Man Utd injuries at back...and fact likes of Schneiderlin will be out a while should I cash in on Smalling?

Thanks for any feedback,team not in bad shape but had a few capt blanks so need to pick up points over Xmas.Sorry for long post;)