Wildcard thread 2017/18

carnie · 12-10-2017 1:25pm

I've been up to my eyes with work over the last couple of weeks that I haven't had a chance to draft up a wildcard.

I finally had a chance to mess around with my mids and forwards

I went from this:

Salah, Richie, Gross, Mehrez, Mkhi
Lukaku, Kane, J-rod

to this:

Coutinho, Silva, Eriksen, Doucouré, Gross
Lukaku, Kane, Vardy

I don't think that's too bad but it does mean one of my defenders will become a bench fodder, Mbemba for instance.

What do ya fink?

Green&Red · 12-10-2017 1:45pm

I'd have Richarlison over Dacource

carnie · 12-10-2017 7:48pm

Green&Red wrote: »

I'd have Richarlison over Dacource

Aye but he's a million more than Doucouré. I've been keeping an eye Doucouré since gw3 and he has been quietly doing the job. Also he's only 2 points of Richardlison.

Green&Red · 12-10-2017 10:42pm

Fabianski/Eliott
Monreal/Luiz/Rudiger/Maguire/Bavies
Dilva/Richarlison/RLC/Richie/King
Kane/Lukaku/Jesus

Locked in

carnie · 13-10-2017 2:26pm

carnie wrote: »

I've been up to my eyes with work over the last couple of weeks that I haven't had a chance to draft up a wildcard.

I finally had a chance to mess around with my mids and forwards

I went from this:

Salah, Richie, Gross, Mehrez, Mkhi
Lukaku, Kane, J-rod

to this:

Coutinho, Silva, Eriksen, Doucouré, Gross
Lukaku, Kane, Vardy

I don't think that's too bad but it does mean one of my defenders will become a bench fodder, Mbemba for instance.

What do ya fink?

Hmmm ok I may have messed up tinkering on this draft. As I just drafted it up again and I'm -$3m. Bah

Iused2likebusts · 13-10-2017 4:42pm

This aguero stuff has ruined the reason i wildcarded for. It looked like it was safe enough to go with 2 from Jesus, sane, sterling for a few weeks. Now its all doubts and second guessing.

iroced · 13-10-2017 5:11pm

carnie wrote: »

I've been up to my eyes with work over the last couple of weeks that I haven't had a chance to draft up a wildcard.

I finally had a chance to mess around with my mids and forwards

I went from this:

Salah, Richie, Gross, Mehrez, Mkhi
Lukaku, Kane, J-rod

to this:

Coutinho, Silva, Eriksen, Doucouré, Gross
Lukaku, Kane, Vardy

I don't think that's too bad but it does mean one of my defenders will become a bench fodder, Mbemba for instance.

What do ya fink?

carnie wrote: »

Hmmm ok I may have messed up tinkering on this draft. As I just drafted it up again and I'm -$3m. Bah

You mean £3.0m short or £0.3m short?

If it's the latter, you can downgrade Doucouré to a £4.5m cheap mid.

Anyhow, that's a very fine looking strikeforce. Does it mean no premium def at all?

iroced · 13-10-2017 5:20pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

This aguero stuff has ruined the reason i wildcarded for. It looked like it was safe enough to go with 2 from Jesus, sane, sterling for a few weeks. Now its all doubts and second guessing.

Can't you just go Jesus + D. Silva (he's been safer than Sterling/Sané so far and scoring pretty well despite being less explosive than the other 2) for now and keep £0.9m ITB or have an easy enough plan (I mean -4 max) for Aguero return?

Iused2likebusts · 13-10-2017 6:21pm

iroced wrote: »

Can't you just go Jesus + D. Silva (he's been safer than Sterling/Sané so far and scoring pretty well despite being less explosive than the other 2) for now and keep £0.9m ITB or have an easy enough plan (I mean -4 max) for Aguero return?

I haven't really been considering Silva. I have a weakness for goalscoring mids.

carnie · 13-10-2017 6:32pm

iroced wrote: »

carnie wrote: »

I've been up to my eyes with work over the last couple of weeks that I haven't had a chance to draft up a wildcard.

I finally had a chance to mess around with my mids and forwards

I went from this:

Salah, Richie, Gross, Mehrez, Mkhi
Lukaku, Kane, J-rod

to this:

Coutinho, Silva, Eriksen, Doucouré, Gross
Lukaku, Kane, Vardy

I don't think that's too bad but it does mean one of my defenders will become a bench fodder, Mbemba for instance.

What do ya fink?

carnie wrote: »

Hmmm ok I may have messed up tinkering on this draft. As I just drafted it up again and I'm -$3m. Bah

You mean £3.0m short or £0.3m short?

If it's the latter, you can downgrade Doucouré to a £4.5m cheap mid.

Anyhow, that's a very fine looking strikeforce. Does it mean no premium def at all?

Nah £3.0 million short. I reckon I left a defender spot open. I was kinda thinking that i got that front 8 a bit too easy.

I have Bavis and Cedric as my premium defenders.

iroced · 13-10-2017 6:49pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I haven't really been considering Silva. I have a weakness for goalscoring mids.

Yeah I know. I have too. But there are so many of them with huge playing time uncertainty hanging above them (Sterling, Sané, Pedro, Mata...).
But I do also have a weakness for Merlin who rarely lets me down when in form. He's City playmaker and with KDB in a "retreated" position (not sure how you say the opposite of advanced), it could favour Silva FPL returns (in terms of assists at least) which is the case so far.

carnie · 13-10-2017 8:24pm

Sorry for all this WC posting nonsense when you're trying to sort out your own teams.

So the WC is now fully active

Foster/Elliott
Bavis, Monreal, Yedlin, Ward, Dunk
Salah, Silva, Groß, Doucouré, Choupo-Moting
Lukaku, Kane, Vardy

If I go with this it will be a 4-3-3, for this week,but a part of me isn't sold on this team. The middle just seems too weak. I've got .1 left ITB

Necronomicon · 13-10-2017 10:39pm

Activated at the end of the last round, haven't paid nearly enough attention to it, but think I've finalised it:

Foster
Jones Yoshida Kiko Femenía
Ramsey Eriksen Sterling Fabregas
Lukaku Kane Vardy

Elliott, Ward, Carroll, Mbemba

Fabregas feels a bit punty, but I'm hoping that Chelsea's nice fixtures plus Kante's injury will make it a good move. So many players I know will haunt me at various times...so hard to narrow down all the choices. Has the choice always been this hard?

blackwave · 13-10-2017 11:01pm

Necronomicon wrote: »

Activated at the end of the last round, haven't paid nearly enough attention to it, but think I've finalised it:

Foster
Jones Yoshida Kiko Femenía
Ramsey Eriksen Sterling Fabregas
Lukaku Kane Vardy

Elliott, Ward, Carroll, Mbemba

Fabregas feels a bit punty, but I'm hoping that Chelsea's nice fixtures plus Kante's injury will make it a good move. So many players I know will haunt me at various times...so hard to narrow down all the choices. Has the choice always been this hard?

I would be wary of Yoshida as I think he is a rotation risk. Cedric is more nailed but unfortunately is less likely to get more than a clean sheet.

Necronomicon · 13-10-2017 11:35pm

blackwave wrote: »

I would be wary of Yoshida as I think he is a rotation risk. Cedric is more nailed but unfortunately is less likely to get more than a clean sheet.

Good shout, thanks. Yoshi has been a hero but Saints' central defence looks tricky to navigate. Swapped for Cedric.

radharc · 13-10-2017 11:42pm

radharc wrote: »

Finally settled on this

Lossl (Elliot)

Stones Holding Azpi (Mee, Mbemba)

Dilva Coutinho Hazard Richarlison (Cork)

Kane Jesus Okizaki

Any opinions?

Did a final scan of my team this evening and ended up ripping it to shreds. Somehow ended up with 3 Leicester players. Changes from quoted draft underlined

Lossl (Elliot)

Stones Wes Morgan Azpi (Mee, Mbemba)

Dilva Hazard Alli Albrighton (Cork)

Kane Jesus Okazaki

stephenl15 · 14-10-2017 11:13am

Hart Elliott
Femenia Ward Davies Otamendi Hunnemaer
Salah Atsu Silva Sterling Ruby
Lukaku Kane Vardy

Wish me luck

Iused2likebusts · 14-10-2017 11:41am

Hart Elliott
Ward naughton Cedric bavies Simpson
Sterling hazard alli richarlison king
Kane Jesus joselu

Delboy2015 · 20-10-2017 3:37pm

Hart, Elliot
Jones, Ward, Naugton, Stones, Yoshida
Richarlison, Salah, Sterling, Silva, Carroll
Kane, Lukaku, Abraham

After a few days of chopping and changing this is what I've come up with.

bantee · 20-10-2017 3:39pm

I like that, good balance, I’d go RLC in place of Carroll though

km79 · 20-10-2017 3:44pm

bantee wrote: »

I like that, good balance, I’d go RLC in place of Carroll though

I'd stick with Carroll
We don't even know of hodgson really rates RLC

Delboy2015 · 20-10-2017 3:57pm

km79 wrote: »

I'd stick with Carroll
We don't even know of hodgson really rates RLC

Any other solid 4.5 def/mid? Don't like the idea of 3 Swansea players! Lowe or Moreno maybe?

Iused2likebusts · 20-10-2017 4:12pm

Delboy2015 wrote: »

Any other solid 4.5 def/mid? Don't like the idea of 3 Swansea players! Lowe or Moreno maybe?

Simpson , dunk or moreno. Treat moreno as a 4.5 and I think he will be a good investment. I reckon I'll get him.next week.

Mike Ehrmantraut · 20-10-2017 5:39pm

On a wildcard, So far this is what I've come up with

Hart, Elliot
Jones, Yoshida, Lascelles, Naughton, Mariappa
Eriksen, DSilva, Sterling, Grob, Carroll
Jesus, Morata, Lukaku

Really not settled on this at all yet, have .8 in the bank and Aguero, Kane, Salah, and a bunch of others all possibilities to come in. Any thoughts?

km79 · 21-10-2017 3:20pm

km79 wrote: »

I'd stick with Carroll
We don't even know of hodgson really rates RLC

Didn't start today

ThunbergsAreGo · 21-10-2017 4:57pm

km79 wrote: »

Didn't start today

Isn't he injured?

km79 · 21-10-2017 5:03pm

naughtb4 wrote: »

Isn't he injured?

No he came on

ThunbergsAreGo · 21-10-2017 7:37pm

Foster, Long, Abraham, Ali, Davies, Carroll and Jese

To

Hart, Moreno, Kiki F, DSilva, Lewis Cook, Ricardilison and Firmino

Worth it?

Mr. Guappa · 22-10-2017 12:04am

Elliot + Speroni looking like a viable cheap GK double act?

km79 · 22-10-2017 12:21am

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

Elliot + Speroni looking like a viable cheap GK double act?

Why not
Just play Elliot every week like me anyway but save yourself the .5 on foster

Wildcard thread 2017/18

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