January Wildcard

Shedite27 · 03-01-2015 12:17am

Western Pomise wrote: »

De Gea. Krul
Terry Cresswell Hutton Dummett O'Shea
Hazard Silva Sanchez Chadli Amoebi
Kane Austin Rooney

Here's quick possible WC team
DeGea Panti
Terry Hutton Bertrand O' Shea Wasilewski
Hazard Silva Sanchez Chadli Bentalab
Kane Falcao Costa.

As ya called me a "legend of the game" (yeah right!) here's my two cents....

Firstly I'm a major advocate of holding out on the wildcard as long as possible. There's loads of things gonna change in Jan between injuries to cheap and expensive players, new managers who may drop players, new signings and ACON players, so hold off if ya can.

So to get ya through two weeks,
GK - starting keeper won't change.
Def - I have your first 3, and your other two have nice fixtures, no need to change them.
Mid - You're not changing your 4 starting players, why bother.
For - Kane is staying. Austin has Burnley next, defo worth another week. Rooney and Falcao are similar, Falcao plays further up, Rooney playing better. Costa, meh, I'm not worried about not having him.

Hang onto the wildcard, it'll be valuable in 2 weeks when Costa is out for the season and Rooney is serving a 3 match ban

Gits_bone · 03-01-2015 12:59am

Thoughts on having Zab and Clichy?
Would it be wise to get rid of one for Terry? And who?

jive · 03-01-2015 1:13am

Gits_bone wrote: »

Thoughts on having Zab and Clichy?
Would it be wise to get rid of one for Terry? And who?

Yes and clichy $$$ permitting. Zab scoring badly but he looks like a guy with a big score in him, constantly gets forward. City are too bad at the back to double up on them.

Not for a hit though if you have already used your FT

TacT · 03-01-2015 2:01am

done with draft 1, sick after the last 2 gameweeks so wc is active. dropped from 55k to 77.8K.

so far we're looking like so.

De Gea

Debuchy, Ivanovic, Hutton.

Gerrard (more than likely finish on ADM for this spot.) Hazard, Sanchez, Chadli (probably get changed/updated to someone else).

Kane, Costa, Jovetic

bench = Given, Boyd, Wasilewski, Dummett

then I'll go -16 to remedy the situation in a panic attack after all else fails

3.3 itb for the return of the king or other tweak outs that take my fancy.

wonski · 03-01-2015 2:15am

TacT wrote: »

done with draft 1, sick after the last 2 gameweeks so wc is active. dropped from 55k to 77.8K.

so far we're looking like so.

De Gea

Debuchy, Ivanovic, Hutton.

Gerrard (more than likely finish on ADM for this spot.) Hazard, Sanchez, Chadli (probably get changed/updated to someone else).

Kane, Costa, Jovetic

bench = Given, Boyd, Wasilewski, Dummett

then I'll go -16 to remedy the situation in a panic attack after all else fails

3.3 itb for the return of the king or other tweak outs that take my fancy.

Gerrard and Debuchy are not worth a wc. What is your original team?

dahat · 03-01-2015 11:28am

Super article on defence options for the WC

http://allthingsfpl.com/?p=14750

kevinroche3333 · 03-01-2015 1:02pm

dahat wrote: »

Super article on defence options for the WC

http://allthingsfpl.com/?p=14750

Wanted to more than just thank this post as its essential reading for all interested in trying to gain an edge!

dahat · 03-01-2015 1:10pm

kevinroche3333 wrote: »

Wanted to more than just thank this post as its essential reading for all interested in trying to gain an edge!

Its a great article and puts all the research into one post.
Excellent work by him.

CorkyLFC · 03-01-2015 1:14pm

Tempted to play my WC

My 1st Draft is

Guzan, Pantilimon
Jones,Koscielny,Alderweireld,Wisdom,Vlaar
Hazard,Silva,Siggy,Fabregas,Albrighton
Costa,Kane,Rooney

Whats your feedback?

CorkyLFC · 03-01-2015 1:16pm

Tempted to play my WC

My 1st Draft is

Guzan, Pantilimon
Jones,Koscielny,Alderweireld,Wisdom,Vlaar
Hazard,Silva,Siggy,Fabregas,Albrighton
Costa,Kane,Rooney

Tempted to take Siggy out for Coutinho...

Whats your feedback?

8-10 · 03-01-2015 1:21pm

CorkyLFC wrote: »

Tempted to play my WC

My 1st Draft is

Guzan, Pantilimon
Jones,Koscielny,Alderweireld,Wisdom,Vlaar
Hazard,Silva,Siggy,Fabregas,Albrighton
Costa,Kane,Rooney

Tempted to take Siggy out for Coutinho...

Whats your feedback?

Albrighton isn't playing enough, take him out for Boyd, and keep Siggy ahead of Coutinho though if you can stretch to Sterling do that instead. And make sure you leave enough cash in the bank for Sergio

kevinroche3333 · 03-01-2015 1:29pm

CorkyLFC wrote: »

Tempted to play my WC

My 1st Draft is

Guzan, Pantilimon
Jones,Koscielny,Alderweireld,Wisdom,Vlaar
Hazard,Silva,Siggy,Fabregas,Albrighton
Costa,Kane,Rooney

Tempted to take Siggy out for Coutinho...

Whats your feedback?

As an Arsenal fan I should make you aware that Kos is an ongoing fitness concern, Debuchy is .7 less and nailed.
Vlaar also has serious fitness issues, Hutton .1 less and nailed.
Albrighton gametime non existent, above savings should let u upgrade significantly for regular players only .2 or .3 dearer.
Nice team, 3 chelsea attacking is all your eggs in the Chelsea basket with league cup, fa cup, champs league postponments on the horizon.

CorkyLFC · 03-01-2015 1:46pm

Fab to ADM when hes back is what im thinking.

TacT · 03-01-2015 2:32pm

wonski wrote: »

Gerrard and Debuchy are not worth a wc. What is your original team?

Guzan

Ivan, Debuchy, Dummett

Mirallas, Hazard, Downing, Sanchez, Toure

RVP, Austin.

Given, Hutton, Kane, Yun.

wonski · 03-01-2015 2:38pm

TacT wrote: »

Guzan

Ivan, Debuchy, Dummett

Mirallas, Hazard, Downing, Sanchez, Toure

RVP, Austin.

Given, Hutton, Kane, Yun.

Silva in instead of Gerrard then.

Chesty08 · 03-01-2015 2:48pm

Currently in the Top 100 in Ireland. I'm not particularly happy with some players in my squad. I have already used -4 on 2 Transfers

Bony to Kane
Yaya to Hazard

Would it be best to hold off on wildcard & go for an overhaul now or try consolidate my current position with what I currently have?

my squad is

DDG McCarthy
Azpil Clichy Wisdom Sakho Moreno
Haz Silva Sanchez Sterling Siggy
Kane Austin Costa

is this a good enough squad for the next few weeks & weigh up things then?

kevinroche3333 · 03-01-2015 2:58pm

Chesty08 wrote: »

Currently in the Top 100 in Ireland. I'm not particularly happy with some players in my squad. I have already used -4 on 2 Transfers

Bony to Kane
Yaya to Hazard

Would it be best to hold off on wildcard & go for an overhaul now or try consolidate my current position with what I currently have?

my squad is

DDG McCarthy
Azpil Clichy Wisdom Sakho Moreno
Haz Silva Sanchez Sterling Siggy
Kane Austin Costa

is this a good enough squad for the next few weeks & weigh up things then?

Looks decent. Couldnt justify 2 Liverpool defenders but not worth wildcarding over I think.

Copper_pipe · 03-01-2015 3:09pm

Think I'll do the sly thing in taking the 20 point hit then take a Snapchat and send it to my main rival. Then activate the WC just before the deadline for the next GW

Chesty08 · 03-01-2015 3:34pm

kevinroche3333 wrote: »

Looks decent. Couldnt justify 2 Liverpool defenders but not worth wildcarding over I think.

Was a Xmas punt with Liverpool's fixtures. Having looked at them in their last 2 home games I defo need moving.

With Azpil & Clichy being rotated every other week it's becoming priority to shore up the defence.

Would you hold out for 2/3 weeks?

kevinroche3333 · 03-01-2015 3:49pm

Chesty08 wrote: »

Was a Xmas punt with Liverpool's fixtures. Having looked at them in their last 2 home games I defo need moving.

With Azpil & Clichy being rotated every other week it's becoming priority to shore up the defence.

Would you hold out for 2/3 weeks?

All your defence somewhat playable this week and next so personally I would hold out.
Will know alot more at end of month re Pulis and new manager picks, new additions, returns from injury etc.

edit: Worth a read for when wildcarding: http://allthingsfpl.com/?p=14750

jimmii · 03-01-2015 4:06pm

If you are wildcarding early make sure to have a plan in place for the League Cup final in GW27 could easily end up with more than half your team not playing if its not taken into account!

CSF · 03-01-2015 4:16pm

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Think I'll do the sly thing in taking the 20 point hit then take a Snapchat and send it to my main rival. Then activate the WC just before the deadline for the next GW

You're just begging to be punished there.

extra gravy · 03-01-2015 4:20pm

jimmii wrote: »

If you are wildcarding early make sure to have a plan in place for the League Cup final in GW27 could easily end up with more than half your team not playing if its not taken into account!

It would be useful if Pool could knock Chelsea out as most of us will have 3 of their players for rest of the season.

Swiper the fox · 03-01-2015 4:23pm

extra gravy wrote: »

It would be useful if Pool could knock Chelsea out as most of us will have 3 of their players for rest of the season.

On the contrary hopefully, anything that requires a bit of pre planning and thought should suit the likes of us losers who spend far too much time thinking about these things.
One of the reasons why I'm gutted that there's been no DGW's this year and not much opportunity either.

Gits_bone · 03-01-2015 4:32pm

Clichy has to go for me, too much of a risk of rotation. He fcuked me the first week I had him by not playing but 2 assists made up for it the last day.

jimmii · 03-01-2015 4:37pm

extra gravy wrote: »

It would be useful if Pool could knock Chelsea out as most of us will have 3 of their players for rest of the season.

Chelsea v Spurs, which seems the most likely outcome, could prove to be a nightmare as it would mean no game for those two plus Leicester & QPR! Those going into that with 3 Chelsea plus Kane and/or Austin are going to be in a world of hurt!

A bit of extra planning is probably a good thing allows those that do look ahead the chance to get ahead!

Gits_bone · 03-01-2015 4:50pm

jimmii wrote: »

Chelsea v Spurs, which seems the most likely outcome, could prove to be a nightmare as it would mean no game for those two plus Leicester & QPR! Those going into that with 3 Chelsea plus Kane and/or Austin are going to be in a world of hurt!

A bit of extra planning is probably a good thing allows those that do look ahead the chance to get ahead!

Never thought of this.

jimmii · 03-01-2015 5:04pm

Gits_bone wrote: »

Never thought of this.

Certainly throws a spanner in the works alright. Kane & Austin will both have gone up about 1m each for a lot of people by then so selling and buying back will be expensive could be a tricky week to navigate!

sheroman01 · 03-01-2015 5:51pm

jimmii wrote: »

If you are wildcarding early make sure to have a plan in place for the League Cup final in GW27 could easily end up with more than half your team not playing if its not taken into account!

Would it make much difference though? Just means they'll have a double gameweek at some stage?

sheroman01 · 03-01-2015 5:59pm

wonski wrote: »

Wildcard activated:D

First draft:

Not sure about the defence, mids and forwards look good to me. Nothing spectacular, but better than what it was before. 0 left in the bank so not much to play with.

Nice team. I see some resemblances with my team. I have 5 of your front 7. I also have Chelsea, Southampton, WB, Sunderland and Villa cover at the back. Front 7 looks very strong. Have you any plans to bring Augero in though? Suppose you could downgrade Sterling and upgrade Falcao to Augero if needs be.

Iused2likebusts · 03-01-2015 6:14pm

sheroman01 wrote: »

Would it make much difference though? Just means they'll have a double gameweek at some stage?

Due to people being able to make transfers it can make a big difference. You could have only 8 players the gw of the carling cup final I could have 11 by the time the dgw comes around I could transfer in the same dgw players as you.

sheroman01 · 03-01-2015 6:23pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Due to people being able to make transfers it can make a big difference. You could have only 8 players the gw of the carling cup final I could have 11 by the time the dgw comes around I could transfer in the same dgw players as you.

Ah yes, very good point. It could get tricky with Spurs/Liverpool players alright. Majority of people would have 2+ Chelsea players till the end of season anyway so hopefully shouldn't impact too much. (That's me being optimistic I suppose and not wanting this to effect me :P)

extra gravy · 04-01-2015 3:53pm

This has probably been discussed somewhere here before but I was wondering how many people go with their cheap midfielder as their first sub and how many go with one of their cheap defenders? My main first subs this season have been Wisdom/Dummett but they have returned 0/1 on a few occasions. On the other hand if I'd have had Boyd from day one and had him first sub every time, I would be much better off points wise. So I think I will be taking that approach for the rest of the season. At least with the midfielder you should get the minimum 2 points plus there's always a greater chance of a goal/assist whereas with the defenders, if they're on your bench it's because they'll likely not get that clean sheet anyway.

F1ngers · 04-01-2015 3:59pm

extra gravy wrote: »

This has probably been discussed somewhere here before but I was wondering how many people go with their cheap midfielder as their first sub and how many go with one of their cheap defenders? My main first subs this season have been Wisdom/Dummett but they have returned 0/1 on a few occasions. On the other hand if I'd have had Boyd from day one and had him first sub every time, I would be much better off points wise. So I think I will be taking that approach for the rest of the season. At least with the midfielder you should get the minimum 2 points plus there's always a greater chance of a goal/assist whereas with the defenders, if they're on your bench it's because they'll likely not get that clean sheet anyway.

You're going to do this with your wildcard?

dahat · 04-01-2015 4:10pm

Decided to re adjust my defence slightly.

Gone with Foster and Bertrand instead of De Gea and Wisdom,. I'd like Utd defence cover but unsure how I can get it in.

extra gravy · 04-01-2015 4:14pm

F1ngers wrote: »

You're going to do this with your wildcard?

Oops thought I was in the general chat thread

Ziegler1988 · 04-01-2015 4:49pm

Having sold Boyd before the festive period, I don't really fancy getting him back in on a late WC at 4.7m (most likely). Tiote should fall to 4.2m and Albrighton is already there. I can't expect more than 2-3 pointers but that's all I need from bench fodder.

Shedite27 · 04-01-2015 4:58pm

extra gravy wrote: »

This has probably been discussed somewhere here before but I was wondering how many people go with their cheap midfielder as their first sub and how many go with one of their cheap defenders? My main first subs this season have been Wisdom/Dummett but they have returned 0/1 on a few occasions. On the other hand if I'd have had Boyd from day one and had him first sub every time, I would be much better off points wise. So I think I will be taking that approach for the rest of the season. At least with the midfielder you should get the minimum 2 points plus there's always a greater chance of a goal/assist whereas with the defenders, if they're on your bench it's because they'll likely not get that clean sheet anyway.

My strategy is....
4 defenders who I'm likely to play - 3 plus 1 sub each week (hopefully 5th Defender would be a starter somewhere but not too bothered. Had Liam Moore on the bench all season and hasn't come on once)

One cheap midfielder who comes in only when someone is dropped/injured. Probably SGB. Unlikely every to start him.

8-10 · 04-01-2015 8:05pm

Current draft is looking like the below, but waiting for another few weeks yet, just would love to fit in the 6 big hitters that I want:

Foster - Krul

Debuchy - Alderweireld - Hutton - PVA - Wasilewski

Hazard - Silva - Sanchez - Di Maria - Boyd

Aguero - Costa - Kane

Too much sacrifice at the back? I just think that the majority of points will come from my big 4 mids and 2 forwards and recent expensive defenders have not been kind to me.

spock. · 04-01-2015 8:35pm

I'm pretty settled on this squad:

Heaton Panti
Terry Alderweireld P.Jones Dummett Wisdom
Hazard Sanchez Fabregas ADM Boyd
Jovetic Ings Kane

7.3m ITB so can afford Jovetic-->Aguero and Ings-->Pelle/Giroud

KevIRL · 04-01-2015 8:43pm

Oh my. Can do this.

Pants/4mil
Jones/PVA/hutton/wisdom/wasiloski
ADM/fab/haz/walcott/Sanchez
Aguero/Kane/Perez

iroced · 04-01-2015 8:51pm

8-10 wrote: »

Current draft is looking like the below, but waiting for another few weeks yet, just would love to fit in the 6 big hitters that I want:

Foster - Krul

Debuchy - Alderweireld - Hutton - PVA - Wasilewski

Hazard - Silva - Sanchez - Di Maria - Boyd

Aguero - Costa - Kane

Too much sacrifice at the back? I just think that the majority of points will come from my big 4 mids and 2 forwards and recent expensive defenders have not been kind to me.

What's your plan with the keepers? Rotate? Beware though that WB got 4 of their 6 CS away...

See no pb with your defence. Can you afford Terry (e.g. for Debuchy)? Hutton/PvA rotate well and Saints are still the most consistent team defensively speaking. Are Bertrand/Clyne out of your budget? They both got attacking returns and proved to be BP magnets.

Remains to be seen how much Silva will be worth it once Aguero & Yaya are back but for now he's in great form so no need to outsmart everything.

spock. wrote: »

I'm pretty settled on this squad:

Heaton Panti
Terry Alderweireld P.Jones Dummett Wisdom
Hazard Sanchez Fabregas ADM Boyd
Jovetic Ings Kane

7.3m ITB so can afford Jovetic-->Aguero and Ings-->Pelle/Giroud

Strong team. Just Boyd & Ings may be Burnley overkill for the moment...?

Would you have Jones long term or just for United great run of fixtures?

KevIRL wrote: »

Oh my. Can do this.

Pants/4mil
Jones/PVA/hutton/wisdom/wasiloski
ADM/fab/haz/walcott/Sanchez
Aguero/Kane/Perez

Perez being your bench fodder?

Having 4 mids from 2 teams may be sweaty but on a closer look Fab/Haz could well be better than Fab/Costa or Haz/Costa. Then there's a huge question mark about Walcott after almost a year away from the field. I would not rush him in. Sterling could take that spot if he benefits (as expected (?)) from Sturridge's return.

Same question than above regarding Jones.

spock. · 04-01-2015 9:32pm

iroced wrote:

Strong team. Just Boyd & Ings may be Burnley overkill for the moment...?

iroced wrote:

Would you have Jones long term or just for United great run of fixtures?

I'm not too bothered about Boyd, as long as he keeps his place. I'm not sure about Ings though, bringing him in for Burnley's easy fixtures, but definitely won't keep him long term.

Nah I'll be getting rid of Jones when Utd's fixtures get tougher.

WoollyRedHat · 04-01-2015 10:22pm

A Walcott-Sanchez pairing would be a very interesting one indeed. From watching the FA Cup today the only issue was rustiness on Walcott's part, his finishing was lacking, but both his speed and positioning were great.

Him and Sanchez could link up lethally, in which case you could see both players interchanging in terms of assisting and scoring. Then consider the prospect of a fit Ozil and the points returns are mouth watering.

manual_man · 04-01-2015 11:06pm

seems to be somewhat of an assumption that Walcott will be a guaranteed starter - i don't buy it personally. if we consider Sanchez undroppable, then it's pick 3 from Giroud/Welbeck/Walcott/Cazorla/Ozil/Ox. Cazorla has been on great form. Walcott did ok today, a bit rusty but entirely to be expected. The run out should benefit him. But i still have major doubts if he will be a good fpl investment for the remainder of the season

Shedite27 · 04-01-2015 11:09pm

manual_man wrote: »

seems to be somewhat of an assumption that Walcott will be a guaranteed starter - i don't buy it personally. if we consider Sanchez undroppable, then it's pick 3 from Giroud/Welbeck/Walcott/Cazorla/Ozil/Ox. Cazorla has been on great form. Walcott did ok today, a bit rusty but entirely to be expected. The run out should benefit him. But i still have major doubts if he will be a good fpl investment for the remainder of the season

I agree, too many options.

km79 · 04-01-2015 11:09pm

sanchez at 11.4 I just don't know

Gits_bone · 04-01-2015 11:14pm

ADM is no value unless he is playing CM. On the wing he is not as good.

Iused2likebusts · 04-01-2015 11:14pm

km79 wrote: »

sanchez at 11.4 I just don't know

yes I think it is. Id get adm and sanchez and a cheapie instead of falcao. 2 utd attackers based on the season to date is overkill.

km79 · 04-01-2015 11:17pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

yes I think it is. Id get adm and sanchez and a cheapie instead of falcao. 2 utd attackers based on the season to date is overkill.

would you pay 11.4 for Sanchez ? I had convinced myself no as I'm very late to the party and he looked tired over Xmas ......but another goal assist today

January Wildcard

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