GW9 Captain Thread

Ziegler1988 · 09-10-2015 10:32pm #1

Might as well start a new one with a poll. Long time before this interlull is over, but Sanchez(c) KDB(vc) as of now

km79 · 09-10-2015 10:33pm

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Might as well start a new one with a poll. Long time before this interlull is over, but Sanchez(c) KDB(vc) as of now

good idea
but where is the poll

I won't vote yet anyways as I don't know who will be in my team!

jimmii · 09-10-2015 10:49pm

Bony (BOU)

Will any City players survive the week! Sanchez and KDB are the two I have in mind. We'll see who survives till next weekend!

Rikand · 09-10-2015 10:51pm

Bony (BOU)

KDB aorn

Chesty08 · 10-10-2015 10:20am

Mane (LEI)

Watford has only conceded 1 goal in 4 home games this season and that was a penalty.

Sanchez only back from internationals.

Not sure Sanchez is a good idea.

With 5 goals & 5 assists this season (majority in last few games), playing for a team on form & against a team who always ship goals (Leicster) I am gonna put it on Pelle.

KDB is the other alternative, question marks over City scoring so many now & the likely spread of where the points will come from

Iused2likebusts · 10-10-2015 10:26am

Payet (cpl)

Sanchez Walcott kdb or Costa if I bring him in. I'll worry about this next Friday.

10-10-2015 11:15am

Bony (BOU)

Poll needs Shane Long

IsMiseMyself · 11-10-2015 3:53pm

Walcott (wat)

Sanchez. I have an awful feeling about this week but I've had two really great weeks, so I'll be okay with a crap one.

CSF · 11-10-2015 4:13pm

Walcott (wat)

IsMiseMyself wrote: »

Sanchez. I have an awful feeling about this week but I've had two really great weeks, so I'll be okay with a crap one.

I'm never ok with even losing a clean sheet, gotta have that ruthless streak.

Rikand · 11-10-2015 10:02pm

Bony (BOU)

Dónal wrote: »

Poll needs Shane Long

No need now I'd say

Mr Robot · 12-10-2015 11:49am

Payet (cpl)

Costa

Arbitrary · 13-10-2015 12:20pm

Payet (cpl)

Costa C, Pelle VC (I had it on Pelle before I brought in Costa).

Watford have been incredibly solid at home, they kept clean sheets most notably against Swansea and Southampton, two teams that were otherwise in good scoring form at the time.

That said, if Arsenal get an early goal then all bets are off and the game will open up. Arsenal put how many away against united in the opening 20 mins? :mad:

If you're captaining Sanchez you're effectively banking on an early goal to get any joy out of this fixture imho. They've shown they're more than capable of this against united but the international break could make for a sluggish start to the game.

KDB is a viable option but I'd be concerned about city's creative potential with so many key players injured.

I suspect Costa will be all fired up, the down side is you can practically discount 2 points straight off the the bat for the mandatory yellow he'll pick up (if not worse).

Lemlin · 13-10-2015 1:22pm

Mane (LEI)

Arbitrary wrote: »

Costa C, Pelle VC (I had it on Pelle before I brought in Costa).

Watford have been incredibly solid at home, they kept clean sheets most notably against Swansea and Southampton, two teams that were otherwise in good scoring form at the time.

That said, if Arsenal get an early goal then all bets are off and the game will open up. Arsenal put how many away against united in the opening 20 mins? :mad:

If you're captaining Sanchez you're effectively banking on an early goal to get any joy out of this fixture imho. They've shown they're more than capable of this against united but the international break could make for a sluggish start to the game.

KDB is a viable option but I'd be concerned about city's creative potential with so many key players injured.

I suspect Costa will be all fired up, the down side is you can practically discount 2 points straight off the the bat for the mandatory yellow he'll pick up (if not worse).

What's holding me back from Costa is how poor Chelsea as a team have been. None of the team seem to be in good form. Now, I know it's only Villa but Chelsea haven't set the world alight against anyone.

Sherwood appears to be under pressure also which could either cause them to fall apart completely or galvanise into a more coherent unit.

OneColdHand · 13-10-2015 1:24pm

Bony (BOU)

Lemlin wrote: »

What's holding me back from Costa is how poor Chelsea as a team have been. None of the team seem to be in good form. Now, I know it's only Villa but Chelsea haven't set the world alight against anyone.

Sherwood appears to be under pressure also which could either cause them to fall apart completely or galvanise into a more coherent unit.

Yeah the reason I'm not going for Costa is I already have Hazard and Bego, and their returns haven't exactly been spectacular. Not way I'm chancing adding a third Chelsea player to my team, regardless of the opposition. Form over fixtures and all that.

Arbitrary · 13-10-2015 4:37pm

Payet (cpl)

Lemlin wrote: »

What's holding me back from Costa is how poor Chelsea as a team have been. None of the team seem to be in good form. Now, I know it's only Villa but Chelsea haven't set the world alight against anyone.

Sherwood appears to be under pressure also which could either cause them to fall apart completely or galvanise into a more coherent unit.

I agree. It's a tricky GW for more or less all captaincy options.

Thankfully he's the only Chelsea coverage I have which is swaying my decision as of now. It's between Costa and Pelle based on my team and i'll likely be flip flopping between the pair up until the deadline.

Another issue is the question of whether Ranieri starts Mahrez, going by his own words his team is tighter at the back without him. It could end up a low scoring game if he's benched.

So many options, yet there's lots of potential issues with each of them.

FHFC · 13-10-2015 5:05pm

Costa if I get him, Hazard or Mane are my shortlist.

Mane slight fave.

Western Pomise · 14-10-2015 8:43pm

Mane (LEI)

Brought in Pelle....had a word with the lad with the help of Traps interpreter and he said he can feel a hat-trick in his waters;)

MarkSRFC21 · 14-10-2015 9:01pm

I'm finding it hard to look past either Sanchez or KDB. Leaning slightly towards Sanchez atm but it's a close call

iroced · 15-10-2015 5:33pm

Bony (BOU)

KDB or Sanchez. Both on tremendous scoring form.

Watford at home have been pretty solid up to now. So maybe this edges it towards KDB?

jameswhale · 15-10-2015 5:41pm

sanchez is a risk to be benched. was carrying a slight injury before playing 2 full internationals. back late and bayern on Tuesday.

may start but not sure he will. im going with payet

SantryRed · 15-10-2015 8:38pm

Bony (BOU)

KDB or Pelle. Will prob go with KDB.

16-10-2015 4:46am

Payet (cpl)

Captaining Costa for my 50 points this week.

mectavba · 16-10-2015 8:26am

Mane (LEI)

I'm surprised Pelle is so far behind on this poll.

He's the league's in form striker playing at home v a team that leaks goals.

Socialist Serenade · 16-10-2015 9:54am

Payet (cpl)

Costa due a crazy scoring week

Ziegler1988 · 16-10-2015 10:13am

Walcott (wat)

mectavba wrote: »

I'm surprised Pelle is so far behind on this poll.

He's the league's in form striker playing at home v a team that leaks goals.

He has a bit of a bad reputation here after ruining some people's January WC. FWIW, Pelle is winning Triggerlips' poll which is usually accurate for eventual top 10k players

jive · 16-10-2015 10:32am

Mahrez (sou)

mectavba wrote: »

I'm surprised Pelle is so far behind on this poll.

He's the league's in form striker playing at home v a team that leaks goals.

King Mane

FHFC · 16-10-2015 12:17pm

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

He has a bit of a bad reputation here after ruining some people's January WC. FWIW, Pelle is winning Triggerlips' poll which is usually accurate for eventual top 10k players

Yeah, I kinda want to captain him, and the stats about Leicester and crosses etc are tempting.

But I captained him against Swansea after the Jan WC last year, partly based on stats, and still have nightmares about it!!

Miguel_Sanchez · 16-10-2015 12:53pm

Walcott (wat)

I was going with Sanchez but switching to Pelle now.

IsMiseMyself · 16-10-2015 10:35pm

Walcott (wat)

What's happened with Sanchez?

greedygoblin · 16-10-2015 10:40pm

Mane (LEI)

IsMiseMyself wrote: »

What's happened with Sanchez?

Wenger stated yesterday that he didn't know if Sanchez would be fit to face Watford. Playing mind games with us he is. I expect Sanchez will start.

IsMiseMyself · 16-10-2015 10:43pm

Walcott (wat)

greedygoblin wrote: »

Wenger stated yesterday that he didn't know if Sanchez would be fit to face Watford. Playing mind games with us he is. I expect Sanchez will start.

Had captaincy on him and now I'm questioning it. The amount of injuries and issues has turned this gameweek into a cluster****!

greedygoblin · 16-10-2015 10:49pm

Mane (LEI)

IsMiseMyself wrote: »

Had captaincy on him and now I'm questioning it. The amount of injuries and issues has turned this gameweek into a cluster****!

Same here. I've captained BUIB now instead (something I said I'd never do again after last season :pac:).

I'd be hugely surprised though if Sanchez wasn't in the starting lineup. He's just that kind of player that nothing bar the worst of injuries would keep him down.

SantryRed · 16-10-2015 11:05pm

Bony (BOU)

Watford have conceded one goal at home in four games, that being a penalty.... I genuinely wouldn't see Sanchez as the best option this week, when you include Wenger's comments. I expect Arsenal to get the odd goal victory (1-0/2-1), but Watford will drop deep, they will frustrate Arsenal, and they will make it very difficult, they won't give Walcott the space over the top, and they sure as hell won't leave Sanchez with as much space as Leicester did. If Arsenal don't score in the opening 15, they'll struggle to score more than one.

MarkSRFC21 · 16-10-2015 11:13pm

Someone talk me out of pelle(c)

FHFC · 16-10-2015 11:19pm

MarkSRFC21 wrote: »

Someone talk me out of pelle(c)

You talk me out of it and I'll talk you out of it

Ziegler1988 · 16-10-2015 11:23pm

Walcott (wat)

SantryRed wrote: »

Watford have conceded one goal at home in four games, that being a penalty.... I genuinely wouldn't see Sanchez as the best option this week, when you include Wenger's comments. I expect Arsenal to get the odd goal victory (1-0/2-1), but Watford will drop deep, they will frustrate Arsenal, and they will make it very difficult, they won't give Walcott the space over the top, and they sure as hell won't leave Sanchez with as much space as Leicester did. If Arsenal don't score in the opening 15, they'll struggle to score more than one.

It's more Sanchez and Arsenal's form than Watford being bad (which they've shown they aren't). I'm hoping they get caught up a bit in the late kickoff, "London" derby atmosphere and it's a bit of an open match.

Paully D · 16-10-2015 11:24pm

Bony (BOU)

Decided on De Bruyne.

Probably Pelle vice.

Mr.Prodston · 16-10-2015 11:32pm

Bony (BOU)

I'm on KdB until I'm not.

If Pelle ends up in my team over Mane he could be a consideration.

Although Bony could be quite the maverick manoeuvre.

FHFC · 17-10-2015 12:36am

Stats: On Pellè at the moment.

Head: De Bruyne the sensible option.

Heart: Sanchez. 9 goals in the last 5 games in all competitions.

Scorpion Sting · 17-10-2015 12:47am

Payet (cpl)

Going with Costa. Chelsea have to start firing at some point and at home to Villa is as good a time as any I feel.

17-10-2015 12:48am

Payet (cpl)

MarkSRFC21 wrote: »

Someone talk me out of pelle(c)

Costa at home to the Villa defence.

Tim Sherwood's Villa defence.

Nib · 17-10-2015 12:49am

Bony (BOU)

KDB for me. Too much uncertainty over Sanchez's involvement and I just don't trust Pelle.

siblers · 17-10-2015 12:54am

Going for De Bruyne but Pelle did score midweek so there's no reason to suggest any imminent dip in form. I always balls up my captain choice.

ElTel · 17-10-2015 1:01am

Pelle (LEI)

Went with Bony ahead of KDB.

MarkSRFC21 · 17-10-2015 1:03am

Haven't really had a punt all season and with all the hits and different viable options, it seems as good a week as any to take one. Pelle(c)

manual_man · 17-10-2015 1:03am

Walcott (wat)

Have it on Sanchez but getting ballsy and leaning towards Mane...

manual_man · 17-10-2015 11:02am

Walcott (wat)

Mane(C)

SantryRed · 17-10-2015 11:11am

Bony (BOU)

I'm having last minute thoughts on Pelle instead of KDB. I've avoided the smaller player option every time this season, and been burnt many times.

Iused2likebusts · 17-10-2015 11:14am

Payet (cpl)

Just changed from Costa to kdb

ElTel · 17-10-2015 11:22am

Pelle (LEI)

How does our poll compare to others?
Fellow Bony M City lovers wave your hands in the air!

Necronomicon · 17-10-2015 11:51am

This might be the most torn I've been over captaincy all season, but went with Pelle in the end.

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