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GW 34 captain poll

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  • #102
    IsMiseMyself
    Registered Users Posts: 4,268 ✭✭✭IsMiseMyself


    Puncheon. ;)


  • #103
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    Iused2likebusts wrote: »
    so who should everybody have captained?

    Silva!

    Lukaku has been a busted flush on so many occassion, even a DGW when bang in form couldnt bring me to captain him because his inconsistency is still evident


  • #104
    extra gravy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,654 ✭✭✭✭extra gravy


    Dempsey wrote: »
    Silva!

    Lukaku has been a busted flush on so many occassion, even a DGW when bang in form couldnt bring me to captain him because his inconsistency is still evident

    Silva is also inconsistent, his recent good form came after a lean spell where he got 2 assists in 6 games.


  • #105
    Iused2likebusts
    Registered Users Posts: 17,022 ✭✭✭✭Iused2likebusts


    Dempsey wrote: »
    Silva!

    Lukaku has been a busted flush on so many occassion, even a DGW when bang in form couldnt bring me to captain him because his inconsistency is still evident

    thats only the 3rd time this season lukaku has gone 2 gws without getting a goal or an assist. The fact that he has let a lot of us down a few times when we have captained him is just an unfortunate coincidence IMO. He was in decent form had 2 good fixtures and his team had just won 6 on the bounce. I did give silva some consideration but pellegrennis comments about him carrying an injury put me off.
    Total fpl do a points prediction based on bookies odds of clean sheets, assists, goals Mirallas was predicted to get the most points this week closely followed by lukaku.
    http://totalfpl.com/esbo

    Fair play for calling it on a number of times so convincingly but I personally dont think there was a better option this week.


  • #106
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    extra gravy wrote: »
    Silva is also inconsistent, his recent good form came after a lean spell where he got 2 assists in 6 games.

    Silva has history of being remarkably consistent, maybe not shown that this season but he's more than capable. Lukaku has never been consistent, ever!


  • #107
    roryc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,600 ✭✭✭roryc


    He's consistently inconsistent.


  • #108
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    Iused2likebusts wrote: »
    thats only the 3rd time this season lukaku has gone 2 gws without getting a goal or an assist. The fact that he has let a lot of us down a few times when we have captained him is just an unfortunate coincidence IMO. He was in decent form had 2 good fixtures and his team had just won 6 on the bounce. I did give silva some consideration but pellegrennis comments about him carrying an injury put me off.
    Total fpl do a points prediction based on bookies odds of clean sheets, assists, goals Mirallas was predicted to get the most points this week closely followed by lukaku.
    http://totalfpl.com/esbo

    Fair play for calling it on a number of times so convincingly but I personally dont think there was a better option this week.

    Thats the mistake everyone makes. A coincidence that keeps happening is called a what?


  • #109
    extra gravy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,654 ✭✭✭✭extra gravy


    Dempsey wrote: »
    Silva has history of being remarkably consistent, maybe not shown that this season but he's more than capable. Lukaku has never been consistent, ever!

    In fairness to Lukaku, this is only his second full season in the PL. Last season, he outscored Silva. Think people are being too harsh on him.


  • #110
    iroced
    Registered Users Posts: 6,262 ✭✭✭iroced


    Dempsey wrote: »
    Silva!

    Lukaku has been a busted flush on so many occassion, even a DGW when bang in form couldnt bring me to captain him because his inconsistency is still evident

    I was very much tempted by Silva. But Pellegrini said he's been playing through pain for the last while and he's needed something like 2 to 3 days rest after each game to recover. So I expected him to be rested tonight. He then only had the toughest fixture to play for as captain. Way too risky.

    I wasn't feeling great about captaining Lukaku in fairness. But my vice was Yaya... Lukaku was largely winning FFS, Totalfpl and this forum poll for captain. He was on form. He f*cked up big time. That happens.

    I don't think it was that important in the end. What made or broke most teams this week is Crystal Palace. Puncheon and Speroni particularly. Anyone who owned them both probably had a great GW and vice versa.


  • #111
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    People are over reliant on TotalFPL & Captain Polls when the obvious is staring them in the face. Happy to follow the crowd because its statistically a safe enough bet.

    Sticking the armband on the big game players in the big games is often a solid choice barring injury like Toure.


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  • #112
    Ace2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,815 ✭✭✭✭Ace2007


    Dempsey wrote: »
    People are over reliant on TotalFPL & Captain Polls when the obvious is staring them in the face. Happy to follow the crowd because its statistically a safe enough bet.

    Sticking the armband on the big game players in the big games is often a solid choice barring injury like Toure.

    So who were you going to give it to?


  • #113
    Iused2likebusts
    Registered Users Posts: 17,022 ✭✭✭✭Iused2likebusts


    Dempsey wrote: »
    Thats the mistake everyone makes. A coincidence that keeps happening is called a what?

    Ive captained him 3 times Sun H Cardiff H and Sun A Pal H 2 pts in each game. In 25 games that he has got significant game time he has returned atleast 5 pts 16 times thats 64% of the time close enough to 2 in every 3 games he gets 5 pts thats pretty consistent in my opinion. The odds were stacked in his favour this gameweek he just didnt deliver.


  • #114
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    Ace2007 wrote: »
    So who were you going to give it to?

    I usually make my mind up about captaincy early in the week, usually an obvious choice but for me, there wasnt this week. I loathed to give it Lukaku despite him ticking alot of boxes.

    other choices included Yaya Toure & Silva but I wasnt gone on them at all tbh despite DGW's. Left it to Suarez because he's an in form big match player playing in a big match and he's consistent. I knew he wasnt going to be the biggest scorer but he'd manage a score.


  • #115
    Ace2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,815 ✭✭✭✭Ace2007


    Dempsey wrote: »
    I usually make my mind up about captaincy early in the week, usually an obvious choice but for me, there wasnt this week. I loathed to give it Lukaku despite him ticking alot of boxes.

    other choices included Yaya Toure & Silva but I wasnt gone on them at all tbh despite DGW's. Left it to Suarez because he's an in form big match player playing in a big match and he's consistent. I knew he wasnt going to be the biggest scorer but he'd manage a score.

    you left it on Suarez?? strange that the below says you forgot to change it....
    Dempsey wrote: »
    I forgot to change my captain, Suarez it is!

    FACK!!


  • #116
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    Ace2007 wrote: »
    you left it on Suarez?? strange that the below says you forgot to change it....

    Yes, I forgot to look at my team on saturday morning. I'm in the habit of making my captains choice & transfers early as possible barring I'm waiting on something. I wasnt waiting on anything last weekend and I didnt make any transfers because I didnt need to.

    If I did I would have probably changed it in a rushed decision, probably burnt a transfer, whilst ignoring that all week looking at it I couldnt justify taking it off the most in form player in the game nor see a transfer I needed to make.


  • #117
    rosskind
    Registered Users Posts: 464 ✭✭rosskind


    Just because something doesn't come off, doesn't mean it wasn't the right choice. Realistically, 12 from Silva was the highest you were going to get from your captain, which isn't the biggest loss in the world if you got it wrong.


  • #118
    sanket
    Registered Users Posts: 270 ✭✭sanket


    Lukaku what tosh of BuLL$h1t....good that chelsea are discarding him... time after time he has disappointed FPL managers...


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