GW 2 Captaincy Poll

shadowcomplex

Who are ye guys looking at for captain this week? Im going to take the risk on VPersie

roryc

Graham home to Westham

shadowcomplex wrote: »

Who are ye guys looking at for captain this week? Im going to take the risk on VPersie

Michu. West Ham have been leaking goals pre-season, I expect Swansea to score.

redzerdrog

Bale for me!

Fizman

For a differential, I think McClean or Bale could come up trumps this week, so I may go with either.

Hogey007

Bale at home to west brom for me i'd imagine.

could get tempted by michu though.

ghosttown

Lampard home to newcastle

Hazard was captain this week, happy enough to keep him there for now..

Fizman

And can we all start spelling Cazorla correctly please?

irish son

Defoe for me unless Spurs sign a new striker before then.

T-b0n3

It's on Bale at the moment anyway.

May change though!

GLaDOS

Nasri away to liverpool

Tevez against Liverpool for me.

Likely Main Striker and Liverpool will be without Agger.

dahat

Kagawa home to Fulham

Michu or Tevez.....50/50 just now.....

carlcon

Nasri away to liverpool

We were wondering who the first bandwagon would be: All aboard the Michu train!

I'm expecting United to bounce back after the Everton game, along with Fulham falling apart after their huge win - so if anyone has a United striker, I'd go with him.

I don't have one myself, and I don't fancy gambling on Kagawa as captain just yet, so it'll probably be Tevez for me.

I haven't completely given up on Torres yet, either. A couple of goals on Wednesday may sway me into a semi-confident differential at home on Sat.

jurahnimoh

Graham home to Westham

Quite a big gamble putting rvp as captain in my opinion especially seeing as he didn't get a start nor a sniff when he hit the pitch

jurahnimoh

Graham home to Westham

Quite a big gamble putting rvp as captain in my opinion especially seeing as he didn't get a start nor a sniff when he hit the pitch against everton

rock whore

Nasri away to liverpool

really cant decide between Torres and Tevez. Torres showing he can still score last night has rent my Tevez certainty in twain. I'm equally confident of either scoring so guess it's a nice dilemma to have!

andy125

Kagawa home to Fulham

rock whore wrote: »

really cant decide between Torres and Tevez. Torres showing he can still score last night has rent my Tevez certainty in twain. I'm equally confident of either scoring so guess it's a nice dilemma to have!

Torres was awful and only scored an offside tap in so i wouldnt look much into that goal.

BKC

Graham home to Westham

I'm on the Michu bandwagon!

froog

really tough one this.

nothing between bale, michu, RVP and tevez for me.

bale - looked good in match against newcastle. playing very high up.
michu - looks the real deal, nice home fixture against west ham.
RVP - should start, united to do one their famed "bounce backs". fulham notoriously poor away from home.
tevez - looked very sharp against southampton, main man with aguero out. liverpool look awful. my only worry here is pool will shut up shop to avoid embarrassment in front of the home fans.

Jimmy Iovine

froog wrote: »

really tough one this.

nothing between bale, michu, RVP and tevez for me.

bale - looked good in match against newcastle. playing very high up.
michu - looks the real deal, nice home fixture against west ham.
RVP - should start, united to do one their famed "bounce backs". fulham notoriously poor away from home.
tevez - looked very sharp against southampton, main man with aguero out. liverpool look awful. my only worry here is pool will shut up shop to avoid embarrassment in front of the home fans.

I don't think that it is in Rodgers' nature to do something like that. I'd say they'll come out and try to pass the ball again. If it works then the score will probably be low. If it doesn't then City could run riot.

I'm looking at Tevez myself. Don't have Michu. Have Graham but don't want to chance him.

grohlisagod

froog wrote: »

bale - looked good in match against newcastle. playing very high up.
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I thought Bale was terrible against Newcastle but I'll still probably end up captaining him.

Dont be at yourself

Nani home to Fulham

At the moment, Kagawa for me. Walker currently set as vice-captain, but tempted to bring Lennon in to replace Mata so he may get the nod.

Cantona's Collars

Nani home to Fulham

Kagawa with Michu as vc. I think Kagawa has the class to do damage to Fulham at Old Trafford.He was the only outfield player against Everton that did himself justice.

Stevecw

Graham home to Westham

Bale for me with Michu as vc

dahat

Kagawa home to Fulham

zerks wrote: »

Kagawa with Michu as vc. I think Kagawa has the class to do damage to Fulham at Old Trafford.He was the only outfield player against Everton that did himself justice.

Agree totally,looks proper clas.
Kagawa,Hazard,Cazorla all look top quality recruits to the EPL thiss eason and all pose many problems for FF players.......
Alot more quality in midfield than up front this season i think.

Lemlin

Graham home to Westham

I'll be following the FF Scout poll and going with it so it's Michu for me unless things change.

Mint Sauce

Wont be changing my winning formula.

Mr Moon

My advice for captain choice is always stick to a home player no matter how easy or tempting the fixture looks.

xerces

Kagawa home to Fulham

I voted for RVP, but I'm having second thoughts. I reckon RVP will start and I'd expect him to do the business in his first game in front of a home crowd, with the added hunger of losing the opening fixture, but....

Michu is awful tempting.

wnolan1992

I'm going for McLean. At home against Reading and he got 3 BP's last week, so hoping he'll come through for me.

Michu as VC I think.

The decisions I made last week bit me in the hole, so I'm willing to be putting McLean as captain will as well... :pac:

km79

Nani home to Fulham

Debating playing fairly safe and going with Kagawa (don't have RVP yet ) or chancing Graham ?

OctavarIan

Pretty much a coin flip for me between Michu and Bale. Ended up just going by the poll on FFScout and picking Michu. I don't think Swansea will turn over West Ham that easily but confident in Michu being involved in anything good that happens.

MikeCork2009

Nasri away to liverpool

Mr Moon wrote: »

My advice for captain choice is always stick to a home player no matter how easy or tempting the fixture looks.

I initially voted for Tevez, however, thinking more about it, Mr. Moon's advice is just so true. I got in Michu last Saturday, before Swansea's match ended, so I am going to give him the armband against West Ham at home, where Swansea were excellent for much of last season anyhow.

Lost a little ground last week by not having Hazard so hopefully captaining Michu might be a nice boost.

Deank

All of the Michu bandwagon hoppers may (I say may) be well disappointed, one game in a season, especially the first game do's not justify the madness of transfers in of him, give him 6 /8 games to get settled them get him in if he has proven himself...
For me captain this week shall be Ade - raring to go and WBA at home...

Who_8_Paul?

Deank wrote: »

All of the Michu bandwagon hoppers may (I say may) be well disappointed, one game in a season, especially the first game do's not justify the madness of transfers in of him, give him 6 /8 games to get settled them get him in if he has proven himself...
For me captain this week shall be Ade - raring to go and WBA at home...

Ade is risky I think, don't get me wrong, he was generally very good at home last year and I'm keeping him on the watchlist but it's a new manager and he may not be first choice before defoe or match fit with a limited preseason, saying that I'm going with RVP, who is a risky option this week too probably!

MikeCork2009

Nasri away to liverpool

Deank wrote: »

All of the Michu bandwagon hoppers may (I say may) be well disappointed, one game in a season, especially the first game do's not justify the madness of transfers in of him, give him 6 /8 games to get settled them get him in if he has proven himself...
For me captain this week shall be Ade - raring to go and WBA at home...

I picked Michu because I have Podolski (away to Stoke), Tevez (away to Liverpool) and Torres (not away but he's not reliable) up front. I do have Bale (home to WBA) but he didn't impress against Newcastle. So without wanting to take a point hit, because he is at home and because he impressed last week - I'm going with Michu

Jimmy Iovine

Any love for Tevez?

Deank

Who_8_Paul? wrote: »

Ade is risky I think, don't get me wrong, he was generally very good at home last year and I'm keeping him on the watchlist but it's a new manager and he may not be first choice before defoe or match fit with a limited preseason, saying that I'm going with RVP, who is a risky option this week too probably!

I've got good backup in Hazzard as VP, although Chelski have Newcastle I thinks he'll do the job if called on...

alchemist33

Nasri away to liverpool

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Any love for Tevez?

No, but I'm captaining him anyway. Otherwise it's Torres (ha!), Hazard (promising but even after last week, rotation is a risk), Kagawa (promising but United haven't hit the ground yet), Siggy (risky) or Graham (see last week).

With the way the votes are spread, captain choice is going to be a bag of laughs this weekend.

Jimmy Iovine

alchemist33 wrote: »

No, but I'm captaining him anyway. Otherwise it's Torres (ha!), Hazard (promising but even after last week, rotation is a risk), Kagawa (promising but United haven't hit the ground yet), Siggy (risky) or Graham (see last week).

With the way the votes are spread, captain choice is going to be a bag of laughs this weekend.

Ha I hate the chap but I think he's my only option really. Only other one I have is Bale. Tevez has two in his last two. Hope he keeps it up.

smokingman

Jelavic away to AVilla

All of a sudden, I'm thinking Sigurdsson at home to West Brom...him or Michu...grr....

Dietsquirt

Defoe

extra gravy

Torres home to Newcastle

Quote by Michael Laudrup on Danny Graham: "Every day the connection between Danny and Michu looks better and better and we can expect a lot from them. I don’t know what Danny’s record is, but if he stays fit I would say he can score between 15 and 20 goals in the Premier League.” Tempted to take a punt on him this week. He has only 7% ownership so if it works out, could be a nice little differential.

Grid.

Nani home to Fulham

Leaning towards Tevez or Kagawa.

Paully D

Kagawa home to Fulham

Van Persie or Bale, Van Persie or Bale, Van Persie or Bale. Went for Van Persie all week but strongly thinking about changing to Bale now.

S.M.B.

I'm struggling to come to a decision as I've no standout candidate.

Starting to think de Gea might be my best option.

Madness?

Jimmy Iovine

S.M.B. wrote: »

I'm struggling to come to a decision as I've no standout candidate.

Starting to think de Gea might be my best option.

Madness?

Kinda.

Post your team.

S.M.B.

Currently:

de Gea

Zabaleta
Rangel
Ivanovic

Nasri
Cazorla
Ramires
Michu

Tevez
Torres
Defoe

Federici
Jenkinson
Demel
Ireland

Scorpion Sting

I've gone with Nathan Dyer, hopefully he can do the biz against the Hammers with an assist or 2 or even a goal.

wnolan1992

S.M.B. wrote: »

Currently:

de Gea

Zabaleta
Rangel
Ivanovic

Nasri
Cazorla
Ramires
Michu

Tevez
Torres
Defoe

Federici
Jenkinson
Demel
Ireland

And you say you have no standout candidates?

Tevez, Michu, De Gea, Carzorla would all make great captains this week IMO.

I'd lean towards De Gea because I think he's likely to keep a clean sheet against Fulham, and might even pick up a few saves. Tevez would be a safer option though.

S.M.B.

wnolan1992 wrote: »

And you say you have no standout candidates?

Tevez, Michu, De Gea, Carzorla would all make great captains this week IMO.

I'd lean towards De Gea because I think he's likely to keep a clean sheet against Fulham, and might even pick up a few saves. Tevez would be a safer option though.

Well I didn't say I had a squad full of duds. Just no single player is jumping out. You've listed 4 alternatives for example.

Basically, I can think of numerous reasons not to captain each of my players.

De Gea is one that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere yet but I really think he could be a decent shout. Just wondering does the board agree/disagree.

Jimmy Iovine

S.M.B. wrote: »

Well I didn't say I had a squad full of duds. Just no single player is jumping out. You've listed 4 alternatives for example.

Basically, I can think of numerous reasons not to captain each of my players.

De Gea is one that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere yet but I really think he could be a decent shout. Just wondering does the board agree/disagree.

I'm not mad on the idea of captaining a keeper or a defender.

Chances are that said player will have to play brilliantly for 90 minutes to be guaranteed the clean sheet points. If they let in a freak goal after 5 minutes then the next 85 minutes are a waste and your captain pick is a write off.

Contrast that with Torres last week. Did nothing all game and still scored. De Gea would not get away with that, especially not against an in form Fulham team.

I think Tevez is your best bet with Cazorla/Michu vice captain.