[FPL] GW3 - Transfers

FatRat

I've 8.8 million available for a defender. Who should I get in?

MikeCork2009

Why would you spend that much on a defender???

Paully D

Huge money to spend on a defender but I'd go for Baines. Seen a stat on one of the official Premier League pages today that said he was top of chances created for them over the last two games, has chipped in with an assist and got 3 bonus points the other night too. Everton also look like their traditional slow start won't be any issue this season.

Munster Magic

FatRat wrote: »

I've 8.8 million available for a defender. Who should I get in?

What keepers/defenders have you already?

FatRat

There is no such thing as an 8.8 defender. I said I have it available. Basically saying I can get any defender in the game. You can recommend a 4.5 midfielder if you like. I'm thinking of getting Ashley Williams. Swansea look even better defensively than last year. It's worht investment. But Baines is looking very tempting.


Edit: I have: De Gea, Federici, Harte, Clyne, Zabaleta, Kaboul and Fabio. Fabio is the one I'm planning to get rid of.

roryc

Have to get rid of Clark now. 4.5m for a defender... Jenkinson the best shout? Not sure if he will get gametime, dont know much about him

dahat

roryc wrote: »

Have to get rid of Clark now. 4.5m for a defender... Jenkinson the best shout? Not sure if he will get gametime, dont know much about him

Cuellar of Sunderland........

Have to move Rooney for RVP....least i had the money to do so.....

Munster Magic

FatRat wrote: »

There is no such thing as an 8.8 defender. I said I have it available. Basically saying I can get any defender in the game. You can recommend a 4.5 midfielder if you like. I'm thinking of getting Ashley Williams. Swansea look even better defensively than last year. It's worht investment. But Baines is looking very tempting.


Edit: I have: De Gea, Federici, Harte, Clyne, Zabaleta, Kaboul and Fabio. Fabio is the one I'm planning to get rid of.

Neil Taylor, £5m with 2 clean sheets already and a great run of fixtures

roryc

dahat wrote: »

Cuellar of Sunderland........

Have to move Rooney for RVP....least i had the money to do so.....

Already have him. Annoying too as him not playing today brings in Clark for -3

S.M.B.

Key Decision #1

Bring Hazard in now even though he's not playing this week or not.

He'll probably rise another .2 million during the week and ideally I'd like to bring him in Friday before gameweek 4 but he could be gone up .5 million more by that stage.

Key Decision #2

Keep Torres which was never in the medium/long term plan.

Key Decision #3

Look at Manchester United players for the next 2 gameweek or be happy to do without until well into the season.

Lemlin

Transfer already done. Bale out. Kagawa in.

S.M.B.

Surprised with the Kagawa love in.

He's yet to really deliver points wise yet everyone seems to be claiming him as a must have for the season.

SpaceCowb0y

Not sure if im reading the FISO site right but Hazard is on 95% does that mean he's set to rise again? he's already at 9.7mil so he'l more then likely be upto 9.8mil tomorrow or am i way off the mark? How come Michu is at 240%???

Jimmy Iovine

Major advice needed.

Should I take a hit to get in Hazard and Michu?

I'd be shipping out Bale and Larsson. I have 4 million in the bank. Just concerned about the points. I have so few of them already I don't really want to be giving them up.

I didn't take a hit last season until the 3rd last week. I'm reluctant to do so this early in the season but I feel it's necessary. If I wait another week for Hazard he could be past 10 million.

S.M.B.

Do Larsson to Michu and keep Bale.

Hazard will be a maximum of 10 million next week and if you can clearly afford to take the price rise hit.

Benimar

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Major advice needed.

Should I take a hit to get in Hazard and Michu?

I'd be shipping out Bale and Larsson. I have 4 million in the bank. Just concerned about the points. I have so few of them already I don't really want to be giving them up.

I didn't take a hit last season until the 3rd last week. I'm reluctant to do so this early in the season but I feel it's necessary. If I wait another week for Hazard he could be past 10 million.

No, why take out Bale (home to Norwich) to replace him with Hazard who has no game?

Jimmy Iovine

Benimar wrote: »

No, why take out Bale (home to Norwich) to replace him with Hazard who has no game?

I don't know at this stage. I'm completely confused after today.

Bale hasn't offered anything at all for his price. I'll probably give him the week and then get rid for Hazard.

S.M.B.

I'm going to do Ramires to Pienaar before the price drop then use my other free transfer later in the week to do Torres to either Petric or Graham.

The following week will be Ireland (who will have dropped) to Hazard (who will have risen by some distance)

Feck it anyway, the games about points not pounds.

RB100

S.M.B. wrote: »

Surprised with the Kagawa love in.

He's yet to really deliver points wise yet everyone seems to be claiming him as a must have for the season.

if you don't have Kagawa then you might as well quit now!...ha only messing.
I have watched the 2 united games and he is very creative and will get points IMO.

My dilemma is buy back Torres now even though he is not playing
or
risk a price rise on him and use the transfer to ship Terry for someone else like Baines

S.M.B.

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I don't know at this stage. I'm completely confused after today.

Bale hasn't offered anything at all for his price. I'll probably give him the week and then get rid for Hazard.

Bale hasn't delivered the points but he's stats aren't the worst. He could do with a more prolific striker up front.

Regardless,

Bale + a game against Norwich > Hazard - 4 Points + no game next week + 0.3 million

Jimmy Iovine

S.M.B. wrote: »

Bale hasn't delivered the points but he's stats aren't the worst. He could do with a more prolific striker up front.

Regardless,

Bale + a game against Norwich > Hazard - 4 Points + no game next week + 0.3 million

Yea I've just done Larsson -> Michu.

Bale is going next week. If by some miracle he finds some form then I can always get Hazard in for Pienaar and I'd hopefully have a little left.

Shane732

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I don't know at this stage. I'm completely confused after today.

Bale hasn't offered anything at all for his price. I'll probably give him the week and then get rid for Hazard.

Not really true. Bale had 5 shots today, only Defoe and Lambert had more.

He also created 5 chances. Only Pilkington and Baines created more. Add that to the fact that Spurs had the most shots today and created the second highest amount of chances.

Give Bale a chance.

The only reason you'd get rid of Bale is if he's going to drop in value or you can't afford to wait to bring hazard in as he'll probably go up in value despite him not having a match next week.

Mr. Guappa

Hazard and Chelsea don't play in the PL again for 3 weeks. There is the Supercup, internationals and training in the meantime, giving plenty opportunity for injuries to occur. The absolute max that Hazard could be before the start of GW4 would be 10.3 (0.3 rise this GW and next). I'd fancy him to rise by 0.2 both weeks to be at 10.1.

Shane732

S.M.B. wrote: »

I'm going to do Ramires to Pienaar before the price drop then use my other free transfer later in the week to do Torres to either Petric or Graham.

The following week will be Ireland (who will have dropped) to Hazard (who will have risen by some distance)

Feck it anyway, the games about points not pounds.

It's about points yes but you need to get your team value up so you can afford to switch around later in the year or work in an extra "top" player.

basillarkin

Ive done Mata to Fellani eariler, my next one is VDeV to Hazard. I also like the look of Kagawa and will be getting him n at some stage

S.M.B.

Shane732 wrote: »

It's about points yes but you need to get your team value up so you can afford to switch around later in the year or work in an extra "top" player.

You may or you may not need to do that. I wouldn't take it as a given.

There is no guarantee that come the later stages of the season that the optimum squad to have will have a combined value of 115 million plus.

The best starting XI you could have had over the last 2 gameweeks cost £75.5 million. Add in a budget bench of say a generous £20 million and you could be top of the pile with a squad valued at £95.5 million.

Like I said, money really isn't everything in this game (but it certainly does help by giving you a greater range of permutations to chose from)

Shane732

Right I'm posting this in here as I'm specifically looking for advice in relation to transfers for GW3.

Here's my team: (I have £2.5m in the bank)



The questions:

• Should I take a 4 point hit to work 2 united players in?
• Transfer Cole to Rafael and Torres to RVP?
• Keep Torres and only transfer Cole out?
• Transfer Larsson out for Nasri and keep 3 Chelsea players?
• Transfer Cole out and Larsson to Kagawa?

carlcon

I'm supposed to be dropping Cole or Torres this week.

It's increasingly difficult to carry on without Hazard in my team though. He'll be 10m by the time I get him in if I wait instead of acting tonight.

Cole > Rafael was supposed to be the easy decision, but knowing that Hazard seems like a "must have" for the season is really messing with my head.

Taking a 4 point hit is an option, but then I'm losing 4 points so I can put in a player not playing to replace a player who can score me some points (probably Larsson. But then I remember the 4-point rule: It's worth it for long-term investments.

I have the savings in the bank, so the upgrade is no problem - I'm just hating the look of my team right now, and bringing in a player who's actually going to weaken it for a week at a cost of 9.7m seems a bit mad.

No doubt anyone else currently without Hazard is having a similar dilemma.

S.M.B.

I had and I've already made my decision to defer the Hazard move until next Saturday at the earliest.

I'm going to go so far and not make any change tonight in case one of my players manages to break their leg tomorrow somehow.

carlcon

Before the season started I went on and on about how I wasn't taking the game so seriously this season (mostly because I'm abroad now and don't have access to all of last seasons' sources) so to hell with it! Cole and Larsson out for Rafael and Hazard.

I'll have a full XI, but will only have one sub: Fabio away to City. Fingers crossed he won't be coming off my bench for a likely -7.:rolleyes:

Shane732

carlcon wrote: »

I'm supposed to be dropping Cole or Torres this week.

It's increasingly difficult to carry on without Hazard in my team though. He'll be 10m by the time I get him in if I wait instead of acting tonight.

Cole > Rafael was supposed to be the easy decision, but knowing that Hazard seems like a "must have" for the season is really messing with my head.

Taking a 4 point hit is an option, but then I'm losing 4 points so I can put in a player not playing to replace a player who can score me some points (probably Larsson. But then I remember the 4-point rule: It's worth it for long-term investments.

I have the savings in the bank, so the upgrade is no problem - I'm just hating the look of my team right now, and bringing in a player who's actually going to weaken it for a week at a cost of 9.7m seems a bit mad.

No doubt anyone else currently without Hazard is having a similar dilemma.

Torres is posing a real problem now.

The plan was to drop Torres and bring in Rooney/RVP (obviously RVP now) and drop Cole to bring in Rafael.

Now I'm not so sure.

I just had a quick look at your team and I'd have to say I think I'd take the plunge and get Hazard in. Hazard could well turn out to be a must have.

Ideally I'd like to know when the Sunderland game is likely to be played as if it's in the short term then I want to keep Larsson. There's little point in ditching him just to have to bring someone in for a DGW.

Benimar

S.M.B. wrote: »

I had and I've already made my decision to defer the Hazard move until next Saturday at the earliest.

I'm going to go so far and not make any change tonight in case one of my players manages to break their leg tomorrow somehow.

I always try to follow that policy, unless I've £0 in the bank and I have to make the transfer for financial reasons, and even then only if the transfer was one that had been on the cards ie: no chasing points.

Always dangerous making transfers before all your players have played. Happened to a number of players in GW1 with Aguero. Cost a lot of people 4 points and/or loss in value.

Also, if I made transfers on a saturday I'd never do any good at this game as the heart would rule the head. Too much emphasis is put on that days games to make 'logical decisions'.

An extra day or two gives the head a chance to get a word in

shadowcomplex

Anyone tempted by the 4.5m enablers kacaniklitc and guthrie

FatRat

I'm not rubbing it in or trying to look good here but..... Thank god I had Hazard from the start. I'd hate to be in the situation most people posting here are in!

Mr. Guappa

FatRat wrote: »

I'm not rubbing it in or trying to look good here but..... Thank god I had Hazard from the start. I'd hate to be in the situation most people posting here are in!

I had him pencilled in since the game opened, but I seriously reconsidered last weekend when I saw FFS and plenty around here going with Mata ahead of him. Luckily I stuck with Hazard. Plenty points hits and wildcards have been/will be used by others specifically just to get Hazard into their teams.

carlcon

FatRat wrote: »

I'm not rubbing it in or trying to look good here but..... Thank god I had Hazard from the start. I'd hate to be in the situation most people posting here are in!

Anyone who started with both Hazard and Michu must be laughing their arses off.

I forgive myself for Michu because nobody knew Swansea would start like Real Madrid - but having actively removed Hazard from my team so I could have Mata, I deserve all the "rubbing in" that comes my way, intentional or not.

S.M.B.

Which has been more accurate for price rises/falls?

Crack the Code or TotalFPL?

Because they're both showing vastly different info at times.

Mr. Guappa

S.M.B. wrote: »

Which has been more accurate for price rises/falls?

Crack the Code or TotalFPL?

Because they're both showing vastly different info at times.

Saw this asked on FFS earlier and the answer given was TotalFPL for price drops and FISO for increases. I've no idea how accurate that response actually is.

Steel Dog

roryc wrote: »

Have to get rid of Clark now. 4.5m for a defender... Jenkinson the best shout? Not sure if he will get gametime, dont know much about him

Since you have Cuellar how about Aaron Hughes of Fulham. Their next 7 fixtures are kind enuf bar a home Game against Man City.

RB100

Is Baines set to rise by much and the same for Torres?

swoody

is Adebayor worth a punt?

omniscient_toad

I was tempted (good upcoming fixtures) but I've held off Adebayor, Spurs look decidedly sluggish sofar and haven't generated much in the way of fantasy points (no cleansheets, one goal a match). He came on as a sub today as well (which makes the fact that both he AND Defoe are apparently rising ridiculous) so I'd wait until he nails down the starting spot beyond doubt and Spurs start performing.

Steel Dog

carlcon wrote: »

Before the season started I went on and on about how I wasn't taking the game so seriously this season (mostly because I'm abroad now and don't have access to all of last seasons' sources) so to hell with it! Cole and Larsson out for Rafael and Hazard.

I'll have a full XI, but will only have one sub: Fabio away to City. Fingers crossed he won't be coming off my bench for a likely -7.:rolleyes:

To be honest i think Larsson will lose his place to Adam Johnson so letting him go now is not a bad move. Not saying this will happen but i think it will be McLean and Johnson that will play for Sunderland. If you pull the trigger on the transfers and Larsson does not start next week you will have a smile on your face.

omniscient_toad

O'Neil must be tempted to try and squeeze him in somewhere though with Fletcher's head to aim at on set pieces. It's a hard one to be sure, we could see some tinkering week to week.

DazzlerIE

I took out Rooney there today and got Adebayor in ahead of his price rise

G1032

I have both Cole and Torres. Sold VDV last night. RVP will go up in price tonight. Is it now time to sell Torres, get in RVP and get Hazard next week? Getting in Hazard would then mean selling Toure or Cazorla.

Hogey007

roryc wrote: »

Have to get rid of Clark now. 4.5m for a defender... Jenkinson the best shout? Not sure if he will get gametime, dont know much about him

was just looking at my potential transfers and thinking how clark had really threw a spanner in the works because i already have 3 chelsea players (Cole, Hazard, Torres) who i was going to bench.
(thinking of using my transfer to get kagawa in for Ireland)

anyway, then i just thought, Clark hardly has a league cup match midweek? and as luck would have it he does.
So would i be right in saying that he'll get a 1 match suspension which will be for the league cup and he'll be available for next weekend?

Lemlin

Hogey007 wrote: »

roryc wrote: »

Have to get rid of Clark now. 4.5m for a defender... Jenkinson the best shout? Not sure if he will get gametime, dont know much about him

was just looking at my potential transfers and thinking how clark had really threw a spanner in the works because i already have 3 chelsea players (Cole, Hazard, Torres) who i was going to bench.
(thinking of using my transfer to get kagawa in for Ireland)

anyway, then i just thought, Clark hardly has a league cup match midweek? and as luck would have it he does.
So would i be right in saying that he'll get a 1 match suspension which will be for the league cup and he'll be available for next weekend?

He got a straight red I think so will get a 3 match ban.

Benimar

Lemlin wrote: »

He got a straight red I think so will get a 3 match ban.

No. A 3 game ban is only for violent conduct. A straight red for a 'last man' tackle is only a one game ban. Same happened Agger last week.

The idea that a straight red automatically equals a 3 match ban is a fallacy.

Lemlin

Benimar wrote: »

Lemlin wrote: »

He got a straight red I think so will get a 3 match ban.

No. A 3 game ban is only for violent conduct. A straight red for a 'last man' tackle is only a one game ban. Same happened Agger last week.

The idea that a straight red automatically equals a 3 match ban is a fallacy.

Good stuff so as I have Clark as well.

Shane732

Lemlin wrote: »

Good stuff so as I have Clark as well.

I don't know about that. -3 points might be a good return from Clark every week this year!