Christmas essentials

SpaceCowb0y

Just wondering who people think are the "must haves" over the Christmas run of games as there is basically 4 gameweeks over the course of two weeks. With rotation being rampant in most of the big clubs its hard to know who to pick!

darego

definitely cazorla. guaranteed starter and some nice fixtures

manual_man

Lucas Leiva

Ice87

Yaya.

SpaceCowb0y

manual_man wrote: »

Lucas Leiva

Ah heyor... leave it bleedin' out!

dahat

Santa

Robdoo

David Silva

q2ice

Torres

Ted_YNWA

dahat wrote: »

Santa

Santa Claus or Santi Carzola

dahat

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Santa Claus or Santi Carzola

Both!!!!

jolim24601

Bale Bale Bale pending fitness

one of Mata/Hazard/Torres/Terry

manual_man

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Miss Santa Claus or Santi Carzola

Tough choice, but Cazorla would be gettin the boot

GetWithIt

15 guaranteed starters.

Also, players whose name can be turned into a Xmas pun - think Roque Santa Cruz hat-trick.

So; Santa Cazorla, Merry Figueroa and Carol Cuellar.

Hogey007

GetWithIt wrote: »

15 guaranteed starters.

Also, players whose name can be turned into a Xmas pun - think Roque Santa Cruz hat-trick.

So; Santa Cazorla, Merry Figueroa and Carol Cuellar.

i'll stick with Robin van persie.

Benimar

GetWithIt wrote: »

15 guaranteed starters.

This. Christmas is not a time to be taking 'punts'. 15 nailed on players is a must so that when 2 or 3 are inevitably 'rested' (hate that word!) you will still be able to field a starting XI.

2 points is better than no points!

Santi101

Dunno about Cazorla tbh, as an Arsenal fan he does have a good few quiet games but then is capable of a high scoring week.

Interesting is that he seems to be playing deeper and deeper with Wilshere back in the side(who is driving forward), might hinder his chances for goals/assists.

I'm on the brink of moving Cazorla on but will see how this GW goes with Reading tonight. We've West Ham and Newcastle at home after which seem ideal but these are the type of matches where we'll struggle to break a side down.

amber69

Benimar wrote: »

This. Christmas is not a time to be taking 'punts'. 15 nailed on players is a must so that when 2 or 3 are inevitably 'rested' (hate that word!) you will still be able to field a starting XI.

2 points is better than no points!

Agreed I had demel on bench for about 10 gws he was my only sub this week and will come in for 6 points

El festino

Santi101 wrote: »

Dunno about Cazorla tbh, as an Arsenal fan he does have a good few quiet games but then is capable of a high scoring week.

Interesting is that he seems to be playing deeper and deeper with Wilshere back in the side(who is driving forward), might hinder his chances for goals/assists.

I'm on the brink of moving Cazorla on but will see how this GW goes with Reading tonight. We've West Ham and Newcastle at home after which seem ideal but these are the type of matches where we'll struggle to break a side down.

I guess you have moved Santi on after last night I think Walcott played a key role last night creating space..much more fluidity and movement than Giroud.

Santi101

Haha, I guess patience can indeed pay off. Cazorla has been frustrating the life out of me for weeks!!

roryc

He went three weeks without scoring, have patience! Can't have a team of RVP's...

KevIRL

underpants

manual_man

KevIRL wrote: »

underpants

i hope you wrote your letter in time

KevIRL

manual_man wrote: »

i hope you wrote your letter in time

Likely to be a close run thing I reckon

Santi101

roryc wrote: »

He went three weeks without scoring, have patience! Can't have a team of RVP's...

He was playing pretty badly(mediocre at best) for a good stretch though, probably me being over critical as an Arsenal fan but he looked to be tiring out which isnt unheard of with new players to the PL, that was the basis of my thinking behind possibly shifting Santi on. Hazard has looked quiet for a good while, Silva dipped noticeably in this calendar year after an explosive half a season in 11/12. Bar the Spurs game, Cazorla had 7 or 8 not so good matches around that....got a late consolation at United after doing nothing for the whole game, and got an assist at home to West Brom when he dived for the penalty.......:D...gotta love FF! Then BOOM! Destroys Reading last night.

He's crossed the 100 mark now which is great so I'll stick with him for now, Arsenal have a rotten run in January and no squad depth so I'll see what happens with Santi. Definitely want to get Mata back in at some stage and I think Hazard will explode into life again soon!

roryc

I agree, I'll probably still get rid of him in the Wildcard.

Hopefully he destroys Southampton before that though!

thomasm

Arsenal and West Ham is cancelled on the 26th. Needs to be factored in

TheEscapist

Rooney will pick up a lot of points over Christmas and looking at the fixtures there could finally be clean sheets for United so I'm gambling on Rafael with the hope for assists and bonuses.

Also think Podolski could be coming into some points over the next few GWs.

Jax Teller

TheEscapist wrote: »

Rooney will pick up a lot of points over Christmas and looking at the fixtures there could finally be clean sheets for United so I'm gambling on Rafael with the hope for assists and bonuses.

Also think Podolski could be coming into some points over the next few GWs.

Rafael is injured

TheEscapist

Jax Teller wrote: »

Rafael is injured

Thought he was due back for next GW?

manual_man

TheEscapist wrote: »

Thought he was due back for next GW?

Might be back for next gw. Out for this one though