GW26 Captain Poll

roryc

Bit early in the week but I'm back in London from tomorrow morning and probably won't be on here much. Interested in what way people are going to swing this week, for me it's a two scouse race - Gerrard or Suarez.

Suarez: 17 goals 5 assists 22 BP's. Average of 6.1 points per game.
Current form over past 5 games 7 PPG. (10 games = 6.2 PPG)

Gerrard: 7 goals 12 assists 15 BP's. Average of 5.6 points per game.
Current form over past 5 games 7 PPG. (10 games = 7.7 PPG)

Both should be guaranteed to play the full 90 in both games, I can't see any reason (Europa league included) why this won't happen. After some thought I'm leaning toward's Gerrard for a few reasons:

• More likely to assist, even after Suarez moving back into a less attacking role behind Sturridge which should increase his assist count (and decrease his goals).
• If he does score/assist he's more likely to pick up BP's. In fact he's more likely to pick up BP's anyway, along with clean sheet points, so even if Gerrard drew a blank and Suarez scored 1 goal he could actually still outscore him over the two legs.
• Is currently on slightly better form than Suarez, seems to have gotten his confidence back since start of December.

Two home games against West Brom and Swansea do look great on paper. WB have 1 clean sheet in 15 while Swansea have a more respectable 5 over the same period. However both teams have already held Liverpool this season, with West Brom memorably hammering them 3-0 on the opening weekend of the season. Liverpool will want to push on and catch ground on Arsenal and local rivals Everton, especially after the last two games where they dropped points due to silly errors. I expect them to go all out to try and pick up 6 points here, and we could even see Swansea resting some players ahead of the cup final so there could be goals galore...

Iused2likebusts

roryc wrote: »

Bit early in the week but I'm back in London from tomorrow morning and probably won't be on here much. Interested in what way people are going to swing this week, for me it's a two scouse race - Gerrard or Suarez.

Suarez: 17 goals 5 assists 22 BP's. Average of 5.6 points per game.
Current form over past 5 games 7 PPG. (10 games = 6.2 PPG)

Gerrard: 7 goals 12 assists 15 BP's. Average of 6.1 points per game.
Current form over past 5 games 7 PPG. (10 games = 7.7 PPG)

Both should be guaranteed to play the full 90 in both games, I can't see any reason (Europa league included) why this won't happen. After some thought I'm leaning toward's Gerrard for a few reasons:

• More likely to assist, even after Suarez moving back into a less attacking role behind Sturridge which should increase his assist count (and decrease his goals).
• If he does score/assist he's more likely to pick up BP's. In fact he's more likely to pick up BP's anyway, along with clean sheet points, so even if Gerrard drew a blank and Suarez scored 1 goal he could actually still outscore him over the two legs.
• Is currently on slightly better form than Suarez, seems to have gotten his confidence back since start of December.

Two home games against West Brom and Swansea do look great on paper. WB have 1 clean sheet in 15 while Swansea have a more respectable 5 over the same period. However both teams have already held Liverpool this season, with West Brom memorably hammering them 3-0 on the opening weekend of the season. Liverpool will want to push on and catch ground on Arsenal and local rivals Everton, especially after the last two games where they dropped points due to silly errors. I expect them to go all out to try and pick up 6 points here, and we could even see Swansea resting some players ahead of the cup final so there could be goals galore...

good post suarez for me due to slight injury doubts over sturridge. Im staying away from gerrard as I want to keep my midfield intact for the following week plus they have good fixtures bar fellani this week.

roryc

this is an added reason why I'm captaining Gerrard, could do with a bit of a gamble. More people should pick Suarez and a lot won't even have Gerrard, so if he does score big then I should jump up the leagues a fair bit. It's like the difference between people who had Fellaini captained this week and those who didn't have him at all, a 30 point swing.

If I captain Gerrard and Suarez scores big I'll still get what Suarez scores (albeit not doubled), and I still expect a minimum of 5 or 6 points from Gerrard over the two games.

Iused2likebusts

roryc wrote: »

this is an added reason why I'm captaining Gerrard, could do with a bit of a gamble. More people should pick Suarez and a lot won't even have Gerrard, so if he does score big then I should jump up the leagues a fair bit. It's like the difference between people who had Fellaini captained this week and those who didn't have him at all, a 30 point swing.

If I captain Gerrard and Suarez scores big I'll still get what Suarez scores (albeit not doubled), and I still expect a minimum of 5 or 6 points from Gerrard over the two games.

good thinking if fellanis injured I have the money to do him to gerrard which I will do, already have sturridge and did rvp to suarez last night. If fellanis not injured I want to keep him so it would cost me 4 pts to upgrade puncheon to gerrard. For that reason Im getting in Reina which works out well as I can play federici in GW 27 so Reina in is the one liverpool transfer that doesnt effect GW27

John83

roryc wrote: »

this is an added reason why I'm captaining Gerrard, could do with a bit of a gamble. More people should pick Suarez and a lot won't even have Gerrard, so if he does score big then I should jump up the leagues a fair bit. It's like the difference between people who had Fellaini captained this week and those who didn't have him at all, a 30 point swing.

If I captain Gerrard and Suarez scores big I'll still get what Suarez scores (albeit not doubled), and I still expect a minimum of 5 or 6 points from Gerrard over the two games.

THIS!

Exactly why I'll probably captain Gerrard as well. It's a gamble bringing him in for me because I'll only have 10 starters the following week. Need him to perform and pay off my gamble.

Hogey007

gerrard will be my captain.

i don't have suarez and couldn't afford him without dropping rvp or taking a hit so just got sturridge in instead.
would've preferred to leave it to wait on more injury news but tevez dropping in price and sturridge rising in price twisted my arm into transferring sturridge in early.

jenno99

Will probably go for Suarez and voted for him, but my heart says Sturridge.

darego

between sturridge and michu for me.. it's on michu atm as he is due a few goals and has 2 games this GW to find his form again but might change it to sturridge if it looks like he will be back fit and starting for the first game! didn't get gerrard in as i fancy bale this week and over the next few GWs and i want a nice team put out for the GW after this also

Iused2likebusts

darego wrote: »

between sturridge and michu for me.. it's on michu atm as he is due a few goals and has 2 games this GW to find his form again but might change it to sturridge if it looks like he will be back fit and starting for the first game! didn't get gerrard in as i fancy bale this week and over the next few GWs and i want a nice team put out for the GW after this also

It was in yesterdays star a quote from laudrup saying michu has been great we cant expect his run of goals to continue and may need to give him a rest at some stage.

roryc

I would imagine there will be some people who don't realise it's a DGW and will still stick the captaincy on RVP, so a quiet game from him would be nice.

Tbh I'll be more annoyed if I captain Suarez and he does nothing than if I captain Gerrard and don't get a return. It's more of a gamble, so I'll have to accept it if Suarez goes and bangs in a hat-trick.

dahat

Stuuridge has taken alot of gloss from Suarez imo while he will still get assists i think the majority of goals and chances will come Sturridges way as he is playing way more central than Suarez..

I am looking to captain him as i think the injury is minor plus he is not eligible for the EL games,big swing in his favour imo.
I don't have nor can i fit Gerrard in so my choice is between those two

dahat

No Sturrdige,poll fail...........

roryc

Do you have both Sturridge and Suarez?

dahat

roryc wrote: »

Do you have both Sturridge and Suarez?

Yep,used my free to get Sturridge as i am going to keep him and sell Suarez when the DGW is over.
Having both may not be wise but having Ba was pure silly so sold Ba for Sturridge.

roryc

Yeah I can see the reasoning behind having both but I would be picking Suarez every time as captain. As much as I rate Sturridge, and he is playing higher, he is nowhere near as good as Suarez. I'd be surprised if he outscored him over two games.

As for no Sturridge option, I guess one of the mods can fix this? Can swap Aguero or Walcott for Sturridge, or add him as another option.

Lemlin

I don't have Gerrard and don't want to drop any of Mata, Bale or Walcott so I'm going with Suarez.

I'm not going to bother bringing in Sturridge either. Have decided my quartet of DGW players is enough.

alchemist33

I haven't made my 2 FTs yet and have no Liverpool players atm. I'm still undecided on whether to bring in Suarez for Aguero or Sturridge for Fletch (with Sturridge's injury doubt). The latter brings me closer to my preferred front three for the next few weeks (RVP, Aguero, Sturridge) but I'm not confident in captaining Sturridge. Likewise, I'm not dropping Mata, Walcott or Bale for Gerrard, even for a week. So, I'm not posting on this poll for a while yet.

G1032

I've a front three of RVP, Aguero and Sturridge

Going to captain Gerrard though.
While I'm hoping for a good return from Sturridge I'd be more confident of getting a good return from Gerrard.

roryc

Who will take Liverpool's penalties? They are surely due one soon (unless it's Suarez that goes down)

jenno99

roryc wrote: »

Who will take Liverpool's penalties? They are surely due one soon (unless it's Suarez that goes down)

Stevie G

S.M.B.

Gerrard is on penalties, stop over analysing the situation roryc.

roryc

Haha, it was an honest question... I assumed he would be but it's not like Pool have been awarded a whole lot in recent seasons.

S.M.B.

Gerrard took (and scored) one on Stephens Day with Suarez on the pitch.

SlickRic

it's Gerrard on penalties.

there's no question.

RIALTO1

roryc wrote: »

I would imagine there will be some people who don't realise it's a DGW and will still stick the captaincy on RVP, so a quiet game from him would be nice.

Tbh I'll be more annoyed if I captain Suarez and he does nothing than if I captain Gerrard and don't get a return. It's more of a gamble, so I'll have to accept it if Suarez goes and bangs in a hat-trick.

I wouldn't of thought anyone worth their salt would miss the fact that it's a DGW, so doubt that would be much of a factor.

roryc

You would be surprised, there'll be a few that miss it.

alchemist33

roryc wrote: »

You would be surprised, there'll be a few that miss it.

I'm convinced one of my rivals, an active player, missed his January WC, so it wouldn't surprise me.

Santi101

Suarez for me.

CSF

Planning Sturridge assuming he is fit.

Rastadoyle

is sturridge elligible for europa cup? also i can fit sturridge and suarez both up front. good or bad idea?

Iused2likebusts

Rastadoyle wrote: »

is sturridge elligible for europa cup? also i can fit sturridge and suarez both up front. good or bad idea?

not eligible. Good idea decide after this GW which of them you want to keep.

NabyLadistheman

Would i be mental to captain Glen Johnson? 2 possible clean-sheets, plays nearly as a right-winger, good chance of an assist or goal?

Suarezistheman

Suarezistheman wrote: »

Would i be mental to captain Glen Johnson? 2 possible clean-sheets, plays nearly as a right-winger, good chance of an assist or goal?

...And the men in white coats approach...





:pac:

manual_man

Suarezistheman wrote: »

Would i be mental to captain Glen Johnson? 2 possible clean-sheets, plays nearly as a right-winger, good chance of an assist or goal?

could work out well. way back when for gw1 i had ivanovic captained in my draft only to reshuffle last second and take him out, and we all know what he did that gw (johnson surely won't do that well, but 2 cs IS a possibility, as well as some possible attacking returns)

FutureGuy

Lads, I posted a blog on captains choice if ye want to take a gander!

http://fplstrategist.com/2013/02/08/gw26-captain-choice-the-analysis/

IvySlayer

I'm captaining Glen Johnson :pac:

Used my FT to being in Sterling this week.

billymitchell

IvySlayer wrote: »

I'm captaining Glen Johnson :pac:

Used my FT to being in Sterling this week.

Sterling hasnt really started much for Liverpool over the last while, bit of a risk, but best of luck with it

roryc

Going with Gerrard, and hoping he scores a couple more than Suarez.

Most importantly though is both to outscore Sturridge...

Iused2likebusts

suarez for me if sturridge was defo fit I would have went with him.

roryc

You think Sturridge will outscore Suarez if both get 90 minutes?

S.M.B.

roryc wrote: »

You think Sturridge will outscore Suarez if both get 90 minutes?

Why not?

He's outscored him in the last gameweek.
He's outscored him when combining the last two gameweeks together.
He's outscored him over the period of time Sturridge has been at the club.

Iused2likebusts

roryc wrote: »

You think Sturridge will outscore Suarez if both get 90 minutes?

toss of a coin really. Sturridge plays further forward so you would expect him to have more chances to score goals but suarez is clearly a better player and is more likely to pick up assist points to add to his goal threat

roryc

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

toss of a coin really. Sturridge plays further forward so you would expect him to have more chances to score goals but suarez is clearly a better player and is more likely to pick up assist points to add to his goal threat

This is my way of thinking exactly - he's playing further forward and has outscored him so far but I think this is just a good run. As you say, Suarez is clearly the better player. If I had both my captaincy would be on Suarez, no question. He has much more of a chance of going nuts and banging in a hat-trick.

I have a strong feeling Sturridge is going to get 2 points in each game. As I don't have him I'm hoping this is the case! As much as I rate Sturridge (and I was one of the few on here that said he was a great buy for Liverpool before he'd even played a match) I think he has overperformed so far.

bohsman

Sturridge for me, easy choice ahead of Davies, Michu and Reina

Iused2likebusts

roryc wrote: »

This is my way of thinking exactly - he's playing further forward and has outscored him so far but I think this is just a good run. As you say, Suarez is clearly the better player. If I had both my captaincy would be on Suarez, no question. He has much more of a chance of going nuts and banging in a hat-trick.

I have a strong feeling Sturridge is going to get 2 points in each game. As I don't have him I'm hoping this is the case! As much as I rate Sturridge (and I was one of the few on here that said he was a great buy for Liverpool before he'd even played a match) I think he has overperformed so far.

With sturridge cup tied for europa league if fit he was nailed on for 90 mins in both games. Suarez will defo start both games but wouldnt be surprised if he got taking off early 60 mins in the swansea game if the game was won and Liverpool need him to start the home leg against zenit. I got sturridge in in the first week of jan wildcard hasnt let me down yet.

Mint Sauce

Sturridge still doubtful. Captaincy could yet be handed to Michu.

kevohmsford

I went for Gerrard as captain this week. Close call between Michu and Gerrard for me anyway.

Dietsquirt

STURRIDGE 100%

Surprised it's not in the poll

roryc

It should be, you can't edit after it's been posted though. I was hoping a mod would add it but never happened

km79

Have it on Sturridge at moment . Other option is Michu.
Did Sturridge train today ?

alchemist33

IvySlayer wrote: »

I'm captaining Glen Johnson :pac:

Used my FT to being in Sterling this week.

And I'm captaining Enrique. I promised myself one outrageous captain punt this season, and I've been very sensible so far.

May the gods of FF be on our sides.