Gameweek 5 Captain

Lucas Hood

Who'll be your captain this week ?

roryc

Sturridge

Tekkers again, or possibly Sturridge.

Iused2likebusts

Ozil

Probably walcott he could have had a hat trick last weekend and I think his pace and ozils vision is the perfect combination.

bo-sco

Ozil

Might do Walcott as well. Have Giroud and Sturridge as well but Walcott is going to score big sometime soon.

Swiper the fox

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Probably walcott he could have had a hat trick last weekend and I think his pace and ozils vision is the perfect combination.

Might do this myself, I'm currently on the Giroud bandwagon with my wildcard but I think he'll be out for Rooney next week, I'll be relying on Ozil to help Theo to over 20 goals this year.

cathalio11

Sturridge

Benteke.

Lemlin

Ben Arfa

Goal-a-game Sturridge at the minute.

I thought about Giroud but I'm mindful of Hughes' record against Arsenal and Stoke's performance last weekend against City.

Hughes knows how to stop Arsenal playing. Time and time again when he was Blackburn manager we basically played one up top with a bank of five and then a bank of four behind them.

There was no trying to attack apart from the odd venture up the pitch when the chance presented itself but even then the players were ready to get into defensive formation the minute it was needed.

I will be as normal sticking with the FFS poll though.

gimmick

Have it as Soldado at the moment as I dont think either RVP or Lambert will do much this week.

My midfield is poor so pointless and defender is too many eggs in one basket.

Algeria

Walcott

Giroud just pips Sturridge for me

I would say Southampton are better than Stoke, so Arsenal are more likely to score against Stoke than Pool against Southampton

Panthro

Ben Arfa

Can't decide between Studge, Tekkers or Giroud.
At the mo it on Sturridge.
But that could change.

Forever And Ever

Hazard

Soldado hat trick this week

roryc

Sturridge

No love for Benteke?

G1032

Ozil

Wolcott I'd say even though I could give it to any of my 3 strikers, Giroud, Benteke or Sturridge.
Walcott will probably get the nod

Forever And Ever

Hazard

roryc wrote: »

No love for Benteke?

Who have Villa got?

Harvey Low Fat Milk

Ozil

Walcott for me, have Soldado, RVP and Giroud up front but I fancy Walcott's pace against Stoke.

roryc

Sturridge

Forever And Ever wrote: »

Who have Villa got?

Norwich (A)

Forever And Ever

Hazard

roryc wrote: »

Norwich (A)

Lambert against his old side.

Ugh, I dunno.

Ive got Soldado-Sturridge-Giroud, I dont think I should break it up by getting Tekkers in

roryc

Sturridge

I'm hoping Soldado starts his season this weekend. Anything less than a brace and I'll be getting rid of him but would be nice to go out with a bang. I have him, Tekkers and Sturridge. All three are captaincy options, although I might go with Benteke based on the poll above. Would be a nice differential if he bangs in a few, which he's well capable of. I usually don't take risks with captaincy though, going with the obvious choice will work out best in the long run. Sturridge worries me this week without Coutinho.

Giroud can f**k off. Needs to remember he's not that good.

Forever And Ever

Hazard

roryc wrote: »

I'm hoping Soldado starts his season this weekend. Anything less than a brace and I'll be getting rid of him but would be nice to go out with a bang. I have him, Tekkers and Sturridge. All three are captaincy options, although I might go with Benteke based on the poll above. Would be a nice differential if he bangs in a few, which he's well capable of. I usually don't take risks with captaincy though, going with the obvious choice will work out best in the long run. Sturridge worries me this week without Coutinho.

Giroud can f**k off. Needs to remember he's not that good.

Santi101

Walcott

Giroud is a better option than Soldado, wont be outscored by him over the season and is cheaper...was a million cheaper before the latest rises. He's had a season in England and is gonna have a big season goalscoring wise.

Cardiff away will be tough for Spurs, can see a slip there tbh and I wouldnt expect a free-scoring game.

Kerrydude1981

Ozil

Walcott or Sturridge for me,probably go with Walcott he is getting a lot of chances and hopefully after last nights goal he let rip this weekend

Forever And Ever

Hazard

Giroud it is!

roryc

Sturridge

All aboard the 'Giroud trips up over his own feet while scoring an own goal in the first minute' train

Forever And Ever

Hazard

roryc wrote: »

All aboard the 'Giroud trips up over his own feet while scoring an own goal in the first minute' train

Have a feeling he's due a really bad injury

Doris300

Sturridge

Stoke are not gonna concede a lot so going with Benteke

Forever And Ever

Hazard

Doris300 wrote: »

Stoke are not gonna concede a lot so going with Benteke

You think?

Surely Ozil and Walcott will tear them apart?

Lemlin

Ben Arfa

Forever And Ever wrote: »

You think?

Surely Ozil and Walcott will tear them apart?

As I said above, I agree that Arsenal may not score alot.

Hughes knows how to play against Arsenal. Blackburn were very adept at beating them under him. Stoke will play with two banks of players. They'll be tough to break down.

In saying that, Giroud is leading the FFS poll so I may end up going with him.

premierstone

Walcott

Forever And Ever wrote: »

Have a feeling he's due a really bad injury

7 seasons as a pro and Giroud has never been injured, he's a tough boy

premierstone

Walcott

Lemlin wrote: »

As I said above, I agree that Arsenal may not score alot.

Hughes knows how to play against Arsenal. Blackburn were very adept at beating them under him. Stoke will play with two banks of players. They'll be tough to break down.

In saying that, Giroud is leading the FFS poll so I may end up going with him.

Stoke under Hughes are chalk and cheese with how Blackburn played under him. He didn't set up anything like that last week against City and they were robbed not to win the game, so I don't see why he would change against Arsenal.

Forever And Ever

Hazard

Lemlin wrote: »

As I said above, I agree that Arsenal may not score alot.

Hughes knows how to play against Arsenal. Blackburn were very adept at beating them under him. Stoke will play with two banks of players. They'll be tough to break down.

In saying that, Giroud is leading the FFS poll so I may end up going with him.

True.

Wonder if psychologically Ramsay still worries abour Shawcross?

Lucas Hood

Ben Arfa

Lemlin wrote: »

As I said above, I agree that Arsenal may not score alot.

Hughes knows how to play against Arsenal. Blackburn were very adept at beating them under him. Stoke will play with two banks of players. They'll be tough to break down.

In saying that, Giroud is leading the FFS poll so I may end up going with him.

I've done my homework on this .

Blackburn's record under Mark Hughes against Arsenal .
Played 11 W2 L7 D2 .
This includes League , League Cup & Fa Cup .

I think you may be exaggerating a little bit .

Lemlin

Ben Arfa

premierstone wrote: »

Stoke under Hughes are chalk and cheese with how Blackburn played under him. He didn't set up anything like that last week against City and they were robbed not to win the game, so I don't see why he would change against Arsenal.

Contrary to popular belief, Blackburn under Hughes played decent football.

The team had already been labelled long ball merchants, dirty kickers etc. when he arrived because Souness had us playing some terrible stuff. Hughes inherited a team on the bottom of the league who had players like Neill, Dickov, Flitcroft etc. The first season we battled our way away from relegation. There's no disputing that

Then Hughes gave MGP a chance, bought Bentley, Santa Cruz, Bellamy and we played decent stuff but didn't get the credit because of the seasons gone past. Then Sam arrived and we went back to the putrid stuff so Hughes' good time was forgotten about.

The reason he would change against Arsenal is that Stoke are away, not at home like last weekend and, I'm sure as well as us, Hughes reckons Stoke could be ripped apart if they go there chasing a win.

Lemlin

Ben Arfa

Lucas Hood wrote: »

I've done my homework on this .

Blackburn's record under Mark Hughes against Arsenal .
Played 11 W2 L7 D2 .
This includes League , League Cup & Fa Cup .

I think you may be exaggerating a little bit .

I could be. I just remember Blackburn regularly doing well against Arsenal - in particular a game where there was a touchline fracas in an FA Cup match because Fabregas walked up to Hughes at the end and said "that wasn't Barcelona football" in reference to Hughes previously playing for Barca.

Would you have a run down of those results? I'd be interested in seeing how many Arsenal put past us over those years.

Swiper the fox

Lemlin wrote: »

Contrary to popular belief, Blackburn under Hughes played decent football.

The team had already been labelled long ball merchants, dirty kickers etc. when he arrived because Souness had us playing some terrible stuff. Hughes inherited a team on the bottom of the league who had players like Neill, Dickov, Flitcroft etc. The first season we battled our way away from relegation. There's no disputing that

Then Hughes gave MGP a chance, bought Bentley, Santa Cruz, Bellamy and we played decent stuff but didn't get the credit because of the seasons gone past. Then Sam arrived and we went back to the putrid stuff so Hughes' good time was forgotten about.

The reason he would change against Arsenal is that Stoke are away, not at home like last weekend and, I'm sure as well as us, Hughes reckons Stoke could be ripped apart if they go there chasing a win.

You're a Blackburn fan!!!:eek::eek::eek:
Does this mean you were 8 years old in 1995 or is there some other reason?

Lemlin

Ben Arfa

Swiper the fox wrote: »

You're a Blackburn fan!!!:eek::eek::eek:
Does this mean you were 8 years old in 1995 or is there some other reason?

Probably for another thread but I turned on the TV back in 1993 and Rovers were beating Villa 3-0 and Villa were second in the league. I figured I might as well support these lads!

Anyway, back to FF. I'm surprised that is Hughes' record against Arsenal at Blackburn. Any chance of scores Lucas Hood? Would like to see how many they put past us.

I remember a couple of games where Henry and Van Persie lead us on a merry dance but we generally did well.

Edit: got them myself. 1-0, 3-0, 3-0, 1-0 win, 6-2, 2-0, 0-0 draw, 1-0 win, 1-1 draw, 3-2, 2-0.

Towards the end of Hughes reign when he got his spin on the team our record was 2 draws, a win and three losses. That must be the period I'm remembering. The 0-0 draw and subsequent 1-0 win were the FA Cup games I mentioned above where Fabregas made the comments after the game.

Lucas Hood

Ben Arfa

As always my source is Transfermarkt.com love that site .

Lemlin

Ben Arfa

Lucas Hood wrote: »

As always my source is Transfermarkt.com love that site .

That's where I pulled them from when I Googled it alright.

Fowler87

Ozil

Have it on Walcott atm but am really tempted by Moses considering he did well for me last week and with Coutinho out he should be even more of a threat.

Forever And Ever

Hazard

Fowler87 wrote: »

Have it on Walcott atm but am really tempted by Moses considering he did well for me last week and with Coutinho out he should be even more of a threat.

Did Walcott play well last night?

Mr.Prodston

Walcott

Michu could be a sneaky one. Will see how Swansea get on tonight but away games could nearly suit them better especially as Palace will be pretty gung-ho and I'd expect Swansea to hit them on the counter. Otherwise it's Giroud/Walcott or maybe even RVP. Give him another run-out to see if he can show me he deserves to stay over a Rooney/Suarez combo.

I don't expect much from Soldado away to Cardiff but hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

Basically I haven't made my mind up yet :pac:

CSF

Walcott

Sturridge at 11% is alot lower than I'd have expected.

Forever And Ever

Hazard

CSF wrote: »

Sturridge at 11% is alot lower than I'd have expected.

The uncertainty over him ebing fit for Swansea would have resulted in a few exclusions.

Plus the impending return of Suarez

Lemlin

Ben Arfa

Forever And Ever wrote: »

The uncertainty over him ebing fit for Swansea would have resulted in a few exclusions.

Plus the impending return of Suarez

I think Suarez can only help Sturridge. Sturridge will continue to play through the middle and Liverpool will be more creative with Suarez.

CSF

Walcott

Lemlin wrote: »

I think Suarez can only help Sturridge. Sturridge will continue to play through the middle and Liverpool will be more creative with Suarez.

Suarez wouldn't be renowned for his unselfish play though.

Forever And Ever

Hazard

Lemlin wrote: »

I think Suarez can only help Sturridge. Sturridge will continue to play through the middle and Liverpool will be more creative with Suarez.

This is true

eire_lad

Eriksen

did a transfer Noland for Ben arfa this week... was goin to put him as my captain but too unreliable..

think michu, bit of form, away to crystal palace worth a punt

Ice87

Ben Arfa

Sturridge for me. Was thinking of Walcott but stoke are looking really organised this season so I expect a close game. Arsenal also played midweek so that's another negative.

Lemlin

Ben Arfa

Giroud currently leading the FFS poll by 5% and 300 votes so looks like I'll be going with him. My own gut choice would be Sturridge.

Strange to see RVP languishing down at 4%!

Rooney

I'll be going with rvp anyway. I've a feeling united are gonna do a number on city.

jma

Walcott

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'll be going with rvp anyway. I've a feeling united are gonna do a number on city.

I have a feeling City are going to do a number on United.

Lemlin

Ben Arfa

I've a feeling it could be a boring 0-0 :pac: