FPL GW 9 Captain

roryc

I'm hoping he rests Ramsey and Giroud, and Ozil goes nuts.

yozico

Palace are brutal and just lost their manager, Arsenal are top of the league and playing like a team that should be there. There's only one possible result........



.......Palace 1 - 0 Arsenal

prettyboy81

I am going Michu aka Other in the Poll

SpaceCowb0y

Said Suarez in the poll but could yet switch it to Ozil!

roryc

I have Ozil captained but will accept a clean sheet over anything else. Otherwise Mertesacker will have been a total flop. Can't understand Arsenal, they had a decent defence last year. Clean sheet in their first 3 PL games if I remember correctly, and 14 clean sheets over the year, more than one in every three games. Just one clean sheet in 8 this year, although bar the first game of the season it's always just one goal.

Lemlin

Ozil is leading the FFS poll on 31%. Closest behind is Suarez with 20% and then Giroud has 16%. Then there's a massive fall to Sturridge with 6%.

The one thing holding me back from Ozil is the chance of Wenger resting players. Cazorla could slot in and play in Ozil's position to give him a rest. Some of the Arsenal players looked dead on their feet on Tuesday night.

I might just buck my trend of going with the FFS poll and go for Suarez. He's had a nice long week's rest.

Lucas Hood

Remember the last time Liverpool played Wba and everyone was expecting them to hammer them it finished Liverpool 0-2 Wba .

Lemlin

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Remember the last time Liverpool played Wba and everyone was expecting them to hammer them it finished Liverpool 0-2 Wba .

Course I do. Gerrard missed a pen

Then in Liverpool's next game of that DGW I had Enrique, Suarez and Sturridge and they were rampant against Swansea. I finished on 127 or something for the week.

Mr.Prodston

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Remember the last time Liverpool played Wba and everyone was expecting them to hammer them it finished Liverpool 0-2 Wba .

I read today that Liverpool have lost their last 3 league games against WBA. Now I know that's not necessarily relevant to the present but still another niggling concern over picking Suarez all the same

loveBBhate

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Remember the last time Liverpool played Wba and everyone was expecting them to hammer them it finished Liverpool 0-2 Wba .

Don't remind me it was my very first Liverpool game! Gerrard missed a peno, Shelvey had a disallowed goal, Foster was unbeatable and Luakaku raped us he started as a sub in that game mind you!

Scorpion Sting

Think I'm gonna go with Ozil. He's the second most expensive player in my team playing Crystal Palace, surely he has to come good. Surely?!

Harvey Low Fat Milk

Suarez or Giroud for me, Giroud has been very unlucky the last couple of games to not score. Michu is looking in good form though and playing a West Ham team that traditionally doesn't travel well, makes him more than tempting.

loveBBhate

Harvey Low Fat Milk wrote: »

Suarez or Giroud for me, Giroud has been very unlucky the last couple of games to not score. Michu is looking in good form though and playing a West Ham team that traditionally doesn't travel well, makes him more than tempting.

Michu seems to be only banging them in in the Europa League though, 4-0 last week and not a sniff. I'd stick with Suarez/Giroud. Suarez at home, Giroud against a manager-less poor Crystal Palace Team and there's the off chance that West Ham will do to Swansea what they did away to Tottenham 3 weeks ago.

Harvey Low Fat Milk

loveBBhate wrote: »

Michu seems to be only banging them in in the Europa League though, 4-0 last week and not a sniff. I'd stick with Suarez/Giroud.

Yeah I probably will end up putting the armband on Suarez or Giroud, more a stray observation but I know Michu will produce the goods soon.

loveBBhate

Harvey Low Fat Milk wrote: »

Yeah I probably will end up putting the armband on Suarez or Giroud, more a stray observation but I know Michu will produce the goods soon.

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Irish Aris

I will stick with Suarez for another week. . . although I have this feeling that we might demolish Crystal Palace. . .

Lemlin

I've decided to go with Ozil. Suarez is tempting but WBA beat United away, gave Arsenal a tough game and are no push overs.

This one could be another Saints 1 Liverpool 0 type result.

AdMMM

The introduction of Bony to Swansea also means that Michu is no longer the lone wolf and will be playing deeper when both are on the pitch. He definitely isn't the fantasy football rampage machine that he was last year!

Fowler87

AdMMM wrote: »

The introduction of Bony to Swansea also means that Michu is no longer the lone wolf and will be playing deeper when both are on the pitch. He definitely isn't the fantasy football rampage machine that he was last year!

Bony was shocking last night with Michu the only player in attack that looked capable of doing anything so won't be surprised to see Michu lead the line and grab a goal or 2 at the weekend.

Lemlin

Fowler87 wrote: »

Bony was shocking last night with Michu the only player in attack that looked capable of doing anything so won't be surprised to see Michu lead the line and grab a goal or 2 at the weekend.

Michu's best position though is behind the striker IMO. Last year his best games were often when he played off Graham. As diabolical as Graham is, he was actually fairly decent at making runs which freed up space for the midfielders to run into.

I haven't seen much of Swansea this year but Bony doesn't seem to be doing that to the same effect.

MR NINE

Its a difficult decision this week. theres an annoying trend developing of bendtner getting a 15 minute run out at the end of games. if arsenal have the game wrapped up, it could be an even longer cameo. i like my captain to be guaranteed 90 mins so i think im gonna have to go with suarez, even though i expect arsenal to put a few past palace

moreau

MR NINE wrote: »

Its a difficult decision this week. theres an annoying trend developing of bendtner getting a 15 minute run out at the end of games. if arsenal have the game wrapped up, it could be an even longer cameo. i like my captain to be guaranteed 90 mins so i think im gonna have to go with suarez, even though i expect arsenal to put a few past palace

I could have written that post. We think the same re captain choice

Necronomicon

Lemlin wrote: »

I've decided to go with Ozil. Suarez is tempting but WBA beat United away, gave Arsenal a tough game and are no push overs.

This one could be another Saints 1 Liverpool 0 type result.

That's the way I've started leaning too. If Liverpool win, it will be by the odd goal IMO. WBA also won this fixture 2-0 last season if I remember correctly.

So now I'm just trying to choose between Giroud and Ozil.

Iused2likebusts

think Ill be on Ozil as I have 3 liverpool players and I already have too many eggs in that basket without giving suarez the armband.

Mint Sauce

Any updates on Ramsey, is he being rested. Although we thought he was being rested last week.

Swiper the fox

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Any updates on Ramsey, is he being rested. Although we thought he was being rested last week.

Wenger is not going to say what his team is.
Ramsey was rested last week but he was introduced when Flamini got injured.

eh i dunno

Gonna chance Suarez

extra gravy

Not going to take the chance that Ozil will be rested so going with Suarez, despite Michu temptation.

12gauge dave

ive picked giroud eventhough rooney could very well do the business imo

FHFC

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Wenger is not going to say what his team is.
Ramsey was rested last week but he was introduced when Flamini got injured.

I'm hoping that if he does decide to try again to rest Ramsey that it'll be a start or nothing situation, I.e. If he rests him no point in sending him on for 10 at the end barring injury. Will be keeping him in first 11.