January wildcard

Mr.Prodston

qwabercd wrote: »

I can afford Ade but I'm gonna take a punt on Bony. Seems to be coming into a bit of form and Swanse have some nice fixtures next 6 gws.

I'd like to chance him but I chanced Michu earlier in the year under very similar circumstances and Ashley Williams too for good measure and got very badly burned by Swansea. I think to the point of not going near them again this season unless I get a very reason to do so.

The Europa will be kicking off in a few weeks and they're still in the FA cup. The squad is stretched too. But in saying all that an in-form Bony could trump all of that logic.

Hogey007

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Ye I was thinking the giroud to ade and aj to ramsey(when fit is the ideal scenario). You could leave enough money to upgrade AJ to ramsey in a gameweek or two. I could be totally wrong about AJs gametime but he is only 18 and there are 3 quality players coming back into the utd attacking mix now.

no you're right, he is a gamble and if he didn't have cardiff at home this week or if there was another stand out player in his price range i'd move him on.
And i know as a united fan i am also being swayed by his brilliant performances of late which as you say, isn't turning into huge FF points.
There is also that doubt with him of you never know if he'll start or come on for a 1 pointer.
but he has been that good lately that i want to give him a week or two while united have decent fixtures and then ramsey will be back playing.

Danger781

Are people bringing in Ramsey for their wildcard before tomorrow evening? I'm looking at bringing him in rather than needing to worry about it in a week or two. However, with Coleman also injured I worry about having two on the bench not getting minutes.

I'll keep Cabaye otherwise, temporarily. Would love Eriksen but then I'm over reliant on Tottenham.

Ramsey/Cabaye + Adebayor

vs

Ramsey/Eriksen + Bony

I prefer option one

SantryRed

Lemlin wrote: »

What about Noone from Cardiff? Only 4.3 and had a very good game against City where he scored. Ole has been talking him up as well:

"Noone is a terrific little player," said Solskjaer.

"He causes defenders problems with his pace and his technique, he can go inside and outside. He's got a good left foot, but he can cross it with his right. He got us back in the game with a great goal and his performance was one of his best. He's not played that many Premier League games so to come here and play like that shows courage. That is what we need. Courage to get on the ball at places like this.

Had money on Cardiff at the weekend so was watching their FA Cup game. He was very impressive when he came on. Tricky winger who isn't afraid to get on the ball at all. The only problem I have is Cardiff as a team look dreadful. Marshall had to make some brilliant saves for them to win 1-0. I think their clean sheet potential may have gone now to be honest, definitely won't be looking at bringing in Marshall at all now.

Thatsfootball

Anyone got ideas for this?
Boruc Speroni
Chester Mert Coleman Gabbidon Vlaar
Hazard Ozil Januzaj Cabaye Noone
Suarez Aguero Lukaku

Want to get Mata, but is it worth taking out Ozil for him?

Also thinking Ade/Bony, especially with Traore signed for Everton now.

Also 0.2 in bank

smog

Folks, What is the deal with Monreal?
Thinking of downgrading Mert for him, at 5.1 looks viable but unsure if he will hold his place

smog

Danger781 wrote: »

Are people bringing in Ramsey for their wildcard before tomorrow evening? I'm looking at bringing him in rather than needing to worry about it in a week or two. However, with Coleman also injured I worry about having two on the bench not getting minutes.

I'll keep Cabaye otherwise, temporarily. Would love Eriksen but then I'm over reliant on Tottenham.

Ramsey/Cabaye + Adebayor

vs

Ramsey/Eriksen + Bony

I prefer option one

Personally im looking at Ramsey+ Cabaye + Adebayor
with Cabaye -> Eriksen if Cabaye's transfer goes through.
My issue is too many unknowns that i may need another WC next week

Swiper the fox

I'm thinking about activating it this gameweek rather than waiting for later in the week, I'm thinking of sucking up the price rise I will lose on Mata by tomorrow as I'm hopeful Januzaj will play tomorrow night, if he starts I'm confident he can get in the points so I'll leave well alone. I've almost come around to the opinion which has been rampant here that he will achieve significantly less league game time from here on although I'd have him in the team every week myself. I'm going to give it a bit more consideration.

What are the best options for a 4.1 or lower defender, do ye think Fabio will become a regular for Cardiff? Is Alex Bruce in danger of losing his place to McShane?

Iused2likebusts

Swiper the fox wrote: »

I'm thinking about activating it this gameweek rather than waiting for later in the week, I'm thinking of sucking up the price rise I will lose on Mata by tomorrow as I'm hopeful Januzaj will play tomorrow night, if he starts I'm confident he can get in the points so I'll leave well alone. I've almost come around to the opinion which has been rampant here that he will achieve significantly less league game time from here on although I'd have him in the team every week myself. I'm going to give it a bit more consideration.

What are the best options for a 4.1 or lower defender, do ye think Fabio will become a regular for Cardiff? Is Alex Bruce in danger of losing his place to McShane?

One of yoshida or hoolveld both 4.1 will be starting for southampton due to fonte/lovrens injury cant remember which one is injured. You will know the teams before the deadline bar the arsenal fixture this gw saints have great fixtures.

Dearg81

Swiper the fox wrote: »

What are the best options for a 4.1 or lower defender, do ye think Fabio will become a regular for Cardiff? Is Alex Bruce in danger of losing his place to McShane?

I'm looking at bringing in Collins (West Ham), after the Chelsea match they have SWA avl NOR SOT. They're usually solid enough at home against the smaller teams even though their form has been pretty bad of late.

Scorpion Sting

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

One of yoshida or hoolveld both 4.1 will be starting for southampton due to fonte/lovrens injury cant remember which one is injured. You will know the teams before the deadline bar the arsenal fixture this gw saints have great fixtures.

Lovren's out. Should be Yoshida starting, I think Hooiveld is an atrocious defender.

8-10

smog wrote: »

Folks, What is the deal with Monreal?
Thinking of downgrading Mert for him, at 5.1 looks viable but unsure if he will hold his place

Gibbs is working back from injury and would threaten his place.

Swiper the fox

Dearg81 wrote: »

I'm looking at bringing in Collins (West Ham), after the Chelsea match they have SWA avl NOR SOT. They're usually solid enough at home against the smaller teams even though their form has been pretty bad of late.

Cheers, Reid will probably be back at the weekend though which will make them much better at the back but put Collins place in jeopardy.

Yoshida is interesting, he's only 4m, if Southampton make no more moves in the market he could get a nice run in the team.

smog

8-10 wrote: »

Gibbs is working back from injury and would threaten his place.

May keep the .3 aside so for an upgrade depending on team news tomorrow, Thanks!

CrabieCrawford

Think iv settled on this: Playing mostly 3-5-2 or 3-4-3

Szczesny /Davis
Mertesacker Coleman Mariappa Bruce Yoshida (will check the lineups before I finalise Yoshida)
Yaya Hazard Mata Noone Johnson (want Ramsey instead of Johnson but struggling for money)
Aguero Suarez Berahino (hopefully will get more time since Long left, and especially if anelka gets a ban)

Happy enough apart from Johnson, I could take a punt on some new signings, maybe Zaha or Ince if he gets his move.

Any suggestions?

Danger781

Settling on this for now..

• Not plannong on rotating keepers. I won't be too far off those who do in the end, more than likely. Happy enough to stick with it.
• Coleman injury doesn't look too serious. He should be back by GW26 for Palace I reckon.
• Baker is very likely to be back this weekend. Took a ball to the face against Arsenal and got stretchered off. Felt 'groggy' last week so wasn't featured in the 'Pool game. Not really much other options in the 4.0 or less bracket. Would be tempted to include Yoshida if I knew how long Lovren was out. Chambers not likely to get regular game time. Don't want to waste a transfer on getting them out in the next week or two.
• Evans I'm not set on. United have some great games and are starting to play well again though. Willing to take a punt since he is a guaranteed starter, especially with Vidic out. (Perhaps being a United fan is blinding me, who knows).
• Midfield speaks for itself. Thanks to you lads for the Noone recommendation. Was planning on sticking with Morrison at 0.3 more.
• Bony bandwagon is calling my name but Adebayor is more consistent.

On Bony..
3 goals in the last 3 games is pretty decent. Seems to be hitting a decent spell of form and I'd be confident in him scoring well over the next few games as well. In the last 3 games he has had 7 shots on target, 7 shots off target, 3 goals scored. Also created 2 chances for his team in that time.

In comparison to Adebayor:
Only played 6 games back in the team. In that time he he scored 5 goals with 10 shots. 7 of them on target, and 3 off. So he has scored in 6 of the 7 times he got his shot on target. On top of that he has created 8 chances for his team and 2 assists.

Side-by-side there is no competition for me. I know numbers only mean so much, but they do help.

Santi101

Are United really starting to play well again?

Recent results look pretty disastrous to me. Mata is a big signing but its not like United werent screwing games up when Rooney and RVP played.
I'll possibly have a look at Hazard >> Mata in a few weeks as I rate Mata higher but Hazard is having a pretty good season.

Santi101

smog wrote: »

Folks, What is the deal with Monreal?
Thinking of downgrading Mert for him, at 5.1 looks viable but unsure if he will hold his place

Gibbs is undisputed number 1 in Wenger's eyes. He does miss games here or there through injury or when he's returning but Wenger rates him higher than Monreal.

I like Monreal but no point fretting over whether a player starts every week.

Dearg81

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Cheers, Reid will probably be back at the weekend though which will make them much better at the back but put Collins place in jeopardy.

Yoshida is interesting, he's only 4m, if Southampton make no more moves in the market he could get a nice run in the team.

Yea they look like the best 2 options. I'd expect Fat Sam to play Collins ahead of Roger Johnson mainly because Johnson is crap but it's probably best to wait and see.

FHFC

This is very close to final.

Will swap the double Arsenal to Distin in a few of weeks. Can't justify the extra 1.5mil for Coleman for a chance of some goals.

Will swap Cabaye & Puncheon to Silva & Noone/Meyler for GW25.

I think if ever there was a time to take a punt on Man U by doubling up its now.

Thanks a lot for the Yoshida tip folks. Was gonna go Boruc and Davis with no rotation keeper but can do this instead and have a second playing keeper for just 0.3m more thanks to Yoshida.

Any thoughts....I know its out there but thats what I want.

Lots of work done today as you can see, starting to hate these wildcard weeks...

Danger781

Santi101 wrote: »

Are United really starting to play well again?

Recent results look pretty disastrous to me. Mata is a big signing but its not like United werent screwing games up when Rooney and RVP played.
I'll possibly have a look at Hazard >> Mata in a few weeks as I rate Mata higher but Hazard is having a pretty good season.

United played very well against Chelsea in my opinion. The result really doesn't show it, but I was still pleased with the performance for the first hour or so. It certainly wasn't good enough to win by any means, but if United scored first I think they could have gotten a draw. Playing Januzaj up front made no sense.

They played fantastic football against Swansea in the second half. If you ignored the first half it was another good performance! :pac:

Just looking at their last 7 league games:

United 3 - 0 Villa
Good performance, although Villa really really underperformed. Still, a CS all the same.

United 3 - 1 West Ham
United pretty much controlled most of this game. 57% possession and 16 chances created. Only conceded due to a very silly mistake from Buttner playing Cole onside.

United 3 - 2 Hull
Two very early goals conceded within the first 15 minutes. United looked completely unorganised.

United 1 - 0 Norwich
United 1 - 2 Spurs
United 2 - 0 Swansea
United 1 - 3 Chelsea

3 CS in the last 7, which should have been 4 had Buttner not been put on. Seems decent enough to me!

FHFC

Danger781 wrote: »

• Coleman injury doesn't look too serious. He should be back by GW26 for Palace I reckon.
• Evans I'm not set on. United have some great games and are starting to play well again though. Willing to take a punt since he is a guaranteed starter, especially with Vidic out. (Perhaps being a United fan is blinding me, who knows).

I think United will socre more than they concede similar to last year with the attacking options they have signed / returing in Mata, RVP and Rooney. With their current midfield they will concede goals. If they signed Cabaye or Fellaini came into his own maybe... You have no Southampton defence there, you could go with Yoshida for 1m less than Evans.

See above for my final position on Coleman,Distin at 5.2 does covers you against Everton CS and he also get bonus pts.

These changes would both save you 2.5m if you wanted to, which could give you some more options re maybe Baker and having a sub keeper which may be important in the fixture chaos.

Good team though, those are only devils advocate points.

Finally. SILVA....good man!!!

FHFC

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/alan-pardew-not-confident-keeping-6598411

Cabaye edging closer to the door.

If I could get Norwich game out of him I'd be happy....

G1032

Looking at this team at the moment

Danger781

FHFC wrote: »

I think United will socre more than they concede similar to last year with the attacking options they have signed / returing in Mata, RVP and Rooney. With their current midfield they will concede goals. If they signed Cabaye or Fellaini came into his own maybe... You have no Southampton defence there, you could go with Yoshida for 1m less than Evans.

See above for my final position on Coleman,Distin at 5.2 does covers you against Everton CS and he also get bonus pts.

These changes would both save you 2.5m if you wanted to, which could give you some more options re maybe Baker and having a sub keeper which may be important in the fixture chaos.

Good team though, those are only devils advocate points.

Finally. SILVA....good man!!!

I'd feel bad getting rid of Coleman Also, Distin does not get BP's. He has only gotten 6 all season. Only one I'd consider for Coleman would be Jagielka and that is pointless.

8-10

Danger781 wrote: »

I'd feel bad getting rid of Coleman Also, Distin does not get BP's. He has only gotten 6 all season. Only one I'd consider for Coleman would be Jagielka and that is pointless.

Not Baines??

Swiper the fox

G1032 wrote: »

Looking at this team at the moment

Have you sore eyes yet??:pac:

8-10

FHFC wrote: »

This is very close to final.

Will swap the double Arsenal to Distin in a few of weeks. Can't justify the extra 1.5mil for Coleman for a chance of some goals.

Will swap Cabaye & Puncheon to Silva & Noone/Meyler for GW25.

I think if ever there was a time to take a punt on Man U by doubling up its now.

Thanks a lot for the Yoshida tip folks. Was gonna go Boruc and Davis with no rotation keeper but can do this instead and have a second playing keeper for just 0.3m more thanks to Yoshida.

Any thoughts....I know its out there but thats what I want.

Lots of work done today as you can see, starting to hate these wildcard weeks...

Too much $ in attack. No Yaya Toure. Like the Arsenal double up but would prefer to see Mertesacker in there. Have you considered Rooney over RVP? Would still be too much in attack IMO but would give you $$ and United coverage.

Hogey007

Santi101 wrote: »

Are United really starting to play well again?

Recent results look pretty disastrous to me. Mata is a big signing but its not like United werent screwing games up when Rooney and RVP played.
I'll possibly have a look at Hazard >> Mata in a few weeks as I rate Mata higher but Hazard is having a pretty good season.

played 8 with both of them, won 6 and drew 2, just saying :cool:

PARlance

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Have you sore eyes yet??:pac:

That team will struggle with corners....

FHFC

8-10 wrote: »

Too much $ in attack. No Yaya Toure. Like the Arsenal double up but would prefer to see Mertesacker in there. Have you considered Rooney over RVP? Would still be too much in attack IMO but would give you $$ and United coverage.

I know its very big investment up front, but my team value is 112m with resale sitting over 108 so I think I can pull it off while having a defence on a par with a lot of teams. One of the sacrifices I'm making is downgrading Mert, who I have, to Kos but I may yet be able to avoid that with a bit fiddling around on my cheapie mids. Can keep Merts in while I have the double Arsenal I think.

I'm really interested in a punt on RVP for Uniteds good fixtures and the differential value of having RVP, Aguero and Suarez.

I may step it back to Rooney or Ade and upgrade elsewhere over time. If RVP starts tomorrow night this will probably be my plan for the next month or two.

Oh, and as for no Yaya, dont get me started on that again, lets just say it been the subject of long consideration and could be rectified if and when downgrading RVP.

Swiper the fox

Any opinions on Frazier Campbell for Cardiff? Will the incomings affect his gametime (Kenwyne Jones), Cardiff have amazing fixtures for 6 weeks after tomorrow! This very cheap third striker allows me considerable leeway everywhere else.

This wildcard is a pain in the hole, I'm only tinkering since this morning without even knowing for sure if I'll activate it this gameweek but I can't get a single other thing done.

G1032

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Have you sore eyes yet??:pac:

Lol.
Just realised now that it was so small. Posted it on the mobile from imageshack.
Ah well. I'll no doubt have a different team to post later this evening

FHFC

Swiper the fox wrote: »

I can't get a single other thing done.

THIS!!! :mad::mad:

8-10

FHFC wrote: »

Oh, and as for no Yaya, dont get me started on that again, lets just say it been the subject of long consideration and could be rectified if and when downgrading RVP.

That's fair enough. I'd be afraid not to have him but you have a plan to get him in so that's good enough for me. City midfielders and Everton defenders are the only glaring omissions but you've thought that through and have plans for future weeks so can't fault it overall

FHFC

8-10 wrote: »

That's fair enough. I'd be afraid not to have him but you have a plan to get him in so that's good enough for me. City midfielders and Everton defenders are the only glaring omissions but you've thought that through and have plans for future weeks so can't fault it overall

Silva is certainly in, just chancing it while City have a couple of tricky ones. I Cabaye goes that plan is goosed though...

8-10

FHFC wrote: »

Silva is certainly in, just chancing it while City have a couple of tricky ones. I Cabaye goes that plan is goosed though...

Mata out in that scenario. I'm not convinced he'll score more than Yaya from here to the end of the season.

Fizman

WC team will be finalised tonight, currently looking this:

Cech Davis

Koscielny Baines Clyne Mariappa Bruce

Mata Yaya Lallana Ramsay Noone

Suarez Aguero Sturridge

FHFC

8-10 wrote: »

Mata out in that scenario. I'm not convinced he'll score more than Yaya from here to the end of the season.

I'm thinking Mata, Silva and Hazard and two cheapies. Or possibly an Arsenal mid for Mata.

More likely thought the double United attackers will only be temporary and I'll have Mata, Hazard, Silva and another top midfielder with a cheaper forward line.

Fenson

Hey! What do you think about my team? I have activated WC in previous week, cuz the Aguero prise rising.



I'm considering also selling Coleman and Gnabry and take Dawson&Januzaj. Orrr... Selling Cabaye, Coleman and Gnabry, and take Cazorla&Noone&Baker. Just dont know if arsenal will keep good form. They have very tough kalendar in Febuary and March. Sorry for my English, I'm from Poland and I have just registered.

Cheers,
Paul

8-10

Fenson wrote: »

Hey! What do you think about my team? I have activated WC in previous week, cuz the Aguero prise rising.



I'm considering also selling Coleman and Gnabry and take Dawson&Januzaj. Orrr... Selling Cabaye, Coleman and Gnabry, and take Cazorla&Noone&Baker. Just dont know if arsenal will keep good form. They have very tough kalendar in Febuary and March. Sorry for my English, I'm from Poland and I have just registered.

Cheers,
Paul

Again I would have Yaya in there ahead of Mata. I think people are getting carried away with that transfer. Yes he has FPL pedigree but I'm waiting for him to start scoring points, question marks are still over the 2 lads up front being fully fit and United haven't exactly been blowing teams away.

G1032

8-10 wrote: »

Again I would have Yaya in there ahead of Mata. I think people are getting carried away with that transfer. Yes he has FPL pedigree but I'm waiting for him to start scoring points, question marks are still over the 2 lads up front being fully fit and United haven't exactly been blowing teams away.

I think I'll bring Mata in myself tonight and decide then tomorrow evening I'll keep him. If he starts, which he more than likely will, I might just keep him. If Silva starts I might also keep him. Huge risk, but it's sh!t or bust at this stage.

8-10

G1032 wrote: »

I think I'll bring Mata in myself tonight and decide then tomorrow evening I'll keep him. If he starts, which he more than likely will, I might just keep him. If Silva starts I might also keep him. Huge risk, but it's sh!t or bust at this stage.

Yep I think that's smart. If you really want him then get him in today before his rise. If you're on WC week you can get him back out before kickoff anyway. Also good point on the sh!t or bust, if you're playing catchup in your leagues and want a differential, he's as good as any I reckon if you can afford him. Obviously if you're ahead or close in leagues then the likes of Hazard and Yaya are more important.

Danger781

Someone convince me not to sell Coleman...... :eek:

FHFC

Fenson wrote: »

Hey! What do you think about my team? I have activated WC in previous week, cuz the Aguero prise rising.



I'm considering also selling Coleman and Gnabry and take Dawson&Januzaj. Orrr... Selling Cabaye, Coleman and Gnabry, and take Cazorla&Noone&Baker. Just dont know if arsenal will keep good form. They have very tough kalendar in Febuary and March. Sorry for my English, I'm from Poland and I have just registered.

Cheers,
Paul

Witam pana.

Few suggestions.

Wouldn't double up on Everton defence, their fixtures get a bit sticky soon I think.

If selling Coleman I would use the cash to either upgrade sterling or use it to upgrade Cabaye, who seems likely to be leaving then PL, to Silva although you'd prob have to downgrade Howard to a cheaper GK rotation partner for Boruc. yoshida is available for 4m for Southampton defence, although keep and eye on whether he starts tomorrow, so you could go Coleman to Distin, Fonte to Yoshida and go for a GK combo like Mcgregor/Speroni or McGregor/Mannone which might free up enough cash.

I'd keep Gnabry or a similar priced player such as Meyler or Noone for 5th mid as there's no point putting to much cash into 5th mid spot if it's scarce.

Wouldn't be rushing to get both Januzaj and Mata, Januzaj likely to be rested a bit more now getting sub run outs at times.

Iused2likebusts

Danger781 wrote: »

Someone convince me not to sell Coleman...... :eek:

dont go with that back 5 way too many risks.

FHFC

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

dont go with that back 5 way too many risks.

The main risks I would see are Clyne and Baker.

G1032

8-10 wrote: »

Yep I think that's smart. If you really want him then get him in today before his rise. If you're on WC week you can get him back out before kickoff anyway. Also good point on the sh!t or bust, if you're playing catchup in your leagues and want a differential, he's as good as any I reckon if you can afford him. Obviously if you're ahead or close in leagues then the likes of Hazard and Yaya are more important.

Ya. Playing catch up in a big way (120 points) but the guy I believe to be a bigger threat regards winning the league is about 80 ahead of me.
I'm going to pick yet another WC team and post it soon to see what ye think.
Major ground to be made up but as I keep hearing on here, it's not impossible

Danger781

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

dont go with that back 5 way too many risks.

How so?

Distin is guaranteed to play.

Bruce is guaranteed to play at least for now but was also playing even before Chester was injured. Chester will be back in my team when he returns.

Baker has been one of the most consistent defenders in the AVL team since earning his place.

Azpil is somewhat of a risk but seems to be first choice at the moment.

Clyne was first choice before his injury, I see no reason why he wouldn't be now.

Iused2likebusts

Danger781 wrote: »

How so?

Distin is guaranteed to play.

Bruce is guaranteed to play at least for now but was also playing even before Chester was injured. Chester will be back in my team when he returns.

Baker has been one of the most consistent defenders in the AVL team since earning his place.

Azpil is somewhat of a risk but seems to be first choice at the moment.

Clyne was first choice before his injury, I see no reason why he wouldn't be now.

Distin is an injury doubt for tomorrow, Bruce may lose his place if hull ditch the 352, Baker didnt play against pool in a decent performance so may not get his place back, azpil I have myself but is a bit of a risk, Clyne didnt start the last game chambers played the last game ahead of him. All 5 could play this week or None of them would be my feeling on it. I suppose you will have the benefit of teamsheets for some of them this week. I just feel there are 1 or 2 too many risks in there