January wildcard

FHFC

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.

Agree with Busts on Clyne. Hasn't definitely got the place yet.

My reservation on Baker comes down to not rating Villa defensively.

Azpil is a calculated risk.

Bruce I'd be happy enough with and Distin bbut not for this week.

Not having a sub keeper who plays is also a bit of a risk which I decided against this morning.

Combined it's a lot of risks is all.

Swiper the fox

Bruce will have to fight McShane off, ye may laugh but it's true

Azpilicueta is in situ for the moment but there's quite a bit of risk attached
Baker has serious competition which wasn't noticeable when Vlaar was out

Clyne is second choice

FHFC

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/10599624/Wayne-Rooney-and-Robin-van-Persie-could-return-for-Manchester-United-against-Cardiff-City.html

This is basically what I've been hoping for since deciding to play the wildcard for this week.

Fenson

Witam FHFC

Better?


Noone/Gnabry? Zaha is going to Cardiff for loan, so he could take Noone place on the field. Furthermore, Pardew has just said that he is not sure about Cabaye. 0,3 in a bank, could give a move for Ramsey for example.

G1032

So this is what I'll probably go with tomorrow night



If either Silva or Cabaye or both don't start I can switch to this midfield



If they do start I'll just keep that 1.2m itb. It could come in very handy very soon........

FHFC

Fenson wrote: »

Witam FHFC

Better?


Noone/Gnabry? Zaha is going to Cardiff for loan, so he could take Noone place on the field. Furthermore, Pardew has just said that he is not sure about Cabaye. 0,3 in a bank, could give a move for Ramsey for example.

Dobra wiechor Fenson.

Looks betting to me but my team is a bit mad!

I have Cabaye and holding to see what happens. Will keep for Norwich if hes not gone.

I'm keeping Gnabry to see what kind of Game time he get. Think it might surprise us as Wenger seems to be keen on him.

Another option is Myler of Hull.

Do widzenia...

Mr.Prodston

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Is Alex Bruce in danger of losing his place to McShane?

This is the lunacy of Fantasy Football in a nutshell :pac:

It's a question the most diehard Hull City Tigers fan wouldn't even worry about and why I love it I'd say it's Bruce's to lose but the switch in formation would be the bigger worry.

Iused2likebusts

g1032 silvas fixture is wed

G1032

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

g1032 silvas fixture is wed

Oh ffs.
Sh!t. I was convinced it was tomorrow night...............
:mad:

Mr.Prodston

College work done and dusted until Wednesday and the clock is ticking. T -22 hours before the Wildcard expires.

Go crazy? Don't mind if I do :pac:

G1032

My head is just fried with the WC.
For better or worse I can't wait for half 7 tomorrow evening and the deadline passes. What will be will be.

FHFC

G1032 wrote: »

My head is just fried with the WC.
For better or worse I can't wait for half 7 tomorrow evening and the deadline passes. What will be will be.

Worst thing ever. If my employer or my wife knew how much of my mental energy gone into it this week......

mjp

Apologies on this question but need clearing up. Have yet to use my wildcard all season but heard from a work colleague today that free January wildcard is only available to those who have only used wildcard earlier in season.

Appreciate help on this.

Fenson

FHFC wrote: »

Dobra wiechor Fenson.

Looks betting to me but my team is a bit mad!

I have Cabaye and holding to see what happens. Will keep for Norwich if hes not gone.

I'm keeping Gnabry to see what kind of Game time he get. Think it might surprise us as Wenger seems to be keen on him.

Another option is Myler of Hull.

Do widzenia...

I will beat you with Adebayor! Thanks a lot for help. Who is your choice for captain following gameweek? I bet it is RVP vs Cardiff ^^ I'm thinking about Mata/Hazard. When I see starting squads and Mata will be in first 11, I will choose him instead Hazard. Liverpool with his central mid problems has to shoot more goals than opponents, so Suarez could be good choice too. Tough decision..

Do usłyszenia!

G1032

mjp wrote: »

Apologies on this question but need clearing up. Have yet to use my wildcard all season but heard from a work colleague today that free January wildcard is only available to those who have only used wildcard earlier in season.

Appreciate help on this.

Not true. Jan WC to be used in January. Other WC to be used any time you like

Mr.Prodston

I'm now trying to figure out how I can accommodate both Mata and Rooney. Last minute tinkering could really confuse me.

Mr.Prodston

Paddy Davitt ‏@paddyjdavitt 8h
#ncfc injury bulletin latest. Turner + Howson still 'weeks' away. No other concerns. Bennett back running

I guess I need to actually start planning for life without Mickey Turner until he makes a dramatic return for a DGW as captain

Lemlin

Wildcard team finalised now that Cabaye is gone:

Mannone Boruc
Mertesacker Coleman Terry Ward Bruce
Yaya Hazard Mata Lallana Noone
Aguero Suarez Ade

Plan originally was to keep Cabaye and 2.3 mil free for upgrades but now that Cabaye has left will take a chance on Mata.

Opinions?

Hogey007

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

I'm now trying to figure out how I can accommodate both Mata and Rooney. Last minute tinkering could really confuse me.

i'd be interested to see how united line up before getting rooney back in, i think Rooney could be pushed a little wider, RVP up top, Januzaj left, Rooney right, with mata playing in the hole.
or else he could just play 2 up top and play mata wider.

Hogey007

Lemlin wrote: »

Wildcard team finalised now that Cabaye is gone:

Mannone Boruc
Mertesacker Coleman Terry Ward Bruce
Yaya Hazard Mata Lallana Noone
Aguero Suarez Ade

Plan originally was to keep Cabaye and 2.3 mil free for upgrades but now that Cabaye has left will take a chance on Mata.

Opinions?

very good looking team, you must have a lot of money?

I have a very similar team but could only afford januzaj as my 4th mid and have shaw where you have terry. rest is very similar.

Mr.Prodston

On a scale of 1-10 how much of the plot would I need to lose to consider this team if RVP were to start tomorrow? :pac:



Naturally I could certainly compromise with Rooney but holy hell there's some fire-power in that team and rather solid at the back

CSF

Lemlin wrote: »

Wildcard team finalised now that Cabaye is gone:

Mannone Boruc
Mertesacker Coleman Terry Ward Bruce
Yaya Hazard Mata Lallana Noone
Aguero Suarez Ade

Plan originally was to keep Cabaye and 2.3 mil free for upgrades but now that Cabaye has left will take a chance on Mata.

Opinions?

Really strong.

FHFC

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

On a scale of 1-10 how much of the plot would I need to lose to consider this team if RVP were to start tomorrow? :pac:



Naturally I could certainly compromise with Rooney but holy hell there's some fire-power in that team and rather solid at the back

Now you're talkin Mr P. Some company on the RVP Shoot Em Up Express to Looneyville last....:D

FHFC

Adjusting to the Cabaye news this is my 2 to 3 week team before Santi becomes Silva and I get McGregor and Distin in for Sagna and Davis.

I'm 0.2 short of being able to put Puncheon in as 4th mid this week but just can't find it anywhere....

Open to other suggestion for 2 week midfield options other than Cazorla and Meyler/Noone...

Danger781

Somebody put a post up here at one point on keepers that rotate well... Debating the merits of keeping one vs rotating two

FHFC

Danger781 wrote: »

Somebody put a post up here at one point on keepers that rotate well... Debating the merits of keeping one vs rotating two

This is a wee bit out of date but still good. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/01/02/winter-wildcard-goalkeeper-pairings/

I've gone with Mannone and McGregor but looking at it Mannone and Speroni might be better...

Lemlin

Hogey007 wrote: »

very good looking team, you must have a lot of money?

I have a very similar team but could only afford januzaj as my 4th mid and have shaw where you have terry. rest is very similar.

Team value is up around 113 million.

In Exile

Hey guys,

Any little advise would be appreciated.

It is really my 2 cheap players in midfield and forward I can't decide on but as they will both be subs to begin with, I am willing to leave them as they are until I see how other players go.

Team is:

Mannone,Adrian

Kolarov, Koscielny, Vlaar, Ward, Yoshida

Hazard, Mata, Lallana, Eriksen, Gnabry

Suarez, Aguero, Guidetti.

I have 1.1m in the bank. I can upgrade Gnabry over the next few weeks depending on who arrives into the league and plays well.

Guidetti is an attempt at a roughie, but I'll be keeping a close eye on K Jones.

Defence; I will keep Yoshida and can swap to someone else around the 4.0 mark eventually. I will start Koscielny & Kolarov and rotate the other 3.

Danger781

How's this defensive line then?

I can't seem to find a keeper rotation that I like. On top of that the cost of rotating two keepers and getting Arsenal defensive coverage is too damn high.

Evans is a guaranteed starter. He has been United's best CB this season and definitely will not be dropped.

Vlaar is the core of Villas defence. Very decent home games on the way for him, and some fair away games too. Not many better options are 4.3 or less.

Yoshida looks set for a run in the Soton defence until Lovren returns. If rumors are to be believed it'll be 6 weeks before he is back. I'll worry about that when the time comes. Hopefully Chester will be back, or I could swap for Chambers if it turns out he is first choice RB.

Azpilicueta, as has been said on here numerous times, is a calculated risk. He seems be first choice at the moment but you can never know with Jose.

Brown has some very good home games coming up. Not sure I fancy Sunderlands defence though. Would prefer someone else. Might stick with Ward.

Edit: Or go with Ryan Bennett of Norwich. Only 3.9 and will be filling in for Turner who is out for a number of weeks..

Fizman

Have gone for:

.......................Cech

Baines..............Clyne..........Koscielny

Mata.......Yaya..........Lallana......Ramsey

Suarez...........Aguero........Sturridge



Davis, Mariappa, Bruce, Noone

Danger781

Fabio and Zaha are both going on loan to Cardiff..

Fabio should walk into their first 11 (Maybe I rate him too highly), and Zaha may spell trouble for Noone..

FHFC

FHFC wrote: »

'm 0.2 short of being able to put Puncheon in as 4th mid this week but just can't find it anywhere....

Open to other suggestion for 2 week midfield options other than Cazorla and Meyler/Noone...

Actually.

What about Ramsey and Januzaj!?

Danger781

This is my wildcard team. I'm done. Finished.

Until I wake up tomorrow and go tinkering because I can't stay away!

FHFC wrote: »

Actually.

What about Ramsey and Januzaj!?

Be wary of Januzaj...

FHFC

Danger781 wrote: »

Be wary of Januzaj...

Was only thinking for a week or two if he started tomorrow. If he rises once more I can sell for profit.

Re goalkeepers I'm nearly set on a safe McGregor Speroni rotation, using Yoshida and Wes Brown as my cheap defenders instead of Ward and Bruce.

If I get another 0.1 somewhere I could afford Bardsley even.

Up with sick kids btw, not certifiable wildcard madness.....honest!

Axwell

Transfers locked in on the wildcard - going for a 3-4-3 for the rest of the season. Taking a chance on Shaw being sold before the transfer window closes to one of the top teams, if not will swap either him or Fonte out while Dawson and Gabbidon will rotate depending on fixtures. Can see McGeady doing well for Everton and picking out Lukaku the beast for headers, Ramsay hopefully will come back from injury raring to go and with Walcott out will get back to the form he was on. Lallana has a decent run of fixtures and willing to make a punt on Mata that he fits right in and with an opening game against Cardiff brings in some points on his debut. The front 3 dont need explaining, points magnets!

Opinions?

Iused2likebusts

Danger781 wrote: »

How's this defensive line then?

I can't seem to find a keeper rotation that I like. On top of that the cost of rotating two keepers and getting Arsenal defensive coverage is too damn high.

Evans is a guaranteed starter. He has been United's best CB this season and definitely will not be dropped.

Vlaar is the core of Villas defence. Very decent home games on the way for him, and some fair away games too. Not many better options are 4.3 or less.

Yoshida looks set for a run in the Soton defence until Lovren returns. If rumors are to be believed it'll be 6 weeks before he is back. I'll worry about that when the time comes. Hopefully Chester will be back, or I could swap for Chambers if it turns out he is first choice RB.

Azpilicueta, as has been said on here numerous times, is a calculated risk. He seems be first choice at the moment but you can never know with Jose.

Brown has some very good home games coming up. Not sure I fancy Sunderlands defence though. Would prefer someone else. Might stick with Ward.

Edit: Or go with Ryan Bennett of Norwich. Only 3.9 and will be filling in for Turner who is out for a number of weeks..

Thats a much better, safer selection IMO.

Want2know

HI guys,

Quick question. Im pretty sure Im going to get in a West Ham defender. With Ried coming back there more likely to get a few clean sheets + they have a great run of games after Chelsea.

At the moment im thinking collins but do you think he will start alongside Ried when's he back or would Johnson?

AdMMM

Is Jaakalinen still going to be dropped?

Swiper the fox

FHFC wrote: »

Worst thing ever. If my employer or my wife knew how much of my mental energy gone into it this week......

Hell yeah, tonight's shenanigans will also be happening during the kids bedtime, I'll be like a blue arsed fly up and down the stairs running imaginary "vital" errands:o

G1032

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Hell yeah, tonight's shenanigans will also be happening during the kids bedtime, I'll be like a blue arsed fly up and down the stairs running imaginary "vital" errands:o

I'll just go and check the...........

I think I left ??? out in the shed.........

We're running low on milk. I'll just pop up to.the shop to get some......... ( there's 3 litres in the fridge)

PARlance

G1032 wrote: »

I'll just go and check the...........

I think I left ??? out in the shed.........

We're running low on milk. I'll just pop up to.the shop to get some......... ( there's 3 litres in the fridge)

"Upset stomach" is my 10-15 minute freedom wildcard.
It gets me on the throne for 10 minutes make any changes, just make sure to make the odd groan (tend to do that picking the team anyway) to back up the story.

Best thing about this is that you can bolt back for another 5 mins if you've forgotten to captain Suarez.

Danger781

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Thats a much better, safer selection IMO.

SOLD!

Hogey007

Hogey007 wrote: »

pretty much decided on this as my team, will pull the trigger on the final few transfers tomorrow once adam johnson gets his price rise.

i currently have gabbidon, is it worth the .2 i save to put in mariappa? i can't see any reason why not?

Feel free to add any suggestions on what you think i should do differently.
(i know januzaj is a gamble but with the 3 expensive mids i needed a cheaper 4th mid and want to see how things play out with him)

Mannone - Marshall

Coleman - Mert - L.Shaw - Mariappa - Bruce

Hazard - YaYa - Mata - Januzaj - Parker or Noone

Aguero - Suarez - Giroud

.2 left in the bank if i go for noone and .1 if i go for scot parker (either of these will only ever be used when januzaj doesn't play or if they have a particulary easy looking home fixture)

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

With the signing of mata and putting him in your team, I personally wouldnt go with janujaz aswell. RVP and rooney supposedly fit and mata signing can only see a decrease in janujaz gametime. The above 3 when fit are going to play every game meaning AJ is up against wellbeck, young, giggs, nani, kagawa, valencia for the 1 remaining spot in utds front 4. He has been the one bright spark of late for utd however, from an FF perspective take his last 8 gws 27 pts when he has been a regular isnt enough for a 4th midfielder spot IMO. Id downgrade some combination of mert-kos, coleman-distin, giroud-ade to give you the funds to get another 4th midfielder in. For example Im not sure AJ will start at stoke or arsenal or before cl games when he will play as mata is ineligible.
Ive a feeling I know why you went with shaw;)

ok I've decided to stick with januzaj for the time being as united have Cardiff and fulham at home in their next 3 matches. but I took onboard what you said about him being a weak 4th mid if he's going to be rotated a lot. I'd really like to keep giroud for palace at the weekend but want o have a contingency plan in place to get ramsey in.
do you think it's worth putting evans in for mert (I got mert at 6.2 so only get 6.4 for him), it then gives me enough in the bank to be able to do januzaj to ramsey and giroud to ade in 2 moves (hopefully I can bank my free transfer this week)

It'd leave me with no arsenal defensive cover though and while evans is very likely to play most games he's not 100% sure like mert is.

In Exile

In Exile wrote: »

Hey guys,

Any little advise would be appreciated.

It is really my 2 cheap players in midfield and forward I can't decide on but as they will both be subs to begin with, I am willing to leave them as they are until I see how other players go.

Team is:

Mannone,Adrian

Kolarov, Koscielny, Vlaar, Ward, Yoshida

Hazard, Mata, Lallana, Eriksen, Gnabry

Suarez, Aguero, Guidetti.

I have 1.1m in the bank. I can upgrade Gnabry over the next few weeks depending on who arrives into the league and plays well.

Guidetti is an attempt at a roughie, but I'll be keeping a close eye on K Jones.

Defence; I will keep Yoshida and can swap to someone else around the 4.0 mark eventually. I will start Koscielny & Kolarov and rotate the other 3.

Definitely don't go near guidetti, he's only played 12 mins all season. Chamakh is 0.2 cheaper and has played 1500mins, if you are looking for someone to just sit on the bench and get 2pts+ when needed.

That 0.2 plus your 1.1 in the bank means you can upgrade gnabry or one of your defs.

Id be interested in hearing other peoples opinions on kolarov. Hes played 8 of the last 9. Is it his place to lose?

Fenson

After Cabaye news:



Cazorla for these 2 gameweeks, after that Silva coming in.
Mannone&Jonhson from Sunderland cuz they have easy gameplan I think.
Gnabry.? After Arteta, Ramsey return he could not play.
Meyler/Noone? As I wrote before, to Zaha is going to Cardiff, so he could take Noone Place. Meyler? He hasn't played last gameweek.
I know that it is only 5th Mid. Not so important

Teamsquad for 23 Gameweek:
Mannone - Sagna, Azpilicueta, Ward - Mata (c), Hazard, Cazorla, Johnson - Adebayor, Suarez, Aguero.

If Mata doesn't start in first 11 I would choose Hazard.
Cheers!

Iused2likebusts

Hogey007 wrote: »

ok I've decided to stick with januzaj for the time being as united have Cardiff and fulham at home in their next 3 matches. but I took onboard what you said about him being a weak 4th mid if he's going to be rotated a lot. I'd really like to keep giroud for palace at the weekend but want o have a contingency plan in place to get ramsey in.
do you think it's worth putting evans in for mert (I got mert at 6.2 so only get 6.4 for him), it then gives me enough in the bank to be able to do januzaj to ramsey and giroud to ade in 2 moves (hopefully I can bank my free transfer this week)

It'd leave me with no arsenal defensive cover though and while evans is very likely to play most games he's not 100% sure like mert is.

Id be wary of having no arsenal defensive coverage. I had none till 2 weeks ago and it was killing me (everyone seems to have atleast 1 arsenal defender). What about sczeney and davis as gks 9.9. Then mert to ollson, brown/bardsley or kelly/flanagan(whoever starts tonight). Alternatively just do mert to kos/sagna and shaw to yoshida/hoolveld(whoever starts tonight).

Hogey007

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Id be wary of having no arsenal defensive coverage. I had none till 2 weeks ago and it was killing me (everyone seems to have atleast 1 arsenal defender). What about sczeney and davis as gks 9.9. Then mert to ollson, brown/bardsley or kelly/flanagan(whoever starts tonight). Alternatively just do mert to kos/sagna and shaw to yoshida/hoolveld(whoever starts tonight).

cheers, will have another look when I'm on lunch, was trying to hold onto shaw til the window closes to see if he were to join united. I paid 4.5 for him so only get 4.6 and he's worth 4.8 so hard to get him back in. will have a look at the goalkeeper situation though or else maybe as you say, just do the mert to kos transfer now freeing up some fund, if shaw hasn't moved by Saturday then maybe transfer him then, transfer out giroud after the palace game and then ramsey in the week after, as i'll have had a good 3 games including the Cardiff and fulham games to judge januzaj.
of course as we all know, it's not quite as easy planning your next 3 transfers now as something always crops up.
would actually be a godsend if januzaj didn't start tonight.
cheers for the feedback, i'll look further into your suggestions in a while.

Swiper the fox

Well I'm probably going to set up my team in the afternoon for this week and leave it at that unless the team announcements don't suit me, I'll have Januzaj in my team but replace him with Eriksen if he doesn't start. I'm gonna have a wildcard lineup written down on a piece of paper in case in case of emergencys, I suppose that would involve Lukaku not starting for whatever reason, besides that I'm happy enough to carry the wildcard over to the weekend.

Well now that we've all played it or know exactly when we will has anybody any regrets about playing it early, would you do the same next year, I was lucky in that I've been happy with my team since Christmas and have had difficult selection choices every week, happy now that I still have it.

wonski

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Well now that we've all played it or know exactly when we will has anybody any regrets about playing it early, would you do the same next year, I was lucky in that I've been happy with my team since Christmas and have had difficult selection choices every week, happy now that I still have it.

Next year i I will wait longer for all the transfer news. Luckily i didn't bring Cabaye, but would love Mata from the start. Not to mention 3 yellow flags in my team with no proper subs available. Fair play to all of you who waited, i just couldn't resist when one was available to me.

Dempsey

A penny for your thoughts