January wildcard

Swiper the fox

extra gravy wrote: »

Anybody considering Coleman to Baines?

Baines 13% ownership is surely mostly zombies, everybody has Coleman now and very few will double up on them surely at those prices, he'll probably come in on a number of wildcards but the Everton clean sheets(or lack of) is very worrying.

G1032

Think I'll have to play WC tonight. Lukaku has had his last chance too.

nine9nine

Draft for my wildcard - thoughts? I'm not convinced, particularly with gk's/backline. Thinking of playing 3-5-2 or 3-4-3 depending on the week. Behind by about 40 points in the league so I know I can win with a little bit of change

Mannone (4.4) McGregor (4.5)

Koscielny (5.4) Chesters (3.9) Ward (4.1) Coleman (5.8) Williamson (4.4)

Yaya Touré (9.3) Oscar (8.7) Lallana (7.1) Navas (8.3) Cabaye (6.7)

Rooney (11.2) Suárez (13.0) Rodriguez (6.1)

This leaves 0.2 in the bank

G1032

A lot of love in this forum for Mannone. Sunderland are terrible and still probably go down. I can't see too many clean sheets from them.

SantryRed

I'm slowly rising up the rankings, should be in the top 200k by the end of this gameweek. I was going to leave my wildcard but I'm very tempted to use it now. What do people think?

Going from this:



To this:



This leaves me 1.2m in the bank, but will prob do Silva -> Hazard which will leave me with .2m.

Also, the 11 days to increase my value as people knee jerk to the FA Cup and the likes. My one concern is having no City attacking cover, but I can't afford Silva and Hazard, and I think Hazard is definitely worth it, not sure about that one.

Mr. Incognito

01 Jan 12:24 Giroud Rodriguez 21
01 Jan 12:24 Fer Huddlestone 21
01 Jan 12:24 Fernandinho Hazard 21
01 Jan 12:24 Dawson Ward 21
01 Jan 12:24 Flanagan Mertesacker 21
01 Jan 12:14 Pantilimon Mannone 21

Feels goooooooooooooooo

Swiper the fox

G1032 wrote: »

A lot of love in this forum for Mannone. Sunderland are terrible and still probably go down. I can't see too many clean sheets from them.

But, but he's had 5 clean sheets in his 10 games, seems todays goal was a defensive cock up as well, great fixtures for the next 5 weeks as well, great business at the moment in my opinion for 4.4m.

Lemlin

Swiper the fox wrote: »

But, but he's had 5 clean sheets in his 10 games, seems todays goal was a defensive cock up as well, great fixtures for the next 5 weeks as well, great business at the moment in my opinion for 4.4m.

Even when he doesn't keep a clean sheet, he's good for save bonuses.

jamesbere

First draft for WC

SantryRed

Where is it again that it shows you how much you brought a player in for? thanks.

PARlance

SantryRed wrote: »

Where is it again that it shows you how much you brought a player in for? thanks.

Just click on Data View when looking at your team

G1032

Swiper the fox wrote: »

But, but he's had 5 clean sheets in his 10 games, seems todays goal was a defensive cock up as well, great fixtures for the next 5 weeks as well, great business at the moment in my opinion for 4.4m.

I'll probably get him myself as back up to Szcz. He'll not play but I'll need somebody for rotation if I sell Szcz at any stage and there isn't great options out there for cheap money.

Fizman

I've 2 FTs at the minute and quite happy with my squad in general, so I can't see myself playing the WC until the end of the month. I'd also be one of those in favour of getting rid of it tbh. There should only be one WC available, playable whenever the user wishes.

james123

CSF wrote: »

You could definitely use that .9 to upgrade McCarthy, or to downgrade McCarthy and use the excess cash to upgrade Rodriguez.

What suggestions would you have to upgrade or downgrade to

Paully D

Aiming for something like the below now when I play it, I've changed it about 100 times I know :pac: I'll likely switch Clyne though. If only Aguero was fit now I'd be primed to pull the trigger.

CSF

james123 wrote: »

What suggestions would you have to upgrade or downgrade to

Well, rather than having 2 relatively weak FF players in Rodriguez and McCarthy, you could go completely weak with 1 of them and bring in 1 really strong player. You're not going to need 8 attacking players ever. You have to have 3 defenders.

You could ditch McCarthy for that 4.1 Villa midfielder and with only a small bit of value tinkering get Remy.

Alternatively, you could go the other way, get rid of Rodriguez for Chamakh, and afford Ramsey, Lallana or Cabaye.

I'm not a fan of going for 1 really weak cheap player myself, but it is a better option than having to go for 2 relatively weak 1s due to a lack of value in the team.

Swiper the fox

Chelsea defence have really got their act together lately, I'd been looking for the right time to dump Terry but I think I'll be keeping him now, hasn't been in the goals enough but that will change I'd say.

IsMiseMyself

To-ing and fro-ing between going with 3-5-2 or 3-4-3. That determines what I do next. Half-tempted by 3-5-2, but that depends on Eriksen maintaining the bit of form he seems to have found. 3-4-3 is gonna be capped off with Aguero, Rooney, and then Ade, probably. Hm.

Lemlin

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Chelsea defence have really got their act together lately, I'd been looking for the right time to dump Terry but I think I'll be keeping him now, hasn't been in the goals enough but that will change I'd say.

I'm definitely keeping him now. He was very close to being shipped but decent returns means I've forgotten those plans.

It's only a matter of time until he scores a goal some GW and scores big too.

SantryRed

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Chelsea defence have really got their act together lately, I'd been looking for the right time to dump Terry but I think I'll be keeping him now, hasn't been in the goals enough but that will change I'd say.

I'm gonna downgrade to Cahill, he's .7m cheaper.

eclectichoney

Hadn't intended playing the WC yet but I want to get in YaYa and Hazard and both are likely to rise this week I'd say, so it is forcing me into it tonight Should I try and hold off?

G1032

Is it worth doing the WC for these changes:

Ridgewell -> Kolorov (with a view to switching to Nastasic before deadline)
Moxey -> Ward (Moxey doesn't play, ward does)
Jedinak -> Mutch (No potential in Jedinak bar the 2 points. Assist today though!)
Lukaku -> Adebayor (Sick of Lukaku)
Daniels -> Mannone (Need a backup that plays)

So it's this:


to this:

Swiper the fox

SantryRed wrote: »

I'm gonna downgrade to Cahill, he's .7m cheaper.

Luiz will still play a lot of games, he played in centre mid the other day and did very well but I wouldn't be confident in Cahill playing more than 66% of the time. Azpil and Cole played today so Ivan could even make a return to Centre back, if he gets a chance there he could make it his own. Terry is safe, he'll be rested in the cup but will play almost every minute in the league, he's worth the difference in price IMO

drdidlittle

Was thinking of holding WC for as long as possible. See what transfers happen then pounce

Swiper the fox

drdidlittle wrote: »

Was thinking of holding WC for as long as possible. See what transfers happen then pounce

Welcome to the forum:p
That's what I'll do also seeing as I have a healthy and good team at the moment, no need for surgery until I see who's coming into the league.

Inspector Coptoor

If you play the wildcard tonight, will it remain active til start of next GW?

G1032

G1032 wrote: »

Is it worth doing the WC for these changes:

Ridgewell -> Kolorov (with a view to switching to Nastasic before deadline)
Moxey -> Ward (Moxey doesn't play, ward does)
Jedinak -> Mutch (No potential in Jedinak bar the 2 points. Assist today though!)
Lukaku -> Adebayor (Sick of Lukaku)
Daniels -> Mannone (Need a backup that plays)

Looks like no movement either way with the ins and outs listed above unless Ward gets a blast of transfers between now and 2am
I can sit in this tonight
Feedback appreciated on whether its still a good move to play it like this or not

Lemlin

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

If you play the wildcard tonight, will it remain active til start of next GW?

Yes, you can chop and change as you please.

Swiper the fox

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

If you play the wildcard tonight, will it remain active til start of next GW?

Yes as Lemlin said. You need to spend the next 9 days watching total FPL for price changes and then pick your team on the Friday, good luck!

CSF

Anyone have a suspicion that Aguero will be back for the Newcastle game or at worst Cardiff?

CSF

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Yes as Lemlin said. You need to spend the next 9 days watching total FPL for price changes and then pick your team on the Friday, good luck!

On the Saturday morning, there will be all the more precious rises to get on the Friday night

Paully D

CSF wrote: »

Anyone have a suspicion that Aguero will be back for the Newcastle game or at worst Cardiff?

Should be back for Cardiff I thought?

Iused2likebusts

G1032 wrote: »

Looks like no movement either way with the ins and outs listed above unless Ward gets a blast of transfers between now and 2am
I can sit in this tonight
Feedback appreciated on whether its still a good move to play it like this or not

if playing it this gameweek I think you need to do it tonight. Get in lads that look like they may go up .2. For example sagna and wellbeck over ade and kolarov. Both sagna and wellbeck go up tonight and may well go up again before ade and kolarov go up so keep an eye on total fpl.

CSF

Paully D wrote: »

Should be back for Cardiff I thought?

I couldn't find a link that gave any concrete date.

Lemlin

CSF wrote: »

Anyone have a suspicion that Aguero will be back for the Newcastle game or at worst Cardiff?

Not really tbh. I don't think Pellegrini will rush him back. They were talking on The Sunday Supplement one week there lately and some of the journos commenting mentioned hoping he'd be back for the CL game against Barca which is February.

This report backs that up:

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/1888785-sergio-aguero-injury-updates-on-manchester-city-stars-leg-and-return

He was due to miss six weeks so that's around the end of January.

G1032

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

if playing it this gameweek I think you need to do it tonight. Get in lads that look like they may go up .2. For example sagna and wellbeck over ade and kolarov. Both sagna and wellbeck go up tonight and may well go up again before ade and kolarov go up so keep an eye on total fpl.

Do you think looking at my team a few posts back that it's worth playing?

skippy15

Have most of my wildcard teams set-

Just a choice between whether or not to keep Ramsay. Planning keep for a few weeks as lot of people have sold.

And Rooney or Ade, if Ade keeps up form he must be a must. And would allow me to upgrade defence but think if Rooney hits a patch of form I wont be able to work him back in with Suarez and Aguero up top.

Iused2likebusts

G1032 wrote: »

Do you think looking at my team a few posts back that it's worth playing?

If your only making those transfers I wouldnt bother, your probably best waiting till the end of Jan. Your only really changing lukaku to ade of your attacking players and a bit of messing about with bench players. A 4 pt hit would suffice.

To compare with me Im changing my 2 keepers, dawson, johnson, clyne, maybe ollson and terry, sterling and cabaye( tomorrow when they get their rise) and rooney and dzeko.

dahat

Hard to know what to do with Rooney now,tempted to sell but options limited up top it is hard to nail a replacement.

dahat

Hard to know what to do with Rooney now,tempted to sell but options limited up top it is hard to nail a replacement.

Iused2likebusts

wildcard frenzy day 1
ollson-sagna (looking for a .2 rise, wont keep)
clyne- ward(keep)
dawson-skrtel( .2 rise wont keep)
johnson-coleman(.2 rise wont keep)
oscar- yaya(.2 rise wont keep)
dzeko-wellbeck(.2 rise wont keep)
rooney- jay rod( .2 rise may keep)
Hoping to make .5 over the next 10 days

G1032

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

If your only making those transfers I wouldnt bother, your probably best waiting till the end of Jan. Your only really changing lukaku to ade of your attacking players and a bit of messing about with bench players. A 4 pt hit would suffice.

To compare with me Im changing my 2 keepers, dawson, johnson, clyne, maybe ollson and terry, sterling and cabaye( tomorrow when they get their rise) and rooney and dzeko.

Ya. Cheers. I've another couple of hours to decide. Just unsure after making such a mess of last WC. Team is actually OK apart from the bench players.

Iused2likebusts

dahat wrote: »

Hard to know what to do with Rooney now,tempted to sell but options limited up top it is hard to nail a replacement.

my plan before today was rather than rooney and cabaye go ozil and ade. What happened to ade today didnt see the game. I reckon for me there is no point in having over 10 million invested in a striker if you will never captain him.

Lemlin

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

wildcard frenzy day 1
ollson-sagna (looking for a .2 rise, wont keep)
clyne- ward(keep)
dawson-skrtel( .2 rise wont keep)
johnson-coleman(.2 rise wont keep)
oscar- yaya(.2 rise wont keep)
dzeko-wellbeck(.2 rise wont keep)
rooney- jay rod( .2 rise may keep)
Hoping to make .5 over the next 10 days

What team are you aiming to end up with?

FutureGuy

Anyone think I should just wildcard or save it till gw23?

Alfred Borden

Right I am going to keep Krul, Coleman, Chester, Hazard, Yaya, Walcott, Suarez and Rooney.
Then with the WC was thinking of doing this:
Harper > Mannone
Kompany > Zab
Luna > Whittaker
Flanagan > Kos
Cabaye > Eriksen
Lukaku > Adebayor
Bannan > Johnson

worth it?

Iused2likebusts

Lemlin wrote: »

What team are you aiming to end up with?

Something like
mannone marshall
azpil nastasic koscielny( ward chester)
silva walcott ozil hazard( livermore)
suarez ade( if fit) lukaku or negredo.
Aguero will be in as soon as he is fit.

james123

CSF wrote: »

Well, rather than having 2 relatively weak FF players in Rodriguez and McCarthy, you could go completely weak with 1 of them and bring in 1 really strong player. You're not going to need 8 attacking players ever. You have to have 3 defenders.

You could ditch McCarthy for that 4.1 Villa midfielder and with only a small bit of value tinkering get Remy.

Alternatively, you could go the other way, get rid of Rodriguez for Chamakh, and afford Ramsey, Lallana or Cabaye.

I'm not a fan of going for 1 really weak cheap player myself, but it is a better option than having to go for 2 relatively weak 1s due to a lack of value in the team.

Ok made a couple of changes in light of your advice, what do you think ?

GoalKeeprs
Sunderland
Mannone
£4.3
Norwich
Ruddy
£4.9
Arsenal
Defense
Sagna
£5.4
Chelsea

Terry
£6.6
Crystal Palace

Ward
£4.1
Liverpool

Skrtel
£5.4
Everton

Coleman
£5.8
Arsenal

Midfield:
Walcott
£9.5
Liverpool

Sterling
£5.1
Chelsea

Hazard
£9.8
Man City

Yaya Touré
£9.9
Newcastle

Cabaye
£7.0
Man Utd

Forwards:
Welbeck
£7.1
Liverpool

Suárez
£12.6
Tottenham

Adebayor
£7.7


or alternatively I kept rooney instead of welbeck and put kolarov +chester in instead of terry+skertal 0.5Mill left

CSF

james123 wrote: »

Ok made a couple of changes in light of your advice, what do you think ?

GoalKeeprs
Sunderland
Mannone
£4.3
Norwich
Ruddy
£4.9
Arsenal
Defense
Sagna
£5.4
Chelsea

Terry
£6.6
Crystal Palace

Ward
£4.1
Liverpool

Skrtel
£5.4
Everton

Coleman
£5.8
Arsenal

Midfield:
Walcott
£9.5
Liverpool

Sterling
£5.1
Chelsea

Hazard
£9.8
Man City

Yaya Touré
£9.9
Newcastle

Cabaye
£7.0
Man Utd

Forwards:
Welbeck
£7.1
Liverpool

Suárez
£12.6
Tottenham

Adebayor
£7.7


or alternatively I kept rooney instead of welbeck and put kolarov +chester in instead of terry+skertal 0.5Mill left

Definitely looks better, but do fear Welbeck being dropped once RVP comes back. Either way, use the TotalFPL site to try bring up your value over the course of the week and a half and see what that can add to your team.

joe123

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

wildcard frenzy day 1
ollson-sagna (looking for a .2 rise, wont keep)
clyne- ward(keep)
dawson-skrtel( .2 rise wont keep)
johnson-coleman(.2 rise wont keep)
oscar- yaya(.2 rise wont keep)
dzeko-wellbeck(.2 rise wont keep)
rooney- jay rod( .2 rise may keep)
Hoping to make .5 over the next 10 days

How come your not keeping Coleman or Toure? Two main players in FPL this year.