Gameweek 22 Transfers.

eh i dunno

Barkley is definitely out with a broken toe. Between the other 2 being doubtful and me free falling down 140k places from 60k in a month I think its time for drastic changes

GiftofGab

Thinking of a straight transfer - Henderson for Wilshere. What you guys think?

roryc

Haha one bad bandwagon for another...

extra gravy

Thinking about doing Negredo to Sturridge for the Villa game, catching price rise hopefully and then getting Aguero in for him next week. Is it worth it or a waste of two transfers?

FHFC

Will Kolarov definitely start v Cardiff? He has to be pretty sure of his place ATM?

He might fit my 1 week punt in a non glamorous way but very likely to get 2 rises if I buy him tonight....

Can't see Aguero rise between Wed and sat and even if he goes up 0.1 I'd still be ok to get him back.

sanket

75 points for GW21 and a cs for ars would have meant breaking the 80 point barrier for me (had both mert and kos :()for the first time since GW12.

Will negredo start as much as he is now after aguero is up and running.
Thinking of nailing down my strikeforce to Suarez Aguero and Giroud. with Lukaku and adebayor as backup when ars faces tricky fixtures.

Also which is the ideal GK pair.
i heard Mannone and Mcgregor are a good combo.
then Marshall and Boruc/Speroni.

Using my WC this week, need to sort things up.

iroced

sanket wrote: »

Also which is the ideal GK pair.
i heard Mannone and Mcgregor are a good combo.
then Marshall and Boruc/Speroni.

Using my WC this week, need to sort things up.

I can link you again to my appraisal of the Marshall-Mannone pair => http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=88362551&postcount=410 even though Marshall recent form is a major concern but surely with his fixture list he has a couple of CS in him ?!

And I found again the FFS article about Jan WC Goalkeepers selection. Here are the combinations it discusses. Full detail here => http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/01/02/winter-wildcard-goalkeeper-pairings

• David Marshall and Julian Speroni – Current Cost 9.2
  Next 10 Gameweeks: WHM, STO, HUL, NOR, WBA, AVL, HUL, swa, FUL, sun
  
  
• David Marshall and Vito Mannone – Current Cost 9.1
  Next 10 Gameweeks: WHM, SOU, STO, NOR, HUL, AVL, HUL, WBA, FUL, CPL
  
  
• David Marshall and John Ruddy – Current Cost 9.6
  Next 10 Gameweeks: WHM, HUL, NEW, NOR, (MCI/swa) AVL, HUL, avl, FUL, sot
  
  
• Tim Howard and Vito Mannone – Current Cost 10.3
  Next 10 Gameweeks: NOR, SOT, STO, AVL, HUL, CPL, (che/ars), WHM, new, CAR
  
  
• Tim Howard and Julian Speroni – Current Cost 10.4
  Next 10 Gameweeks: NOR, STO, HUL, AVL, WBA, CPL, MUN, WHM, SOU, CAR
  
  
• Jussi Jaaskelainen and Kelvin Davis / Artur Boruc – Current Cost 9.4 / 10.2
  Next 10 Gameweeks: WBA, NEW, ARS, SWA, STO, NOR, SOU, LIV, HUL, NOR
  
  
• Jussi Jaaskelainen and Gerhard Tremmel / Michel Vorm – Current Cost 9.9 / 10.4
  Next 10 Gameweeks: car, NEW, FUL, SWA, CAR, NOR, SOU, CPL, HUL, WBA
  
  
• Wojciech Szczesny and Artur Boruc – Current Cost 10.6
  Next 10 Gameweeks: avl, FUL, sot, CPL, STO, hul, SUN, sto, SWA, NOR
  
  
• Wojciech Szczesny and Michel Vorm – Current Cost 10.8
  Next 10 Gameweeks: avl, FUL, sot, CPL, CAR, sto, SUN, sto, SWA, WBA
  
  
• David De Gea and Vito Mannone – Current Cost 10.2
  Next 10 Gameweeks: SWA, SOU, CAR, sto, FUL, (ars/mci), cpl, WBA, wba, CPL

Shedite27

iroced wrote: »

I can link you again to my appraisal of the Marshall-Mannone pair => http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=88362551&postcount=410 even though Marshall recent form is a major concern but surely with his fixture list he has a couple of CS in him ?!

And I found again the FFS article about Jan WC Goalkeepers selection. Here are the combinations it discusses. Full detail here => http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/01/02/winter-wildcard-goalkeeper-pairings

• David Marshall and Julian Speroni – Current Cost 9.2
  Next 10 Gameweeks: WHM, STO, HUL, NOR, WBA, AVL, HUL, swa, FUL, sun
  
  
• David Marshall and Vito Mannone – Current Cost 9.1
  Next 10 Gameweeks: WHM, SOU, STO, NOR, HUL, AVL, HUL, WBA, FUL, CPL
  
  
• David Marshall and John Ruddy – Current Cost 9.6
  Next 10 Gameweeks: WHM, HUL, NEW, NOR, (MCI/swa) AVL, HUL, avl, FUL, sot
  
  
• Tim Howard and Vito Mannone – Current Cost 10.3
  Next 10 Gameweeks: NOR, SOT, STO, AVL, HUL, CPL, (che/ars), WHM, new, CAR
  
  
• Tim Howard and Julian Speroni – Current Cost 10.4
  Next 10 Gameweeks: NOR, STO, HUL, AVL, WBA, CPL, MUN, WHM, SOU, CAR
  
  
• Jussi Jaaskelainen and Kelvin Davis / Artur Boruc – Current Cost 9.4 / 10.2
  Next 10 Gameweeks: WBA, NEW, ARS, SWA, STO, NOR, SOU, LIV, HUL, NOR
  
  
• Jussi Jaaskelainen and Gerhard Tremmel / Michel Vorm – Current Cost 9.9 / 10.4
  Next 10 Gameweeks: car, NEW, FUL, SWA, CAR, NOR, SOU, CPL, HUL, WBA
  
  
• Wojciech Szczesny and Artur Boruc – Current Cost 10.6
  Next 10 Gameweeks: avl, FUL, sot, CPL, STO, hul, SUN, sto, SWA, NOR
  
  
• Wojciech Szczesny and Michel Vorm – Current Cost 10.8
  Next 10 Gameweeks: avl, FUL, sot, CPL, CAR, sto, SUN, sto, SWA, WBA
  
  
• David De Gea and Vito Mannone – Current Cost 10.2
  Next 10 Gameweeks: SWA, SOU, CAR, sto, FUL, (ars/mci), cpl, WBA, wba, CPL

Nice work. I'd discount the Jussi options tho - he's had a bad last few months and has been dropped recently. Adran who came in for him has made mistakes too tho, so it could be back to Jussi in a few weeks.

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Shedite27 wrote: »

Nice work. I'd discount the Jussi options tho - he's had a bad last few months and has been dropped recently. Adran who came in for him has made mistakes too tho, so it could be back to Jussi in a few weeks.

I see Adrian as the favourite for the jersey right now. If I knew he'd get it I'd have him straight in the team. Other worry about West Ham is if they sack the manager. Both keepers are competent

roryc

I can't buy a clean sheet for a goalkeeper since Gameweek 3 so not even thinking about it. Brought Howard in due to his good run, he gets me 0 clean sheets and a sending off (which triggered a -4 point hit) - I get rid of him and he keeps a clean sheet! I'm sticking with Mannone/Marshall and assuming I will never get a CS, can never be disappointed then...

As for this weeks transfer, I'll either be banking it, or doing a double for -4. All depends on whether Yaya and Aguero are likely to start against Cardiff. Hoping we know before Saturday.

IsMiseMyself

Do we think Sterling has any chance of starting now Studge is back?

sanket

IsMiseMyself wrote: »

Do we think Sterling has any chance of starting now Studge is back?

Sell Sterling...his bench days are back. He will come up though as a impact sub. but start seems out of reach.

kronsington

Is Gnabry worth a punt as a cheap differential midfielder? He's 4.2.. Not sure if he would get a decent run of games

Dempsey

Update on Yaya Toure from the horse's mouth

yaya toure ‏@Toure_yaya42 1h

Off the field for a few days because of a back injury. Hope to be back on my feet soon!!

Dempsey

Whats my next move? I resisted using my WC last GW and I'm going to resist using it this week aswell

SlickRic

Aguero is in the squad for Blackburn.

sanket

Dempsey wrote: »

Whats my next move? I resisted using my WC last GW and I'm going to resist using it this week aswell

I'd suggest to sell Ozil Yaya & lukaku and bring in eriksen adebayor and wilshere (upgrade the def with the balance money)

roryc

Dempsey wrote: »

Whats my next move? I resisted using my WC last GW and I'm going to resist using it this week aswell

Cabaye out for Lallana.

If Aguero is fit it gives you a headache though as you are £0.1m short to swap for Negredo.

SlickRic

roryc wrote: »

If Aguero is fit it gives you a headache though as you are £0.1m short to swap for Negredo.

he is fit.

Dempsey

sanket wrote: »

I'd suggest to sell Ozil Yaya & lukaku and bring in eriksen adebayor and wilshere (upgrade the def with the balance money)

I'm not playing the WC this week though. I took a -8 hit last week because of 3 players that were injured/not starting. I dont envisage me doing that again this week

roryc wrote: »

Cabaye out for Lallana.

If Aguero is fit it gives you a headache though as you are £0.1m short to swap for Negredo.

Lallana or Eriksen??

As for the headache, I've the WC next week Aguero is often sluggish after injury and I dont think Blackburn @ home is a good yardstick tbh

Fizman

Looks like Barkley is out for up to 6 weeks.

What's the story with him and his price freeze? I see he should have dropped last night but didn't.

roryc

I'd favour Lallana if it's next week only. Spurs may find it tough at Swansea.

Dont be at yourself

Dempsey wrote: »

Whats my next move? I resisted using my WC last GW and I'm going to resist using it this week aswell

That's a pretty strong team. To my mind, you should look at moving on the following:

Gazzinaga
Turner
Cabaye
Ward-Prowse

McGregor's away to Norwich, so you could bench Gazzinaga for this week.

Turner is away to both Manchester clubs next, and isn't going to score much long-term, so I'd ship him out.

Newcastle and Southampton have West Ham and Sunderland respectively. Both are away, but against pretty poor sides, so should pick up something. Ward-Prowse not guaranteed to play though.

If you're making one transfer, I'd go Turner -> Kolorov (home to Cardiff). I'd say he's likely to rise some more, so you might even make a bit of dough ahead of the wild card. Get rid of the others then.

Shedite27

Fizman wrote: »

Looks like Barkley is out for up to 6 weeks.

What's the story with him and his price freeze? I see he should have dropped last night but didn't.

Looks like he will drop tonight.

The toe is only fractured instead of broken, so shouldn't take as long as expected to come back. Depending on which newspaper you read he could be back as soon as the 28th Jan

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2539165/Ross-Barkley-eyes-Merseyside-derby-return-month-six-week-injury-lay-fears-allayed.html

I wonder if McGeady's arrival will cut into his playing time

TimeToShine

Have Bony because I had a feeling he would run riot vs United but he didn't...don't know if I should keep him or swap for Lambert or Rodriguez. He would be a great differential and if he shows the kind of form he did against United in the FA cup game he could nab one or two quite frequently.

irish son

Yaya and Silva out for the Blackburn game tomorrow with slight knocks.

Iused2likebusts

Dempsey wrote: »

Whats my next move? I resisted using my WC last GW and I'm going to resist using it this week aswell

As a matter of interest points wise what is the difference for you if you had of wildcarded in the end.

Dempsey

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

As a matter of interest points wise what is the difference for you if you had of wildcarded in the end.

Team without Transfers
Rooney 0
Walcott 0
Chico 1
Ward-Prowse 1
Chester 2
Total 4
GW Total 65

Team Used
Mertesacker 2
Ozil 2
Negredo 6
Points Hit -8
Total 2
GW Total 63
Gameweek Rank: 1,279,966

Potential Wildcard
Boruc (Gazzaniga) 6
Mertesacker (Chico) 2
Ozil (Walcott) 2
Negredo (Rooney) 6
Lallana (Cabaye) 10
Parker (Ward-Prowse) 1
Total 26
GW Total 88
Gameweek Rank: 16,660

Was also thinking Sagna instead of Mertesacker to leaving some funds for Aguero. Would I have started Boruc or just accepted McGregor as my only choice at the time? It didn’t cross my mind at all to start Boruc when I was weighting up using the WC. It a pre-emptive move to save me a transfer down the line. I’ll assume best case scenario for my potential team though and that I would have realised Boruc was going to start or not play at all. I would have done better that GW using the WC, I knew that at the time but would it have set me up better for the rest of the season or purely a short term injection of points?

Arsenal’s fixture list and the amount of away games make me nervous about Ozil & Mertesacker. Better value for money could be found elsewhere, e.g. Sagna & Kolarov. Yaya Toure is beginning to carry knocks into games. Negredo’s strike rate away from home is 2 for the season so far! Parker is a solid starter but picks up a lot of yellow cards. Not getting rid of Ben Turner would have caused me ire also. Boruc & Lallana probably are the two that will provide the best value for money for the longest period of time.

That’s 6 players that I wouldn’t have been 100% happy with just after playing a WC. Would my doubts have turned into real problems? Only hindsight can tell and nobody can tell me now or after the next GW which was truly the best course of action to take.

Dont be at yourself

Anyone taking a gamble on new signings? McGeady, Jelavic, Guidetti?

Jelavic looks too expensive, but if he can recapture his Rangers/early Everton form he could be a great source of points. Guidetti has a big reputation, but hard to know if he'll get much game time.

Santi101

Dont rate McGeady at all tbh, surprising transfer that one I think.

SpaceCowb0y

Adebayor out Aguero in... done! Too easy!

jamesbere

I took out Mutch and will bring in Gnabry for this week, I'll take a chance on him.

Danger781

Podolski OUT....


Somebody IN

Fizman

Shedite27 wrote: »

Looks like he will drop tonight.

The toe is only fractured instead of broken, so shouldn't take as long as expected to come back. Depending on which newspaper you read he could be back as soon as the 28th Jan

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2539165/Ross-Barkley-eyes-Merseyside-derby-return-month-six-week-injury-lay-fears-allayed.html

I wonder if McGeady's arrival will cut into his playing time

Now.....according to TotalFPL, he isn't due to rise tonight!

sanket

Guys Sterling , Januzaj, Wilshere & Shelvey...which 2 would you pick for the forseable future..!!!

Rosco79

sanket wrote: »

Guys Sterling , Januzaj, Wilshere & Shelvey...which 2 would you pick for the forseable future..!!!

Sterling/Januzaj but alternating..... I wouldn't generally fancy either of them away from home

roryc

irish son wrote: »

Yaya and Silva out for the Blackburn game tomorrow with slight knocks.

Silva has gone yellow flagged in FPL, and as above they are both confirmed to be rested for the Blackburn game. Also gives more hints that Aguero will be back this weekend.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2900/fa-cup/2014/01/14/4543544/yaya-toure-rested-for-manchester-citys-fa-cup-tie-due-to

Pretty much as expected.

The Wild Bunch

Ozil out

Hazard In

racso1975

Advice please:

Adrian

Gabbidon Sagna Azpil

Ozil Barry Hazard Januzaj

Saurez Aguero Rodriguez




Gazzinga Vlaar Fletcher(utd) Chester

Thanks for any advice in the middle of playing wild card so can make multiple changes

Iused2likebusts

Dempsey wrote: »

Team without Transfers
Rooney 0
Walcott 0
Chico 1
Ward-Prowse 1
Chester 2
Total 4
GW Total 65

Team Used
Mertesacker 2
Ozil 2
Negredo 6
Points Hit -8
Total 2
GW Total 63
Gameweek Rank: 1,279,966

Potential Wildcard
Boruc (Gazzaniga) 6
Mertesacker (Chico) 2
Ozil (Walcott) 2
Negredo (Rooney) 6
Lallana (Cabaye) 10
Parker (Ward-Prowse) 1
Total 26
GW Total 88
Gameweek Rank: 16,660

Was also thinking Sagna instead of Mertesacker to leaving some funds for Aguero. Would I have started Boruc or just accepted McGregor as my only choice at the time? It didn’t cross my mind at all to start Boruc when I was weighting up using the WC. It a pre-emptive move to save me a transfer down the line. I’ll assume best case scenario for my potential team though and that I would have realised Boruc was going to start or not play at all. I would have done better that GW using the WC, I knew that at the time but would it have set me up better for the rest of the season or purely a short term injection of points?

Arsenal’s fixture list and the amount of away games make me nervous about Ozil & Mertesacker. Better value for money could be found elsewhere, e.g. Sagna & Kolarov. Yaya Toure is beginning to carry knocks into games. Negredo’s strike rate away from home is 2 for the season so far! Parker is a solid starter but picks up a lot of yellow cards. Not getting rid of Ben Turner would have caused me ire also. Boruc & Lallana probably are the two that will provide the best value for money for the longest period of time.

That’s 6 players that I wouldn’t have been 100% happy with just after playing a WC. Would my doubts have turned into real problems? Only hindsight can tell and nobody can tell me now or after the next GW which was truly the best course of action to take.

Interesting stuff. Im neither here nor there on when is the best time to wildcard. I think no matter when you wildcard issues are going to arise i.e an injury to a player you bring in, or someone you didn't bring in hitting form. For those that wildcarded last week as you have shown probably got an initial boost as a lot of the more popular choices delivered hazard, eriksen, llallana, gerrard, ade. Those that didnt wildcard will now know to avoid turner, boruc/saints defence are probably back on the radar,with people less likely to go with ozil.

roryc

Dempsey wrote: »

Only hindsight can tell and nobody can tell me now or after the next GW which was truly the best course of action to take.

I agree, but it would be interesting if you went back in Feb/March and worked this out again. I would be delighted with a 25 point difference between my WC and non-WC teams, I would be amazed if you end up with a better advantage than this. Also coupled with the price increases you would have taken advantage of... Whether the WC team you would have picked last week would have been the right one long-term compared to the one you eventually do pick is another question, but even if it took some points hits over the next few weeks to get to that point its unlikely you would chip away too much at your 25 point advantage. People over-value the WC sometimes, its not a magic points boost! I would snap your hand off for a 15 point gain with a WC, let alone 25.

Dempsey

25 points with 16 GW's left is nothing tbh. I've hauled in 150 point gaps in private leagues already this season in much short spaces of time and I'm confident of gearing up for another purple patch once the schedule gets back to abit of normality.

FutureGuy

Took an 8 point hit last week due to the injuries and rotation. Podolski was such a fail so took him straight out...

Transfers IN
Santon (1)
Podolski (0, sub would have scored 1)
Walcott (0, sub would have scored 1)
TOTAL=3

Transfers OUT
Baines (12)
Adebayor (5)
Ozil (2)
TOTAL=19

19-8-3= 8 Net Points

So how about another hit this week? 3 of the top 7, including 2 I see as solid players have wildcarded already and so I think the following transfer would be a huge differential.

Ozil > Wilshire/Cabaye
JRodriguez>Sturridge

That would leave me with...

Mignolet
Metesacker - Baines - Ward
Wilshire - Toure - Silva - Hazard
Sturrdige - Suarez - Adebayor

ncmc

Current team:

Fonte - Coleman - Mertesacker

Colbeck - Lallana - Toure - Oscar

Suarez - Lukaku - Negredo

Have 1.4 in the bank.

Would it be madness to transfer Oscar and Negredo out and Ramsey and Aguero in? Would have to take a 4 point hit. Would it be better to hold out until the following week and wait until I have two transfers to play with, make sure they are both fit and playing?

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ncmc wrote: »

Current team:

Fonte - Coleman - Mertesacker

Colbeck - Lallana - Toure - Oscar

Suarez - Lukaku - Negredo

Have 1.4 in the bank.

Would it be madness to transfer Oscar and Negredo out and Ramsey and Aguero in? Would have to take a 4 point hit. Would it be better to hold out until the following week and wait until I have two transfers to play with, make sure they are both fit and playing?

I'd do it. Aguero will rise in price if he plays tonight even off the bench, I would expect by 0.2m before the weekend. Ramsey isn't going to drop anymore and should play at the weekend so worth getting back in I'd say. I would think you want Aguero long term over Negredo, and with Aguero set to rise before Negredo, I don't see a need to wait to pull the trigger. Take the hit and get him in. You can always work Oscar back in later.

FutureGuy

ncmc wrote: »

Current team:

Fonte - Coleman - Mertesacker

Colbeck - Lallana - Toure - Oscar

Suarez - Lukaku - Negredo

Have 1.4 in the bank.

Would it be madness to transfer Oscar and Negredo out and Ramsey and Aguero in? Would have to take a 4 point hit. Would it be better to hold out until the following week and wait until I have two transfers to play with, make sure they are both fit and playing?

No, not madness but wait a bit before you do it...need more solid team news.

james123

Any idea how bad the injuries are to silva and yaya toure or how long they are out for ?

ncmc

james123 wrote: »

Any idea how bad the injuries are to silva and yaya toure or how long they are out for ?

As far as I know, Toure is a slight back injury and he is likely to play. Not sure about Silva

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sanket wrote: »

Guys Sterling , Januzaj, Wilshere & Shelvey...which 2 would you pick for the forseable future..!!!

Januzaj and Wilshire for me

roryc

Why would you think Toure is likely to play? I have him and I hope he plays, but not sure I'd class it as likely. I'd be 50/50 atm.