Gameweek 23 Captain Poll

Steel Dog

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Dietsquirt

Loic Remy (Norwich Away)

Mata!

Dubstar07

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

Suarez (has to be really)
Went with hazard for vc

FHFC

Robin.
Van.
Persie.

If you'd told you lot last year there'd be a captain poll ahead of United home to Cardiff and he'd not even be an option even though fit and unflagged you'd have been laughed outta town. :D

Sooner or Later

I'm thinking of picking Bony at home to Fulham

Am I mad?

Danger781

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

Suarez at home, check.

Everton defence not at full strength, check. Distin, Coleman, and Jagielka all doubts.

SAS, check.

No brainer for me!

Sooner or Later wrote: »

I'm thinking of picking Bony at home to Fulham

Am I mad?

Absolutely not!

FHFC

Danger781 wrote: »

Suarez at home, check.

Everton defence not at full strength, check. Distin, Coleman, and Jagielka all doubts.

SAS, check.

No brainer for me!

Good points. Dunno if I'd risk captaining RVP really without knowing if he's fully match fit.

fran38

I've gone for Oscar (h). Good diferential prospects.

HighClass

My minds telling me Suarez but my hearts telling me Mata!

Mint Sauce

Yaya Toure (Spurs Away)

Danger781 wrote: »

Suarez at home, check.

Everton defence not at full strength, check. Distin, Coleman, and Jagielka all doubts.

SAS, check.

No brainer for me!

I was thinking Aguero till I read that.

Dempsey

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

captaincy is nailed on suarez

CSF

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

Mata having more votes than Aguero is nuts. I'm going for Suarez though.

Cantona's Collars

Has to be Suarez,Everton light at the back for this game and Suarez likes scoring against them.

Who_8_Paul?

Although I'm going with Suarez, I preferred captaining him when Sturridge was sidelined; the team will play even better now and score more as a whole with the increased threat but Sturridge is going to take some of Suarez potential points surely. I've been contemplating having both in my WC team. SAS - Suarez, Aguero, Sturridge. Only Adebayor can budge Sturridge

GLaDOS

Very tempted by Aguero, but City away still has niggling doubts over it. Will probably play it safe with Suarez.

keano_afc

Emmanuel Adebayor (Man City Home)

Hazard at home to West Ham is an option.

Mr.Prodston

I'll pick a captain when I know who'll be in my team. Anything could happen between now and 7:30!

Iused2likebusts

keano_afc wrote: »

Hazard at home to West Ham is an option.

ye its him or suarez for me.

Can't decide between Aguero, Hazard or Suarez.

Aguero away,
Suarez derby match (anything could happen)
Hazard, derby match

manual_man

seems like i'll have a differential on my hands - gone for Aguero, Suarez vice

extra gravy

Tempted to go with Aguero too, if Liverpool could rip Spurs apart so easily away from home then City can surely do the same.

Dempsey

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

extra gravy wrote: »

Tempted to go with Aguero too, if Liverpool could rip Spurs apart so easily away from home then City can surely do the same.

Spurs are much better under Sherwood

CSF

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

Dempsey wrote: »

Spurs are much better under Sherwood

Defensively I'm not sure they're any better, they just haven't been exposed yet. If there is a team to do that....

Dempsey

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

CSF wrote: »

Defensively I'm not sure they're any better, they just haven't been exposed yet. If there is a team to do that....

Was reading this yesterday, a good analysis of what to expect. The chances of them taking another thrashing is a remote one for me. I'd expect both teams to be scoring tbh

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25921426

Why Spurs should not sit back against Man City

We already know Tottenham play more attacking football under Tim Sherwood than they did under Andre Villas-Boas and I do not expect Sherwood to change that approach against Manchester City at White Hart Lane.

That means both teams will be looking to attack because I cannot see City boss Manuel Pellegrini holding back either.

The only time Pellegrini has really been cautious in the Premier League was when City played Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in October.

That day he left out Alvaro Negredo and played an extra midfielder, Javi Garcia, instead of two strikers. City lost 2-1 because of a mistake from Joe Hart, but I felt Pellegrini picked the wrong team.

Since then, he has played two up front in every league game, home or away.

An example of when Pellegrini got it right was City's 6-0 thrashing of Tottenham in November, when Andre Villas-Boas was still in charge of Tottenham.

Under Sherwood, the most obvious change by Spurs has been to play two strikers themselves, with Emmanuel Adebayor coming into the team to partner Roberto Soldado.

Sherwood picked Adebayor as a lone striker in their last game, against Swansea, but crucially he got much better support and saw far more of the ball than Soldado ever did when he was up front on his own under Villas-Boas.

Under the Portuguese, Spurs did get their wide men forward but their attacking moves often ended with shots from the edge of the area, and they had the worst shot conversion rate in the top flight.

Since Sherwood took over they are taking fewer shots, but are making more of them count than any other Premier League team.

Their average possession and passing accuracy has not dropped significantly and, crucially, they have improved defensively as well.

But taking the game to City is definitely Tottenham's best bet because if you try to hold them off, they will always break you down in the end.

Spurs should go for it because look where that approach got Watford, who were 2-0 up against City at half-time in the FA Cup at the weekend. It took two defensive substitutions for Pellegrini to rescue that game.

Tottenham obviously have better players than Watford, so Sherwood should stick with his attacking outlook and set up a team to put City on the back foot and pressure their defence.

CSF

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

Dempsey wrote: »

Was reading this yesterday, a good analysis of what to expect. The chances of them taking another thrashing is a remote one for me. I'd expect both teams to be scoring tbh

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25921426

Why Spurs should not sit back against Man City

I'd agree with that, and there isn't an unders market in sight that I'd be backing. Happy enough to have Adebayor in my team also. But with the way I see Tottenham defensively and City as an attacking force, you could easily see the game being a 5-2/6-2 game if both teams perform as you'd expect.

Danger781

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

If I was a gambling man...

Tottenham 2 - 3 City

Easy Rod

Romelu Lukaku (Liverpool Away)

I'm thinking of going Sturridge over Suarez...someone talk me out of it.

Luis seems to be playing a lot deeper with Sturridge back.

Iused2likebusts

Easy Rod wrote: »

I'm thinking of going Sturridge over Suarez...someone talk me out of it.

Luis seems to be playing a lot deeper with Sturridge back.

The 30 mins of the game I saw at the weekend is how that looked. Suarez still got 2 assists though.

CSF

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

Easy Rod wrote: »

I'm thinking of going Sturridge over Suarez...someone talk me out of it.

Luis seems to be playing a lot deeper with Sturridge back.

Last time they played together before Sturridge's injury, Suarez was hitting better figures. Suarez is world class, Sturridge is not. Until I see something legitimate to suggest he has gone off the boil, I wouldn't be taking him off captain when at home, unless another on-form world class player had a seriously favourable fixture.

OneColdHand

Yaya Toure (Spurs Away)

CSF wrote: »

I'd agree with that, and there isn't an unders market in sight that I'd be backing. Happy enough to have Adebayor in my team also. But with the way I see Tottenham defensively and City as an attacking force, you could easily see the game being a 5-2/6-2 game if both teams perform as you'd expect.

Danger781 wrote: »

If I was a gambling man...

Tottenham 2 - 3 City

Cue 0-0 draw!

IanLAD

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

whats the craic with cabaye? is he gone yet? or is he gunna be in the squad for tonight?

suarez for captain, no brainer, if you dont have him as captain youre thick and grasping at straws

Dempsey

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

IanLAD wrote: »

whats the craic with cabaye? is he gone yet? or is he gunna be in the squad for tonight?

suarez for captain, no brainer, if you dont have him as captain youre thick and grasping at straws

A bid has been accepted, he wont be in the squad.

Mint Sauce

Yaya Toure (Spurs Away)

IanLAD wrote: »

whats the craic with cabaye? is he gone yet? or is he gunna be in the squad for tonight?

suarez for captain, no brainer, if you dont have him as captain youre thick and grasping at straws

So you wouldn't go with Agureo as a differencial then? Or would anyone else for that mater?

IanLAD

Daniel Sturridge (Everton Home)

not when theyre away to spurs, obviously, could happen that suarez gets 2 points and aguero gets 20, but the other way around is a lot more likely in my opinion

Mint Sauce

Yaya Toure (Spurs Away)

Liverpool favourites for tonight, man city around evens for tomorrow.

Oh this Suarez v Aguero captaincy is having me toutured. Yes Everton are currently lacking, but on the other hand its the Merseyside Derby, City are rolling over teams, but its away to Spurs who are not exactly off form them selfs.

Decisions decisions.

Iused2likebusts

Easy Rod wrote: »

I'm thinking of going Sturridge over Suarez...someone talk me out of it.

Luis seems to be playing a lot deeper with Sturridge back.

did u do it?

Easy Rod

Romelu Lukaku (Liverpool Away)

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

did u do it?

Yep, nobody talked me off it strongly enough.

Looks like it'll be a wash anyway. Could've been oh so much more though.