Replacing Aguero

SkySter

If the early reports appear correct it looks like Aguero is out until the New Year. Who are you bringing in for him?

jimmii

I'll see who others are bringing in on the transfers thread and see if I can find some inspiration!

qwabercd

Berahino

I know there's a good bit of talk about it in some of the other threads but seeing as nearly all of us on here have Aguero and will be shipping him with his injury I thought it's worthy of a thread in it's own right.

Simple question - who are you getting in for him?

Personally I think it shakes things up a bit and the decision on who to bring in and where to use the spare cash for the next month or so will be crucial as the choices are likely to deviate a lot in a season where many teams have been very similar.

I think I'll be taking a punt on Lukaku. A highly frustrating player to own but with decent fixtures for Everton I'm hoping to catch him at the start of a good run. Unlikely to see much rotation over the Christmas and although Everton haven't been great lately they're still a good side.

Giving strong consideration to Dzeko, but there's doubts over him with the recent injury. Ultimately I have my eyes on Silva and I don't want 2 city attackers when they're without Aguero.

I see quite a few have mentioned Benteke but he wouldn't be for me. Villa are a fairly poor side and Benteke hasn't been in good goalscoring form in quite a while.

SkySter

Lukaku

qwabercd wrote: »

I know there's a good bit of talk about it in some of the other threads but seeing as nearly all of us on here have Aguero and will be shipping him with his injury I thought it's worthy of a thread in it's own right.

Simple question - who are you getting in for him?

Personally I think it shakes things up a bit and the decision on who to bring in and where to use the spare cash for the next month or so will be crucial as the choices are likely to deviate a lot in a season where many teams have been very similar.

I think I'll be taking a punt on Lukaku. A highly frustrating player to own but with decent fixtures for Everton I'm hoping to catch him at the start of a good run. Unlikely to see much rotation over the Christmas and although Everton haven't been great lately they're still a good side.

Giving strong consideration to Dzeko, but there's doubts over him with the recent injury. Ultimately I have my eyes on Silva and I don't want 2 city attackers when they're without Aguero.

I see quite a few have mentioned Benteke but he wouldn't be for me. Villa are a fairly poor side and Benteke hasn't been in good goalscoring form in quite a while.

Just posted a poll...

qwabercd

Berahino

SkySter wrote: »

Just posted a poll...

Great minds and all that.. mods can delete/merge!

km79

qwabercd wrote: »

I know there's a good bit of talk about it in some of the other threads but seeing as nearly all of us on here have Aguero and will be shipping him with his injury I thought it's worthy of a thread in it's own right.

Simple question - who are you getting in for him?

Personally I think it shakes things up a bit and the decision on who to bring in and where to use the spare cash for the next month or so will be crucial as the choices are likely to deviate a lot in a season where many teams have been very similar.

I think I'll be taking a punt on Lukaku. A highly frustrating player to own but with decent fixtures for Everton I'm hoping to catch him at the start of a good run. Unlikely to see much rotation over the Christmas and although Everton haven't been great lately they're still a good side.

Giving strong consideration to Dzeko, but there's doubts over him with the recent injury. Ultimately I have my eyes on Silva and I don't want 2 city attackers when they're without Aguero.

I see quite a few have mentioned Benteke but he wouldn't be for me. Villa are a fairly poor side and Benteke hasn't been in good goalscoring form in quite a while.

I hope you did not watch Gary Neville's analysis of lukaku just there .....

qwabercd

Berahino

km79 wrote: »

I hope you did not watch Gary Neville's analysis of lukaku just there .....

Funnily enough I've never rated lukaku as a player myself at all, just hoping to catch him on a hot run.

Scorpion Sting

Lukaku

SkySter wrote: »

Mods. Please Delete as we have two polls.

This one was created first though. I'd say they'll be merged.

Mr.Prodston

How about some Rockin Robin for the festive period

Scorpion Sting

Lukaku

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

How about some Rockin Robin for the festive period

Not worth the price tag one bit unfortunately.

Mr.Prodston

jebforever wrote: »

Not worth the price tag one bit unfortunately.

I guess one good reason would be a straight swap back to Aguero would be straightforward but he'd want to be scoring every week to justify it alright.

With Carrick back though his supply should be better.

kronsington

I've .7 in the bank which may come in handy when it comes to bringing back Kun. Undecided if I'll replace him. Rooney is the one I'm looking at. Possibly upgrade a MF to Yaya as well.

Owen_S

Dzeko

Andy Carroll anybody? (srs)

Paully D

Benteke

For those more knowledgeable than myself re: price rises/drops, how much do you think Aguero will cost by the time he's fit to come back?

Rikand

Ings

Fabregas to yaya
Aguero to Costa

*winces*

Scorpion Sting

Lukaku

Paully D wrote: »

For those more knowledgeable than myself re: price rises/drops, how much do you think Aguero will cost by the time he's fit to come back?

I would guess 12.5 if he was confirmed out for 4 weeks.

TacT

Ings

already made the switch to Costa and I don't like it but everyone is going to have him and if he goes nuts against Hull there will be hell to pay with a lot giving the armband to him or Hazard.

Sooner or Later

Costa

Already have Costa so in comes Sakho

FHFC

Ings

jebforever wrote: »

I would guess 12.5 if he was confirmed out for 4 weeks.

Hope you're right as that's my selling price. I'd say you're not far off.

Aguero to Costa for me.

OneColdHand

Ings

jebforever wrote: »

I would guess 12.5 if he was confirmed out for 4 weeks.

It could even be lower.

4 real time weeks is 6 game weeks over christmas. So even if he only dropped 0.1 each week, he could be down to 12.3m. And he'll probably drop at least 0.2m this week.

Nib

Costa

Went with Sakho. Also Chambers to Clichy.

7.1m in bank. :eek:

PARlance

Costa

Nib wrote: »

Went with Sakho. Also Chambers to Clichy.

7.1m in bank. :eek:

Same here. Sakho in for Aguero.
Couldn't have imagined typing that 4 months ago.

seklly

Costa

Haven't made my mind up yet, can a player drop by .2 in one night?

iroced

seklly wrote: »

Haven't made my mind up yet, can a player drop by .2 in one night?

No.

bradlente

Bojan

iroced

Sooner or Later wrote: »

Already have Costa so in comes Sakho

Nib wrote: »

Went with Sakho. Also Chambers to Clichy.

7.1m in bank. :eek:

PARlance wrote: »

Same here. Sakho in for Aguero.
Couldn't have imagined typing that 4 months ago.

Why the general love for Sakho? Didn't see the his game at the week-end? Was he that good? Is he 100% fit (saw he only played 45 min)?

PARlance

Costa

iroced wrote: »

Why the general love for Sakho? Didn't see the his game at the week-end? Was he that good? Is he 100% fit (saw he only played 45 min)?

Came on at HT.
Hit the post twice, scored and looked very good.

It wasn't that he was that good in the match per se, it's just that he's that good in general imo.
7.3 pts per 90mins this season.
Only Aguero & Sanchez are really beating that.

iroced

PARlance wrote: »

Came on at HT.
Hit the post twice, scored and looked very good.

It wasn't that he was that good in the match per se, it's just that he's that good in general imo.
7.3 pts per 90mins this season.
Only Aguero & Sanchez are really beating that.

Yeah, true he was on fire before his injury.

Think I've narrowed it down to 3: Sakho, Benteke, Bony to replace Aguero. A United striker was my original plan but they were dire tonight. I can't afford RVP with my previously planned moves (need to buy 1 GK and a "premium" def and maybe a City mid).

Looking at their fixtures 'til the New Year:

- Benteke : WB (a), MU (H), Swa (a), Sun (H), CP (H)
- Bony.... : Tot (H), Hul (a), AV (H), Liv (a), QPR (a)
- Sakho.. : Sun (a), Lei (H), Che (a), Ars (H), WB (H)

Villa fixtures are really good though. WH do play thrice at home too.


Now looking at their stats this season

- Benteke : Let's say he played 4 games. Scored once at home. Assisted once away. 50% record in terms of getting something/game (1 goal and 1 assist in 4 games)
- Bony.... : Played the 15 games though came on late twice. Scored 4 and assisted once at home, scored thrice and assisted once away. About even home/away stats. 60% record.
- Sakho... : Played 8 (7.5 actually ). Scored 4 at home. Scored 2 and assisted 2 away. Again pretty even stats. That said he's on a 100% record (6 golas and 2 assists in 8 games).

Hmm. Think you guys have almost convinced me on Diafra... The only concern regarding him is can he handle that many games in a row now?

Scorpion Sting

Lukaku

OneColdHand wrote: »

It could even be lower.

4 real time weeks is 6 game weeks over christmas. So even if he only dropped 0.1 each week, he could be down to 12.3m. And he'll probably drop at least 0.2m this week.

The vast majority of those selling will have sold this week so I can't see him going to 12.3m really.

kevinroche3333

OneColdHand wrote: »

It could even be lower.

4 real time weeks is 6 game weeks over christmas. So even if he only dropped 0.1 each week, he could be down to 12.3m. And he'll probably drop at least 0.2m this week.

The sooner he is red flagged then the less likely he is to tumble.

Red flagged players need a lot more transfers out to drop.

If he gets red flagged tomorrow, on official news of a long absence, then most will ship him out enmasse particularly on fri/sat but after that his price wont drop much more.

Assuming he gets red flagged tomorrow, I would guess 12.4 to be the absolute lowpoint.

iroced

Just one thing about Aguero dropping in price. It is one thing how much he'll drop (£0,4m, £0.5m, £0.6m...?). But there's another thing to consider; the players you'll directly and indirectly get during his absence could/should make you gain a couple or more £0.1m which in time should allow buying him back without trouble even if his price does stay higher than expeced .

Iused2likebusts

Im bringing costa back in. I didnt think he was worth his price previously as I was never going to captain him. With aguero gone for a month now money is no object for most of our teams so can afford to spend 11 million on a striker that I may not captain too often.

PARlance

Costa

iroced wrote: »

Yeah, true he was on fire before his injury.

Think I've narrowed it down to 3: Sakho, Benteke, Bony to replace Aguero. A United striker was my original plan but they were dire tonight. I can't afford RVP with my previously planned moves (need to buy 1 GK and a "premium" def and maybe a City mid).

Looking at their fixtures 'til the New Year:

- Benteke : WB (a), MU (H), Swa (a), Sun (H), CP (H)
- Bony.... : Tot (H), Hul (a), AV (H), Liv (a), QPR (a)
- Sakho.. : Sun (a), Lei (H), Che (a), Ars (H), WB (H)

Villa fixtures are really good though. WH do play thrice at home too.


Now looking at their stats this season

- Benteke : Let's say he played 4 games. Scored once at home. Assisted once away. 50% record in terms of getting something/game (1 goal and 1 assist in 4 games)
- Bony.... : Played the 15 games though came on late twice. Scored 4 and assisted once at home, scored thrice and assisted once away. About even home/away stats. 60% record.
- Sakho... : Played 8 (7.5 actually ). Scored 4 at home. Scored 2 and assisted 2 away. Again pretty even stats. That said he's on a 100% record (6 golas and 2 assists in 8 games).

Hmm. Think you guys have almost convinced me on Diafra... The only concern regarding him is can he handle that many games in a row now?

While no injury is good, the fact that it was only a minor back injury is probably as good an injury for us in terms of game-time.
It's not like he's returning from a leg related injury that could easily go again.

I think Big Sam went on record as saying he wouldn't be rushed back, so in a way, I think it's great that he has had a nice little rest for the hectic schedule ahead

iroced

FFS take on Agüero's replacement => http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/12/11/the-burning-question-how-do-fantasy-managers-cope-with-the-aguero-injury-fall-out/

I see Dzeko being mentioned several times... I'm getting worried now ...

NabyLadistheman

Lukaku

City's fixtures are too good not to have some coverage. I plumped for Yaya but even if he does get his fifth card soon enough the next match is nearly too good to sell him. May also look at Zabaletta. If Dzeko gets motoring over the next couple of GW's then he obviously will be required as well

km79

I have never owned dzecko
I might by tonight