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January Wildcard
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Right, I've finally settled on the below after getting to spend a bit of time at it tonight. Panic slightly averted now I feel:
Foster should really read Pulis and therefore there's no explanation necessary :pac:
At the back I've gone with Ivanovic over Terry. He obviously offers more going forward and with the spare cash I had that would otherwise be sitting in the bank, I've decided to invest it in the hope of generating more attacking returns on top of the obvious clean sheet potential. I'm taking a punt on Manchester United's kind fixtures more than anything with the acquisition of Jones, and after starting the last 6 or 7 games he appears to be pretty set at the position. Bertrand was very good to me prior to me dumping him as Southampton's fixtures turned for the worse, so I'm happy to get him back in here. van Aanholt and Hutton round out my defence and offer me options, especially with Sunderland's kind home fixtures for the rest of the season.
Hazard and Sanchez speak for themselves, while Eriksen appears to be heading that way, after being central to everything Spurs have done for the last while. The fixtures aren't ideal, but going with Eriksen as Spurs coverage allowed me to go Eriksen/Pelle instead of Silva/Kane which I prefer. Johnson is just a punt on my part. Poyet is starting to feel the heat a little now and Sunderland badly need creativity. He has started to play Johnson centrally behind the strikers in a 5-3-2 aimed at getting the best out of Defoe, so should Sunderland do anything I would hope AJ will be involved. At least he has a striker to put away any chances he creates now! Couple that with the fixtures and the fact Sigurdsson is suspended and Downing's fixtures are horrendous and in that price bracket I think it's worth a shot. Boyd is super-sub as always and hasn't let me down at all this season.
Aguero is always going to be in any team of mine when fit. With no Costa I've decided to get Giroud in ahead of Arsenal's nice run, and I'm taking a shot on Pelle. Advanced stats suggest he should have scored more than he has recently, I guess you could call him unlucky or say it was poor finishing depending on what way you look at it, but the time I worry about a striker is not when he's missing chances - it's when he doesn't get any. Fortunately, Pelle is getting them and I'm hoping they will start hitting the net soon.
Overall, I'm actually happier with my side now than I was pre-Costa suspension which I didn't think I would be when I didn't have the time to analyse it properly. Admittedly, there is a bit of fixtures over form thinking in my side, and while the defence is quite expensive I don't actually see where else I could invest the money.
Feel free to tear it apart lads! :pac:0 -
Right, I've finally settled on the below after getting to spend a bit of time at it tonight. Panic slightly averted now I feel:
Foster should really read Pulis and therefore there's no explanation necessary :pac:
At the back I've gone with Ivanovic over Terry. He obviously offers more going forward and with the spare cash I had that would otherwise be sitting in the bank, I've decided to invest it in the hope of generating more attacking returns on top of the obvious clean sheet potential. I'm taking a punt on Manchester United's kind fixtures more than anything with the acquisition of Jones, and after starting the last 6 or 7 games he appears to be pretty set at the position. Bertrand was very good to me prior to me dumping him as Southampton's fixtures turned for the worse, so I'm happy to get him back in here. van Aanholt and Hutton round out my defence and offer me options, especially with Sunderland's kind home fixtures for the rest of the season.
Hazard and Sanchez speak for themselves, while Eriksen appears to be heading that way, after being central to everything Spurs have done for the last while. The fixtures aren't ideal, but going with Eriksen as Spurs coverage allowed me to go Eriksen/Pelle instead of Silva/Kane which I prefer. Johnson is just a punt on my part. Poyet is starting to feel the heat a little now and Sunderland badly need creativity. He has started to play Johnson centrally behind the strikers in a 5-3-2 aimed at getting the best out of Defoe, so should Sunderland do anything I would hope AJ will be involved. At least he has a striker to put away any chances he creates now! Couple that with the fixtures and the fact Sigurdsson is suspended and Downing's fixtures are horrendous and in that price bracket I think it's worth a shot. Boyd is super-sub as always and hasn't let me down at all this season.
Aguero is always going to be in any team of mine when fit. With no Costa I've decided to get Giroud in ahead of Arsenal's nice run, and I'm taking a shot on Pelle. Advanced stats suggest he should have scored more than he has recently, I guess you could call him unlucky or say it was poor finishing depending on what way you look at it, but the time I worry about a striker is not when he's missing chances - it's when he doesn't get any. Fortunately, Pelle is getting them and I'm hoping they will start hitting the net soon.
Overall, I'm actually happier with my side now than I was pre-Costa suspension which I didn't think I would be when I didn't have the time to analyse it properly. Admittedly, there is a bit of fixtures over form thinking in my side, and while the defence is quite expensive I don't actually see where else I could invest the money.
Feel free to tear it apart lads! :pac:
Solid team, can't find fault in it. No United attacking coverage maybe, but that is far from essential! Although LVG comments today about increasing his ball speed and needing to score more are promising, and not just for his missus.
If you had to pick between Eriksen and Johnston over the next three fixtures who would you go for? Tempted to go with Johnston in the short term for the reasons you've outlined above vs Eriksens fixtures, particularly vs Pullis this week.0 -
Solid team, can't find fault in it. No United attacking coverage maybe, but that is far from essential! Although LVG comments today about increasing his ball speed and needing to score more are promising, and not just for his missus.
If you had to pick between Eriksen and Johnston over the next three fixtures who would you go for? Tempted to go with Johnston in the short term for the reasons you've outlined above vs Eriksens fixtures, particularly vs Pullis this week.
Very tough one IMO. Personally, if it was just a 3 week punt, I'd probably actually still go for Eriksen despite liking Johnson's prospects.
North-London derbies are notoriously full of goals, and while Liverpool have tightened up at the back in recent weeks one must note who they've played - typically low scoring sides. I wouldn't back against Spurs scoring there and if they do, Eriksen is likely to be involved given how he has been playing. On paper West Brom is not too bad a fixture, but as you say - Pulis!
Sunderland need to start proving they can beat fellow relegation threatened sides on their own patch very quickly, and they are very low scoring. Hopefully this new formation springs them into life in terms of goalscoring, but as of now Johnson is a punt for those reasons. Additionally, Eriksen controls set pieces (except penalties when Townsend is around it appears), while Larsson takes many of Johnson's set piece opportunities away (for good reason).0 -
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The glaring problem with this team when you see it lined up below is of course whether a Harps man can stomach that amount of candystripes in the side. Uggghh.
A few subtle differences in our teams
I have Austin to your Giroud. I have Santi to your Di Maria, Eriksen to your Johnson.
Otherwise, we're similar enough. Looking forward to our cup match tomorrow!
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manual_man wrote: »Have you been drinking? :pac::pac::D
lol - yes
but hopefully its to do with the price change happening now. a game update has locked it....
will log in and out at 2 am and see if i can do it then
Otherwise, thats my season over thanks to a glitch, lol 0 -
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lol - yes
but hopefully its to do with the price change happening now. a game update has locked it....
will log in and out at 2 am and see if i can do it then
Otherwise, thats my season over thanks to a glitch, lol
I just logged in there no problem. But I think the price changes go thru in a few mins!0
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