DGW37 Captain

Ziegler1988

It's the penultimate GW and last DGW of the season, folks. Make or break time for some, while others are the Chelsea of their MLs and on cruise control.

Will be an interesting choice for captain. I'm tempted to leave it on Aguero despite Sanchez's double.

Lemlin

Dónal wrote: »

Will be an interesting choice for captain. I'm tempted to leave it on Aguero despite Sanchez's double.

Swansea may well roll out their 4-6-0 formation again.

Rikand

Alexei Sayle

Arbitrary

Before last night Sanchez was nailed on, now it's looking increasingly more like Ramsey for the armband. Though I probably should captain who I think my rival will, Sanchez.

spock.

Ramsey

FHFC

Ramsey is very tempting but as noted in the other thread Wilshire in particular does threaten his gametime (sub off before 60 peril!) and position (dropped back to the pivot last night when Wilshire came on).

He is very lively looking and usually the second player into the box after Giroud if he's not the one supplying the ball in. I fancy him for a big haul soon, but wary he could be rotated, or more likely subbed.

PARlance

FHFC wrote: »

Ramsey is very tempting but as noted in the other thread Wilshire in particular does threaten his gametime (sub off before 60 peril!) and position (dropped back to the pivot last night when Wilshire came on).

He is very lively looking and usually the second player into the box after Giroud if he's not the one supplying the ball in. I fancy him for a big haul soon, but wary he could be rotated, or more likely subbed.

I'm not too concerned about his gametime, I think he's up there (just shy) with Sanchez in importance and others will be subbed ahead of him. I expect him to be subbed over the next two but I think it'll be against Sunderland when/if Arsenal have it in the bag. The deeper role isn't ideal but he still got forward plenty.

I think he's on for a big one soon but none of my rivals have him so he probably won't get the armband.

Iused2likebusts

If you own sanchez and are leading your pay league you have to captain him. He is the standout choice same way aguero was last week.

CSF

It has to be Sanchez IMO. DGW aside, Bony will probably play against Swansea and I don't think that is good for Aguero.

Mr.Prodston

I've spoken about Theo earlier on but perhaps I should get Ramsey and captain him

manual_man

Ramsey/Giroud?? Though something tells me I should leave it on Aguero!!

PARlance

manual_man wrote: »

Ramsey/Giroud?? Though something tells me I should leave it on Aguero!!

I have Giroud and he's well down my list after recent performances. If Welbeck is back and match fit then I'm just praying Giroud gets 120+ mins

manual_man

PARlance wrote: »

I have Giroud and he's well down my list after recent performances. If Welbeck is back and match fit then I'm just praying Giroud gets 120+ mins

I know it was vs QPR, but Agueros performance was terrific, possibly his best of the season. He scored in the previous 3 league games too. Its hard to ignore form like that. City should be fresher too, especially after Swansea's toil in London on Monday evening... Ramsey has looked very lively lately and maybe I'm a bit tempted by him... And if he starts just 1 of the 2 games... That's likely to be A to Man U isn't it... Mehhhhhhhhh

FHFC

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

I've spoken about Theo earlier on but perhaps I should get Ramsey and captain him

I'm thinking captaining Rambo could be my differential roll of the dice this week. As Busts says if you are leading Sanchez is pretty much compulsory. But I'm not, in fact I'm not really in the running in any of the pay leagues I am in apart from a small work one which is pretty much sewn up.

I'd be gambling my OR a wee bit to see if I could bounce back into having a shout in those leagues.

ThunbergsAreGo

Two ahead of me will likely go Sanchez/Ramsey as captains (10 points down)

Any advice on going Giroud/Kos, or am i better of just getting one of the above in and matching?

jimmii

naughtb4 wrote: »

Two ahead of me will likely go Sanchez/Ramsey as captains (10 points down)

Any advice on going Giroud/Kos, or am i better of just getting one of the above in and matching?

How do you teams compare? Kosc or Giroud are a decent shout if you need to be looking at an alternative to Sanchez. Got to roll the dice at this point to try make up a few points! You do need to be prepared for it fail though.

ThunbergsAreGo

jimmii wrote: »

How do you teams compare? Kosc or Giroud are a decent shout if you need to be looking at an alternative to Sanchez. Got to roll the dice at this point to try make up a few points! You do need to be prepared for it fail though.

Think you are right.

Aguero, Hazard, Southampton defender each.
I have Benteke/Silva as my main differences who could help me make it up.
They have an Arse def and mid and would expect them to get one more in this week.

Sure if it blows up i likely wouldnt have caught them anyway

Chesty08

PVA - has been getting very close to some attacking returns, is always up there for some BPS and Sunderland are fighting for their lives!

Did I mention that this is a gamble

alchemist33

Chesty08 wrote: »

PVA - has been getting very close to some attacking returns, is always up there for some BPS and Sunderland are fighting for their lives!

Did I mention that this is a gamble

At first I thought "Gamble? Sure loads of us will have him." Then I realised this was the captain thread.



THE CAPTAIN THREAD!!!!!

Ziegler1988

Chesty08 wrote: »

PVA - has been getting very close to some attacking returns, is always up there for some BPS and Sunderland are fighting for their lives!

Did I mention that this is a gamble

This would make a PVA 15 pointer against Leicester a little less sweet since you'd overtake me!

jimmii

naughtb4 wrote: »

Think you are right.

Aguero, Hazard, Southampton defender each.
I have Benteke/Silva as my main differences who could help me make it up.
They have an Arse def and mid and would expect them to get one more in this week.

Sure if it blows up i likely wouldnt have caught them anyway

At this stage a maverick captain is about all that can be really done due to dgws teams are looking very similar. Sanchez looks to be the obvious choice this week but if all three of you captain him you have 0% chance of making up ground there whereas if its giroud he may only outscore Sanchez 30% of the time by more than a point but that is mean you are making up points pretty often.

Mr.Prodston

Chesty08 wrote: »

PVA - has been getting very close to some attacking returns, is always up there for some BPS and Sunderland are fighting for their lives!

Did I mention that this is a gamble

Sir/Madam.

I very much like the cut of your jib. I find your ideas intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter

Kind regards,

Mr.P

PS. I'm almost sold on the idea already

manual_man

settled on Aguero. just cant bring myself to put it on Rambo or Giroud (or PVA:pac::pac:)

Ziegler1988

manual_man wrote: »

settled on Aguero. just cant bring myself to put it on Rambo or Giroud (or PVA:pac::pac:)

There goes my hope that you'll help me out in the Boards Pay H2H :P (I'd actually be thrilled if Aguero has another 15 pointer or so).

manual_man

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

There goes my hope that you'll help me out in the Boards Pay H2H :P (I'd actually be thrilled if Aguero has another 15 pointer or so).

whats the situation there??

i expect Kun to score with the form he's in. Giroud's form is awful, and whereas Rambo looks sharp there's always a fitness worry with him as well as possible rotation (chance increased with Wilshere back)

FHFC

I don't know how much it's worth a diferential captain punt this week. Sanchez is at 73% here are 68 or so on FFS. Any differential succeeding wildly is based on Sanchez blanking. If you did somebody mad like PVA and got 15 points it would be fun, but if Sanchez got even one goal and a CS he'd be likely to hit 10 points so you'd only gain 5 on a Sanchez captainer. On the other side of the coin, if PVA ends up with 4 and Sanchez scores a couple and gets an assist you could be looking at loss of 15 points easily.

On stats and form banking your whole week, or making your big play to catch a lead based on Sanchez doing zip in two games seems a big risk for modest potential reward. I think you need to look to differentials elsewhere for this week and follow the crowd on the captaincy.

If there was no stand out captain, or it wasn't a dgw there'd be more to be gained from a captain punt.

Mr P, I realise you are pretty disappointed in me right now, and sad as that makes me it had to be said.....

Ziegler1988

manual_man wrote: »

whats the situation there??

i expect Kun to score with the form he's in. Giroud's form is awful, and whereas Rambo looks sharp there's always a fitness worry with him as well as possible rotation (chance increased with Wilshere back)

I'm 4 points behind AdpRo who you play this GW. I'm sure he'll captain Sanchez which is who I also fancy to do the best

manual_man

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

I'm 4 points behind AdpRo who you play this GW. I'm sure he'll captain Sanchez which is who I also fancy to do the best

Ah its really hard 2 tell... Sanchez himself could be rested (he's probably due one!). If Arsenal manage to beat Man U on Sunday (and therefore wrap up automatic champs league qualification, we could well see wholesale changes for the game v Sunderland

Don't have Sanchez and honestly yeah i'd captain him if i did... Aguero tho

mufcboy1999

The leader of my league is 25 points ahead of me and has been copying my transfers to block me, smart man. Last week he brought in benteke and this week he'll more than likely bring in ramsey. I'm pretty sure he'll captain sanchez though so I'm going to have to take a risk, more than likely its ramsey but I'm not sure.

Might take punt on kane or bring in giroud for ramsey, either way I've nothing to lose now.:mad:

Iused2likebusts

mufcboy1999 wrote: »

The leader of my league is 25 points ahead of me and has been copying my transfers to block me, smart man. Last week he brought in benteke and this week he'll more than likely bring in ramsey. I'm pretty sure he'll captain sanchez though so I'm going to have to take a risk, more than likely its ramsey but I'm not sure.

Might take punt on kane or bring in giroud for ramsey, either way I've nothing to lose now.:mad:

25 pts is nothing lads in my leagues have gained 50 odd points in one week .Last week somebody got 30 pts on me with 3 or 4 different players. I'd suggest captain your best option. Not captaining your best option is like benching your best defender it's not something I'd suggest particularly in a dgw.

ThunbergsAreGo

Not convinced any of my Arsenal players are better shouts than Ageuro

CSF

naughtb4 wrote: »

Not convinced any of my Arsenal players are better shouts than Ageuro

Is Sanchez one of those

ThunbergsAreGo

CSF wrote: »

Is Sanchez one of those

I wish!

jimmii

naughtb4 wrote: »

Not convinced any of my Arsenal players are better shouts than Ageuro

Think you'd have to have a fairly rag tag bunch of Arsenal players for that to be the case!

ThunbergsAreGo

jimmii wrote: »

Think you'd have to have a fairly rag tag bunch of Arsenal players for that to be the case!

Dunno, Giroud is in awful form and Bellarin/Kos are defenders

jimmii

naughtb4 wrote: »

Dunno, Giroud is in awful form and Bellarin/Kos are defenders

Yeh the Giroud form would definitely be a worry and defensive players urgh tough spot! I think Kosc has a little higher points expectancy but Aguero obviously has a much higher ceiling! If I was in your spot I would be captaining Giroud despite the lack of form.

Chesty08

alchemist33 wrote: »

At first I thought "Gamble? Sure loads of us will have him." Then I realised this was the captain thread.



THE CAPTAIN THREAD!!!!!

Are you warming to the idea?

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

This would make a PVA 15 pointer against Leicester a little less sweet since you'd overtake me!

Well, depending on how your captain does! The Arsenal rotation is pretty scary for me and I think i'll stay away from them

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Sir/Madam.

I very much like the cut of your jib. I find your ideas intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter

Kind regards,

Mr.P

PS. I'm almost sold on the idea already

The idea of having someone who has 2 games in the GW and has everything to play for is very appealing. Throw in the added clean sheet alternative, the high ranking BPS and his attacking threat the last couple of GW's... It is very appealing!

John O'Shea is back in the squad and Wes Brown is unavailable - This makes me extremely said

Ignore the shambolic impact of JOS?
Talk to me Mr.P .. Talk to me!!

alchemist33

Chesty08 wrote: »

Are you warming to the idea?

Not yet

I think a DGW is the best time to use a defender as captain, but it is Sunderland. He could end up with minus points away to Arsenal (although it is Arsenal -- they could lose too)

Mint Sauce

Dont have Sanchez or Aguero, neither can I afford them. Was going to save a transfer for next week to can try and bring in Aguero to finish big.

So that pretty much leaves either Cazorla or Giroud for this week.

Sooner or Later

Following the herd - Sanchez

Henwin

cant decide between Giroud, Aguero, Hazard or Ozil, im 30 points behind my rival

mufcboy1999

Henwin wrote: »

cant decide between Giroud, Aguero, Hazard or Ozil, im 30 points behind my rival

I'm in a similar position and had every intention to take a risk with my captain as my rival will 99.9% captain sanchez. I've taught about it some more and have decided to captain sanchez myself and hope that kane,wickham,ramsey and henderson all payers he doesnt have, do something of note and make up some ground for me.

If successful I'll take a captain risk next week for the final fixture and try bring it home. What do you think lads, smart or not ?

Mr.Prodston

I have it on PVA as it stands

FHFC

mufcboy1999 wrote: »

I'm in a similar position and had every intention to take a risk with my captain as my rival will 99.9% captain sanchez. I've taught about it some more and have decided to captain sanchez myself and hope that kane,wickham,ramsey and henderson all payers he doesnt have, do something of note and make up some ground for me.

If successful I'll take a captain risk next week for the final fixture and try bring it home. What do you think lads, smart or not ?

Those are good differentials. As I've argued back page or two, I don't think the risk vs reward of a differential captain stacks up well this particular week.

mufcboy1999

FHFC wrote: »

Those are good differentials. As I've argued back page or two, I don't think the risk vs reward of a differential captain stacks up well this particular week.

Exactly and not to mention if things go wrong and the differential captain doesn't deliver, You've more than likely put yourself out of the running for the final fixture.

The next gw has some pretty tasteful differentials for anyone who's within 30 to 40 points, it can be done.

tunguska

naughtb4 wrote: »

Not convinced any of my Arsenal players are better shouts than Ageuro

Me to. Cant believe the amount of people going for Sanchez for captain. I think it'll be a UTD win and sanchez is locked out. As for Sunderland...........theyre in a relegation battle so they will be up for it big time. Gotta stick with Ageuro here

Henwin

mufcboy1999 wrote: »

I'm in a similar position and had every intention to take a risk with my captain as my rival will 99.9% captain sanchez. I've taught about it some more and have decided to captain sanchez myself and hope that kane,wickham,ramsey and henderson all payers he doesnt have, do something of note and make up some ground for me.

If successful I'll take a captain risk next week for the final fixture and try bring it home. What do you think lads, smart or not ?

I've gone with Ozil