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GW 4 Transfer Thread (adios Rooney gu'lad)
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I'm 0.1 short of fitting in Pedro, Sanchez and Benteke. Options are:
A: Pedro - Sanchez - Wilson - Gomis
B: AN Other - Sanchez - Wilson - Benteke
C: Pedro - Ozil - Gomis - Benteke
Hazard - Ozil - Wilson - Benteke
In B I'd be able to afford any MID of 9.4 or less, Shaqiri, Ayew, Chadli maybe.
Rest of attack is Aguero, Silva, Mahrez, Westwood.0 -
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Iused2likebusts wrote: »No hits eh... well considering one week was wildcard and there is 2 hours left in this gw. You lasted 1 gw so far without a hit ☺
Your point being?? That's a record of restraint I'm quite proud of!!
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Mr. Guappa wrote: »I'm 0.1 short of fitting in Pedro, Sanchez and Benteke. Options are:
A: Pedro - Sanchez - Wilson - Gomis
B: AN Other - Sanchez - Wilson - Benteke
C: Pedro - Ozil - Gomis - Benteke Hazard - Ozil - Wilson - Benteke
In B I'd be able to afford any MID of 9.4 or less, Shaqiri, Ayew, Chadli maybe.
Rest of attack is Aguero, Silva, Mahrez, Westwood.
I've decided on Benteke over Gomis so now my decision is:
Sanchez + Shaqiri + 1.9
Ozil + Hazard + 0
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Not saying I'm upset by that. I'll take it. Just making the point that my hits never seem to deliver immediate returns like some people get. In fact I normally end up 'down' on them so this was one of my better hits.
It was more an observation that I've never had a 'I took a hit and gained 10 points from it this week moment' like some get. It would be nice to sometime!!
Just throwing my own example here...
GW2: Walcott + Bony (+ Kane would have been (C) + Wanyama to sub in for Wally) -> Payet + Benteke (C) (+ Kane) = 0 + 1 (+ 4 + 2) -> 9 + 18 - 4 (+ 2) = 7 -> 25
GW3: Kane + Rooney (would have been (C)) -> Gomis + Aguero (C) = 2 + 4 -> 6 + 4 - 4 = 6 -> 6
GW4: Fabregas + Azpilicueta -> Pedro + Kolarov = 2 + 2 -> 7 + 6 - 4 = 4 -> 9
If I factor in the £0.1m I didn't lose and the ones I gained (though I got Kolarov late and lost value on Fabregas), my 3 successive 4 pts hit not only allowed me to build my team value while holding on my WC and netted me 23 additional instant points.
What does this ode to myself really show?
One way to look at it could be praising myself and telling you how great I am at making transfers and readjusting my team blahblahblah... Yeah I could do that, that'd please my ego and boost my self-esteem. I could also add that for GW1 & 2 I respectively played Guzan & Myhill away getting a 16 pts return (instead of 4 - so another 12 pts shift in my favour). But, if I do so, what about benching Myhill this week and wasting 7 points on my(hill) bench?
No. My way to look at it is: great I timed and played my transfers almost to perfection but why was I needing them in the first place? It was not due to unfortunate injuries. No, reality is it was due to bad choices on my behalf initially. Walcott was a gamble. It failed. Bony? Wwhat was I thinking? Fabregas? Just lazily put him in as my Chelsea attacking cover hoping for a last year season start replica
... My defense was well balanced. So "had" to sell a premium def to accomodate Kolarov in. Granted Chelsea epically failed home to Palace ; honestly I've been "lucky" here, I know Chelsea are not firing on all cylinders but losing at home to Palace is a step forward.
So, my greatly working points hits were actually just a recovery from what was in reality a rushed unbalanced GW1 team.
And if I'm 100% honest in my inner FPL analysis psychotherapy :P I have to mention that, so far, had I played my WC for GW3 I'd be about 25-35 pts better off with a more valuable team.
To conclude this "essay" I'd just say that coming here and saying your points hits worked a treat is a nice way of presenting things but does not necessarily illustrate a successful way of playing. Again hits are a recovery and we don't always have to associate recovery with bad luck.0 -
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Just throwing my own example here...
GW2: Walcott + Bony (+ Kane would have been (C) + Wanyama to sub in for Wally) -> Payet + Benteke (C) (+ Kane) = 0 + 1 (+ 4 + 2) -> 9 + 18 - 4 (+ 2) = 7 -> 25
GW3: Kane + Rooney (would have been (C)) -> Gomis + Aguero (C) = 2 + 4 -> 6 + 4 - 4 = 6 -> 6
GW4: Fabregas + Azpilicueta -> Pedro + Kolarov = 2 + 2 -> 7 + 6 - 4 = 4 -> 9
If I factor in the £0.1m I didn't lose and the ones I gained (though I got Kolarov late and lost value on Fabregas), my 3 successive 4 pts hit not only allowed me to build my team value while holding on my WC and netted me 23 additional instant points.
What does this ode to myself really show?
One way to look at it could be praising myself and telling you how great I am at making transfers and readjusting my team blahblahblah... Yeah I could do that, that'd please my ego and boost my self-esteem. I could also add that for GW1 & 2 I respectively played Guzan & Myhill away getting a 16 pts return (instead of 4 - so another 12 pts shift in my favour). But, if I do so, what about benching Myhill this week and wasting 7 points on my(hill) bench?
No. My way to look at it is: great I timed and played my transfers almost to perfection but why was I needing them in the first place? It was not due to unfortunate injuries. No, reality is it was due to bad choices on my behalf initially. Walcott was a gamble. It failed. Bony? Wwhat was I thinking? Fabregas? Just lazily put him in as my Chelsea attacking cover hoping for a last year season start replica... My defense was well balanced. So "had" to sell a premium def to accomodate Kolarov in. Granted Chelsea epically failed home to Palace ; honestly I've been "lucky" here, I know Chelsea are not firing on all cylinders but losing at home to Palace is a step forward.
So, my greatly working points hits were actually just a recovery from what was in reality a rushed unbalanced GW1 team.
And if I'm 100% honest in my inner FPL analysis psychotherapy :P I have to mention that, so far, had I played my WC for GW3 I'd be about 25-35 pts better off with a more valuable team.
To conclude this "essay" I'd just say that coming here and saying your points hits worked a treat is a nice way of presenting things but does not necessarily illustrate a successful way of playing. Again hits are a recovery and we don't always have to associate recovery with bad luck.
The main reason I've been posting my hits this season is, not to boast, but to show others that a -4 can be worth it.
Last season, I was too conservative, as I've previously said, and, with hindsight, I can now see that effected my performance. I really should have taken a -4 for a Saints defender early in the season. Later, I should have gone -4 after the Pelle debacle with my January wildcard.
I'd see still having our wildcards as a huge advantage for later weeks. It's unfortunate that it has to be played before Xmas but with injuries, suspensions and the form players changing constantly, it's a bonus to have it available.
We all know that what is currently the template team will invariably change. Look at the difference Pedro is making. United signing a big name striker before the window closes could also have a huge effect.
We have the option to rip our whole team apart and start again. That is gone for others. And, while you may see it as 25/30 points lost now, it could easily be 25/30 points gained at a more important stage of the season.0 -
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Ah yeah my post was not in reference to yours particularly. Mainly it was based on my own experience. I gave this year figures because they were quick to find and interesting as I managed to rescue my badly shaped team with some calculated hits. But, I also wanted to point out that quite often, what I'd call "tactical" hits (getting in players you feel will make your team better mid to long term) don't work immediately but eventually you can get rewarded for themThe main reason I've been posting my hits this season is, not to boast, but to show others that a -4 can be worth it.
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Don't know how you perceived my Sunday morning essayJaysus, all I was saying was is that it would be nice to get an immediate 'bounce' from a points hit as I've never had one! I don't take many hits in fairness, maybe 4-5 a season.
I take hits to rectify a problem so am happy I broke even as I now have, in my view, a better team. I'm merely commenting that it would be great if I got 'lucky' just once with a hit! Don't think that is unreasonable?
but what I wanted to point out is quite often, the best working hits are the ones recovering from previous mistakes/bad choices/players getting injured or losing their place. In your case, it sounds more like a tactical hit, removing 2 guaranteed starters, including a "star" in order to get a better mid-term team in your view. Much more difficult to make it work instantaneously. In the end, you broke even. In my view, it's worth a 10-pts-gain-over-non-playing-players hit .Swiper the fox wrote: »Off the cuff comments like your one are ripe for dissecting and disproving on a Sunday morning, I'm picturing the long suffering Mrs Iroced and Mrs Lemlin (although she's quite the FPL shark herself:p) putting on their coats and readying themselves for a day out at the Louvre and the Bailieboro agricultural show respectively while the lads are furiously looking though their boards and fpl history with the Rothmans Football yearbooks open on the desk.:o:P
The Louvres? In August ???!!! Naahh, now is (was) still the time to enjoy a 30°C afternoon in the 23°C Mediterranean. 0 -
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Nope but have a good 2 and a half hours drive to do now so will behave like a d*ck with all the foreign cars giving out about them searching their way and not going fast enough for my tasteSwiper the fox wrote: »Well I hope you at least had some frogs legs and were rude to a few foreigners:p;) :pac: :rolleyes: :pac: => => =>... 0
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