Gameweek 31 Matchday Thread

lougal88

Everton have been beyond disappointing in the last 20 minutes here.
Arsenal have a keeper who clearly isn't 100% and he's barely had a save to make.

I am currently in no rush to get Lukaku in.

ScummyMan

Ordinary man wrote: »

Any lineups for 3pm games?

Stoke XI vs Watford: Butland; Bardsley, Cameron, Wollscheid, Muniesa; Whelan, Imbula; Walters, Afellay, Arnautovic; Joselu.
Norwich XI vs West Brom: Ruddy; Martin, Klose, Bassong, Olsson; Jarvis, Howson, O'Neil, Brady; Bamford; Mbokani.
West Brom XI vs Norwich: Foster; Olsson, Yacob, Evans, Gardner, Berahino, McAuley, Fletcher, Dawson, Sessegnon, Rondon.
Watford XI vs Stoke: Gomes; Nyom, Britos, Cathcart, Ake; Behrami, Suárez, Capoue; Jurado, Deeney; Ighalo.
Leicester XI vs Crystal Palace: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Mahrez, Kanté, Drinkwater, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy.
Crystal Palace XI vs Leicester: Hennessey; Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare; Zaha, Cabaye, Jedinak, Ledley; Bolasie, Adebayor.
West Ham XI vs Chelsea: Adrian, Antonio, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Kouyate, Noble, Lanzini, Payet, Valencia, Sakho.
Chelsea XI vs West Ham: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta; Mikel, Fabregas; Willian, Oscar, Kenedy; Remy.

Paully D

That literally couldn't have gone any worse. I'm praying someone in my starting 11 doesn't play so I can get Bellerin in off the bench. Another week, another sensible decision goes wrong. Sigh.

ScummyMan

FT 2-0.

Why are all the teams with a DGW fcuking useless

IsMiseMyself

That wasn't a great watch. Don't think Lukaku so much as got a shot, though service was terrible. Still, 14 from 2 is obviously a very solid start! I thought the good Everton were going to turn up today, so it was a bit of a wasted transfer!

km79

bad start

stephenl15

Good to see Ivanovic back at right back. Hopefully he can replicate Bellerin

dsmythy

Everton blank good for me.

extra gravy

Massive 12 points from Bellerin. Delighted with that start.

manual_man

IsMiseMyself wrote: »

That wasn't a great watch. Don't think Lukaku so much as got a shot, though service was terrible.

they missed Gareth Barry's creativity

Ziegler1988

Bellerin my only GW1 player left, the little legend

sword1

Two free transfers, Costa to lukaku and kompany to Bellerin, suppose that is as good a result cumulatively I was going to get

stephenl15

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Bellerin my only GW1 player left, the little legend

Mahrez and Butland left for me. I can see Mahrez lasting the season

Lights On

Happy enough with how that match went, Lukaku blanking was great, Sanchez & Bellerin getting points not so great but could have been worse! Hopefully Vardy is the next to blank after leaving him on the bench

IsMiseMyself

Lights On wrote: »

Happy enough with how that match went, Lukaku blanking was great, Sanchez & Bellerin getting points not so great but could have been worse! Hopefully Vardy is the next to blank after leaving him on the bench

Ozil blanking was the big one!

patmac

machiavellianme wrote: »

Picked a bad week to play aoa and bench Bellerin (3rd sub).
So much for lukaku doing the business :pac:

was going to do the same myself but left Bellerin in instead,phew.

spock.

0 from 0.
Sanchez and Bellerin getting the points was much much better than Ozil and Lukaku

ScummyMan

Casual top of my league who I've gained huge ground on, has not only doubled up on Leicester defenders, but is captaining Fuchs. I wonder how this will go..

caviardreams

I think we need a sympathy thread for those of us who left Bellerin on the bench the past two weeks in a row :o

SlickRic

Bellerin on the bench is shít, but Lukaku blanking is magnificent.

Sanchez assist and Ozil injury is just a bonus.

Swings and roundabouts.

km79

ScummyMan wrote: »

Casual top of my league who I've gained huge ground on, has not only doubled up on Leicester defenders, but is captaining Fuchs. I wonder how this will go..

wow!!!!!

unplayable

bellerin on my bench fml 12 points down the drain

greedygoblin

Another Bellerin bencher here. Seemed like the right call at the time. In hindsight, an Arsenal reaction to getting knocked out of the Champions League and FA Cup was inevitable really I think.

ScummyMan

km79 wrote: »

wow!!!!!

His team isn't actually too bad other than that which makes the captain selection all the more bizarre.

dsmythy

ScummyMan wrote: »

Casual top of my league who I've gained huge ground on, has not only doubled up on Leicester defenders, but is captaining Fuchs. I wonder how this will go..

If they make it 6 clean sheets out of 9 games he'll think he's a genius. Palace scored in their last 10 games though so I think this won't end well for him this week.

km79

ScummyMan wrote: »

His team isn't actually too bad other than that which makes the captain selection all the more bizarre.

What strikers has he benched

SlickRic

greedygoblin wrote: »

Another Bellerin bencher here. Seemed like the right call at the time. In hindsight, an Arsenal reaction to getting knocked out of the Champions League and FA Cup was inevitable really I think.

That's just hindsight.

Everton are free scoring. Arsenal had a tough mid week game.

Benching Bellerin was a perfectly logical call. You just lost a 50/50. It happens.

ScummyMan

km79 wrote: »

What strikers has he benched

Iheanacho (yep), and Costa.

Lights On

Mahrez should have scored! There's goals for Leicester in this one

km79

Good chance for mahrez