Wildcard Thread 2016/2017

manual_man

Lads if you're looking at a Liverpool def i'd be more in-Clyne-d to look at Clyne. Has been getting forward alot and his link up play with Mane in particular has been impressive. More expensive than Lovren but worth it for added attacking potential

OneColdHand

manual_man wrote: »

Lads if you're looking at a Liverpool def i'd be more in-Clyne-d to look at Clyne. Has been getting forward alot and his link up play with Mane in particular has been impressive. More expensive than Lovren but worth it for added attacking potential

Post thanked simply for the pun! Became a Dad this year, so I feel I have to like jokes like this!

manual_man

OneColdHand wrote: »

Post thanked simply for the pun! Became a Dad this year, so I feel I have to like jokes like this!

Congrats

Shedite27

I'm on the Lovern bandwagon too!

FHFC

Damn you all to hell for planting these seeds of a Liverpool defender in my head!!!

Issac

Any love for Bellerin? Really nice run after this week. Thinking if putting him in my wc

Ziegler1988

Issac wrote: »

Any love for Bellerin? Really nice run after this week. Thinking if putting him in my wc

Little too expensive for me, would prefer Kosc or Monreal

Thepoet85

Anyone help out. Can't decide between:

A: Baines and Lovren

Or

B: Williams and Vertongen

Liverpool have the better fixtures but Spurs have been better defensively so far.

Shedite27

Thepoet85 wrote: »

Anyone help out. Can't decide between:

A: Baines and Lovren

Or

B: Williams and Vertongen

Liverpool have the better fixtures but Spurs have been better defensively so far.

Form over fixtures

Thepoet85

Shedite27 wrote:

Form over fixtures

True. Something I need to remind myself of continuously!

bezuaua

change after change I'm getting close to terminate WC agony...

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Opinions?

Shedite27

bezuaua wrote: »

change after change I'm getting close to terminate WC agony...

Opinions?

Given :eek:

km79

bezuaua wrote: »

change after change I'm getting close to terminate WC agony...

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Opinions?

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ShaneU

Shedite27 wrote: »

Given :eek:

Stoke have some good fixtures coming

km79

ShaneU wrote: »

Stoke have some good fixtures coming

They are poison at the back

Rikand

I thought Lovren was going to be my little secret weapon. Raging I mentioned him now

Manutd_4life

I think I'm going to pull the trigger with this tomorrow after press conference info:

Jaku, Pickford
Holebas, Friend, Amat, Walker, Baines
Sanchez, Sterling, Capoue, Antonio, Fletcher
Costa, Lukaku, Aguero

Any feedback?

FHFC

Manutd_4life wrote: »

I think I'm going to pull the trigger with this tomorrow after press conference info:

Jaku, Pickford
Holebas, Friend, Amat, Walker, Baines
Sanchez, Sterling, Capoue, Antonio, Fletcher
Costa, Lukaku, Aguero

Any feedback?

As Ziegler posted on the other thread Jakupovic is under serious pressure from Marshall who was MOTM midweek for Hull and many of their fans hoping he starts this weekend.

Pickford is risky too. At best its a Sunderland one keeper strategy very soon, at worst its no playing keeper.

Manutd_4life

FHFC wrote: »

As Ziegler posted on the other thread Jakupovic is under serious pressure from Marshall who was MOTM midweek for Hull and many of their fans hoping he starts this weekend.

Pickford is risky too. At best its a Sunderland one keeper strategy very soon, at worst its no playing keeper.

Thanks, what would be the safest goalkeeper pairing I should go with then?

I don't intend on using my FT on goalkeepers unless urgently needed.

FHFC

FHFC wrote: »

As Ziegler posted on the other thread Jakupovic is under serious pressure from Marshall who was MOTM midweek for Hull and many of their fans hoping he starts this weekend.

Pickford is risky too. At best its a Sunderland one keeper strategy very soon, at worst its no playing keeper.

Thanks a whole big bunch for ruining my currently settled WC team.

FHFC

Manutd_4life wrote: »

Thanks, what would be the safest goalkeeper pairing I should go with then?

I don't intend on using my FT on goalkeepers unless urgently needed.

I think Pickford is worth a risk as 2nd keeper, but the sounds from Hull supporters make Jakupovic too risky imo.

Heaton or Foster with Pickford are good alternatives.

siblers

Regarding Stoke, they had a similar ****ty start to last season, have a feeling Arnie will be central to them turning things around (if they do), strongly tempted to take a punt on him. Shakira should be back at the weekend which is a big boost for them.

DarraghF197

Opinions on my latest draft?

Foster Jaku
Jagielka Valencia McAuley Amat Holebas
Sanchez Lanzini Sterling Capoue Snodgrass
Costa Lukaku Aguerroo

Foster and Jakupovic can rotate nicely in goals. Would like to have Baines instead of Jags but I would have to downgrade someone else and can't pick anyone apart from maybe Foster > Pickford which I'd be very reluctant at doing.

Not sold on Sanchez but I'll give him another run this season after missing out on his hauls. Lanzini as my differential - would prefer Antonio but Lanzini is cheaper.

Costa Lukaku and Aguero - definitely settled on this.

Manutd_4life

FHFC wrote: »

I think Pickford is worth a risk as 2nd keeper, but the sounds from Hull supporters make Jakupovic too risky imo.

Heaton or Foster with Pickford are good alternatives.

I might downgrade Baines to Williams to get in Foster then.

ElTel

Manutd_4life wrote: »

I might downgrade Baines to Williams to get in Foster then.

Can you get Mannone and Pickford if Jaku rises in price?
Would that allow you to keep Baines?

bezuaua

Need a 4.5 GK to pair with pickford. Only went with Given because of stoke's next fixtures:

West Brom (H)
Man Utd (A)
Sunderland (H)
Hull (A)
Swansea (H)
West Ham (A)
Bournemouth (H)
Watford (A)
Burnley (H)

sanket

McAuley or Collins...who would you start this weekend.. I already have foster in my lineup

km79

bezuaua wrote: »

Need a 4.5 GK to pair with pickford. Only went with Given because of stoke's next fixtures:

West Brom (H)
Man Utd (A)
Sunderland (H)
Hull (A)
Swansea (H)
West Ham (A)
Bournemouth (H)
Watford (A)
Burnley (H)

Go for boruc instead maybe

Shedite27

Rikand wrote: »

I thought Lovren was going to be my little secret weapon. Raging I mentioned him now

We know who to blame so if it goes tits up

Shedite27

ShaneU wrote: »

Stoke have some good fixtures coming

bezuaua wrote: »

Need a 4.5 GK to pair with pickford. Only went with Given because of stoke's next fixtures:

West Brom (H)
Man Utd (A)
Sunderland (H)
Hull (A)
Swansea (H)
West Ham (A)
Bournemouth (H)
Watford (A)
Burnley (H)

Given's played 5 times this season and conceded FOUR in 3 of them!

Apart from a penalty "save" (which still went in), he'd be on 5 points from 5 games.

Boruc or Mandanda are much better picks IMO

dsmythy

Just when you think you're done....

Zlatan Mirallas Snodgrass

Or

Hazard Antonio Rashford

Will Rashford play though. And will his play only help Zlatan.

Shedite27

Looking to play a back 3 with Amat as backup for the next while. General rule is I'm not going above 5.5 for a defender. What do people think are the best 3?

United defender
Spurs defender (Vertonghen)
Everton defender
Watford defender (Holebas)
Liverpool defender (Lovern)
Palace defender (Dann)

OneColdHand

Shedite27 wrote: »

Looking to play a back 3 with Amat as backup for the next while. General rule is I'm not going above 5.5 for a defender. What do people think are the best 3?

United defender
Spurs defender (Vertonghen)
Everton defender
Watford defender (Holebas)
Liverpool defender (Lovern)
Palace defender (Dann)

Having tinkered with a few options, I think I'm going with Williams - Holebas - Lovren.

JimboJones99

Tried to use my wildcard this week but for some unthinkable reason I forgot to click on the wildcard option and instead have taken a 32 point hit!!

Is there anyway I can reverse this and use my wildcard instead or do I just have to take my own stupidity on the chin?

siblers

JimboJones99 wrote: »

Tried to use my wildcard this week but for some unthinkable reason I forgot to click on the wildcard option and instead have taken a 32 point hit!!

Is there anyway I can reverse this and use my wildcard instead or do I just have to take my own stupidity on the chin?

If you use your wildcard, it will override any transfers you have made so you won't lost 32 points

JimboJones99

siblers wrote: »

If you use your wildcard, it will override any transfers you have made so you won't lost 32 points

Oh right, thanks, that makes sense.

The head is completely lost here!!

JimboJones99

siblers wrote: »

If you use your wildcard, it will override any transfers you have made so you won't lost 32 points

Just to clarify, I actually confirmed the transfers with out clicking on the wildcard so I took a 32 point hit. Now when I go to click on wildcard it says I need to make transfers before it can be activated but obviously I don't need to make any because I already have done so.

Does this mean I am caught anyway with the points hit regardless if I use the wildcard now by changing around my team and then changing it back again once the wildcard is activated?

OneColdHand

JimboJones99 wrote: »

Just to clarify, I actually confirmed the transfers with out clicking on the wildcard so I took a 32 point hit. Now when I go to click on wildcard it says I need to make transfers before it can be activated but obviously I don't need to make any because I already have done so.

Does this mean I am caught anyway with the points hit regardless if I use the wildcard now by changing around my team and then changing it back again once the wildcard is activated?

Just transfer in a random player to activate the WC. As you can make as many transfers as you want, you can transfer back in the player you actually want immediately afterwards.

Just make sure you don't take out a player that has gone up in price.

greedygoblin

JimboJones99 wrote: »

Just to clarify, I actually confirmed the transfers with out clicking on the wildcard so I took a 32 point hit. Now when I go to click on wildcard it says I need to make transfers before it can be activated but obviously I don't need to make any because I already have done so.

Does this mean I am caught anyway with the points hit regardless if I use the wildcard now by changing around my team and then changing it back again once the wildcard is activated?

No. If you activate it now and make changes to your team all points hits for this gameweek will be wiped out.

ThunbergsAreGo

JimboJones99 wrote: »

Just to clarify, I actually confirmed the transfers with out clicking on the wildcard so I took a 32 point hit. Now when I go to click on wildcard it says I need to make transfers before it can be activated but obviously I don't need to make any because I already have done so.

Does this mean I am caught anyway with the points hit regardless if I use the wildcard now by changing around my team and then changing it back again once the wildcard is activated?

No you will be fine, dont worry about it.

Its just standard text they are using, point hits arent actually taken until the gameweek begins

iroced

Right.

After a week of chasing team value as much as I could, let's start to look at my team seriously.

GKs. Foster, Jaku. Paid price = £8.5m.
Ideally Jaku goes up tonight and I bank the £0.1m profit on him and get Pickford instead. If he doesn't, I may keep him and hopefully make the switch later when he'll have reached £4.2m if it seems necessary.

Defs. Valencia, Baines, McAuley, Amat, Friend. Paid price = £24m.
I may change Friend for a watford def.
I could save £1.1m by going gor Lovren, Williams as my big 2. 'Pool have the fixture list but United have Mourinho and he's better at CS than Klopp. Then Baines is a little favourite of mine. I owned him at least for a short period of times every single season since 2010/11. And he always delivered at some point. This year, he's cheaper, plays for a more attack-minded team (a team in good form currently), is on penalties. And well this lovely left foot. But Williams is a BPs whore and this game has to be head over heart. So I'm open to debate.
Finally McAuley, double Pulis. Fixtures will get tougher (GW8 to 11) but I could just get someone to rotate well with him in place of Friend.

£32.5m spent at the back. Now

Option A

Mids. Sanchez, Capoue, Antonio, KDB, Firmino. Paid price = £41.3m
Forwards. Agüero, Lukaku, Diomandé. Price paid = £26.7m.
I'm actually £0.3m short for this one (but that could be solved at the back).
Capoue & Diomandé could be rotated.
Main advantage is KDB whom I rate very high (similar to Sanchez). I haven't checked the stats but I kinda remember that he shined less last year with Agüero than he did without. But this year there is the Pep factor.
Main disadvantage is I don't really rate Diomandé. And he only playe d41min in his last game.
As long as Capoue is returning, it also saves me from weekly selection headache.

Option B

Mids. Sanchez, Capoue, Antonio, Sterling, Firmino. Paid price = £39.2m
Forwards. Agüero, Lukaku, Rondon/Deeney/Rashford. Price paid = £28.7-29.0m.
I'm actually £0.4m short for the most expensive option with Deeney. Again that could be solved in defense.
Capoue & Deeney sounds Watford overkill. So I may take a 1-week punt on Rondon and rashford next GW if it looks like he'll start alongside Ibra.
Main advantage. Better balance. Sterling looked way better under Guardiola. So if he keeps his current form he could well match KDB returns. Upfront I have a better 3rd striker.
Main disadvantage. Less flexibility to get a premium player if needed (e.g. Hazard or Ibra since I "lose" £2.2m resale in Sterling from KDB). More selection headaches.

Overall disadvantage. No Chelsea nor Spurs cover. Only Costa is appealing at the moment and to get him in I'd have to downgrade a lot in midfield (Antonio to bench fodder or Firmino/Sterling to Snodgrass) or to ditch Lukaku. And Spurs, tough to pick a mid and not sure about Janssen.

What do you guys think?

ElTel

Iroced (and the rest of WC gang)
Have you considered cashing in the 0.3M on Capoue after tonight?

mectavba

What price did you get McAuley at? He is 0.3 m more expensive than Evans, unless you had him from the start. Seems like that kind of amount would solve some problems for you.

keano_afc

Foster---Jaku

Baines--Amat--Friend--Holebas--Lovren

Capoue--Sanchez--Sterling--Snodgrass--Firmino

Benteke--Lukaku--Aguero

No money left, strong front 8 the plan. Can rotate Snodgrass and Capoue.

Anything else I should consider?

OneColdHand

iroced wrote: »

Right.

After a week of chasing team value as much as I could, let's start to look at my team seriously.

GKs. Foster, Jaku. Paid price = £8.5m.
Ideally Jaku goes up tonight and I bank the £0.1m profit on him and get Pickford instead. If he doesn't, I may keep him and hopefully make the switch later when he'll have reached £4.2m if it seems necessary.

Defs. Valencia, Baines, McAuley, Amat, Friend. Paid price = £24m.
I may change Friend for a watford def.
I could save £1.1m by going gor Lovren, Williams as my big 2. 'Pool have the fixture list but United have Mourinho and he's better at CS than Klopp. Then Baines is a little favourite of mine. I owned him at least for a short period of times every single season since 2010/11. And he always delivered at some point. This year, he's cheaper, plays for a more attack-minded team (a team in good form currently), is on penalties. And well this lovely left foot. But Williams is a BPs whore and this game has to be head over heart. So I'm open to debate.
Finally McAuley, double Pulis. Fixtures will get tougher (GW8 to 11) but I could just get someone to rotate well with him in place of Friend.

£32.5m spent at the back. Now

Option A

Mids. Sanchez, Capoue, Antonio, KDB, Firmino. Paid price = £41.3m
Forwards. Agüero, Lukaku, Diomandé. Price paid = £26.7m.
I'm actually £0.3m short for this one (but that could be solved at the back).
Capoue & Diomandé could be rotated.
Main advantage is KDB whom I rate very high (similar to Sanchez). I haven't checked the stats but I kinda remember that he shined less last year with Agüero than he did without. But this year there is the Pep factor.
Main disadvantage is I don't really rate Diomandé. And he only playe d41min in his last game.
As long as Capoue is returning, it also saves me from weekly selection headache.

Option B

Mids. Sanchez, Capoue, Antonio, Sterling, Firmino. Paid price = £39.2m
Forwards. Agüero, Lukaku, Rondon/Deeney/Rashford. Price paid = £28.7-29.0m.
I'm actually £0.4m short for the most expensive option with Deeney. Again that could be solved in defense.
Capoue & Deeney sounds Watford overkill. So I may take a 1-week punt on Rondon and rashford next GW if it looks like he'll start alongside Ibra.
Main advantage. Better balance. Sterling looked way better under Guardiola. So if he keeps his current form he could well match KDB returns. Upfront I have a better 3rd striker.
Main disadvantage. Less flexibility to get a premium player if needed (e.g. Hazard or Ibra since I "lose" £2.2m resale in Sterling from KDB). More selection headaches.

Overall disadvantage. No Chelsea nor Spurs cover. Only Costa is appealing at the moment and to get him in I'd have to downgrade a lot in midfield (Antonio to bench fodder or Firmino/Sterling to Snodgrass) or to ditch Lukaku. And Spurs, tough to pick a mid and not sure about Janssen.

What do you guys think?

Option B for me. Rotating Capoue and Diomande just doesn't feel right to me.

Out of interest, have you thought of going with KDB + Walcott over Sterling + Sanchez? 1.0m cheaper.

OneColdHand

keano_afc wrote: »

Foster---Jaku

Baines--Amat--Friend--Holebas--Lovren

Capoue--Sanchez--Sterling--Snodgrass--Firmino

Benteke--Lukaku--Aguero

No money left, strong front 8 the plan. Can rotate Snodgrass and Capoue.

Anything else I should consider?

Holebas is a doubt (apparently).

Shedite27

iroced wrote: »

Main disadvantage is I don't really rate Diomandé. And he only played 41min in his last game.
As long as Capoue is returning, it also saves me from weekly selection headache.

Diomanade only played 41mins because of the sending off, he was sacrificed for another defender. But as you say, you'd likely play Capoue anyway.

Have a look at your starting XI's.
Regardless of which option, you're going to play Sanchez/Antonio/Firmino/Lukaku/Aguero.
Option 1: KDB and Capoue
Option 2: Sterling and Deeney

For me it's stick with Option 1, it's an esy transfer to go to ditch Sanchez/KDB and Capoue and get a balanced 2 whenever Capoue dries up.

As an aside, very similar to my wildcard team. Front 8 currently.... Sanchez/Firmino/Antonio/Capoue
Aguero/Costa/Lukaku
(Fletcher for the 2pts on the bench)

Ziegler1988

ElTel wrote: »

Iroced (and the rest of WC gang)
Have you considered cashing in the 0.3M on Capoue after tonight?

I don't think the 0.3m/0.4m savings for De Roon or Fletcher is worth selling the highest points scorer in the game. Unless he totally flops the next few matches, he'll keep going up in price.

mectavba

Currently hoping that Jaku will go up tonight, so I can use the 0.1m to fix up my Gks and defence on my WC.

Currently have:

Foster, Jaku

Walker, Baines, Holebas, Kelly, Amat

If Jaku rises, he will be dumped for Pickford and Kelly up to Friend most likely.

If he doesnt (prob dump Jaku anyway for Pickford) and then do Foster>Valdes, Kelly>Evans.

Is Valdes nailed on? Anyone any other ideas for me?

Ziegler1988

mectavba wrote: »

If he doesnt (prob dump Jaku anyway for Pickford) and then do Foster>Valdes, Kelly>Evans.

Is Valdes nailed on? Anyone any other ideas for me?

Valdes is nailed on, but has some tough fixtures. Mandanda is 4.4m and Boruc or Heaton are good for saves