Gameweek 12 Transfers.

iroced

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Anyone else thinking of selling Aguero? Have him, Lukaku and Costa up front with Sanchez and Coutinho in Mid with 3 cheap(under 5 mill) midfielders and really fell like I'm missing out on points.

PARlance wrote: »

It sounds crazy to even think about it when he had 16 points 2 weeks ago but if you look at it, he's sitting with the same total points as Jermaine Defoe. But ya, it's too crazy to go without even for me.

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I'll look at in greater detail but I do now think its possible to be without aguero and for it not to be a big deal. There are lots of captaincy options now and I no longer see aguero as the default captaincy choice. Its having to nerve to not panic when aguero gets a big haul that would be key to going without him.

Benimar wrote: »

Its something I plan to look at myself. I currently have:
Firmino, Coutinho, Ozil, Allen, Capoue
Aguero, Lukaku, Defoe.

I have money in the bank so would have the cash (wouldn't do it as its a -8 hit) for:
Firmino, Coutinho, Ozil, Hazard, De Roon
Costa, Lukaku, Defoe.

Excluding the captaincy issue, I'd fancy Hazard & Costa to outscore Aguero and Allen. The doubt of course is that Aguero can go off on one at any time!

I'd set the problem differently. The problem is not Agüero. The problem is Guardiola. It all started too well and we/I thought he had the team running like Barça & Bayern. But there's something we/I forgot. Man City squad, players and as a team (I mean the connections between the XI who play) is miles under Barça & Bayern level. They're in a different league. And it's not because they managed to beat Barça 3-1 that things are different now. They need to produce such performances 30 times in the season not 5 or 6. That's THE difference. So, they (Guardiola and the players) will need time to really settle. And when they'll do, they'll be as terrific as Chelsea are right now.

Conte was facing similar difficulties earlier on this season. Now that he got his team working from his trademark back 3, they're lethal.

We can compare Guardiola with Klopp. 'Pool was not as consistent as they are now last year. Klopp needed time to build the team as he wanted. Same for Guardiola. Question is how much time he'll need.

So, if dumping Agüero this week may not be the worst idea (Agüero has 2 tough WC18 qualifiers in South America and will only be back 3 days before next GW that is 4 days before a tough and important game away to 'Gladbach (and then they're away to Burnley & home to Chelsea)), I'd be worried planning mid-term without a City attacker.

extra gravy

manual_man wrote: »

Chadli in for Sterling. Already excited at the prospect of Chadli MNF at home to Burnley

Me too...praying he will be fit though as I have Smith and Holebas out already.

km79

manual_man wrote: »

Chadli in for Sterling. Already excited at the prospect of Chadli MNF at home to Burnley

Already dreading the prospect of having ONLY a keeper playing it AND the other keeper on my bench
Torture

Chesty08

Used my FT the weekend and done

Payet to Hazard.


Now contemplating a -8 of

Bellerin to Friend
Rashford to Barrow

this will then free up cash for the following weeks move of

Walker to Taylor
Stanislas to Sanchez.

My strategy will ultimately be a low budget defence and an attacking 7 of

Sanchez Mane Coutinho Hazard
Aguero Lukaku
with rotating of (De Roon & Barrow)

By holding off on the double transfer the week after I will be saving +4 points.

However will Sanchez & Taylor outscore Walker & Stanislas in the next GW by more than 4 points?

Sanchez away to Man Utd
Taylor away to Everton


Walker home to west ham
Stanislas away to Stoke

manual_man

km79 wrote: »

Already dreading the prospect of having ONLY a keeper playing it AND the other keeper on my bench
Torture

Haha play Foster and hope his CS points outscore Heaton's save points :P Foster or Pickford my 2 gk's tough call I'll probably go with Foster

patmac

Did Rashford to Anechibi last night, so one more needed
Capoue to Pedro(will leave 0.9 ITB) or Gun dog to Coutinho (leaving 0.2 ITB)? I have a little bit of wriggle room so might sit it out.

Scorpion Sting

At the moment it looks like a boring Capoue to de Roon to bank some cash and rolling my other free transfer over. Bit worried about Walcott though. Will he keep his starting place and worth keeping along with Sanchez?

Bleating Lamb

Would Sanchez to Hazard be a bit of a sideways transfer?....am contemplating it,and then possibly getting Walcott in the following week in place of Capoue.

mcgettigan16

Looking at Sanchez to Hazard tonight before he rises again. Then Joe Allen to Walcott for GW13. Can't see any other way of getting Hazard in. Don't like the idea of selling Sanchez though. Head is fried. Could also go without Hazard for another week or two!

Current team:

Foster, Pickford.
Friend, Holebas, Amat, Coleman, Cameron.
Firmino, Coutinho, Allen, Sanchez, De Roon.
Aguero, Benteke, Lukaku.

Overall rank of 20k. Need to get this right. Opinions welcome,

mcgettigan16

mcgettigan16 wrote: »

Looking at Sanchez to Hazard tonight before he rises again. Then Joe Allen to Walcott for GW13. Can't see any other way of getting Hazard in. Don't like the idea of selling Sanchez though. Head is fried. Could also go without Hazard for another week or two!

Current team:

Foster, Pickford.
Friend, Holebas, Amat, Coleman, Cameron.
Firmino, Coutinho, Allen, Sanchez, De Roon.
Aguero, Benteke, Lukaku.

Overall rank of 20k. Need to get this right. Opinions welcome,

Arsenal have one difficult game right after international break so Sanchez is likely to be risked in it. Then they have a lovely run.

I'm thinking of selling Sanchez to help improve my strike force but I would want Arsenal cover for that run of games.

If you downgraded Coleman ( in conjunction with Sanchez to Hazard) you could probably upgrade Allen to Walcott or Ramsey.

Edit - ignore my post as I misread your question and you have it covered.

Trimm Trabb

mcgettigan16 wrote: »

Looking at Sanchez to Hazard tonight before he rises again. Then Joe Allen to Walcott for GW13. Can't see any other way of getting Hazard in. Don't like the idea of selling Sanchez though. Head is fried. Could also go without Hazard for another week or two!

Current team:

Foster, Pickford.
Friend, Holebas, Amat, Coleman, Cameron.
Firmino, Coutinho, Allen, Sanchez, De Roon.
Aguero, Benteke, Lukaku.

Overall rank of 20k. Need to get this right. Opinions welcome,

Personally gonna hold off on Hazard for another 3 game weeks - I have Walcott/Sanchez and the Liverpool 3. On paper Hazard doesn't have better fixtures than any and those 5 are equally likely so score big as Hazard over next 3 gameweeks until Chelseas easy run kicks in.

Shipping out Sanchez for Hazard now when Sanchez has home to Bournemouth in 2 game weeks is high risk, either can explode and although Hazard is more in form the harder fixtures are a mittigating factor. The only problem with holding is that is Hazard will probably rise substantially over next few weeks.

ElTel

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Would Sanchez to Hazard be a bit of a sideways transfer?....am contemplating it,and then possibly getting Walcott in the following week in place of Capoue.

mcgettigan16 wrote: »

Looking at Sanchez to Hazard tonight before he rises again. Then Joe Allen to Walcott for GW13. Can't see any other way of getting Hazard in. Don't like the idea of selling Sanchez though. Head is fried. Could also go without Hazard for another week or two!

Current team:

Foster, Pickford.
Friend, Holebas, Amat, Coleman, Cameron.
Firmino, Coutinho, Allen, Sanchez, De Roon.
Aguero, Benteke, Lukaku.

Overall rank of 20k. Need to get this right. Opinions welcome,

I think it's gonna be a popular move and transfer trends suggest this. It will help maintain TV and give you a captain option.
If Costa is not been considered instead and you want to keep your two Pool mids then I say go now.
I got Hazard last week for Coutinho (Have Sanchez from GW1). It's a solid trade for free and worth a hit perhaps.

wanderer100

Guys can you help me figure out how to get Hazard and Coutinho into my squad!! I have 1 FT, 0.3m itb and I know it will probably take a couple of GWs to happen,

Pickford, Mandanda
Holebas, Friend, Fuchs, Williams, Amat
Sanchez, Sterling, Allen, Lallana, Fletcher
Costa, Lukaku, Aguero

Iused2likebusts

second transfer made cech to heaton for a -4.

F1ngers

wanderer100 wrote: »

Guys can you help me figure out how to get Hazard and Coutinho into my squad!! I have 1 FT, 0.3m itb and I know it will probably take a couple of GWs to happen,

Pickford, Mandanda
Holebas, Friend, Fuchs, Williams, Amat
Sanchez, Sterling, Allen, Lallana, Fletcher
Costa, Lukaku, Aguero

Sanchez and Sterling.

Ziegler1988

Sanchez to Hazard does indeed seem to be the popular move. I can see why people are doing it but it could go terribly wrong with Sanchez at home to Bournemouth and likely to be a prime captain option alongside Liverpool mids. This type of TV swing move has been paying all season to be fair.

wanderer100 wrote: »

Guys can you help me figure out how to get Hazard and Coutinho into my squad!! I have 1 FT, 0.3m itb and I know it will probably take a couple of GWs to happen,

Pickford, Mandanda
Holebas, Friend, Fuchs, Williams, Amat
Sanchez, Sterling, Allen, Lallana, Fletcher
Costa, Lukaku, Aguero

Lukaku to Austin GW12, Sterling to Hazard, Lallana to Coutinho if that works. Or Sanchez and Sterling to Hazard and Coutinho now. But Coutinho might be benched against Southampton due Brazil duty and late arrival

fennor72

Right lads I've a question for ye. Would it be better to sacrifice defence for a high class midfield and attack line up.
I was thinking of changing to de bruyne, Coutinho, Firmino, Hazard and Walcott with Costa and Lukaku up front. To fund this Aguero will have to be sold and a couple of very cheap defenders will have to be found.
My defence has not been scoring well all season and it seems impossible to get a clean sheet

fennor72

fennor72 wrote: »

Right lads I've a question for ye. Would it be better to sacrifice defence for a high class midfield and attack line up.
I was thinking of changing to de bruyne, Coutinho, Firmino, Hazard and Walcott with Costa and Lukaku up front. To fund this Aguero will have to be sold and a couple of very cheap defenders will have to be found.
My defence has not been scoring well all season and it seems impossible to get a clean sheet

Premium defenders have been a nonsense so far this season with the recent exception of Chelsea.

Downgrade your defence to free up cash is definitely the way to go.

Cartman78

So right now I can afford to do VVD to Friend and Capoue to Pedro.

Already have Hazard and double Liverpool mids so not too keen having all my eggs in 2 baskets. Ideally want Arsenal cover but this would take multiple hits at the moment.

Will mull over it for another while I think

carnie

I've got two suspensions this week; Smith and Holebas and two yellow flags; Costa and Sanchez.

I'm really not sure what to do. I've got Walker and McAuley in the backline but I also have Amat who probably won't start. I only have .3 ITB. I think I'll need to take a hit and downgrade another player in order to transfer Amat (possibly Pieters)

Sanchez to Haz is another possibility *strokes chin*

manual_man

carnie wrote: »

I've got two suspensions this week; Smith and Holebas and two yellow flags; Costa and Sanchez.

I'm really not sure what to do. I've got Walker and McAuley in the backline but I also have Amat who probably won't start. I only have .3 ITB. I think I'll need to take a hit and downgrade another player in order to transfer Amat (possibly Pieters)

Sanchez to Haz is another possibility *strokes chin*

Amat to Nyom. WBA have a nice run. Best wait for team news just in case, but Nyom is £4.3m and I may get him myself

FutureGuy

You know whats the best way to follow up a successful 8 point hit and a successful 20 point hit?

An 8 point hit.

carnie

manual_man wrote: »

Amat to Nyom. WBA have a nice run. Best wait for team news just in case, but Nyom is £4.3m and I may get him myself

I already have McAuley and I don't like having two defenders from one team.

carnie

Also Stoke have a decent run over the next 2/3 weeks

manual_man

carnie wrote: »

Also Stoke have a decent run over the next 2/3 weeks

None for £4.3m or less though. If you're looking at transfers for the medium term, you might consider a points hit to tidy your squad up a bit. Either way wait til team news.

carnie

manual_man wrote: »

None for £4.3m or less though. If you're looking at transfers for the medium term, you might consider a points hit to tidy your squad up a bit. Either way wait til team news.

This is very true.

bantee

carnie wrote: »

I've got two suspensions this week; Smith and Holebas and two yellow flags; Costa and Sanchez.

I'm really not sure what to do. I've got Walker and McAuley in the backline but I also have Amat who probably won't start. I only have .3 ITB. I think I'll need to take a hit and downgrade another player in order to transfer Amat (possibly Pieters)

Sanchez to Haz is another possibility *strokes chin*

I'm in a similar situation. AOA an option?

Actually if I do AOA and bank transfer, I assume the transfer carries to next week as normal?

greedygoblin

bantee wrote: »

I'm in a similar situation. AOA an option?

Actually if I do AOA and bank transfer, I assume the transfer carries to next week as normal?

Yep.

km79

Thinking of bellerin to brunt now instead of Alonso or Fuchs
Raise some cash to upgrade Bolasie next week

km79

km79 wrote: »

Thinking of bellerin to brunt now instead of Alonso or Fuchs
Raise some cash to upgrade Bolasie next week

I've looked at Siggy and they have a real good run coming up but their manager has looked clueless so far. If they get Big Sam in, within 2 weeks, I'll bring Siggy in.