GW37 captain poll

alchemist33

It's the biggest GW of the year, with a plethora of choices. Who are you going for?

RicketyCricket

Torn between Sanchez and Jesus for triple captain. Unsure if Jesus will start both games.

manual_man

alchemist33 wrote: »

It's the biggest GW of the year, with a plethora of choices. Who are you going for?

poll to follow

On Jesus atm. Was very lively at the weekend, and 2 home fixtures against 2 teams with nothing to play for. Sanchez vc

alchemist33

manual_man wrote: »

On Jesus atm. Was very lively at the weekend, and 2 home fixtures against 2 teams with nothing to play for. Sanchez vc

He only got one assist, though, and that's putting me off him. I have it on Haz but his non-show on Monday is also worrying. In fact there are reasons to avoid all the main candidates! (form, motivation, rotation, towels on deckchairs)

ShaneU

Has to be a Man City player for me, playing great football at the moment.

spock.

It's on Kane at the moment.
Gauranteed to play both games, pens, last game at WHL, Utd focused on Europa League.

May switch to Jesus or Sanchez, going to be a tough decision.

Fant11

Hard to see Kane not returning any points in three games in a row. Think he can guarantee you 9/10 points if that's what would suffice for you in your mini leagues. Let's not write him off after one match. Might just go for him over Alexis. Can't really pick Hazard over rotation worry and Jesus looked pretty quiet the other day. Kane guaranteed 180 mins.

manual_man

alchemist33 wrote: »

He only got one assist, though, and that's putting me off him. I have it on Haz but his non-show on Monday is also worrying. In fact there are reasons to avoid all the main candidates! (form, motivation, rotation, towels on deckchairs)

Unlucky not to get more than an assist though. I fancy Jesus will start both games. Sanchez probably too (though all these games in quick succession and Sanchez looking fatigued towards the end tonight has me a bit worried). Haz may well be rested for the 2nd game if they win the first and have the league wrapped up, so am not considering him

Sooner or Later

It's an odd scenario to be in where Sanchez has away to Stoke and home to Sunderland and I am contemplating not giving him the armband. On Jesus at the moment but may change yet.

dsmythy

Ah God my head hurts already. Ask me Friday afternoon.

keano_afc

On triple captain. Have Kane, Sanchez, Jesus, Hazard. Head is already melted

Can Alonso get 2 clean sheets and nick a goal ?

He did let me down the one and only time I've captained him though.

Kildare787

I had Sanchez in this week as Captain. Lucky to get that goal to be fair. Only scored one in 7 and not playing well in new system. Away to stoke difficult too. I've subbed him out and put in KDB. Can't get the two in. So one or the other. KDB most assists in pl, can score goals too obviously! Great game the other day and city playing well now. Also two home games and bound to be goals with Leicester. No brainer for me. TRIPLE CAPTAIN!

dr.kenneth noisewater

Tough choice between Hazard, Jesus, Sanchez and Kane for me(on BB). Tempted by Kane as I can see:

• Hazard rested Monday if they win Friday 
• Can only see Jesus starting 1 game and Aguero the other since he's just back from injury 
• Sanchez seems to be on holidays already

Father Hernandez

Sanchez/Costa/Jesus for me

- Will Costa be arsed to turn up?
- Sanchez to play his way out of Arsenal?
- Will Jesus start both games?

Decisions, decisions.

threein99

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Tough choice between Hazard, Jesus, Sanchez and Kane for me(on BB). Tempted by Kane as I can see:

• Hazard rested Monday if they win Friday 
• Can only see Jesus starting 1 game and Aguero the other since he's just back from injury 
• Sanchez seems to be on holidays already

14 point haul from his DGW

Not having him cost me big time this week

sheroman01

threein99 wrote: »

14 point haul from his DGW

Not having him cost me big time this week

3 goals and 1 assist in his last 10 games, at 11.6m, I'd say not having him has also gained you points in this time. Despite last night, I am happy to have got rid of him a few weeks back

FHFC

threein99 wrote: »

14 point haul from his DGW

Not having him cost me big time this week

Very lucky 14 point haul. 2 of them came from clean sheets. The rest as a result of scraping 1 goal out of 180mins of playing badly. Attacking involvement poor.

He's probably done just about enough to put me off selling. He's a risky captain. Could easily deliver big points or end up walking about on the left touchline and getting 2 x 2 pointers.

threein99

FHFC wrote: »

Very lucky 14 point haul. 2 of them came from clean sheets. The rest as a result of scraping 1 goal out of 180mins of playing badly. Attacking involvement poor.

He's probably done just about enough to put me off selling. He's a risky captain. Could easily deliver big points or end up walking about on the left touchline and getting 2 x 2 pointers.

True, but its cost me top spot in a paid league so I cant afford not to have him again

dr.kenneth noisewater

threein99 wrote: »

14 point haul from his DGW

Not having him cost me big time this week

True but playing very badly

LostArt

Probably gonna have to take a punt on De Bruyne, my main rival is 15 points ahead of me and almost certainly won't have him.

Kildare787

KDB

Only man with 2 home games
Cracking game last week
City playing well
Should start both games
City have champo league to play for
TRIPLE CAPTAIN
Haha

Kildare787

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Tough choice between Hazard, Jesus, Sanchez and Kane for me(on BB). Tempted by Kane as I can see:

• Hazard rested Monday if they win Friday 
• Can only see Jesus starting 1 game and Aguero the other since he's just back from injury 
• Sanchez seems to be on holidays already

Easy solution

Sub in KDB

Scorpion Sting

FHFC wrote: »

Very lucky 14 point haul. 2 of them came from clean sheets. The rest as a result of scraping 1 goal out of 180mins of playing badly. Attacking involvement poor.

He's probably done just about enough to put me off selling. He's a risky captain. Could easily deliver big points or end up walking about on the left touchline and getting 2 x 2 pointers.

While his not playing well is definitely a concern, Arsenal are in the hunt for an unlikely top 4 spot so surely he'll be all guns blazing with that in mind.

iroced

This may be the most difficult captain choice I ever had to face since I started playing 6/7 years ago!

It's THE big DGW of the season with 5 teams of the top6 involved! That is all the big guns/premium players are very decent captain choices this GW. So it could be kinda double quintuple or quits.
And it's a TC GW for many of us!

BUT. But, but...

Let's start from the top.

- Chelsea. Hazard, Costa, Pedro, Fabregas are good candidates. The latter 2 more as punts. But if Chelsea win tomorrow evening, they are champions, season is over. So you'd rely on a great perf from your captain in the first game!

- Spurs. Kane, Alli, Eriksen. But again if Chelsea win tomorrow evening, their dream of getting champion ends for the second year in a row. How will they swallow it? Top3 spot is almost secured so they'd have nothing left to play for.

- City. Agüero? Jesus, KDB, Sané... Top 4 is not secured. So they have to go for it! But will Agûero be fit enough to play both games? Will Jesus play both too if Kun is effectively back? Won't Sané get rotated? It seems the best candidate is KDB.

- Arsenal. Sanchez, Ozil... Same than City. Even worse. So they have to "over"-go for it! But despite their latest wins, they're poor. And if they lose the first game, chances are they won't bother very much for the second.

- MU. Top4 not safe. But they look like prioritising Europa League. So I don't see any viable captain in their team bar maybe DDG. United have 2 away games. Will Mourinho park the bus hoping for a lucky break to steal a win? A draw would probably end their chances of a top4 finish. Anyway, too much uncertainty over their players for a DGW captaincy. So for a DGW TC it's a no for me!

Then you have the smaller teams. The only one with a little bit to play for is Watford. They need 1 pt to absolutely secure safety. But Watford have horrible fixtures.


Conclusion. KDB the best option as of my current analysis.

Nota. KDB is the only big gun I do not own :pac:...

callaway92

Tight between Sanchez and Jesus.

You'd have to lean towards Sanchez for extra points for goals/clean sheets

RicketyCricket

Aguero being fit again might mean Pep will rotate Jesus and Aguero. Played the 2 up front against Middlesbrough but it didnt work very well.

km79

Morgan and probably huth out for city game ........

Cartman78

Already have 3 x City so would take a fairly big overhaul and hits to get KDB in.....so it boils down to Sanchez or Jesus for me.

Aguero being back in contention could limit Jesus so Sanchez it is I think.

Stoke away could make it awkward if they're bothered I guess but surely even a half-arsed Arsenal/Sanchez will totally annihilate Sunderland at home.....

Father Hernandez

km79 wrote: »

Morgan and probably huth out for city game ........

Sanchez > KDB for a -4 is tempting..

FHFC

I've a feeling Sane may be the one to own this week.

KDB is generally not playing in the attacking 3 mid spots. His returns before last weekend were poor. 2 double digits in the last 15 or 16 GWs. 1 goal and around 6 assists.

Sane was very lively vs Palace, I was gutted and felt very unlucky to get nothing from him in that game.

Considering him or Jesus for the armband. Sanchez could do well but his form worries me. Arsenal are awful too.

danganabu

pj12332 wrote: »

I had Sanchez in this week as Captain. Lucky to get that goal to be fair. Only scored one in 7 and not playing well in new system. Away to stoke difficult too. I've subbed him out and put in KDB. Can't get the two in. So one or the other. KDB most assists in pl, can score goals too obviously! Great game the other day and city playing well now. Also two home games and bound to be goals with Leicester. No brainer for me. TRIPLE CAPTAIN!

The second choices for City are far better though, so Sanchez plus Jesus/Sane is far better than KDB plus Ox/Giroud etc.

gammygils

Jesus. Costa vice. Gonna get Jesus in for Rom.
So I expect Rom to score big!

Finding it hard to choose between 5 players and can make a case for 8. Season defining moment.

sheroman01

After Kane letting me down last week, I am going to....put the armband back on Kane. I think he will give 100% until end of season and has a United side at home who don't care about the league anymore.

danganabu

sheroman01 wrote: »

After Kane letting me down last week, I am going to....put the armband back on Kane. I think he will give 100% until end of season and has a United side at home who don't care about the league anymore.

They looked like they didn't care about the Europa last night, don't mind the spin , the truth is united are an incredibly average side without Ibra, and only marginally better than average with him.

sheroman01

danganabu wrote: »

They looked like they didn't care about the Europa last night, don't mind the spin , the truth is united are an incredibly average side without Ibra, and only marginally better than average with him.

Well....either way I will be happy with a Kane hat-trick

spock.

I'm going to stick with Sanchez.

extra gravy

spock. wrote: »

I'm going to stick with Sanchez.

Leaning towards him now too. Being nailed on for 180 minutes could be a big advantage in itself this week.

spock.

extra gravy wrote:

Leaning towards him now too. Being nailed on for 180 minutes could be a big advantage in itself this week.

And those extra points for goals and clean sheets add up.
Sanchez can get 14 points in a dgw with one goal.
A forward can get a maximum of 11.

miller82

spock. wrote: »

And those extra points for goals and clean sheets add up.
Sanchez can get 14 points in a dgw with one goal.
A forward can get a maximum of 11.

great way of looking at it

wardides

Out of interest I went back to look at Spurs 2 results after they drew with Chelsea and lost the chance of winning the league last season.

2 defeats, 2-1 by Southampton and then a final day hammering by relegated Newcastle, 5-1. Not sure whether to expect a repeat or expect them to learn from this and do the opposite.

Cartman78

Dammit....came in here with the armband on Sanchez but getting seriously tempted by Jesus....was hoping for a bunch of logical, well-written posts about why Jesus is clearly the better option...but the last few pro-Sanchez posts are very hard to argue with tbh

ShaneU

Cartman78 wrote: »

Dammit....came in here with the armband on Sanchez but getting seriously tempted by Jesus....was hoping for a bunch of logical, well-written posts about why Jesus is clearly the better option...but the last few pro-Sanchez posts are very hard to argue with tbh

Sanchez scored with his only shot on target in the two games. Arsenal haven't won at Stoke since 2010.

elefant

Cartman78 wrote: »

Dammit....came in here with the armband on Sanchez but getting seriously tempted by Jesus....was hoping for a bunch of logical, well-written posts about why Jesus is clearly the better option...but the last few pro-Sanchez posts are very hard to argue with tbh

Excuse me sir, do you have a minute to talk about Jesus?

Cartman78

elefant wrote: »

Excuse me sir, do you have a minute to talk about Jesus?

Haha....I'm sitting at my desk at work and about 98% of my current brain power is focused on Jesus vs Sanchez and a virtual armband in a Fantasy online game that I am doing relatively badly in

What a time to be alive!

GLaDOS

Going with Kane, seems to be a bit of a differential.

keano_afc

I cant even. Sanchez, Kane, Hazard, Jesus, Sane. I'll end up waiting until 5 minutes from the deadline and take it off the player who ends up going on a mad one.

NabyLadistheman

Jesus all week. Sanchez now

patmac

Sanchez for me guaranteed 2 games, Jesus might not be as Kun is available, Costa/Hazard might not play 2 games, KDB I don't have.

Iused2likebusts

patmac wrote: »

Sanchez for me guaranteed 2 games, Jesus might not be as Kun is available, Costa/Hazard might not play 2 games, KDB I don't have.

Is he though if results go a certain way he may not play against Sunderland.