FPL Wildcard Thread 2020/2021

CSF

Dearg81 wrote: »

It's a safer play by you, I'm gambling without knowing the games but hoping to have a few good weeks before then to offset that.

Yeah, considered the same aswell and may still do that if I feel I need to.

Given that we’ll have 7 of the same front 8 this week and also both with double City, I’m probably not feeling that need right now though.

Dearg81

My wildcard team had a bit of a mare this week with 4/5 defenders rested/dropped which was just bad luck. I'm happy enough with the team, I'll bank this week and see if Everton have a double gameweek in 24 announced before the weekend. If not I'll get Ings in for DCL and move Chilwell on too.

Green&Red

I guess a lot of people will be looking at WCing this week or next, worthwhile getting this thread fire up again

Currently messing around but looking at

Mendy - Forster

Rudiger - Coady - Stones - Tierney - Casey

Havertz - Tella - KDB - Bruno - Jota

Aguero - Kane - Iheanacho


Aguero the big punt but if they want him fit they have to play him.

Three city and yes they might rotate but not as heavily as people think IMO. Plus KDB and Stones are probably all or nothing, so between the fourth defender and Tella i should have a full 11 each week. Tempted by a Chelsea defence triple up but hopfully Havertz will hold onto the spot up front.

If Madison comes back it could affect Nacho but I suspect hes out for most of the season

You look to have a fairly flexible formation but I wouldn’t like to be relying on Tella.

Do you have any money itb for future transfers ?

Iheanacho can easily be replaced, for not much extra money, if Barnes or Maddison do impact his time.

Green&Red

Deleted User wrote: »

You look to have a fairly flexible formation but I wouldn’t like to be relying on Tella.

Do you have any money itb for future transfers ?

Iheanacho can easily be replaced, for not much extra money, if Barnes or Maddison do impact his time.

Cheers
I’ve 0.4 ITB, I’m kinda looking at KDB and Aguero as piggys, roll a transfer early and that would allow me get anywhere I want

If Saka was due back I might look at getting him.

My main issue is who else do I want? Like I could live without one of Aguero or KDB, or even Mahrez in KDBs spot but who do I spend the dollars on?

Green&Red

Green&Red wrote: »

Cheers
I’ve 0.4 ITB, I’m kinda looking at KDB and Aguero as piggys, roll a transfer early and that would allow me get anywhere I want

If Saka was due back I might look at getting him.

My main issue is who else do I want? Like I could live without one of Aguero or KDB, or even Mahrez in KDBs spot but who do I spend the dollars on?

I wouldn’t worry about spending dollars. I did a team up and had a few million left over. It’s about getting the right players.

There is so much to take in to consideration.

For example, I would like Saka too but I’ll probably go without him as I expect Arteta to focus on Europe - if managers do really do that.

Likewise Spurs are now more appealing out of Europe and in contention for top 4.

City are difficult. Mahrez and Foden could be gold as they may not be in Guardiola’s first 11 and therefore get minutes in the league. With the league all but won he will surely prioritise the quadruple ?

West Ham players should be considered.

Chelsea are a concern, with Tuchel’s penchant for rotation, and they are still in 2 cups.

I think it’s all about working out the bigger picture (what the mangers will now do) and backing yourself.

Leicester amd Wolves have good fixtures until 36.

Spurs have good fixtures from 34.

I expect West Ham to keep up their good form and I expect Southampton to finish the season very strong and play for points that other teams won’t bother putting the effort in for (as they will ease off once safe).

Green&Red

Hard to know what sort of rotation there’ll be

West Ham have a tough next four
I wouldn’t touch Spurs other than Kane
Pep might want to keep players ticking over

Southampton I’d agree but who knows with them and other than Ings do you really want any of them?

What’s your thoughts on Aguero and Leeds?


Edit: Over the next week I’ll go through each of the teams and what I think for the rest of the season, post it up here

eagle eye

My current team

Martinez, Pope
Cancelo, Stones, Maguire, Ridiger, Dallas
Bruno, Bale, Lingard, Gundogan, Raphina
Kane, Watkins, Maupay.

I have the wildcard and 5.7m in the bank plus bench boost.
Looking for your suggestions on transfers with the wildcard.

IrishLad90

I am shaping up like this ATM
with 2 FTs and 0.5 ITB

Fabianski - MGill
Stones - AWB - Chillwell - Shaw - Dunne
Son - Foden - Gundogan - Bruno - Ward-Prowse
Vardy - Kane - Bamford

Green&Red

Green&Red wrote: »

Hard to know what sort of rotation there’ll be

West Ham have a tough next four
I wouldn’t touch Spurs other than Kane
Pep might want to keep players ticking over

Southampton I’d agree but who knows with them and other than Ings do you really want any of them?

What’s your thoughts on Aguero and Leeds?


Edit: Over the next week I’ll go through each of the teams and what I think for the rest of the season, post it up here

Leeds won’t stop doing what they do and they may have more success against bigger clubs that are willing to try and score themselves. I think Leeds attackers are good to own.

Aguero is a mad one. I thought something was up all season. It was obvious he was going to leave and I think he was protecting himself and Pep was happy to oblige.

That said I think he knows how important Aguero could be (a real match winner) in the cup competitions and may give him minutes in the league to get him sharp.

Then again he may leave him on the bench, as he has done all season, and go with the players that will be there next season as an incentive.

I know if I was Foden I would be playing my football somewhere else next season.

Ace2007

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I know if I was Foden I would be playing my football somewhere else next season.

The only chance i see of that happening his if he is somehow not picked for the Euro's. He has it comfortable at city - plays with some really great players, and when he plays he gets the plaudits all night long - but then spends next 4 games on the bench - surely he should be looking at Sancho if he thinks he's that good and get the move away.

Foden has played a lot more games this season than last, but he still feels like a bit part player, and i don't think that is really going to change any time soon unless he forces the issue and looks for a move away - even a loan deal abroad. That or maybe an English manager getting the city job - If Lamps was manager he would be playing him in every game:pac::D

Ace2007

Green&Red wrote: »

I guess a lot of people will be looking at WCing this week or next, worthwhile getting this thread fire up again

Currently messing around but looking at

Mendy - Forster

Rudiger - Coady - Stones - Tierney - Casey

Havertz - Tella - KDB - Bruno - Jota

Aguero - Kane - Iheanacho


Aguero the big punt but if they want him fit they have to play him.

Three city and yes they might rotate but not as heavily as people think IMO. Plus KDB and Stones are probably all or nothing, so between the fourth defender and Tella i should have a full 11 each week. Tempted by a Chelsea defence triple up but hopfully Havertz will hold onto the spot up front.

If Madison comes back it could affect Nacho but I suspect hes out for most of the season

The WC team seems a bit punty imo. There are a lot of players who might not play in any given week for rotational reasons be it cup games or big squads. How many in form players are there in that 15? 4 maybe 5?

Tierney had probably one great game FF wise, and since then has done very little - defensively Arsenal were a mess against West Ham. Is he worth 5.3m?

Alonso might offer more attacking wise than Rudiger - granted he's cheaper but does he have an attacking threat? Rudiger was dropped/rested/rotated against Everton recently. Probably not defender at Chelsea that is guaranteed to play.

Coady - 4.8m? Granted they have games that they should win coming up - they are playing teams fighting for their lives so who knows what will happen there.

Tella - not sure what he offers other than a DGW - but then who would you be benching in order to play him?

KdB - are you happy to have an 11.9m headache each week - will he/won't he start and in turn return points? He hasn't really return anything to justify having him - other than a punt really - Even martial scored 2 against Southampton, so excluding that game i think he has 1 goal in open play all season.

Jota - got to be some rotational risk with him. Good pick if he plays.

Havertz has had like 1 good game for Chelsea and could easily be rotated.

Aguero - feels a bit like Lallana last season at pool - he's named on the bench but isn't really getting minutes. With seeming no contract signed anywhere last thing he wants is to get injured, so will he bust his balls to get a goal?


Players you don't have:

Konsa - has looked dangerous last few games and will have a DGW at some point

Dallas - out of position and the way Leeds play, they can score against anyone,

Cresswell - 10 assists this season so far - in a team flying - folk were having no problem paying 7m+ for TAA/Robbo doing similar - so for 5.9m on WC i think have to find room.

Lingard is one of the most in form players at the moment and he knows himself to make the Euro's he has to keep the form up.

Raphinha/Bamford - for the same reasons as Dallas, and more so when Leeds score one of them is usually involved. They may have hard games coming up in terms of winning, but in terms of them scoring anything is possible the way they play.

Lacazette has two great games coming up - short term punt - though worry that he could be rested for the European games.

Son - when fit i think he should be in any team - and with a DGW at some point i think he will be a must.

JWP - bit of a punt but two great games coming up - they should be safe so no real pressure of them and they can enjoy their football - will also have a DGW soon, and we've seen he likes those games. With Ings out - he's on penalties which is another plus.

Huge punt - TAA - lost his place with England - he'll need to pick up his performances and show what he can do to make sure he gets back in the squad. Given his price, and how dire Liverpool have been it's a punt, but the have some nice fixtures coming up and he has more to prove than probably any english player over the next 2 months.

Green&Red

So here is a monster post on the remaining games and what I see happening

I've copied the fixtures from Ben Crellin, capitals denote a home game

Prior to doing this my WC draft was

Mendy - Forster
Azpi - Rudiger- Stones - Coady - Philips
Bruno - Jota - Raphinha - Foden - KDB
Bamford - Kane - Nacho

ARSENAL
LIV shu FUL EVE new WBA che cry BHA

Great fixtures after Liverpool. They had five CSs in six up to GW 21 but thats fallen off a cliff. AFAIK their defence stats are reasonable but little good if they can't keep teams out. Likely to be concentrating on the Europa league, they are second favourites.

Saka might interest but with money no object I can't see it happening

They're an avoid for me


VILLA
FUL liv MCI WBA eve MUN cry tot CHE
EVE to be rescheduled

Terrible fixtures and without Grealish they are under more pressure. I have Martinez at 4.5 and I think hes the only player I'll be considering. The fixtures are just too bad.

Avoid

Brighton
mun EVE che shu LEE wol WHU MCI ars


Terrible next three GWs. Would definitely consider Trossard again for the three after that, luxury transfer though.


Burnley
sou NEW mun wol WHU ful LEE LIV shu

First time considering their fixtures really, not too bad, would like a Pope or a defender for GW 30, 31, 33, 35

Chelsea
WBA cry BHA whu FUL mci ARS LEI avl
Great next five, re-enforces my plan to go triple chelsea defence, will probably move off from GW35 especially if they are still in CL

Palace
eve CHE sou lei MCI shu AVL ARS liv
Terrible fixtures, avoid

Everton
CRY bha TOT ars AVL whu SHU WOL mci
Mixed bag of fixtures and with their form I'll probably stay away

Fulham
avl WOL ars che BUR sou mun NEW

Blank in GW33 so probably avoid for now but those last four could be really good especially if United are still in Europe

So watch for GW35-38


Leeds
SHU mci LIV MUN bha TOT bur sou WBA

Good fixture in 30 followed by three tough and then a decent run until the end of the season. Hard to know with Leeds the three tough ones could be the ones where they do best. I've two currently in my draft

Leicester
MCI whu WBA CRY sou NEW mun che TOT

Two tough fixtures followed by four good and then three bad. I'll definitely have two for that middle run. Need to decide do I hold off on getting Nacho until GW32

Liverpool
ars AVL lee NEW mun SOU wba bur CRY

Comparing their fixtures to other teams its great from GW31. Will have to reconsider who else to get in, had written off TAA but will relook. If Phillips holds his place hes a great option

City
lei LEE avl cry CHE new bha EVE
I don't think the city rotation will be as bad as people think. Their CL first leg match had Foden, Jesus Sterling, gundog, Bilva all starting, hard to know what to make of that without KDB
Fixtures are a mixed bag too. Might reconsider three city assets based on that

United
BHA tot BUR lee LIV avl LEI FUL wol

Fixtures are better than I thought, having said that who else do you want? Shaw is the only one I'd consider. Could rotate well with a Burnley defender

Newcastle
TOT bur WHU liv ARS lei MCI SHU ful

Maybe worth looking at for the last two GWs

Sheffield
lee ARS wol BHA tot CRY eve new BUR

Great fixtures, maybe a new manager will make some of their assets worthwhile again, GW35-38 are great

Southampton
BUR wba CRY or tot LEI liv FUL LEE whu

Depending on their GW32 fixture they might be worth getting for the next three. Not sure who you'd get in though. GW36-38 also ok

Spurs
new MUN eve+SOU? SHU lee WOL AVL lei

Good fixtures, no Europe, Kane is a definite, might have to relook at getting another one or two in for the last five, GW34-38

WBA
che SOU lei avl WOL ars LIV WHU lee
Terrible team, terrible fixtures, nice and easy

West Ham
wol LEI new CHE bur EVE bha wba SOU
I thought their fixtures were worse than they are, will look at Cresswell and/or Lingard

Wolves
WHU ful SHU BUR wba BHA tot eve MUN
Great fixtures GW 30-35, have Coady might look at Neto also


So to recap by GW, I've omitted City, Kane, Lingard & Bruno. Son is also omitted until I know his injury news

GW 30
Pope
Mendy
Azpi
Rudiger
Raphina
Bamford
Shaw
Southampton?
Coady
Neto


GW31
Pope
Mendy
Azpi
Rudiger
Liverpool X2/3
Southampton?
Coady
Neto

GW 32
Mendy
Azpi
Rudiger
Nacho
Barnes
Liverpool X2/3
Shaw
Southampton?
Coady
Neto

GW 33
Pope
Mendy
Azpi
Rudiger
Trossard
Nacho
Barnes
Liverpool X2/3
Coady
Neto

GW 34
Mendy
Azpi
Rudiger
Trossard
Raphina
Bamford
Dallas
Nacho
Barnes
Liverpool X2/3
Coady
Neto


GW35
Pope
Trossard
Fulham?
Raphina
Bamford
Dallas
Nacho
Barnes
Liverpool X2/3
Shaw
Coady
Neto

GW 36
Fulham?
Raphina
Bamford
Dallas
Liverpool X2/3
Shaw



GW 37
Fulham?
Raphina
Bamford
Dallas
Liverpool X2/3
Shaw
Newcastle?


GW 38
Fulham?
Raphina
Bamford
Dallas
Liverpool X2/3
Shaw
Newcastle?


That leaves me with a WC team looking like


Mendy - Forster
Azpi - Rudiger- TAA - Cresswell - Shaw
Bruno - Jota - Raphinha - Lingard - KDB
Bamford - Kane - Davis

Huge at the back without a lot of flexibility

Green&Red

A more balanced version would be

Mendy - Forster
Azpi - Rudiger- Phillips - Cresswell - Shaw
Bruno - Jota - Raphinha - Lingard - KDB
Bamford - Kane - Richarlison

With rapha becoming Neto in 31 and Ricky becoming Nacho in 32

So you were thinking -

Mendy - Forster
Azpi - Rudiger- Stones - Coady - Philips
Bruno - Jota - Raphinha - Foden - KDB
Bamford - Kane - Nacho

then did some/more research and came up with -

Mendy - Forster
Azpi - Rudiger- TAA - Cresswell - Shaw
Bruno - Jota - Raphinha - Lingard - KDB
Bamford - Kane - Davis

or -

Mendy - Forster
Azpi - Rudiger- Phillips - Cresswell - Shaw
Bruno - Jota - Raphinha - Lingard - KDB
Bamford - Kane - Richarlison

They all look good to me.

Going that heavy with Chelsea in defence will be hard (a lot of transfers) to get off if you want/need to. They are still involved in 3 competitions.

I also reckon Liverpool’s fixtures are too good to ignore but not so sure about their defenders.

I agree it’s hard to get away from those 2-3 Leeds but differentials may be needed at this stage of the season and they’re highly owned.

I’ll be using WC in 31 myself and I’m not looking forward to the choices I’ll have to make. It’s going to be very hard to get all the 50-50 calls right.

I’ve worked very hard to get from 4.2 million to 770k but now I’m just thinking I’ll enjoy it and go for a few left field choices. It’ll be my worst finish or I’ll get ‘lucky’ and finish top 200k.

It’s really all about identifying players now and having the courage to back yourself.

And if this is true then you might not even want 1 Chelsea defensive player.

https://twitter.com/bendinnery/status/1375196088358027269?s=21

Green&Red

Deleted User wrote: »

And if this is true then you might not even want 1 Chelsea defensive player.

https://twitter.com/bendinnery/status/1375196088358027269?s=21

Is Chelsea’s defence that dependant on Kante? He’s only played half the games since Tuchal came in

Having said that I’m tempted to keep Stones over Azpi, be happy with the double defence. I have stones for 5m, Dias is a massive step up to 6.1m, don’t really see the additional value. When stones doesn’t play I have a strong back up in defence. Could easily be playing four at the back a lot of weeks

I haven’t looked in to the stats with or without Kante.

I just think he’s an amazing player and I’d much rather he was playing if I had Chelsea defence.

I do fancy Chelsea myself but I’ll wait now on a Kante update.

Green&Red

Deleted User wrote: »

Going that heavy with Chelsea in defence will be hard (a lot of transfers) to get off if you want/need to. They are still involved in 3 competitions.

I also reckon Liverpool’s fixtures are too good to ignore but not so sure about their defenders.

You’re 100% right on the Chelsea D and getting off and I’ll definitely be looking to get off at GW35, fixtures turn and CL. So maybe two is enough.

Liverpool have the best fixtures but they are just so bad. It’s so hard to make a case for TAA because it means losing someone further up the pitch like say Nacho. Plus there are a load of good defence options. I’ve left out Stones, Dias, Coady & Dallas from that draft

Green&Red

Anyone else on WC?

alchemist33

Just waiting on the internationals to finish before finalising the team.

eagle eye

What's the reason to wildcard this week?
I don't feel my team is pretty decent. I'm waiting for a double gameweek to appear before I look at wildcarding.

Green&Red

eagle eye wrote: »

What's the reason to wildcard this week?
I don't feel my team is pretty decent. I'm waiting for a double gameweek to appear before I look at wildcarding.

Well I had dead ended to 29 as this was always my plan. I have a couple of Brighton, a couple of Arsenal, two playing GKs etc. Having said that I don’t really get the case for holding off for a week?

Which doubles are you waiting on? Villa v Everton is uninspiring, and I don’t trust Spurs v Southampton. I do have a FH left so I suppose if there’s this mythical monster DGW I can use it there.
IMO by not WCing this week you’re missing out on Chelsea points with very little upside.

Green&Red

On a separate note I’m reconsidering having KDB, Salah and Havertz being the alternatives.

Green&Red

Green&Red wrote: »

On a separate note I’m reconsidering having KDB, Salah and Havertz being the alternatives.

Salah and GunDuggan or KDB and Jota ?

I’m guessing it’s a pairing you’re working out ?

eagle eye

Green&Red wrote:

Which doubles are you waiting on? Villa v Everton is uninspiring, and I don’t trust Spurs v Southampton. I do have a FH left so I suppose if there’s this mythical monster DGW I can use it there. IMO by not WCing this week you’re missing out on Chelsea points with very little upside.

The FA Cup teams are what interest me. City, Chelsea and Everton will all have a double gameweek together.

Green&Red

eagle eye wrote: »

The FA Cup teams are what interest me. City, Chelsea and Everton will all have a double gameweek together.

They probably won’t, I know the games have been removed on the official site but those games are likely to still be played in GW32

Green&Red

Deleted User wrote: »

Salah and GunDuggan or KDB and Jota ?

I’m guessing it’s a pairing you’re working out ?

No it would mean going without a city mid. Jota is a lock. It’s literally a choice between Salah, KDB and Havertz

Green&Red

Green&Red wrote: »

No it would mean going without a city mid. Jota is a lock. It’s literally a choice between Salah, KDB and Havertz

I’d make that a choice between Salah and KDB.

It’s a tough one that. I loathe to buy LFC players again even though their fixtures are great.

I also loathe to buy players that aren’t nailed on for 90 minutes a match for the remainder yet I see the attraction of the above 2 but I hope I buy neither.

Green&Red

Deleted User wrote: »

I’d make that a choice between Salah and KDB.

It’s a tough one that. I loathe to buy LFC players again even though their fixtures are great.

I also loathe to buy players that aren’t nailed on for 90 minutes a match for the remainder yet I see the attraction of the above 2 but I hope I buy neither.

Why would you rule out Havertz? He’s played No. 9 in the last two, great fixtures, would get the C versus West Brom. Rotation is the obvious downside, probably the most likely to get rotated of the three

Getting him could buy some time on Salah