GW22 Transfers

ElTel

shmeee wrote: »

I will have zero players playing tomorrow out of the 4 games. So I can easily post my score now.

0 points, no hits.

Anyone else?

Yeah, if I bench Leno for Martinez.

Salah in for Bruno and will probably do Grealish for Son.

Shedite27

CSF wrote: »

Hugely different kinds of players though. Positionally more in common with Richarlison although he is too good to be giving his place upto anyone.

Could Carlo be moving to a 3 man attack?

When DCL was injured recently they have James and Siggy up front together.

£5m is an insurance policy to ensure that doesn't happen again.

siblers

CSF wrote: »

Hugely different kinds of players though. Positionally more in common with Richarlison although he is too good to be giving his place upto anyone.

Could Carlo be moving to a 3 man attack?

Tosun went to Besiktas so I'd assume he will be back up to DCL and Ricky

Father Hernandez

Only 1 FT and nothing too obvious sticking out bar some rotation risks.

Would Foden > Sterking be too much of a sideways move? Given he got rested at the weekend, City usually thump Burnley in the PL too and don't want to miss out on potentially huge points. Away teams are generally doing better than those at home too.

Last 5 games have been.

20 Oct 2018 Manchester City v Burnley W 5-0 Premier League
28 Apr 2019 Burnley v Manchester City W 0-1 Premier League
03 Dec 2019 Burnley v Manchester City W 1-4 Premier League
22 Jun 2020 Manchester City v Burnley W 5-0 Premier League
28 Nov 2020 Manchester City v Burnley W 5-0 Premier League

CSF

siblers wrote: »

Tosun went to Besiktas so I'd assume he will be back up to DCL and Ricky

Probably, he is the kind of quality of backup that you might worry about the occasional rotation during busy fixture periods too though.


He certainly isn't as good as DCL or Richarlison, but he may well be just good enough that Carlo wouldn't hesitate to start him if he felt it necessary.

Ace2007

siblers wrote: »

Tosun went to Besiktas so I'd assume he will be back up to DCL and Ricky

So what your saying is that he should be starting soon, given DCL hasn't scored in the league in nearly 2 months? :pac::pac:

nullObjects

Seen a couple of people on Twitter discuss benching Son (against Chelsea) this week
Have his numbers really dropped that much with Kane out?

IrishLad90

Possible man city hazrd this week
Liverpool play city the weekend..
Recent transfers have me with 3 city players (2def)
Liverpool are not a team shy of big game goals at this stage of the season, mane will be explosive if he returns for it

claw

nullObjects wrote: »

Seen a couple of people on Twitter discuss benching Son (against Chelsea) this week
Have his numbers really dropped that much with Kane out?

I am considering it as I have a selection problem. Big gamble that could backfire if he delivers though and I don't play him.

Pogue eile

nullObjects wrote: »

Seen a couple of people on Twitter discuss benching Son (against Chelsea) this week
Have his numbers really dropped that much with Kane out?

I think its more how terrible Spurs have been as a team as opposed to Son- they have dropped 16pts in the last 8 game weeks. Small sample size but Chelsea look more solid at the back under Tuchel - in fact they have looked boring!

He's a very explosive player and is playing further forward but Spurs become very one dimensional without Kane and its a lot easier for teams to shut Son down when he's the only real threat. A bit like Vardy though he is lethal on the break but as I said above I don't see Chelsea committing too many bodies forward to make that an issue.

How Soon Is Now

Think gonna drop Gundogun for Grealish. Reckon I got him to late. Think id rather Soucek and keep Kane another week.

Shedite27

claw wrote: »

I am considering it as I have a selection problem. Big gamble that could backfire if he delivers though and I don't play him.

I guess it depends you you have to play instead of him.

Remember when Spurs looked horrible against Everton in GW1?
400k people sold Son before Southampton A.
Didn't end well for them

claw

Shedite27 wrote: »

I guess it depends you you have to play instead of him.

Remember when Spurs looked horrible against Everton in GW1?
400k people sold Son before Southampton A.
Didn't end well for them

3 from Son, Cresswell, Justin, Dallas and Wilson. I think after the weekend just gone (which I did well in to be fair) I can make cases for all of them playing or not playing. Fun few hours

IrishLad90

Who are you thinking to captain??
Sterling but i could change to Bruno
Looks like i just answered my own Q above but just ignore that

JPup

There's a separate captain thread but Salah will be heavily backed this week.

siblers

Tempted to do JWP to Zaha but Newcastle looked quite solid against Everton and if PVA is playing, Zaha's stats aren't nearly as impressive as they are with Mitchell

Could hold too I guess

dr.kenneth noisewater

Wood to Watkins

Morzadec

Father Hernandez wrote: »

Only 1 FT and nothing too obvious sticking out bar some rotation risks.

Would Foden > Sterking be too much of a sideways move? Given he got rested at the weekend, City usually thump Burnley in the PL too and don't want to miss out on potentially huge points. Away teams are generally doing better than those at home too.

Last 5 games have been.

20 Oct 2018 Manchester City v Burnley W 5-0 Premier League
28 Apr 2019 Burnley v Manchester City W 0-1 Premier League
03 Dec 2019 Burnley v Manchester City W 1-4 Premier League
22 Jun 2020 Manchester City v Burnley W 5-0 Premier League
28 Nov 2020 Manchester City v Burnley W 5-0 Premier League

I think it's a good move, I think it's pretty likely Foden is benched and Sterling played. And Foden just isn't reliable for points, and presumably you have lots of funds with Kane and KDB out injured.

That's one of my moves.

Another will be a -4, and I'm undecided between Grealish, Zaha and Barnes.

Grealish is the reliable choice, always involved. Zaha has the fixtures and the explosivity - the next 5 are as good as you get for fixtures, and his hauls this year have come away against weaker teams: Newcastle and Fulham away in the next 2 seem like good opportunities for him. Barnes has the form, constantly returning of late and probably the best immediate fixture this week.

Grealish is probably the default here, he's just someone who's good to have in long term, would give less headaches down the line. But Zaha is really tempting me.

How Soon Is Now

Can't settle on what I wanna do in relation to Grealish so thinking maybe I should bank the transfer have two for next week then should have better idea on Gundogun and weather Kane is back .

CSF

Morzadec wrote: »

I think it's a good move, I think it's pretty likely Foden is benched and Sterling played. And Foden just isn't reliable for points, and presumably you have lots of funds with Kane and KDB out injured.

That's one of my moves.

Another will be a -4, and I'm undecided between Grealish, Zaha and Barnes.

Grealish is the reliable choice, always involved. Zaha has the fixtures and the explosivity - the next 5 are as good as you get for fixtures, and his hauls this year have come away against weaker teams: Newcastle and Fulham away in the next 2 seem like good opportunities for him. Barnes has the form, constantly returning of late and probably the best immediate fixture this week.

Grealish is probably the default here, he's just someone who's good to have in long term, would give less headaches down the line. But Zaha is really tempting me.

The only problem with Sterling as a move is that if you're transferring in a City player, its likely with a view to their potential 3 DGWs.


Is Sterling one of the guys that you trust to play all 6? Maybe even 5? Because if you have him you will want to captain him I think.

NabyLadistheman

Was going to do Grealish for Son but think I might hold off now until after the West Brom game. I have to use a transfer so might offload Chilwell. Possibility's are Digne, Maguire or Rudiger.

Morzadec

CSF wrote: »

The only problem with Sterling as a move is that if you're transferring in a City player, its likely with a view to their potential 3 DGWs.


Is Sterling one of the guys that you trust to play all 6? Maybe even 5? Because if you have him you will want to captain him I think.

Would KDB be back by then? Sterling is likely going to be my placeholder for him when he's back.

Plus I'm not sure there's many who will play all of them.. maybe just Dias but his ceiling is low.

Gundogan might be the most nailed midfielder and is getting as many attacking chances as anyone so would argue that he might be the best captaincy choice for any doubles City might have

CSF

Morzadec wrote: »

Would KDB be back by then? Sterling is likely going to be my placeholder for him when he's back.

Plus I'm not sure there's many who will play all of them.. maybe just Dias but his ceiling is low.

Gundogan might be the most nailed midfielder and is getting as many attacking chances as anyone so would argue that he might be the best captaincy choice for any doubles City might have

Given the proximity of gameweeks (and with CL in between them) it would be extremely difficult to establish when KDB will be back exactly. 8 days behind schedule could mean 3 GWs or 1 depending on when it is.


I think that if someone was wildcarding and was looking for the safe trio to cover City it would be Ederson, Dias and Gundogan.


Some people aren't looking for safe though and I guess Cancelo and Sterling are the top guys for taking a risk on for a boom or bust type scenario.

Iused2likebusts

Wood to Bamford

nullObjects

Soucek to Zaha and changing to 3-5-2
(Lots of money in the bank from last weeks injuries!)

Fitz*

Who to start / bench between Saka & Soucek?

Ace2007

Have decided not to do Gundogan to Mahrez based on the above - yes Mahrez could hit 20+ points tomorrow, but he's just as likely to then be bench for next 4 games - and coming into multiple DGW's that's not a headache that i want to have.

Watch Mahrez on a brace, city get a penalty and Gundogan hand him the ball..

JPup

Fitz* wrote: »

Who to start / bench between Saka & Soucek?

Has Saka been passed fit to play?

Fitz*

JPup wrote: »

Has Saka been passed fit to play?

He's back in training anyways.

Might just go with Soucek. Have Lacazette as Arsenal attacking option anyways.

siblers

Going to hold my transfer.

Was going to do JWP to Zaha but I think JWP might get something off the Utd defence

AdpRo

Last minute Coufal to TAA and switch captain to Bruno......already regretting it!

Irishphotodesk

Think I missed the deadline, tried to do Bruno, sterling and Adams out for Salah, gundogan and Antonio ... Clicked confirm but the next page that came up was "this page is updating"

So either I mucked it up and missed the transfer or I managed a -8 and haven't picked a captain (it was on Madison last weekend)

ElTel

Irishphotodesk wrote: »

Think I missed the deadline, tried to do Bruno, sterling and Adams out for Salah, gundogan and Antonio ... Clicked confirm but the next page that came up was "this page is updating"

So either I mucked it up and missed the transfer or I managed a -8 and haven't picked a captain (it was on Madison last weekend)

Deadline is 90 mins before first KO this season. So 4.30pm today.

siblers

Irishphotodesk wrote: »

Think I missed the deadline, tried to do Bruno, sterling and Adams out for Salah, gundogan and Antonio ... Clicked confirm but the next page that came up was "this page is updating"

So either I mucked it up and missed the transfer or I managed a -8 and haven't picked a captain (it was on Madison last weekend)

It's updated now if you want to check

Irishphotodesk

Transfers failed to go through..... So I have Bruno and Maguire on my bench, still have sterling in my team and Madison as my captain.

Roll on the weekend.

Irishphotodesk

ElTel wrote: »

Deadline is 90 mins before first KO this season. So 4.30pm today.

I went in to do last min changes just before the deadline .... Ah well .... It's not like I'm competitive in this game (haven't finished inside the top million since I got married in 2013, and my finishing position has moved back since kids were born)

siblers

Irishphotodesk wrote: »

Transfers failed to go through..... So I have Bruno and Maguire on my bench, still have sterling in my team and Madison as my captain.

Roll on the weekend.

What's your starting 11?

Irishphotodesk

siblers wrote: »

What's your starting 11?

Ederson

Chilwell, Zouma, Justin, Robertson

Sterling, Madison (c), Bowen, grealish

Bamford, Watkins

Bench : Bruno, Adams and Maguire, Martinez