Wildcard Thread 2016/2017

MikeCork2009 wrote: »

Finally decided to WC. Gone with:

DDG

McCauley - Holgate - Valencia

Sanchez - Barkley - Hazard - Capoue

Negredo - Ibrahimovic - Benteke

Subs: Pickford, Collins, Sterling, Love

I'd have concerns over Holgate, Collins and Love. They could all find themselves dropped soon (I think Love already is).

If you are paying 8.2m for Sterling, get him off your bench!

Hb6g6 wrote: »

Can someone give there opinion on my WC team, would really appreciate the help

Koscielny isn't worth it; better to downgrade him to a 5.5 (Shaw, Valencia, Baines), and spend the money on improving your squad. Would also consider dropping Alexis in favour of Ozil, as this will allow you to upgrade your squad (Antonio -> Coutinho, Bolasie -> Lamela/Cazorla, Negredo -> Benteke). Are you comfortable starting three of Antonio/Bolasie/Capoue/Negredo every weekend?

MikeCork2009 wrote: »

Thank you. Love is just a 4.0 defender. I hopefully won't ever need to play him. Benching Sterling for the Manchester derby this week but will be a starter after that. Defence is what caused me the most headache. If not Holgate and Collins then who?

Maybe look at Pieters or Souare. Maybe Kone also.

Fairly settled on this:

Foster (Heaton)

Valencia / Baines / Kone (Nsue / Amat)

Hazard / Sanchez / Lamela / Redmond (Capoue)

Ibrahimovic / Lukaku / Defoe

A little unsure whether keeping Kone is a great idea, but I've had him since GW1 and we've bonded.

steve_r wrote: »

This is my team. Concerns about midfield. Brought in Fer and Negredo, got one rise, was hoping for a second but looking unlikely now.

DeGea/Jano

Valencia/Terry/Williams/Evans/(Robertson)

Hazard/Sanchez/Lamela/(Fer)/(Hojbjerg)

Costa/Ibra/Negredo


Will probably end up playing 4-3-3.

Toying with the idea of changing Sanchez to Ozil and Hojbjerg to Snodgrass

I like snodgrass a lot
His fixtures are making me reluctant though
It means I'd bring in lukaku instead of Barkley and makes switch to aguero much simpler

ElTel wrote: »

Hey guys,
For those of you worried about Jaku and Pickford, going with the Burnley GK pair (Heaton and Robinson) costs 8.5m. I know all too well how this strategy can backfire however having started with Manone and Pickford myself.
I'm still hopeful that it's Pickford's spot to lose so I'd have him over Jaku on a WC but Manone could be close to a return after the next IB. In short avoid them both.
Oh I've seen a few teams with Pieters in them. He's close to a drop so wait.
Best of luck.

Is Robinson definitely second choice behind Heaton?

I'm torn with my team

GKs - Want two playing GKs in case Pickford/Jaku lose their place. Think it is worth the 0.5m here

DFs - At the start of the season I couldn't decide between Shaw & Valencia and both have done well under Mourinho so I've gone with both

McAuley is a way into WBA defence but not sure if doubling up is the right call

Nsue is because Friend is injured

Amat is cheap and more likely to play I think than other 4.0 def

MF

Hazard - No explanation needed
Sterling - Looks quality under Pep
Sanchez - Could save a lot of cash here with Carzola instead but will he keep his place
Antonio - Great fixtures and playing RW again now instead of RB
Capoue - Had him since the start and no reason to change

Fwd

Ibra - No explanation needed
Defoe - Good fixtures and basically their only striker
Bony - Expect good things from him at Stoke but I'm likely wrong!

Any thoughts?

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

He has been on the bench but there is another lad pope that could be 2nd choice. Gilks who was. 2nd choice last yr has left.

Ya just had a look around there and couldn't find anything definitive. Just this article from when Pope signed, which makes it sound like Dyche would play Robinson if Heaton got injured, due to his greater experience:

"The shot stopper takes the number of senior goalkeepers at Turf Moor to three, and Dyche believes the new man will learn from Tom Heaton and Paul Robinson, who both now bring England experience to the camp.

With Nick, he is a senior keeper and he’s played a good amount of football, but I still think there’s more to come,” said the Clarets chief.

“He is senior/still developing. All goalkeepers are, Tom still works hard on his game and Robbo is very open minded to work hard on his game, but Nick is still learning and still developing and we think there’s more to come from him, but I thought he gave a good account of himself (at Bradford).”

Here's what I've ended up with:

Heaton Robinson
Baines Valencia Kone Evans Amat
Hazard Antonio Nolito Ozil Capoue
Defoe Ibra Benteke

Going with Ozil over Sanchez for now as I'll be captaining Ibra for the next two weeks probably. Nolito is a punt until Kun is back. Prefer him to Sterling and would like City coverage for Bournemouth at home. No Everton cover apart from Baines as I just don't know who the best pick is yet and want to wait and see on that one.

Aguero plan would be to downgrade Nolito to a cheapie and upgrade whichever of Defoe/Benteke has least impressed over the next few games.

Changed once again.

Kone/Amat ouy
Collins/Love in.

Rotation between back 4 as well.

Damien360 wrote: »

big panic wildcard and not sure I have done well at all. Struggled to get a decent team

Nothing necessarily wrong with it. Bit much spent on defence. Try share a small bit of that love around the rest of the team maybe.

Benimar wrote: »

We have a lot of similar players! (I'm on WC too)

I have Shaw, McAuley, Amat, Hazard, Sanchez, Antonio, Capoue, Ibra and Defoe, so no argument from me on any of those.

I have Benteke to your Bony but thats a toss of a coin and I could change yet.

Where I differ is your GKs and Defence. I really want some Arsenal defensive coverage and the cheapest route is Cech so I'm going with him and either Pickford or Jakupovic.

The only concerns I'd have about your defence is the double up on Man U and WBA. Personally I'm not a fan of defensive double ups, but that could be just me.

I've gone with Williams and Masuaku for now but am tempted to downgrade Masuaku to Kone to possibly upgrade Barkley.

manual_man wrote: »

@lassykk. No plan to get Aguero back in? Overall I think it looks pretty good. Sterling sure is playing well but there's a little bit of rotation risk with Sane fit and available now. Nsue in defense could be at risk of losing his spot to Chambers (who has played RB as well as CB) who Boro just signed. Friend is a safer option now for the same price I think. Double Man U defense is a punt but one which could pay off - an Everton defender instead is a good option also. Bony has massive potential but is it a bit soon to get him? Personally I'd hold off on that one for now (GW10 onwards Stokes fixtures are lovely so there's no rush). I fancy Liverpool mids to score well but you can't have them all and you certainly do have a strong looking midfield lineup there. I reckon Heaton/Robinson is a pretty safe bet if you want to save a little £ (Heaton has very rarely missed a game and I'd guess Robinson is 2nd choice for his PL experience). Certainly a good-looking team though that could score well

Thanks both for your feedback. Very much appreciated.

I think you might be right about the double WBA defence for definite... I do like the idea of the double United defence but it isn't something I have done in the past... If I go Heaton/Robinson I could free up 0.5m to upgrade McAuley to either an Everton def or WHU def

Trying to get an Arsenal def in would be hard as I'm tight on cash!
I could end up with Williams/Masuaku instead of McAuley and Shaw by tomorrow night!

I suppose Sterling allows a sideways shift to Coutinho if he fires better than Sterling or if Sterling loses his place. He has looked on fire though so I hope Pep sticks with him. I had Firmino to start off with but he broke my heart!

I suppose the only way to get Aguero back in would be to downgrade Sanchez to a relative cheapie and upgrade either Defoe or Bony depending on who's going worse

Comments on Bony are good and I'll wait for the press comments before committing to him... Not sure if I fancy Benteke though as Palace have looked poor... might have to reconsider!

Benteke slowly creeping towards the rise
Need him to hold so I can decide
Himself and Costa will both probably rise tomorrow night negating the .1 I'd make on Costa

Keep buying Sterling
Stop buying benteke
Thanks all