Wildcard Thread 2016/2017

skippy15 wrote: »

Think my WC is finalized-:eek:
Foster
Valencia Baines McCauley
Haz Ozil Antonio Capoue
Costa Ibra Bent

Sub: Jaku Kone Amat Hojberg

Likes: squeezing Antonio and Baines , and enough in bank for straight Costa to Kun swap for gw 6
Dislike- May only have 1 playing gk, Capoue/kone as starters in first 11, hojberg amat as weakfish bench options.
Benteke/ Antonio/ baines all be given 4 weeks or so to prove themselves

Looking like a very solid lineup! I'd have probably went with Evans and Williams for McAuley and Baines to save a bit more, but that's just me :P

You're sacrificing a fair amount of the rest of your team to have Costa and Vardy in there IMO.

Option B:

Sterling > Antonio significantly (playing Bournemouth at home next week) and Bolasie has not done anything yet to suggest he is a reliable points getter. Not sure who is available at 4.8 though. Koscielny might be a bit of a luxury pick if you are looking to get so many big hitters. Downgrade to a Man Utd 5.5 option and it would give you better options in MF such as Fer who has got a couple of goals already.

Decided on not WC'ing this week after a long long week of thinking.

Left with:
Foster/Jaku (Foster will start for me, not bad fixtures coming up)

Stones/Shaw/Friend/Amat/Olsson (Stones bound to have a CS soon, BPS works in his favour too, Shaw nice attacking feature & getting cleanies, Friend for Boro should do well, Amat is a bench fodder, Olsson I stupidly got in as West Brom coverage who isn't even starting!)

Haz/Sanchez/Firmino/Capoue/Redmond (Haz & Sanchez great attacking options, Firmino I've stuck with as I think he will have a good season, just has hot & cold spells, Redmond I'm worried he'll lose his place soon and Capoue I'm debating whether to start or not!)

Vardy/Costa/Gray (Vardy shows glimpses of what he did last year and may go back on pens, hopefully does well v Liverpool, Costa is a placeholder for Aguero for the timebeing but has nice fixtures and Gray against Hull hoping he'll do well, will look to revamp this trio once Agueros back)

Other thoughts are obviously Ibra, I must be mad for not considering him but feel he costs too much now after the initial price, kicking myself as I had him in all pre season. Redmond could do with replacing if doesn't play well next 2 games. Will keep an eye after this GW and next and then WC to get Aguero back in.

Hoping I've made the correct choice :eek: Any opinions greatly appreciated!

Think my wildcard is pretty much set. Happy to play Heaton every week for the time being. Stones could be Williams PVA or Kone but City will surely tighten up soon. Can't see much alternative to Benteke either and think Puncheon is under the radar. Sterlings form is too good to overlook also.

Heaton, Jaku
Valencia, Stones, McCauley, Collins, Amat
Sanchez, Hazard, Sterling, Puncheon, Capoue
Costa, Benteke, Ibrahimovic

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

I'm planning to WC GW6 and I think your team is pretty well set for that too. That way you get Mahrez and Redmond nice GW5 fixtures and there's a pretty big fixture shift then (as well as GW8). Also Friday night football so there are two chances to profit from Friday night transfer rush.

I'm a GW6 WC'er too I reckon.

FutureGuy wrote: »

Lads,
I must admit I am a little unsure whether to WC or not. Life has been crazy in last 2 weeks and only really getting back into FPL this evening.

Foster - Jacu
Valencia - Stones - Amat - Friend - Kone
Hazard - Mahrez - Capoue - Lamela - Redmond
Aguero -Zlatan - Gray

Worth wildcarding?

In the same boat as you and haven't Wildcarded. My teams a few posts up, v similar to yours and I was asking what I should do too. I ended up taking out Aguero > Costa, Mahrez > Sanchez. Then will WC when Aguero is back fit.

A) Costa, Antonio and Redmond
or
Benteke, Sterling and Barkley

Kind of leaning towards B for Everton's easy fixtures, but Palace are just so bad.

Now stuck between Sanchez and Lamela vs Ozil and Sterling. Having no City cover just doesn't seem right.

Well I've changed everything again and am definitely logging out this time!

Cech Pickford
Valencia Baines Kone Evans Amat
Hazard Sanchez Antonio Snodgrass Capoue
Ibra Lukaku Benteke

No idea how I'll be getting Kun back but I'll worry about that another time!

Nearly settled on a wildcard team a little off template.

I wonder why there is very very little mention of Payet round these parts? Is it mainly as with Sanchez or even Costa he's not really an option?

Also no thoughts of Wilshire, looks set to play a No 10 role and decent fixtures 3 of next 5. Ok rusty but a serious point to prove. I like to consider motivation in picking a differential.

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

One thing i've just thought of, I've now no city attacking players in my team but i would imagine over the next 3 gameweek Iheanacho will play up front for City now will he? Might bring him in ahead of Defoe if that's the case or will Pep do like Rodgers and use sterling as a makeshift striker?

Aguero only misses 2 GWs. Expect Iheanaco will start but may be subbed early.

FHFC wrote: »

Payet is not a punt. Created 11 chances in 33 mins for France midweek.

Unlikely to have Wilshire in my team but wondering why pretty much zero mention of him here as a prospect. Played behind striker for 45 mins in friendly and a top quality player, 5.9m

Who are you by the way? Same username as a guy who used to post here. Funny that.

I think Payet is a near impossibility for those going with Hazard and Ibrahimovic and who are also dead set on Sanchez (the majority on here it appears). Add in those that want those 3 AND Aguero (something I'm not sure is possible) and there is definitely no room for Payet. Even getting all 5 players at 'cost' takes up 55m of your budget.

I'm not saying it's 'right' to ignore Payet, more looking at the reasons he isn't being mentioned on here. I think 2 of the 'Big 4' would have to go to make him a realistic prospect budget wise.

Wilshere is made of weaker glass than Sturridge so I wouldn't touch him personally.

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Oh I only meant Wilshire as the punt. He'd want to prove his fitness really and Bournemouth could do with showing signs of life.

Payet could be a nice one alright. It's a classic case of timing it right rather than 2 weeks too early.

I'm really trying to not self destruct before the Spring. There's a certain novelty in making the boring decisions. It's worth a shot anyway, right?

Are you sticking with Mirallas, I've put him in my wildcard team with everyone fixtures in mind as I think he'll score better than Barkley if he gets the minutes.
Will he get the minutes, there still seems like poor enough options to replace him.

I've somehow ended up with Lukaku and Bolasie in my team. This won't end well.

FHFC wrote: »

If I put aside my fixation with having Costa for this week despite not really fancying him going forward...

Costa & Townsend/sub 6.5 mid
Or
Benteke & Sterling??

I'd go with Benteke and Sterling in that case.

extra gravy wrote: »

I've somehow ended up with Lukaku and Bolasie in my team. This won't end well.

I've Lukaku, Benteke and Spaceship this week :eek: