General Fantasy Football Chat

KevIRL wrote: »

Carlcon. Ryo is grand as the cheap midfield option and enabler. Scoring well enough too

I disagree. 2 assists at home to QPR and Blackburn don't exactly fill me with confidence. But for the sake of discussion, let's say I agree with his potential and work out the alternatives...

Bringing him in will mean dropping Sigurdsson for a lot of people (or at least not brining Sig in).

GW 34: Sig is home to Blackburn, while Bolton don't play.
GW 35: One of Bolton's games is against Swansea. Strongly fancy Swansea in that.
GW 36: Sig is home to Wolves, while Ryo is away to Sunderland and home to Spurs. Again, strongly fancy Swansea that week, while Bolton aren't likely to get anything in their two games.

Same argument, replacing Sig with McClean;
Home to Wolves in 34
Against struggling Villa in 35
Home to Ryo's Bolton in 36.

One of those two will have to go or not be brought in. Let's face it, *almost* everyone has at least 3 of Valenica/Young/Bale/Dempsey/Silva/Walcott/(add Gerrard for DGW in 36). Whatever 3 or 4 you think are worth having, you're not gonna want to drop them.
I just don't see the value, especially knowing that transfers are going to be spent trying to make a full XI in GW34, then trying to bulk up with Spurs/Chelsea/Liverpool players for GW36.

There's an exception for those who still have wildcards, I guess. May be possible to have one attacking Bolton player without damaging your team... but generally speaking, seems like an awful waste to me.

kennyb3 wrote: »

Like Carlcon i wont go near bolton. I ll just be looking at getting bale back in and a chelsea player or two.

Definitely makes me feel better about bringing Mata in for Silva this week and keeping Bale. Mata was originally a short-term (2 week) purchase, but think I'll be sticking with him now.

I was a click away from it being Lampard instead, but that would have only left me with 0.1 in the bank. Now I have a nice little safety-net put by to start moulding my team over the next month in preparation. So generally happy with the news of all these DGWs.

It's times like this I'm really glad I held on to my wildcard. Between now and GW34 it's just about trying to field 11 and the wildcard will be used just in time for the big DGW with a view to taking me through to the end of the season. Not a single player within 100 points of me in my two money leagues still has their wildcards. I'm going to sit down and study the fixture list properly over the weekend to come up with a plan. This shíts about to get real!!

massdebater wrote: »

It's times like this I'm really glad I held on to my wildcard. Between now and GW34 it's just about trying to field 11 and the wildcard will be used just in time for the big DGW with a view to taking me through to the end of the season. Not a single player within 100 points of me in my two money leagues still has their wildcards. I'm going to sit down and study the fixture list properly over the weekend to come up with a plan. This shíts about to get real!!

I would have said you were mad to keep it this long. But now you've got a huge advantage going into those 3 game weeks. Could be worth anywhere between 20-50 points for you if you play it right.

I'll probably bring in Miyiachi for Surman, easy swap. Not 100% I'll play him but I'd prefer to have the option, and he's only 0.5m more than Surman.

Carlcon I'm not sure why you are limiting everyone to using 3 or 4 midfielders, as I'm sure you know 3-5-2 is a valid formation. You seem to be assuming everyone has 4 'big' midfielders and Siggy. Even just looking at boards top 10 some have Ferguson, McClean, Chamberlain etc, and THREE of us Surman which is an obvious choice.

Most people will only use Miyiachi for GW 35, maybe 36 then leave him on the bench, but at 4.9m at the end of the season what's the harm? For two Double GW's you'd expect an absolute minimum of 4 points from each GW. If he gets an assist or scores you could be looking at double figures.

I'd bring him in over any Villa player, regardless of fixtures.

carlcon wrote: »

I'm no doctor, but Sig + McClean + 3 or 4 top midfielders (what I said) = 5 or 6 midfielders, not 3 or 4.

I can see why you rely on Boards for help so much...

I missed the part about McClean. You didn't exactly argue his case much though. Are you saying you would prefer his fixtures over Miyiachis doubles?

GW 35
McClean at Villa (A) vs Miyiachi at Villa (A) + Swansea (H).

GW 36
McClean at Bolton (H) vs Miyiachi at Sunderland (A) + Tottenham (H).

Miyiachi for me.

roryc wrote: »

I missed the part about McClean. You didn't exactly argue his case much though. Are you saying you would prefer his fixtures over Miyiachis doubles?

GW 35
McClean at Villa (A) vs Miyiachi at Villa (A) + Swansea (H).

GW 36
McClean at Bolton (H) vs Miyiachi at Sunderland (A) + Tottenham (H).

Miyiachi for me.

GW36 isn't a competition. Sunderland are substantially more likely to bag some goals than Bolton are, then against Spurs would be a shock if Bolton got more than one goal. GW35 is closer, fair enough. Again, Sunderland much more likely to pick Villa apart than Bolton are, but the extra game should even it up.

Your point ignores 3 things. GW34 where Bolton don't play, the fact that Ryo will take up a transfer, while Sig/McClean won't (anyone worth their salt has at least one of them), and the 5 other bigger/better teams that also have DGWs.

Too many variables work against Ryo being the best option. As always, chance may have it that he magically goes on to score his 1st, 2nd, and 3rd goals of the season in these games... but all odds are against him and his club when you consider the alternatives.

Lemlin wrote: »

Lads, been away today and I'm lost in all this double GW news, can anyone post up a definitive list of the gameweeks effected and who is missing what weeks/has double games what weeks?

GW33
Normal

GW34
No Game:
Liverpool, Fulham, Chelsea, Newcastle, Bolton, Spurs, Everton, Stoke
Doubles:
No-one

GW35
No Game:
No-one
Doubles:
Villa (SUN, BOL), Bolton (SWA, avl)

GW36
No Game:
No-one
Doubles:
Liverpool (nor, FUL), Fulham (eve, liv), Chelsea (QPR, NEW), Newcastle (wig, che), Bolton (sun, TOT), Spurs (BLA, bol)

GW37
Back to normal

Be wary that Stoke V Everton still has to be rearranged so it could slot in any of those weeks.

I'm not sure what position you are in, but only getting two weeks out of your wildcard seems a bit of a waste imo

Well when you put it like that, then you're in a great position

For anyone wondering about Lescott it seems that he has stepped up training this week anyway according to the man himself on Twitter. He says he's fit, but not sure if he'll be playing at the weekend.

If Kompany and Lescott both come back this weekend then it'll be a huge boost to City. They'd be very likely to get a CS then.

Dempsey wrote: »

So, given Sigurdsson's ability to defy FPL logic, who's backing him this weekend?

Me anyway. McClean will have to sit this one out.

This is why i dont bother with money leagues. Cant beat the above work ethic.

As it is, I have 11 players for GW34.
I am however, transferring one of these out on Saturday evening in order to prepare for gw36 and then bringing in the final 11th player after gw33.

My plan is to effectively bring in players a week earlier than they're needed in order to save up 2 transfers for gw37. I will have 6 dgw players for gw36 so I think there'll be a big chance to gain points in gw37 as a result of everyone getting excited about the doubles and being a bit screwed after that.

This rescheduling has indeed made the game all the more exciting now!