January wildcard

CSF · 31-12-2013 10:18AM

I can only see my team being similar to the rest in a few players (Suarez/Rooney/Hazard maybe Walcott) as I didn't get in on the Coleman and Mertesacker wagons early on so my defence and keepers will be very different to most other teams, I'll probably have one striker different to most, and 2 midfielders.

flying11 · 31-12-2013 10:43AM

If i still have'nt used my original wildcard, will i get the january wildcard?

If so, how do i select the january wildcard as i dont want ithe fpl website to use my original one by mistake,

G1032 · 31-12-2013 10:48AM

CSF wrote: »

I can only see my team being similar to the rest in a few players (Suarez/Rooney/Hazard maybe Walcott) as I didn't get in on the Coleman and Mertesacker wagons early on so my defence and keepers will be very different to most other teams, I'll probably have one striker different to most, and 2 midfielders.

I got Mertesacker on Sunday only. He's gone 0.1 already and is 80% on the way again. If he goes up another 0.2 in the next couple of weeks I might just sell him for Koscienly and take profit to use elsewhere

SlickRic · 31-12-2013 12:20PM

you'd be surprised how quickly teams change.

not every player you bring in will succeed. some will tail off. some will get injured. it's just the way things happen.

too much is made of the wildcard evening things up. it does for maybe 3GWs at most.

31-12-2013 12:32PM

Very oddly, I'm quite happy with my team and may end up not using it. Saying that, I'll more than likely wait to the last day to use the wildcard.

Does it shut after the January transfer window?

El Horseboxo · 31-12-2013 12:36PM

flying11 wrote: »

If i still have'nt used my original wildcard, will i get the january wildcard?

If so, how do i select the january wildcard as i dont want ithe fpl website to use my original one by mistake,

You don't select a specific one if you use a wc during the month of January. Just activate the wc in January and from February onwards you'll still be able to activate another one in the same way.

CSF · 31-12-2013 12:38PM

SlickRic wrote: »

you'd be surprised how quickly teams change.

not every player you bring in will succeed. some will tail off. some will get injured. it's just the way things happen.

too much is made of the wildcard evening things up. it does for maybe 3GWs at most.

Rather than even things up, I think it just shifts the balance. Those who got the first wildcard right may not do so now, and those who have been making all the wrong decisions upto now, have the chance to make unlimited transfers to put it right.

barneygumble99 · 31-12-2013 01:22PM

Debuchy or nastasic in the wildcard. Both 5.1 but debuchy going up tonight probably.

8-10 · 31-12-2013 01:24PM

barneygumble99 wrote: »

Debuchy or nastasic in the wildcard. Both 5.1 but debuchy going up tonight probably.

Nas

qwabercd · 31-12-2013 01:31PM

8-10 wrote: »

Nas

I've had Nas about 3 times over the last 2 years. HE's not worth it imo, you never know when he's going to play. He'll get dropped just when you need him. Demichellis and Lescott will get some games alongside Kompany.

8-10 · 31-12-2013 01:43PM

qwabercd wrote: »

I've had Nas about 3 times over the last 2 years. HE's not worth it imo, you never know when he's going to play. He'll get dropped just when you need him. Demichellis and Lescott will get some games alongside Kompany.

He's got more points than Kompany and has played the same amount of minutes. Debuchy is more likely to play alright but I'd prefer to have Krul over him to get into Newcastle's defence. I think Nas is the most affordable way into City's defence.

Edit: let me word that better to the original question, my opinion is that if bringing in Debuchy will mean you have no City defenders/keeper, then i would go with Nas. I actually think Hart and Kompany back in will see more clean sheets for the second half of the year.

qwabercd · 31-12-2013 01:47PM

8-10 wrote: »

He's got more points than Kompany and has played the same amount of minutes. Debuchy is more likely to play alright but I'd prefer to have Krul over him to get into Newcastle's defence. I think Nas is the most affordable way into City's defence.

It's not his points that's the problem, it's how many games he will get. With Kompany fully fit (and Demichellis was also injured earlier in the season), he will be at much more of a risk of rotation. Hardly suprising that his points per minute are similiar to Kompany as neither of them are much of an atttacking threat and therefore get their points from cleanies and the odd bonus. What Kompany gives you is guaranteed minutes when fit, Nas does not. Nastasic is also quite injury prone.

8-10 · 31-12-2013 01:56PM

qwabercd wrote: »

It's not his points that's the problem, it's how many games he will get. With Kompany fully fit (and Demichellis was also injured earlier in the season), he will be at much more of a risk of rotation. Hardly suprising that his points per minute are similiar to Kompany as neither of them are much of an atttacking threat and therefore get their points from cleanies and the odd bonus. What Kompany gives you is guaranteed minutes when fit, Nas does not. Nastasic is also quite injury prone.

Yep I get that. To be honest it comes down to what you are looking for from this transfer. Debuchy will get more minutes presumably, but overall Nastasic could get more points if he plays enough.

Personally I'd be happier with a City defender than a Newcastle one and he would be a starter each week in your team but it's a very tough call.

For the record I'm planning on having both City and Newcastle defensive coverage. I wonder if the OP can post the rest of his defence? Might make it a bit easier.

barneygumble99 · 31-12-2013 03:05PM

Well I was thinking of getting krul and mannone in as keepers and playing Nas along with Coleman and mert. Shaw and Chester are my other defenders so least if Nas doesn't play I'd have shaw to step in as my first choice. Have Mert and Coleman since their big price rises so not a lot of money tied up in defence.

8-10 · 31-12-2013 03:54PM

barneygumble99 wrote: »

Well I was thinking of getting krul and mannone in as keepers and playing Nas along with Coleman and mert. Shaw and Chester are my other defenders so least if Nas doesn't play I'd have shaw to step in as my first choice. Have Mert and Coleman since their big price rises so not a lot of money tied up in defence.

Yep that's my plan too. Krul and Nastasic with Mannone rotating.

Lemlin · 31-12-2013 09:05PM

Lads, is the last window for the wildcard GW23 so it starts at 19.45 on Tuesday 28 January and ends at 12.45 on 1st February?

KevIRL · 31-12-2013 09:21PM

Lemlin wrote: »

Lads, is the last window for the wildcard GW23 so it starts at 19.45 on Tuesday 28 January and ends at 12.45 on 1st February?

Correct

G1032 · 01-01-2014 10:21AM

Not entirely sure anymore if I'm going to activate the WC tonight.
I've 4 players to get rid of. Daniels, Moxey, Ridgewell, Jedinak. Lukaku is sell a possibility for the chop.
Ridgewell wil get the boot today but the others can possibly wait. Any injuries today will help me decide I suppose.
Who is playing it today and how many changes are ye making?

Iused2likebusts · 01-01-2014 10:27AM

G1032 wrote: »

Not entirely sure anymore if I'm going to activate the WC tonight.
I've 4 players to get rid of. Daniels, Moxey, Ridgewell, Jedinak. Lukaku is sell a possibility for the chop.
Ridgewell wil get the boot today but the others can possibly wait. Any injuries today will help me decide I suppose.
Who is playing it today and how many changes are ye making?

Im almost certain to play it but wont be activating it till after todays games.
Players I want rid of are my 2 keepers, dawson, johnson, oscar and maybe cabaye, terry and rooney. The reason Im playing it is more to change strategy Ive too much in defence and I want to go with 7 strong attackers.

Lemlin · 01-01-2014 11:15AM

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Im almost certain to play it but wont be activating it till after todays games.
Players I want rid of are my 2 keepers, dawson, johnson, oscar and maybe cabaye, terry and rooney. The reason Im playing it is more to change strategy Ive too much in defence and I want to go with 7 strong attackers.

Why change Rooney? I can understand Terry and Cabaye. Unless you plan to go 3-5-2....

Iused2likebusts · 01-01-2014 12:03PM

Lemlin wrote: »

Why change Rooney? I can understand Terry and Cabaye. Unless you plan to go 3-5-2....

Im looking at ade and ozil over rooney and cabaye.

G1032 · 01-01-2014 12:39PM

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Im almost certain to play it but wont be activating it till after todays games.
Players I want rid of are my 2 keepers, dawson, johnson, oscar and maybe cabaye, terry and rooney. The reason Im playing it is more to change strategy Ive too much in defence and I want to go with 7 strong attackers.

Ya. I rushed into getting Cabaye in without properly thinking about it but I might just hold onto him. He's going up again tonight. I might still play the WC this GW but probably not today

carraig2 · 01-01-2014 12:53PM

I think I waited last year and played the wildcard near the end. It worked in my favour cos there was a double game week around then or one announced round then. I will sit on mine for a week or two

Iused2likebusts · 01-01-2014 01:01PM

carraig2 wrote: »

I think I waited last year and played the wildcard near the end. It worked in my favour cos there was a double game week around then or one announced round then. I will sit on mine for a week or two

What happened last year was that chelsea had a back match that needed to be rescheduled because of the world club championships. That game was fixed in Jan( that wont happen this year). Then liverpool swansea due to be played in late feb was cancelled due to swansea being in carling cup final. They were able to push this forward to the fa cup weekend in mid feb( giving both teams a dgw) as both teams were out of the fa cup( probably unlikely to happen also). Bar weather postponements I dont think we will have a dgw till March. Utd city will be called off first week in march if either team progresses to the carling cup final.

carraig2 · 01-01-2014 01:15PM

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

What happened last year was that chelsea had a back match that needed to be rescheduled because of the world club championships. That game was fixed in Jan( that wont happen this year). Then liverpool swansea due to be played in late feb was cancelled due to swansea being in carling cup final. They were able to push this forward to the fa cup weekend in mid feb( giving both teams a dgw) as both teams were out of the fa cup( probably unlikely to happen also). Bar weather postponements I dont think we will have a dgw till March. Utd city will be called off first week in march if either team progresses to the carling cup final.

Canged my mind. Wildcard tomorrow. No city cover. Am having panic attack.

IsMiseMyself · 01-01-2014 01:22PM

I'm in no great rush to use my wildcard. My team's in pretty good shape. Really, the only change I want to make is Negredo to either Rooney or Aguero. Granted, I'm two mil short of that, so I might use my wildcard to downgrade two defenders and Mig or something to bring Rooney in.

barneygumble99 · 01-01-2014 02:10PM

say i transfer in a player or 2 during my wildcard that im not planning on keeping but im confident that their price will rise by at least .2 before next gameweek, and transfer them out again (using wildcard), will i benefit from the 0.1 price rise or do prices remain fixed until your wildcard week is over??

Eddie Ere · 01-01-2014 02:28PM

Yes you gain the .1, as long as they rise by .2

Shedite27 · 01-01-2014 02:55PM

No more games now till 11th Jan, with 10 days to get injured in between. Don't rush the wildcards!

Iused2likebusts · 01-01-2014 03:10PM

Shedite27 wrote: »

No more games now till 11th Jan, with 10 days to get injured in between. Don't rush the wildcards!

sure you can just transfer anybody out that gets injured?

January wildcard

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