January wildcard

pretty much decided on this as my team, will pull the trigger on the final few transfers tomorrow once adam johnson gets his price rise.

i currently have gabbidon, is it worth the .2 i save to put in mariappa? i can't see any reason why not?

Feel free to add any suggestions on what you think i should do differently.
(i know januzaj is a gamble but with the 3 expensive mids i needed a cheaper 4th mid and want to see how things play out with him)

Hogey007 wrote: »

pretty much decided on this as my team, will pull the trigger on the final few transfers tomorrow once adam johnson gets his price rise.

i currently have gabbidon, is it worth the .2 i save to put in mariappa? i can't see any reason why not?

Feel free to add any suggestions on what you think i should do differently.
(i know januzaj is a gamble but with the 3 expensive mids i needed a cheaper 4th mid and want to see how things play out with him)

Mannone - Marshall

Coleman - Mert - L.Shaw - Mariappa - Bruce

Hazard - YaYa - Mata - Januzaj - Parker or Noone

Aguero - Suarez - Giroud

.2 left in the bank if i go for noone and .1 if i go for scot parker (either of these will only ever be used when januzaj doesn't play or if they have a particulary easy looking home fixture)

With the signing of mata and putting him in your team, I personally wouldnt go with janujaz aswell. RVP and rooney supposedly fit and mata signing can only see a decrease in janujaz gametime. The above 3 when fit are going to play every game meaning AJ is up against wellbeck, young, giggs, nani, kagawa, valencia for the 1 remaining spot in utds front 4. He has been the one bright spark of late for utd however, from an FF perspective take his last 8 gws 27 pts when he has been a regular isnt enough for a 4th midfielder spot IMO. Id downgrade some combination of mert-kos, coleman-distin, giroud-ade to give you the funds to get another 4th midfielder in. For example Im not sure AJ will start at stoke or arsenal or before cl games when he will play as mata is ineligible.
Ive a feeling I know why you went with shaw;)

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

With the signing of mata and putting him in your team, I personally wouldnt go with janujaz aswell. RVP and rooney supposedly fit and mata signing can only see a decrease in janujaz gametime. The above 3 when fit are going to play every game meaning AJ is up against wellbeck, young, giggs, nani, kagawa, valencia for the 1 remaining spot in utds front 4. He has been the one bright spark of late for utd however, from an FF perspective take his last 8 gws 27 pts when he has been a regular isnt enough for a 4th midfielder spot IMO. Id downgrade some combination of mert-kos, coleman-distin, giroud-ade to give you the funds to get another 4th midfielder in. For example Im not sure AJ will start at stoke or arsenal or before cl games when he will play as mata is ineligible.
Ive a feeling I know why you went with shaw;)

cheers, def something to think about with januzaj, if i did giroud to ade i could switch januzaj to wilshere.
I might just wait and see if januzaj starts v cardiff first as we'll have team news for that before the deadline closes, i'd be very wary of dropping him before united play cardiff. but even wilshere is a big rotation risk when ramsey comes back and the other stand out option in that price range, sterling faces much tougher competition for places now too.
I'd like to get ramsey back when he's fit and if wenger said before the deadline closes he's back this week i might even consider a double downgrade of 2 you suggested, giroud to ade and mert to kos to get ramsey in for januzaj.
if i do keep januzaj for the cardiff game i should be able to bank my transfer for this week and then look at moving him on the following week when rooney/rvp are back.
oh and i have coleman since he was 5.0 so can't really sell him without losing a lot of his value.
and yeah i have shaw since the start too but that rumour has def convinced me not to downgrade him to a norwich defender.
cheers for the reply, def food for though before the manager's press conferences tomorrow.

I've come up with a team I really like for a change.





2 cheap rotating keepers, 2 premium defenders and pick one from the other 3 each week. In midfield I have 4 top-level players and a decent cheapie. And as I can't afford Ade I went with the next best in the shape of Bony.

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Mr P what about going cech, davis for gk 10.0 over boruc/speroni 9.2. Then downgrade ivanovic 6.0 to ward 4.2. This will be an overall saving of 1.0 to use on your midfield. You have guaranteed chelsea coverage and palace coverage when you want it. As someone else mentioned go with ollson. Every week play 1 of ollson, ward , alonso.

I didn't think of that I might have another play around with things so. My biggest worry would not be having a sub keeper though. With the fixture mayhem it could be useful.

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Ye I was thinking the giroud to ade and aj to ramsey(when fit is the ideal scenario). You could leave enough money to upgrade AJ to ramsey in a gameweek or two. I could be totally wrong about AJs gametime but he is only 18 and there are 3 quality players coming back into the utd attacking mix now.

no you're right, he is a gamble and if he didn't have cardiff at home this week or if there was another stand out player in his price range i'd move him on.
And i know as a united fan i am also being swayed by his brilliant performances of late which as you say, isn't turning into huge FF points.
There is also that doubt with him of you never know if he'll start or come on for a 1 pointer.
but he has been that good lately that i want to give him a week or two while united have decent fixtures and then ramsey will be back playing.

Folks, What is the deal with Monreal?
Thinking of downgrading Mert for him, at 5.1 looks viable but unsure if he will hold his place

I'm thinking about activating it this gameweek rather than waiting for later in the week, I'm thinking of sucking up the price rise I will lose on Mata by tomorrow as I'm hopeful Januzaj will play tomorrow night, if he starts I'm confident he can get in the points so I'll leave well alone. I've almost come around to the opinion which has been rampant here that he will achieve significantly less league game time from here on although I'd have him in the team every week myself. I'm going to give it a bit more consideration.

What are the best options for a 4.1 or lower defender, do ye think Fabio will become a regular for Cardiff? Is Alex Bruce in danger of losing his place to McShane?

Swiper the fox wrote: »

What are the best options for a 4.1 or lower defender, do ye think Fabio will become a regular for Cardiff? Is Alex Bruce in danger of losing his place to McShane?

I'm looking at bringing in Collins (West Ham), after the Chelsea match they have SWA avl NOR SOT. They're usually solid enough at home against the smaller teams even though their form has been pretty bad of late.

smog wrote: »

Folks, What is the deal with Monreal?
Thinking of downgrading Mert for him, at 5.1 looks viable but unsure if he will hold his place

Gibbs is working back from injury and would threaten his place.

8-10 wrote: »

Gibbs is working back from injury and would threaten his place.

May keep the .3 aside so for an upgrade depending on team news tomorrow, Thanks!

Settling on this for now..

• Not plannong on rotating keepers. I won't be too far off those who do in the end, more than likely. Happy enough to stick with it.
• Coleman injury doesn't look too serious. He should be back by GW26 for Palace I reckon.
• Baker is very likely to be back this weekend. Took a ball to the face against Arsenal and got stretchered off. Felt 'groggy' last week so wasn't featured in the 'Pool game. Not really much other options in the 4.0 or less bracket. Would be tempted to include Yoshida if I knew how long Lovren was out. Chambers not likely to get regular game time. Don't want to waste a transfer on getting them out in the next week or two.
• Evans I'm not set on. United have some great games and are starting to play well again though. Willing to take a punt since he is a guaranteed starter, especially with Vidic out. (Perhaps being a United fan is blinding me, who knows).
• Midfield speaks for itself. Thanks to you lads for the Noone recommendation. Was planning on sticking with Morrison at 0.3 more.
• Bony bandwagon is calling my name but Adebayor is more consistent.

On Bony..
3 goals in the last 3 games is pretty decent. Seems to be hitting a decent spell of form and I'd be confident in him scoring well over the next few games as well. In the last 3 games he has had 7 shots on target, 7 shots off target, 3 goals scored. Also created 2 chances for his team in that time.

In comparison to Adebayor:
Only played 6 games back in the team. In that time he he scored 5 goals with 10 shots. 7 of them on target, and 3 off. So he has scored in 6 of the 7 times he got his shot on target. On top of that he has created 8 chances for his team and 2 assists.

Side-by-side there is no competition for me. I know numbers only mean so much, but they do help.

smog wrote: »

Folks, What is the deal with Monreal?
Thinking of downgrading Mert for him, at 5.1 looks viable but unsure if he will hold his place

Gibbs is undisputed number 1 in Wenger's eyes. He does miss games here or there through injury or when he's returning but Wenger rates him higher than Monreal.

I like Monreal but no point fretting over whether a player starts every week.