Player Watchlist 2014-2015

Posada · 13-08-2014 9:36pm

q2ice wrote: »

Is anyone considering getting in Rvp? (Obviously after gw1) Have not heard anything in the threads about him. I currently have Rooney but will transfer out for RVP for Gw2.

Madness?

There seems to be something about Rooney this season (penalties aside), I just have a feeling he's going to have a big one. He should be in his prime, he looks fit and determined. He seems to have made peace with staying at United and now he's been made captain.

I just think RVP might be beginning a downward curve. He's 31 now and has a history of injuries. Rooney is 28 and should be at his peak.

Of course I could be entirely wrong!

CSF · 13-08-2014 10:22pm

Danger781 wrote: »

Haven't heard anything about that That would explain why I haven't really seen him in quite a while.

He went home with a groin injury from US tour. Not sure I've seen him anywhere since.

Mike Ehrmantraut · 13-08-2014 10:27pm

Any thoughts on Januzai being a regular starter this season? Been handed the no.11 shirt and at the price could be a decent 3rd or 4th pick in Midfield?

Iused2likebusts · 13-08-2014 10:29pm

Mike Ehrmantraut wrote: »

Any thoughts on Januzai being a regular starter this season? Been handed the no.11 shirt and at the price could be a decent 3rd or 4th pick in Midfield?

If they persist with 3 5 2 . Rooney and RVP up top with mata in behind dont see much of a role for him myself.

Mike Ehrmantraut · 13-08-2014 10:35pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

If they persist with 3 5 2 . Rooney and RVP up top with mata in behind dont see much of a role for him myself.

To be honest, I agree with you. Just greedily trying to find a way to free up 2 million in my team

OctavarIan · 13-08-2014 10:43pm

Danger781 wrote: »

Tyler Blackett(4.5) is currently United's only fit natural left back. He's really stood out in preseason and while Shaw is injured I think Blackett will get a lot of game time. His only competition for the spot is Ashley Young who has mainly been playing on the right so far in preseason.

Definitely worth a 4.5 gamble in my opinion!

Tyler Blackett doesn't play left back, he plays in the central three. He's been on the left side of the central three practically all pre-season. And he's been quite a rock there. Unless Evans makes a miraculous recovery I'd imagine Blackett will be there against Swansea. Left-back will be Reece James or Ashley Young.

Danger781 · 14-08-2014 5:57pm

OctavarIan wrote: »

Tyler Blackett doesn't play left back, he plays in the central three. He's been on the left side of the central three practically all pre-season. And he's been quite a rock there. Unless Evans makes a miraculous recovery I'd imagine Blackett will be there against Swansea. Left-back will be Reece James or Ashley Young.

He has been playing in the central three yes, but as far as I'm aware his natural position is LB.. Although I could be wrong on that

Either way, whether it is at LWB or CB he is going to get time for the next few weeks.

iMuse · 15-08-2014 7:38pm

Aluko for Hull. Classed as a midfielder but should play upfront for the first few games till Hull sign someone. 5.0 is cheap for an out of position player. Hull have great fixtures but the europa league is a worry.

roryc · 15-08-2014 7:52pm

I'm worried about United conceding with such a makeshift defence. Still sticking with De Gea though.

Liam2012 · 15-08-2014 8:17pm

iMuse wrote: »

Aluko for Hull. Classed as a midfielder but should play upfront for the first few games till Hull sign someone. 5.0 is cheap for an out of position player. Hull have great fixtures but the europa league is a worry.

Or they might just go with Jelavic up front and Snodgrass, Brady or Boyd off him. Too much of a risk for me.

Paully D · 17-08-2014 10:12am

Mannone was extremely flappy yesterday and looked very nervous too.

He got away with a big one when the linesman flagged for a free kick as he got caught in a crowd of bodies, but it wasn't a free kick and it should have been ruled a West Brom goal.

With Pantimilon on the bench I'm sure Poyet won't be long about pulling the trigger on a switch if Mannone keeps that up. I'd imagine he'll get another couple of weeks anyway and it could just have been GW1 rust, but something to keep an eye on.

dahat · 17-08-2014 10:27am

Anything positive on Fletcher? Choose him as 5. 5 but didn't do much by all accounts.

roryc · 17-08-2014 12:48pm

He had a goal (rightly) disallowed but unsure if he had many chances other than that. Bojan seemed pretty lively but Stoke in general didn't continue their pre-season form

extra gravy · 17-08-2014 1:21pm

Will be keeping an eye on Pienaar. If he discovered his old form, he'd be a bargain.

8-10 · 17-08-2014 1:25pm

Ward-Prowse on my watchlist now, great set piece delivery in that 1st half, really whips it in!

Paully D · 17-08-2014 2:26pm

dahat wrote: »

Anything positive on Fletcher? Choose him as 5. 5 but didn't do much by all accounts.

As Rory says, he had a goal rightly ruled out for offside.

Aside from that he did/could do very little as the Sunderland defence just launched balls clear for much of the game. When they started to pass the ball around and push forward he has decent, some nice touches and general play, but as we know that's not much good to us in FPL.

Sunderland played with a weakened team and a few players out of position. I'd give him a few weeks if you're playing a 3-4-3, he should get better as Sunderland get players back fit and bring others in.

Backstreet Moyes · 17-08-2014 3:15pm

Think i will switch Adam Johnson down to Ward Prowse and free up 1.5 million. I took him out of my team i was unsure if he would start. He took all the set pieces and playing off the striker he could be a steal at 5.0

qwabercd · 17-08-2014 7:21pm

Tadic supposed to have been quite impressive today. A lot of options around that price range but still worth keeping an eye on.

SpaceCowb0y · 17-08-2014 7:46pm

qwabercd wrote: »

Tadic supposed to have been quite impressive today. A lot of options around that price range but still worth keeping an eye on.

Yeah was watching the match today and commented to one of the lads that he looked sharp! I'll be keeping an eye on him myself.

Cabella for newcastle also looked good and seems well suited to the league but Riviere was a bit all over the place and couldn't seem to find the net

qwabercd · 17-08-2014 8:12pm

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Yeah was watching the match today and commented to one of the lads that he looked sharp! I'll be keeping an eye on him myself.

Cabella for newcastle also looked good and seems well suited to the league but Riviere was a bit all over the place and couldn't seem to find the net

Yeah cabella got good reviews too. Mad how many decent options in the 7-9m range. Off the top of my head:
ramsey
walcott (when fit)
cabella
de jong
Tadic
fabregas
Eriksen
lamela
Gerrard
coutinho
sterling
mirallas (when fit)
silva
nasri
mata

Prob missed a few too. No real must have crazy expensive midfielders like gerrard,lampard, bale or ronaldo of yesteryear ( I wouldn't have yaya at their levels yet despite his return last year). Makes it more interesting imo.

Mr.Prodston · 17-08-2014 8:17pm

extra gravy wrote: »

Will be keeping an eye on Pienaar. If he discovered his old form, he'd be a bargain.

I think if Pienaar is back playing and on form I think it'll boost Baines more than anyone else. Those 2 seem to have a good understanding. Should be good for Lukaku and Naismith potentially too. At 6 you'd never really want to be relying on him though.

manual_man · 17-08-2014 8:33pm

Cabella impressed me most today. Not sure he'll score as well as, say, a Sterling, but may be worth a punt. If it turns out he's on peno duty that would increase his appeal

Arnold Tanzarian · 17-08-2014 11:59pm

Ward Prowse and Tadic were excellent today as previous posters have said already. Can see southampton having another solid season despite their losses in players. Ward Prowse was playing their most advanced midfield role so could potentially be a bargain at 5. Just checked their fixture list and they have some very winnable games coming up. Forster in goal might be worth a punt too at 5

roryc · 18-08-2014 7:27pm

roryc wrote: »

There are some great options this year, especially in the £6m striker field. I would throw Arfield's name into the ring, another poster mentioned him the other day. A steal at £5m.

He just scored, one to watch. Think it was Busts that originally mentioned him.

Gatame · 18-08-2014 7:29pm

manual_man wrote: »

Cabella impressed me most today. Not sure he'll score as well as, say, a Sterling, but may be worth a punt. If it turns out he's on peno duty that would increase his appeal

De jong takes penos for toons now

manual_man · 18-08-2014 10:03pm

Gatame wrote: »

De jong takes penos for toons now

did he tell u himself

SpaceCowb0y · 18-08-2014 11:48pm

How likely is Naismith to keep a starting position? .5mil cheaper than Fletcher in a team more likely to score goals! could do with any penny i can get as my defence needs a bit of work and that .5mil is just what i need to get someone in for Chambers next week

Dubliner28 · 19-08-2014 7:41am

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

How likely is Naismith to keep a starting position? .5mil cheaper than Fletcher in a team more likely to score goals! could do with any penny i can get as my defence needs a bit of work and that .5mil is just what i need to get someone in for Chambers next week

Might start v Arsenal as Mirallas is still getting back to full fitness. Once Everton have a fully fit team he wont start at all.

SpaceCowb0y · 19-08-2014 9:35am

Dubliner28 wrote: »

Might start v Arsenal as Mirallas is still getting back to full fitness. Once Everton have a fully fit team he wont start at all.

That clears that up so! Cheers!

kennyb3 · 19-08-2014 10:31am

My watchlist (bar the really obvious)

Cabella
Tadic
Kaboul
Kane
Wilson
Bony (due to 6 of next 7 fixtures)

Mr.Prodston · 20-08-2014 2:41pm

Mickey Turner has just signed a new contract at Norwich so it looks like there'll be no return, this season anyway

Dr. Bre · 20-08-2014 7:55pm

rojo on anyone's watch list?

Scorpion Sting · 20-08-2014 8:00pm

Dr. Bre wrote: »

rojo on anyone's watch list?

Not until United become much more solid defensively, they have a lot to work on if the Swansea game is anything to go by.

FrClintPower · 20-08-2014 8:04pm

jebforever wrote: »

Not until United become much more solid defensively, they have a lot to work on if the Swansea game is anything to go by.

And seemingly he's a bit of a yellow card magnet anyway.

Arnold Tanzarian · 20-08-2014 8:05pm

FrClintPower wrote: »

And seemingly he's a bit of a yellow card magnet anyway.

17 yellows and 4 reds in his last 2 seasons.

Dont be at yourself · 20-08-2014 8:27pm

Liverpool's Moreno for 5.5? An attacking fullback, should be guaranteed his place once he starts (Johnson currently being played out-of-position there).

Swiper the fox · 20-08-2014 8:35pm

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Liverpool's Moreno for 5.5? An attacking fullback, should be guaranteed his place once he starts (Johnson currently being played out-of-position there).

I'd probably stick with Lovren at the same price, has Enrique completely fallen out of favour? Also I thought Flanagan was being groomed to be a Liverpool legend, does this leave him out in the cold also?

Dont be at yourself · 20-08-2014 8:37pm

Swiper the fox wrote: »

I'd probably stick with Lovren at the same price, has Enrique completely fallen out of favour? Also I thought Flanagan was being groomed to be a Liverpool legend, does this leave him out in the cold also?

Flanagan's injured, and not sure what the story with Enrique is.

I think the only spot up for grabs now is RB, between Johnson, Flanagan and Manquilo. Otherwise, I'd expect Skrtel, Lovren and Moreno to start games for the foreseeable future.

Paully D · 20-08-2014 9:15pm

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

I think the only spot up for grabs now is RB, between Johnson, Flanagan and Manquilo. Otherwise, I'd expect Skrtel, Lovren and Moreno to start games for the foreseeable future.

I'd agree, but it's crazy considering they spent £18m on Sakho and don't see him as first choice.

zarquon · 20-08-2014 9:18pm

Dr. Bre wrote: »

rojo on anyone's watch list?

Only if he comes in at 5.0 which is highly unlikely. If he is at 5.5 or 6.0 then evans is a much safer option.

Lemlin · 20-08-2014 9:28pm

Paully D wrote: »

I'd agree, but it's crazy considering they spent £18m on Sakho and don't see him as first choice.

Well Jose just spent 15 mil or so on a 29 year old left back and didn't bother playing him Monday night!

Paully D · 20-08-2014 9:51pm

Lemlin wrote: »

Well Jose just spent 15 mil or so on a 29 year old left back and didn't bother playing him Monday night!

The difference there would be Luis has just joined while Sakho has had the "settling in year". I wouldn't read too much into Mourinho not playing Luis on Monday. I'd still expect him to start 25 + league games when all is said and done. Probably not someone you could have in FPL though as there's the obvious rotation risk.

It does however seem that Skrtel/Lovren are nailed on as the Liverpool CB pairing.

IanOBo · 21-08-2014 3:30pm

how many player do ye have on ye're watchlists?
I have about 40

Paully D · 21-08-2014 7:16pm

Geoff Cameron 84% on the way to a drop. If Bardsley keeps up his performance levels from last week it shouldn't be too long until he gets back in at RB. He'd be a cracking £4.4m option.

Ziegler1988 · 21-08-2014 7:21pm

Paully D wrote: »

Geoff Cameron 84% on the way to a drop. If Bardsley keeps up his performance levels from last week it shouldn't be too long until he gets back in at RB. He'd be a cracking £4.4m option.

Conflicting reports on whether he wants out or not:
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/66/united-states/2014/08/18/5043271/sources-cameron-asks-for-transfer-away-from-stoke-city
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stoke-City-Geoff-Cameron-requested-transfer/story-22766802-detail/story.html

Don't really see him displacing Bardsley soon

manual_man · 21-08-2014 8:16pm

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Flanagan's injured, and not sure what the story with Enrique is.

I think the only spot up for grabs now is RB, between Johnson, Flanagan and Manquilo. Otherwise, I'd expect Skrtel, Lovren and Moreno to start games for the foreseeable future.

this is how i see Liverpool lining up in defense: (majority of time)

Flanagan(rb) Lovren Skrtel Moreno(lb)

Johnson is a complete liability and may well go b4 the transfer window shuts. Manquillo is just brought in to provide competition/backup to Flanagan, Flanagan is highly regarded tho and i'd be very surprised if he became 2nd choice. Enrique seems to be out of favour, though as the only other natural lb he may be kept on as competition/backup to Moreno...

Danger781 · 21-08-2014 8:44pm

zarquon wrote: »

Only if he comes in at 5.0 which is highly unlikely. If he is at 5.5 or 6.0 then evans is a much safer option.

He's in at 6.0

Mr.Prodston · 21-08-2014 8:53pm

Eduardo Vargas of Chile has joined QPR on loan. I'll be hoping Remy leaves or Austin will be on the chopping block...

Iused2likebusts · 21-08-2014 9:45pm

Danger781 wrote: »

He's in at 6.0

3,000 have snapped him up today aswell. Is he expected to be LWB till shaw gets back cant see the point in getting him if he is part of the back 3 with cheaper options available.

dahat · 21-08-2014 9:51pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

3,000 have snapped him up today aswell. Is he expected to be LWB till shaw gets back cant see the point in getting him if he is part of the back 3 with cheaper options available.

Pointless purchase and a card magnet, no good for FPL imo.

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