Game-week 15 Transfers.

Lads who would ye bring Eriksen in for

Full team is

Green (Elliot)
Azpil-Bertrand-Duff-Dummett-Wisdom
Hazard -Sanchez-Boyd-Wanyama- Siggy
Aguero -Costa - Austin

3.6m in the bank

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Lads who would ye bring Eriksen in for

Full team is

Green (Elliot)
Azpil-Bertrand-Duff-Dummett-Wisdom
Hazard -Sanchez-Boyd-Wanyama- Siggy
Aguero -Costa - Austin

3.6m in the bank

I'd bring him in for Wanyama. I've watched Wanyama in a couple of games now and he's so wasteful. With passes, with shots, with everything. He does something brilliant about once in every 20 attempts and the rest is just awful.

Something I have noticed, with the January wildcard in mind:
First off, to me the obvious time to use the January wildcard is either after GW20 or after GW22.

So - all teams have 6 games scheduled between now and the end of GW20, and all teams have either:
A) 4 Home + 2 Away or
2 Home + 4 Away.

The Home/Away rotation changes for some teams after GW 21 so for those wildcarding after GW22, teams have 8 games scheduled with either:
A) 5 Home + 3 Away
3 Home + 5 Away
C) 4 Home + 4 Away.

Particularly for someone wildcarding right at the start of January, a punt on say, Charlie Austin or Christian Benteke could bear fruit considering that they have 4 of the next 6 at home.

Come 2 weeks time, the "advantage" becomes more obvious, with guys like Austin and Benteke having 3 of the following 4 at home. Obviously home fixtures are no guarantee of success but it's a useful factor when considering mid-price attackers and budget defenders.

Rikand wrote: »

I'd bring him in for Wanyama. I've watched Wanyama in a couple of games now and he's so wasteful. With passes, with shots, with everything. He does something brilliant about once in every 20 attempts and the rest is just awful.

jebforever wrote: »

Wanyama no brainer.

MaxPower89 wrote: »

Wanyama

Cheers lads

Swiper the fox wrote: »

It is pure stubbornness and nothing else that has fellas saying that Cesc is the FPL equivalent of Hazard, he's been very lucky to pick up a lot of those assists and they will not continue at that rate, on the other hand Hazard has been very unlucky in comparison. I reckon there will be 50 points between them at seasons end. However as I said last night I am quite happy for Fab to be the favoured one. I honestly cannot believe that he is in over 50% of teams. It's bitten me in the ass frequently this year but I try to always look forward in this game.

Yeh I agree I think Hazard will start to pull away from Cesc as the season goes on. Might not be as high as 50 points but it will be pretty significant from here on out.

Swiper the fox wrote: »

It is pure stubbornness and nothing else that has fellas saying that Cesc is the FPL equivalent of Hazard, he's been very lucky to pick up a lot of those assists and they will not continue at that rate, on the other hand Hazard has been very unlucky in comparison. I reckon there will be 50 points between them at seasons end. However as I said last night I am quite happy for Fab to be the favoured one. I honestly cannot believe that he is in over 50% of teams. It's bitten me in the ass frequently this year but I try to always look forward in this game.

How were a lot of the assists lucky?

Cesc was a points machine in the epl before leaving for Barca, I fancy him to continue to score heavily throughout the season.

For those who have Cesc since GW1, it's borderline whether it's worth it making the change imo.

Look there's merit to both. For those preserving value and having Fab from the start there's a great argument to keep. I was one of those and switched to Hazard and I'm very happy so far but am acutely aware that Cesc will pick up steady points

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Look there's merit to both. For those preserving value and having Fab from the start there's a great argument to keep. I was one of those and switched to Hazard and I'm very happy so far but am acutely aware that Cesc will pick up steady points

Sure I'm getting them from Milner and he only cost me about 5m:pac:

FHFC wrote: »

I would suggest backing Terry for anytime goal scorer this weekend just in case. Lemlin seems to have a crystal ball when it comes to Chelsea defenders if I recall!!

Problem with Terry is that last season showed that he doesn't even need to score to get goal points!

I'm taking Cesc out this weekend. I can only have three Chelsea which will be a defender, Hazard and Costa.

Swiper the fox wrote: »

In the way that 9 times out of ten they wouldn't have resulted in goals were it not for excellent finishing, or a set piece delivery that wasn't particularly good resulting in a goal(just my own definition of luck there)

Then if he improves his not particularly good set piece deliveries, he could score even better.

RossieMan wrote: »

have gone for Baines to Zab.

Should be sorted for a few weeks until i decide to get rid of someone else.
Slowly crawling up the leaderboards.

Would be wary of Zab being a rotation risk, Sagna might get a game or 2 over the Christmas.

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

Something I have noticed, with the January wildcard in mind:
First off, to me the obvious time to use the January wildcard is either after GW20 or after GW22.

So - all teams have 6 games scheduled between now and the end of GW20, and all teams have either:
A) 4 Home + 2 Away or
2 Home + 4 Away.

The Home/Away rotation changes for some teams after GW 21 so for those wildcarding after GW22, teams have 8 games scheduled with either:
A) 5 Home + 3 Away
3 Home + 5 Away
C) 4 Home + 4 Away.

Particularly for someone wildcarding right at the start of January, a punt on say, Charlie Austin or Christian Benteke could bear fruit considering that they have 4 of the next 6 at home.

Come 2 weeks time, the "advantage" becomes more obvious, with guys like Austin and Benteke having 3 of the following 4 at home. Obviously home fixtures are no guarantee of success but it's a useful factor when considering mid-price attackers and budget defenders.

Very good post.

This is something I started to monitor when I did my GK analysis. Austin and Benteke have indeed not only 3 home games out of 4 but they are (very) favourable fixtures too :cool:. City also have the best run you could hope for.

Swiper the fox wrote: »

I'm afraid that nobody will remember when I am inevitably proven right:p
I'll say it again and see if anyone bites, Fabregas is a deep lying midfielder, I don't look at stats but he never seems to shoot when I see him, he pulls the strings in the middle but in the long term this is always going to lead to more assisting the assists than anything else. He's seen a fair bit of his run of the mill play turned into assists this due to great finishing, we all remember the great assists like for Schurrle that time and the ball over the top against Arsenal(all Costa IMO).
Anyway ye should all stick with him as long as possible seeing ye're in the same leagues as me. I will be genuinely disappointed when he is booked as it will force the rest of ye to think hard and his recent returns won't be pretty enough for the wait.

The stats are (heavily) on your side. As am I! You are spot on to re Fab and the suspension. Really hoping he makes it to the deadline without the yellow.

But let's start keeping it on the downlow!

Pelle to Benteke.

Fab to Eriksen done.