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January Wildcard

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  • #722
    GiftofGab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭GiftofGab


    Why is everyone still picking Myhill over Hamer when both are the same price and Hamer plays while Myhil doesn’t?


  • #723
    Shedite27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,510 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    GiftofGab wrote: »
    Why is everyone still picking Myhill over Hamer when both are the same price and Hamer plays while Myhil doesn’t?
    PEople picking Myhill would likely have Foster as their first choice keeper. Then if Foster is injured/suspended (as he was V MU this season), you have Myhill to step in.

    If he's injured and Hamer is dropped (as he likely will be when Schwartzer/Schmeichel get involved) then you have zero playing GK's


  • #724
    maximo31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭maximo31


    Heaton / Pant.
    Terry / Bertrand / Wisdom / PVA / Wasil.
    Hazard / Sanchez / Chadli / Downing / Boyd
    Aguero / Pelle / Kane

    Leaves 5.3 in the bank.
    Will upgrade Downing to di Maria week after.
    Decided to go with Pelle over Costa so as to strengthen my midfield.
    Thoughts on this effort? Should I stick with Costa over Pelle?
    Thanks in advance!


  • #725
    G1032
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,337 ✭✭✭G1032


    maximo31 wrote: »
    Heaton / Pant.
    Terry / Bertrand / Wisdom / PVA / Wasil.
    Hazard / Sanchez / Chadli / Downing / Boyd
    Aguero / Pelle / Kane

    Leaves 5.3 in the bank.
    Will upgrade Downing to di Maria week after.
    Decided to go with Pelle over Costa so as to strengthen my midfield.
    Thoughts on this effort? Should I stick with Costa over Pelle?
    Thanks in advance!

    While there are plenty going without Costa, he still have huge ownership.
    What are his ownership levels in your private leagues?
    That's been a deciding factor in me keeping him, for the time being at least. Too high an ownership level at the tops of my private leagues


  • #726
    Steven81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Steven81


    maximo31 wrote: »
    Heaton / Pant.
    Terry / Bertrand / Wisdom / PVA / Wasil.
    Hazard / Sanchez / Chadli / Downing / Boyd
    Aguero / Pelle / Kane

    Leaves 5.3 in the bank.
    Will upgrade Downing to di Maria week after.
    Decided to go with Pelle over Costa so as to strengthen my midfield.
    Thoughts on this effort? Should I stick with Costa over Pelle?
    Thanks in advance!

    If you get Costa in and Sturridge comes back well then you can do the transfer over as they are a similar price, get Pelle in and you will have to do 2 transfers to accomodate either.


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  • #727
    Deco99
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    Played wildcard on Saturday so tinkering all the while,
    Just spotted this. Austin scores mainly at home and his next home games are United, Southampton, Spurs and Arsenal, Everton, Chelsea, West Ham, and eventually May 16th a favourable match up against the toon.

    Have Kane Aguero and 1.4m. Is it worth getting rid of? For whom? Ings? Berahino?Carroll? Naismith?


  • #728
    Ziegler1988
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭Ziegler1988


    Deco99 wrote: »
    Played wildcard on Saturday so tinkering all the while,
    Just spotted this. Austin scores mainly at home and his next home games are United, Southampton, Spurs and Arsenal, Everton, Chelsea, West Ham, and eventually May 16th a favourable match up against the toon.

    Have Kane Aguero and 1.4m. Is it worth getting rid of? For whom? Ings? Berahino?Carroll? Naismith?

    Austin has scored in his last two away matches (granted they were penalties) and the dry spell in the first half of the season could be because they played all the top teams away. I still think he's better than those other options long term.


  • #729
    Deco99
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    Ziegler1988 wrote: »
    Austin has scored in his last two away matches (granted they were penalties) and the dry spell in the first half of the season could be because they played all the top teams away. I still think he's better than those other options long term.

    Peno duty is a big plus alright, i'd be all over Andy Carroll if he got them.


  • #730
    Gits_bone
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    Shedite27 wrote: »
    PEople picking Myhill would likely have Foster as their first choice keeper. Then if Foster is injured/suspended (as he was V MU this season), you have Myhill to step in.

    If he's injured and Hamer is dropped (as he likely will be when Schwartzer/Schmeichel get involved) then you have zero playing GK's

    Maybe people are giving themselves the choice each week?

    And if Foster gets injured they'd see Myhill as less likely to keep a clean sheet than foster.


  • #731
    CSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,473 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    Personally, I don't like the idea of going with a sub keeper who doesn't play, unless the other keeper is the sort of keeper you'd play every week even if you also had a cheapie like Heaton or Krul at home with a decent fixture. Courtois, Forster etc fit that bill

    I don't like the idea of being stuck with Ben Foster even for unpleasant away fixtures.

    It's big hitter/4.0 combo or 2 keepers under 5.0 who rotate well for me always.


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  • #732
    Fear Ciarrai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 138 ✭✭Fear Ciarrai


    Thinking of going with....

    Lloris
    Guzan

    Shawcross
    Terry
    Bertrand
    O'Shea
    Moreno

    Fabergas
    Johnson
    Downing
    Chadli
    Silva

    Kane
    Austin
    Costa (with the money in the bank to change to Augero in a week or two when he gets match fit)

    Any advice?


  • #733
    iroced
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,262 ✭✭✭iroced


    CSF wrote: »
    Personally, I don't like the idea of going with a sub keeper who doesn't play, unless the other keeper is the sort of keeper you'd play every week even if you also had a cheapie like Heaton or Krul at home with a decent fixture. Courtois, Forster etc fit that bill

    I don't like the idea of being stuck with Ben Foster even for unpleasant away fixtures.

    It's big hitter/4.0 combo or 2 keepers under 5.0 who rotate well for me always.

    I used to play like you. Cheapie rotation or big gun + bench fodder. But I realised in hindsight I left a considerable amount of pts on the bench with the former option and lost significant ground on better defensive options from the same team with the latter.

    If we look at the latter first. You cited Forster & Courtois. Unless you want to double up on Saints or Chelsea defensive cover, some of their defenders are returning more points for a similar price. Courtois is actually a pretty bad pick. He missed 2 games, didn't finish 1 and doesn't makes many saves. Terry is 34 pts ahead of him! Forster is better but Bertrand has about 15 pts more than him and Clyne even with 2 games missed through injury is ahead of him too.

    If you go down that route the best choice by far is De Gea. Then Forster. The other ones (Courtois, Hart) are not worth it in my opinion.

    Then. Rotating 2 cheap keepers. Did you have a look at the amount of pts you left on the bench in the first part of the season? I mainly used that strategy for the last 3 seasons and decided this year it was not worth it. I mean if you factor in that you'll get several wrong calls, the extra £0.5m-£1m required for these combinations are worthier spent elsewhere in your team.

    But I do understand that you don't feel great playing Foster every week. That said, you mentioned his potential unpleasant away fixtures but I'll refer again to my GK analysis, he's among the best away GKs!


  • #734
    Ziegler1988
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭Ziegler1988


    I was originally planning Panti+Krul, but Panti gets a lot of away points and I can switch him to a DGW keeper once the fixtures get really tough in GW33. Hopefully Gilks drops to 3.9m


  • #735
    CSF
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    I don't really see an issue with leaving points on the bench.

    As long as I'm increasing the amount that's on the pitch I'm pretty happy.

    With the amount of insanely cheap defenders going it makes all the more sense.


  • #736
    Gits_bone
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    CSF wrote: »
    I don't really see an issue with leaving points on the bench.

    As long as I'm increasing the amount that's on the pitch I'm pretty happy.

    With the amount of insanely cheap defenders going it makes all the more sense.

    Yeah I don't get that argument.

    It's like, would you rather have a pick of Rooney and Costa every week? Or would you rather just be stuck with Rooneys points every week no matter what he gets.


  • #737
    Ziegler1988
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    CSF wrote: »
    I don't really see an issue with leaving points on the bench.

    As long as I'm increasing the amount that's on the pitch I'm pretty happy.

    With the amount of insanely cheap defenders going it makes all the more sense.

    For me, I would be starting Krul for two or three GWs so I don't really see the point. Panti's only terrible fixture is ManU(a) in GW27.


  • #738
    G1032
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,337 ✭✭✭G1032


    I'm thinking now of keeping Wisdom and putting Pantillimon in goal instead of Foster. Pantillimon makes some amount of saves.

    Just had a quick look on the phone there. Pantillimon has 14 save points in 1080 minutes compared to Fosters 9 save points in 1800 minutes.

    Sunderland do seem relatively stable at the back bar hiccups v City twice (and he still got 4 points in one game v City) and the Hull blip.

    Wisdom has done me no wrong really and still provides me with my West Brom cover. I'll think about what other two cheapies to get now!


  • #739
    CSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,473 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    I get that 3 great away scores have made Pantilimon look more attractive but would you really bank on that becoming a trend?


  • #740
    Lemlin
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    CSF wrote: »
    I get that 3 great away scores have made Pantilimon look more attractive but would you really bank on that becoming a trend?

    Sunderland were very good defensively in the latter half of last season. No reason that couldn't be repeated.


  • #741
    CSF
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    Lemlin wrote: »
    Sunderland were very good defensively in the latter half of last season. No reason that couldn't be repeated.
    3 clean sheets in their final 4 games yeah as they engineered that great escape, but leading upto that not so much. None of their previous 7 had brought a clean sheet for example.

    From January until May they managed 6 clean sheets from 19 games. Tellingly, most (9) of those other 13 games involved the side conceding 2 or more goals (ie. a points deduction).

    Mannone's main lure last season was that he seemed to come up with the 3 bonus whenever Sunderland got a clean sheet.


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  • #742
    thunderdog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭thunderdog


    The thing I like about Panti is even if he doesn't get a clean sheet he quite often will get some save points


  • #743
    Ziegler1988
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    thunderdog wrote: »
    The thing I like about Panti is even if he doesn't get a clean sheet he quite often will get some save points

    Sunderland are among the worst at shots conceded outside of the box and the best at shots inside the box which definitely helps


  • #744
    G1032
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,337 ✭✭✭G1032


    To go with Pantillimon in goal rather than Foster will leave me with a defensive line up like this

    Pantillimon / Hamer
    Wisdom, PVA, Hutton, Terry, Bertrand.

    To go with Foster I'd have this

    Foster / Myhill
    PVA, Waseliwski, Hutton, Terry, Bertrand.

    Which would you guys go for? I like the look of the Pantillimon version but I've no sub keeper.


  • #745
    Copper_pipe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,553 ✭✭✭✭Copper_pipe


    @_fantasypremier

    When 'that' manager is telling you about his amazing new side after playing a Wildcard

    B7VzaqCIUAEVRm_.mp4


    https://twitter.com/_fantasypremier/status/555480676771045376


    I can definitely think of one in my main league :pac:


  • #746
    thunderdog
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    G1032 wrote: »
    To go with Pantillimon in goal rather than Foster will leave me with a defensive line up like this

    Pantillimon / Hamer
    Wisdom, PVA, Hutton, Terry, Bertrand.

    To go with Foster I'd have this

    Foster / Myhill
    PVA, Waseliwski, Hutton, Terry, Bertrand.

    Which would you guys go for? I like the look of the Pantillimon version but I've no sub keeper.

    I went for Panti/Mannone myself just in case. I know 0.2 extra but will get you out of a hole if Panti gets injured


  • #747
    Shedite27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,510 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    Pretty much read this entire thread and now finally ready to pull the trigger on the Wildcard Saturday morning.

    Here's the current plan....
    tX9yzk4.png

    Hazard, Sanchez, ADM, Aguero and Kane were no-decision to stay.

    Goalkeeper: Went with Foster and Krul. Happy enough with their rotation. Could have gone with Panti instead of Krul, but would then have had 2 Sunderland and 2 West Brom defenders which was overkill. Also, 0.1 saved.

    Defenders: Would have liked a second premium, but didn't have the dosh. Picked 4 to rotate, 2 to play each week. Happy with Hutton. PVA was also a must-have at that price. Had a few cheap options to include. Went with Duff and Baird over Wassi. Still not ready for a Leicester defender. Will also consider Yun when he's back, but only if one of my 4 get dropped. Will keep a close eye on deadline day signings.

    Midfielders: Like Boyd as my 5th choice, if I need to downgrade at some stage I will. Was considering ditching Siggy, but don't like Downing's fixtures, already have Kane so no Chadli, and Mane is out injured for another month.

    Forwards: One spot available, biggest decision really is to take Costa + value defender or Pelle/Giroud and Bertrand. Still on the fence for that. Costa is in at the moment with a view to moving to Sturridge if he gets firing.

    Thoughts and opinions welcome.


  • #748
    Iused2likebusts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,022 ✭✭✭✭Iused2likebusts


    Shedite27 wrote: »
    Pretty much read this entire thread and now finally ready to pull the trigger on the Wildcard Saturday morning.

    Here's the current plan....
    tX9yzk4.png

    Hazard, Sanchez, ADM, Aguero and Kane were no-decision to stay.

    Goalkeeper: Went with Foster and Krul. Happy enough with their rotation. Could have gone with Panti instead of Krul, but would then have had 2 Sunderland and 2 West Brom defenders which was overkill. Also, 0.1 saved.

    Defenders: Would have liked a second premium, but didn't have the dosh. Picked 4 to rotate, 2 to play each week. Happy with Hutton. PVA was also a must-have at that price. Had a few cheap options to include. Went with Duff and Baird over Wassi. Still not ready for a Leicester defender. Will also consider Yun when he's back, but only if one of my 4 get dropped. Will keep a close eye on deadline day signings.

    Midfielders: Like Boyd as my 5th choice, if I need to downgrade at some stage I will. Was considering ditching Siggy, but don't like Downing's fixtures, already have Kane so no Chadli, and Mane is out injured for another month.

    Forwards: One spot available, biggest decision really is to take Costa + value defender or Pelle/Giroud and Bertrand. Still on the fence for that. Costa is in at the moment with a view to moving to Sturridge if he gets firing.

    Thoughts and opinions welcome.

    Downgrade Boyd and upgrade duff there is a fair chance he won't get back in the team .


  • #749
    iroced
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    CSF wrote: »
    I don't really see an issue with leaving points on the bench.

    As long as I'm increasing the amount that's on the pitch I'm pretty happy.

    With the amount of insanely cheap defenders going it makes all the more sense.

    Well if you leave points on your bench and increase your points on the pitch in the same time it means both your keepers are performing. I wish you that to happen but it's unlikely in the long run.

    If you don't really need this £0.5m elsewhere then it's probably fine and if you're inspired and fortunate enough you should benefit from it. You could have a number 1 GK and a number 2 and play number 2 when number 1 has a real tough fixture.

    Personally this saved £0.5m should allow me to get a Saints def in instead of another cheapie.

    Last year I used the rotation system. Bar 2 exceptions I played the home GK or the one with the easiest fixture when they were both home or away. I used Mignolet/Boruc, Mignolet/Marshall, Marshall/Mannone & Mannone/Adrián. 156 pts on the field. 139 pts on the bench. 207 pts had I always chosen the best GK.
    I honestly can't remember if an extra £0.5m to play with would have helped me get a premium player elsewhere but this 51 pts deficit haunted me for a while (would have made a top 1k finish had I bettered that).
    CSF wrote: »
    I get that 3 great away scores have made Pantilimon look more attractive but would you really bank on that becoming a trend?
    It's hard to tell but Panti & Foster did get much more pts away than home with 19 games played by Foster and 11 by Panti.
    This is exactly why I abandonned the rotation strategy. If Stoke were doing their usual business CS-wise at home, then Heaton/Begovic would be a killer pairing with the 2 best home keepers in the game. In that case you could swallow the occasional better away perf on your bench. But this year, I couldn't find any satisfying pairing (granted it's only based on the first 20 GWs and with a few teams getting new managers trends can change) hence my decision to bank the £0.5m and spend it elsewhere ;).


  • #750
    NabyLadistheman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,131 ✭✭✭NabyLadistheman


    Some really really great posts in here. Full of detail, second to none chaps


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  • #751
    GiftofGab
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    So guys Panti or Guzan in goal? It would be a straight swap so I won’t gain any extra money selling Guzan.

    My other goalkeeper is Hamer.

    I’ve no Sunderland or Villa defenders.

    My defence is Terry, Bertrand, Wisdom, Wasile, Dummet.

    £0m in the bank.


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