Game week 22 Match day Thread.

FutureGuy wrote: »

To some degree they are intertwined, but in others they are not.

He is a good player to have in FPL because he trickles points every week in the same way Fabregas (another good pick) does.

However, every week he would easily be third or fourth choice as my captain if he was in there for someone like Austin.

Look at the FFS poll. 7.5% of the vote. That's also based on the fact that 60% have him.

Look at the boards.ie poll...9%.

Most plumped for Kane or Aguero. I think, given their respective fixtures, they are better captain choices.

I can't agree with you here at all. Costa is the top goalscorer in the Premier League. Totalling 17 goals from the 19 games he has played. This is an extremely impressive tally. Was Swansea away a particularly plum fixture? No. Has Costa been putting together braces lately? No.

But you have to look at the alternatives. Kane is an extremely ordinary player/goalscorer in comparison to the big hitters of this game and has half the goal tally of Costa, and has broken the 1 goal tally in a game once, in a Premier League game. Ever. Was he on form? Yes. Did that mean that I put him in my wildcard team even though I don't actually rate him as a potential big hitter long-term? Yes. Would I ever dream of captaining Harry Kane? No. Costa or Aguero with a bad fixture ahead of Kane with a good fixture. They are always likely to pop up with a goal, which is as much as Kane is ever likely to get.

Aguero on the other hand, the Daddy of this game. Will be my captain for many of the remaining weeks of this season, but this week he was a beacon of uncertainty. Will he start? I don't know, I think so, but I wouldn't swear to it. Will he complete longer than 60 minutes? Probably not. Will he be 100% and the Aguero that we're gonna get pretty soon? Definitely not.

I can find reasons why you might go for Kane (form), Aguero (pure class), but Costa was the safe choice this week. I wasn't expecting 16 points from Costa, obviously not, but he was much more likely to break the 2 point mark than the other guys, and there were no midfielders that came into the discussion this week.

Lemlin wrote: »

A lad in work supports Swansea and he told me he was captaining him because their defence can't cope with physical players.

Why didn't you post it before deadline ...

long booked

Southampton lucky not to have conceded a late penalty.

iroced wrote: »

Why didn't you post it before deadline ...

He only said it yesterday to me and I didn't get on here last night. I'm really regretting not leaving the captaincy on Costa after I changed it to him this morning.

I'm also regretting allowing the prospect of a potential price fall make me go with Speroni as opposed to Begovic.

Why wasnt Di Maria entitled to an assist from James Wilson goal today? .. (Di Maria passed to Willson who shot, GK saved and it went back to Wilson who scored) .. They don't seem to count it as an assist to anyone.

AboutaWeekAgo wrote: »

Nope they don't count rebounds!

Just to be precise. They do if it's a different player e.g. ADM shot. GK saved. Wilson scored the rebound. ADM assist.

Pb today is Wilson scored his own rebound. Can't get the assist for his own goal so no assist is given.

Another 2 baps for Sakho!!

That's 6 in his last 4 games.. More than happy with that addition!!

FFfix are predicting that I'll be bustin in to the top 1000 any minute now, captain played andonly Wisdom, Silva and Sanchez to go but three figures tonight:)
60 points today, not bad I suppose (Swiper ducks:p)

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

This was the only horrible decision in terms of Costa this GW :pac:
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/82/event-history/22/

That's an absolute sickener. Hard luck, Ziegler.

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Jaysus ye're right cranky feckers in here since I left :pac:

I'll tell you who has a right to be cranky. Me

15 (-4)

Happy enough with that?

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Jesus, if I met you on the street I'd have to cross the road, what can you say to someone like that:(

KevIRL wrote: »

Happy enough with that?

:pac:

I've had better days. Not sure I'll hang on to 6k tonight :P

I'm holding it together for now but if and when Aguero (c) and Theo fail tomorrow my meltdown could be a glorious sight, from afar

34 with 4 to go. But need a miracle...