Gameweek 2 match day thread

Necronomicon · 17-08-2015 10:13pm

Western Pomise wrote: »

How did he play?.....is he the 'Luke Shaw' of two years ago with Southampton?

Pretty competent performance, apart from the annoying booking. He doesn't seem to get forward too much, though; something tells me that his assist last week won't be a recurring feature of his game. Also, as I mentioned earlier in the thread, Moreno came on late for Coutinho. And he looked really good in the short period of time he was on.

manual_man · 17-08-2015 10:15pm

59pts and both h2h games in the bag. happy days

Mr.Prodston · 17-08-2015 10:15pm

The site has been crashing an awful lot after matches. I guess after a few more weeks it'll have less traffic but still I don't remember it being such a common thing other years.

Anyway I think I've got 47 points so I guess I'd better not complain about that :pac:

Inspector Coptoor · 17-08-2015 10:19pm

Benteke - 18
Mignolet - 6
Clyne - 6
Ritchie - 1
Game week total up to 55.

If Benteke had knocked in that shot on 89 mins, I'd be up to 63 and would be quids in after having a punt on Pool -1 @ 5/4.

Wild card in play.
Team value up by 0.4 already

Ziegler1988 · 17-08-2015 10:19pm

ESP added. Benteke 3, Lovren 2, Skrtel 1

OneColdHand · 17-08-2015 10:27pm

km79 wrote: »

tell everyone cos he is already halfway to another drop

As a Benteke owner, I sort of hope he drops. It means people are selling a player who has scored 12 goals in his last 13 PL games. Haven't compared that form to others, but I can't imagine there's many (if any at all) that can top that. Why anyone would sell such a player I don't know. And 11 of those games were for a poor Villa side, the other 2 games were in a new team.

8-10 · 17-08-2015 10:28pm

Chesty08 wrote: »

He is like a young Lescott in his Man City days

What is that supposed to mean?

I thought he was solid. Moreno very good though when he came on. Much better going forward. Id keep Gomez in v Arsenal though

spock. · 17-08-2015 10:29pm

OneColdHand wrote:

As a Benteke owner, I sort of hope he drops. It means people are selling a player who has scored 12 goals in his last 13 PL games. Haven't compared that form to others, but I can't imagine there's many (if any at all) that can top that. Why anyone would sell such a player I don't know. And 11 of those games were for a poor Villa side, the other 2 games were in a new team.

Liverpool are not set up to score goals.
I'd prefer Benteke at Villa over Benteke at Liverpool tbh.

Chesty08 · 17-08-2015 10:30pm

8-10 wrote: »

What is that supposed to mean?

I thought he was solid. Moreno very good though when he came on. Much better going forward. Id keep Gomez in v Arsenal though

Tall rangy right sided centre half playing left full for a Top team and not a naturally left footed young defender who bombs forward

menoscemo · 17-08-2015 10:30pm

Deadly.
47 for the week and 75 total. I can't believe I am saying I am happy with that but I am!!!

Chesty08 · 17-08-2015 10:31pm

spock. wrote: »

Liverpool are not set up to score goals.
I'd prefer Benteke at Villa over Benteke at Liverpool tbh.

ah jaysus only 2games in.

Colking · 17-08-2015 10:32pm

spock. wrote: »

Liverpool are not set up to score goals.
I'd prefer Benteke at Villa over Benteke at Liverpool tbh.

I thought the service Benteke got from the Liverpool midfield was shocking. It was also terrible last week. At one point there towards the end I saw him going over to the midfield line over on the left wing just to try and receive the ball.

They seriously need to start feeding this guy some quality.

jive · 17-08-2015 10:34pm

jive wrote: »

20 mins of pure shíte. Liverpool will win 1-0

Pity my fantasy predictions have been pure shíte!

manual_man · 17-08-2015 10:34pm

Colking wrote: »

I thought the service Benteke got from the Liverpool midfield was shocking. It was also terrible last week. At one point there towards the end I saw him going over to the midfield line over on the left wing just to try and receive the ball.

They seriously need to start feeding this guy some quality.

end result is all that matters. scored one, 3 bonus, and was very nearly 2 goals. you'd expect Liverpool to improve, a good few signings won't click absolutely straight away

km79 · 17-08-2015 10:35pm

OneColdHand wrote: »

As a Benteke owner, I sort of hope he drops. It means people are selling a player who has scored 12 goals in his last 13 PL games. Haven't compared that form to others, but I can't imagine there's many (if any at all) that can top that. Why anyone would sell such a player I don't know. And 11 of those games were for a poor Villa side, the other 2 games were in a new team.

I was talking about Ritchie

iroced · 17-08-2015 10:38pm

Hmmm... Think I'm gonna be a d*ckhead but whatever...

Should finish on 68 pts when BPs are added. 117 pts overall. So of course I'm delighted with this start, especially considering how rushed I completed my GW1 team but somehow I'm a bit disappointed that Benteke didn't get a monstrous score tonight. With the massive captain fails this week, Benteke could have made a huge difference. In the end it's only a goal. Fortunately he got max bonus.
Now again don't get me wrong, I'm very much conscious of my great start but many had a 'Pool def (I didn't) tonight and their CS reduced Benteke's impact.

eh i dunno · 17-08-2015 10:40pm

Think I'll get 57. What we think the average will be

OneColdHand · 17-08-2015 10:40pm

spock. wrote: »

Liverpool are not set up to score goals.
I'd prefer Benteke at Villa over Benteke at Liverpool tbh.

Maybe (I haven't seen too much of them), it was more of a comment on Villa. That Villa side were so poor creatively, that even if Liverpool do set up more defensively, I'd imagine they will score more goals

Colking · 17-08-2015 10:42pm

iroced wrote: »

Hmmm... Think I'm gonna be a d*ckhead but whatever...

Should finish on 68 pts when BPs are added. 117 pts overall. So of course I'm delighted with this start, especially considering how rushed I completed my GW1 team but somehow I'm a bit disappointed that Benteke didn't get a monstrous score tonight. With the massive captain fails this week, Benteke could have made a huge difference. In the end it's only a goal...

I captained him also but in the end justice was served. His first goal was no goal and he should have buried the second one. I thought he was very honest in his interview "Yes, I should have scored that chance".

jimmii · 17-08-2015 10:44pm

iroced wrote: »

Hmmm... Think I'm gonna be a d*ckhead but whatever...

Should finish on 68 pts when BPs are added. 117 pts overall. So of course I'm delighted with this start, especially considering how rushed I completed my GW1 team but somehow I'm a bit disappointed that Benteke didn't get a monstrous score tonight. With the massive captain fails this week, Benteke could have made a huge difference. In the end it's only a goal...

What I would do for just a goal. Any goal. 30 points from midfield & attack so far the useless shower of bastards!

Colking · 17-08-2015 10:46pm

jimmii wrote: »

What I would do for just a goal. Any goal. 30 points from midfield & attack so far the useless shower of bastards!

Even after I told you Mayor Quimby was captaining him !?

manual_man · 17-08-2015 10:49pm

iroced wrote: »

Hmmm... Think I'm gonna be a d*ckhead but whatever...

Should finish on 68 pts when BPs are added. 117 pts overall. So of course I'm delighted with this start, especially considering how rushed I completed my GW1 team but somehow I'm a bit disappointed that Benteke didn't get a monstrous score tonight.

:pac::pac:

iroced · 17-08-2015 10:50pm

Colking wrote: »

I captained him also but in the end justice was served. His first goal was no goal and he should have buried the second one. I thought he was very honest in his interview "Yes, I should have scored that chance".

Yeah yeah I fully agree with you. I'm just talking FPL-wise, completely forgetting the reality of the game. Benteke home to Bournemouth after all major captains failed. You know a blinder would have made a huge difference (like the DGW31 last year when Austin & Benteke I think it was him who had a 46 pts captaincy?). In the end, it's not that significant.
But again, I gladly take his 18 pts tonight, let's be honest

...

Sooner or Later · 17-08-2015 10:51pm

48 if captain Benteke gets the 3 BPs.

Have to be pleased with that

Colking · 17-08-2015 10:53pm

Sooner or Later wrote: »

48 if captain Benteke gets the 3 BPs.

Have to be pleased with that

The way these last 2 weeks have gone ? Be very happy with that

iroced · 17-08-2015 11:01pm

jimmii wrote: »

What I would do for just a goal. Any goal. 30 points from midfield & attack so far the useless shower of bastards!

I know. I struggled last season until the end and had to fight my way into top 10k up to GW38. So I know the feeling.

But my point was, when your captain can make a huge diff, it doesn't matter whether you stand on 50 pts ahead of the curve or are battling with your misery on 15 pts, it'll serve you anyway whether it is for making a break or saving your GW :cool:.