GW 5 Transfer Thread.

CSF wrote: »

For what it's worth I can see my captain being Aguero too but his percentage in the poll will be way down I'd say.

That's a good thing IMO.

djPSB wrote: »

Any considering Shariqi over the next few weeks? Nice fixtures after the Arsenal game.

He's looking good alright, and as you say they have a nice run of games. He's on my watchlist.

Option A: Mahrez and Sanchez out < Ayew and Pedro in (already have Gomis) 0.4 ITB.

Option B: Mahrez and Gomis out < Ayew and Wilson in. 1.7 ITB.

Option C: Chadli and Gomis out > Ayew and Wilson in. 1.6 ITB.

Option Chadli and Sanchez out > Ayew and Pedro in. 1.6 ITB.

Option E: Chadli out > Ayew in and use other FT elsewhere. 0.1 ITB.

Decisions, decisions. Any thoughts appreciated.

CSF wrote: »

The GW5 captain thread will be interesting. Aguero and Sanchez the 2 obvious choices, but both coming off 2 blanks in a row.

FHFC wrote: »

I think I'll be sticking with Aguero. Learned that lesson too many times before. Stick with him through the blanks and he will reward the faithful and smite those who doubt!!

Had a look at Aguero history since his arrival in the PL. I mean home vs away scoring (=> http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=44554&season_id=144). Unfortunately don't know where to find the assists info.

season | home | away | total
2011/12 |16 | 7 | 23
2012/13 | 7 | 5 | 12
2013/14 | 10 | 7 | 17
2014/15 | 13 | 13 | 26
total | 46 | 32 | 78

Bar its first season it's pretty even (30 vs 25). And last year was perfectly distributed.
But he never scored at Selhurst Park... (only a two games datum though). He actually didn't at the Etihad too...

All that said, I remember last year checking that sticking with a premium player captain (Aguero, Sanchez or Hazard) and swallowing his bad run was returning more points overall than trying to find the pick of the GW (I remember we checked these figures over several boardsies history and none of us had bettered the potential single captain return).

djPSB wrote: »

Any considering Shariqi over the next few weeks? Nice fixtures after the Arsenal game.

Already have Diouf.
The fixtures look nice alright.

Feck it, sold out and did Haz to Ayew to beat price rise. Maybe some injuries will force my hand with the WC :pac:

Mahrez to Arsenal would certainly shake some things up. I can't find anywhere if he still joined up with Algeria squad after his knock

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Mahrez to Arsenal would certainly shake some things up. I can't find anywhere if he still joined up with Algeria squad after his knock

I'd sell him immediately

greedygoblin wrote: »

I've got exactly enough in the bank to do Mahrez + Yaya to Pedro + Silva. It would cost me -4 but would leave me with a midfield of Sanchez - Ayew - Silva - Pedro - Anya.

With both Silva and Pedro close to a rise I possibly couldn't afford this midfield without major readjustments elsewhere. Like FHFC I'd be sweating on injuries during the international break. Funds for dealing with said injuries also would be wiped out with this move. Should I strike while the iron is hot or hold my horses for a while?

The Mahrez to Arsenal deal is quite unlikely so hold tight.

CSF wrote: »

The Mahrez to Arsenal deal is quite unlikely so hold tight.

My midfield is Silva - Sanchez - Mahrez -Mane - Anya
I have no one from Chelsea.
Assuming he stays at Leicester (which would be best for Mahrez) I would take the -4 hit because long term looks a very good move.
Pedro (who I'll resist bringing in even though he is rising in value) is a cheap way into Chelsea and De Bruyne signing means Toure will play deeper imo.

greedygoblin wrote: »

I've got exactly enough in the bank to do Mahrez + Yaya to Pedro + Silva. It would cost me -4 but would leave me with a midfield of Sanchez - Ayew - Silva - Pedro - Anya.

With both Silva and Pedro close to a rise I possibly couldn't afford this midfield without major readjustments elsewhere. Like FHFC I'd be sweating on injuries during the international break. Funds for dealing with said injuries also would be wiped out with this move. Should I strike while the iron is hot or hold my horses for a while?

Sounds a wee bit risky especially if it leaves you busted (no flexibility to deal with the unexpected as you've highlighted). From a vamue increasing pov youre selling 2 rising players (Mahrez has stalled but still trending upwards abd yaya rising quicker than Silva) for 2 other rising players so no major benefits.

I'd also be happy to stick with yaya too till we see the impact of KDB on Silvas role.

My move was to shift a non moving player and a player likely to drop 0.1min for 2 fairly certain 0.2 risers leaving me 4.6m in the bank and pretty much any transfer i want for GW6. My midfield is now Yaya, Sanchez, Mahrez, Ayew.

Had 2 free transfers so did Darmian and Depay to Muniesa and Pedro. I'm obviously taking a risk with the internationals to come but I guess most people are in the same boat.

stephenl15 wrote: »

If I were to sell Hazard, who for? Already have Ayew and 3 city

It might seem like a sideways move in terms of potential points returns, but would you not got Pedro in? Would free up a nice amount of cash.

AdMMM wrote: »

Regarding my own team, I want to bring in Kolorov (I know, kind of missed the boat on his rises), so I'm first looking at who to get rid of from the below?

Alderweireld - Bellerín - Cédric (tempted to move Bellerin to Monreal too, as he's been getting BAPs as opposed to Bellerin).

I'll also need to offload Huth as he's my fifth defender and is close to a drop. Any suggestions there? (Ward is my 4th defender)

Need some info on the finance side of things first. Is money a problem ? I'm not sure what you have to work with. Do you need to downgrade a 5.0 to a 4.5 to be able to upgrade your 5.5 Bellerin to 5.8 Kol ?

AdMMM wrote: »

Regarding my own team, I want to bring in Kolorov (I know, kind of missed the boat on his rises), so I'm first looking at who to get rid of from the below?

Alderweireld - Bellerín - Cédric (tempted to move Bellerin to Monreal too, as he's been getting BAPs as opposed to Bellerin).

I'll also need to offload Huth as he's my fifth defender and is close to a drop. Any suggestions there? (Ward is my 4th defender)

AdMMM wrote: »

Money is currently no object. 2.8 in the bank. I typically play 3-5-3 though, so don't like having a 5m+ defender sitting on the bench every week. Midfield decisions are a discussion for another day

3-5-3 ?! Great! An extra attacker . Noice...

Is Alder really worth the £5.0m? Spurs got 1 CS. They weren't great for them last year. They don't have a particularly good run of fixtures. Alder to Kolarovand you still have £2.0m in the bank.

Kolarov Bellerin/Monreal Cédric would give you a solid defense you'd play most weeks. I presume Kolarov & your Arsenal def would play every week so if I were you I'd have a look at say the next 6-10 fixtures to see which GWs you'd "have" to bench Cédric and see who offers the best fixtures (from what I remember, Stoke, Leicester, Bournemouth, Villa rotate well with Saints upcoming fixtures).