Live Match Chat Gameweek 20 FPL News
Welcome to Live Match Chat Gameweek 20 FPL News: We hope you enjoyed your 17 hours free from FPL and football in general! Yes, you read it right, GW19 ended last night and GW20 starts this morning. Now if that doesn’t smack of rotation then we don’t know what does. Obviously the teams are spread out in some sort of equal ‘ish’ fashion but there is also the issue of having so little time that some injuries will not be reported on. It’s a bit hit and hope in that respect at this time of year and so the team sheets will be eagerly anticipated and we begin at 12.30pm with ‘Boro hosting Leicester, followed by four 3pm games and today ends with Man united visiting West Ham. Tuesday evening see three games, before our week and Christmas period itself finally ends on Wednesday with Spurs hosting Chelsea amid echoes of a certain New Years Day fixture two years ago ending up 5-3 to the hosts, albeit a few days earlier than the anniversary.
Monday 2nd January
12:30
Middlesbrough vs Leicester
3:00pm
Everton vs Southampton
Man City vs Burnley
Sunderland vs Liverpool
West Brom vs Hull
5:15pm
West Ham vs Man United
Tuesday 3rd January
Bournemouth vs Arsenal
Crystal Palace vs Swansea
Stoke vs Watford
Wednesday 4th January
4:00pm
Spurs vs Chelsea
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This is due to be my squad after the next game week (transferring in Jones for some United coverage in defence).
I’ve been looking at my options and one is to sell Sanchez and free up some cash. So with the same squad as above
Which would you choose?
a) McAuley, Sanchez and Rondon
OR
b) Vertonghen, Alli, Giroud
Morning Ian,
B without doubt, don’t rate Rondon
But do you think Giroud will be back on the bench when Walcott and Ozil are fit again? I must admit, currently having Sanchez, Hazard, Costa and Ibrahimovic has made selecting a GW captain a real treat. Not sure I would ever captain Giroud or possibly even Alli… My dilemma is also that option B is such a good squad, but I can’t play them all every week. Rondon is currently a good bench option most weeks, but Sanchez is a guaranteed starter.
I don’t think Giroud will start every week no, but I think his form has no doubt pushed him higher in Wenger’s mind – even as a sub he is a very useful option as he will almost always come on and has a great record off the bench anyway. I wouldn’t have any reservations about having him, especially while there is no European footy.
Answering you question I’d probably choose B. However contradicting that I wouldn’t be losing Sanchez; I’d be more inclined to go Pogba to Alli
Yeah, I have considered that switch (Pogba to Alli). Makes a lot of sense, Alli is a bit more likely to score on current form and it would give me some Spurs coverage (as I already have Ibra for United). But as a United fan, I am quite enjoying seeing our improvement in form and Pogba is beginning to really make an impact on games. At the moment, I’m enjoying the prospect of having 3 United players (defender, midfielder, striker) in my squad. That said, Spurs have a nice little run and Alli is on great form so I may change my mind.
So my hit didn’t just work out, it made my week. And paid me back for a few of my other hits haha.
Origi and Hazard out for Giroud and Alli. Boom
Thanks to GP for the reassurance before my decision
Well done you Butch! And well done GP!
If only I myself brought in Alli :sad-face:
Well done McB! :thumbup:
How did your wildcard perform GP?
Sorry for the late reply Cookie.
Dreadful mate.
More of that later. . . .
Hi all,
1 FT, exactly 0 ITB.
I was planning to be wise, wait after the cup, and possibly bank the FT…
But now I am very tempted to do Haz->Alli.
I have been holding Hazard for a while, but his return is definitely not worth 10.4.
And the extra 2 mil would help me balance a bit more my Kun-Ibra-Costa team. I coud afford Philips and Baines, for instance.
All those prices are due to change, so should I do Hazard->Alli now? And possibly a hit for Philips or Baines right before GW21?
It’s a little bit risky but sounds like a plan. At least you will have a viable 4th mid then.
Vinci,
Seeing as you still have Costa then in principle the move sounds good to me. Alli is in sparkling form and it’s never too late.
Whether you would go in just now is a personal choice. If I could afford to wait, then I would but that’s just me. If you like a risk and like how your team is shaped with it, then yeah go for it.
Innit, GP, cheers!
Since I was lucky enough to have quite a good team value after 10 GWs, I normally try to avoid chasing price changes. But in that case, it is likely that Hazard will go -0.1 or -0.2, and Alli +0.2 or 0.3. I believe it is worth the risk, no hit is involved so far.
Giroud and Ali are the ones to watch out for. Everyone else Aguero included is old news. Keep whatever team you have but bring in Giroud and Ali or at least Ali he’s on form..
The next game is like 10 days from now? A lot can still change. 😉
Help guys. I’m slowly losing ground in my ML and am wondering what needs to be done to get me moving up. I’ve got 2fts and 0itb and wildcard available if you think it’s needed. Any help much appreciated. Cheers
Anichebe to Defoe, Hazard to Yaya?
0.2 short and not convinced of toure and city in general!
What about Anichebe to Defoe and Hazard to Phillips?
I would also get rid of Hazard. In my own team, after weeks holding on to him, I had to realize that he is too expensive for his returns.
However, I do not think that I would choose Yaya. I guess you are looking for some City coverage, but he did not score a lot of points this season…
Alli would jump to mind. Or a punt at Mkhitaryan? Antonio to get more cash?
That would give you 2 to 3M to either upgrade Anichebe (Defoe?) or Allen for a better 5th mid.
Cheers both. I like the mkharytn punt
But sadly I’m 2 mil short! With Defoe in leaves me 7.1 for a mid if hazard goes
Could do hazard to alli Allen to Philips and play 3-5-2 leaving cash for coutinho when back???
Activated wildcard…
Here is the preliminary team
Grant, Foster
Mee, Azi, Ake, McAuley, Amat
Stanislas, Sanchez, Lallana, Ali, Philips
Ibra, Costa, Giroud
In my haste, i sold out eriksen. But i am not wondering whether downgrading Giroud to Defoe and then upgrading lallana to Eriksen might be a good move?
Am i also spending too much on keepers?
Thanks boys.
Lsd1980,
I like your team.
I wouldn’t struggle to get Eriksen; I’d prefer to have Pool coverage rather than double Spurs coverage. Pool may very well explode in the coming weeks, while Tottenham could turn less efficient.
If you want to scratch some funds, I’d rather downgrade one of Stanisals or Philips for De Roon. Your keepers are already cheap, and I wouldn’t turn one to a non-starting one to save 0.2M.
Thanks Vinci,
Appreciate it. Any concern about Giroud being a non-starter? And also do you think not having City coverage is wise?
Thanks again!
Giroud non starting is a possibity.
But as Cookie mentionned above, you would probably get more points from him playing the last 20 minutes of a game than from a weak 5th mid, in average. And he will certainly start more often than not!
The problem with City coverage is that the only promicing player – Kun – is so expensive. KdB is great but expensive, and does not score that many points. And the others (Silva, Yaya, Navas, Sterling, Nolito) rarely score a lot…
Personnally, I went for Kun on top of Ibra and Costa, but that was 1- because I was lucky enough to have quite a high team value and 2- to the price of half my team (the defense and 2 mids) being less than 4.5…
So my personal feeling in your case is that the Giroud/Lallana/ni city coverage configuration is the best compromice.
But this is highly arguable!