Grab, Avoid or Bore Off!
Looking to entertain whilst not losing the opportunity to be somewhat informative we come to a new addition of Grab, Avoid or Bore Off! We have selected a number of quick questions that we have seen on the minds of fantasy managers this past week and hope the many, many, many years of knowledge from our 3 very senior (Queen of England old) writers will assist you in your decision making. They will follow some semblance of order as explained below, but they are stubborn at best and forever crankheads so answers are never restricted by any rules as you will soon find out. Hope you enjoy and now let us get down to business…
Grab – You need this player on your squad.
Avoid – It’s a trap don’t get suckered in.
Bore off – Could care less either way. Grab him, avoid him or dress him up if you like.
What about this then Cookie?.
Looks good Ant. Do Swansea and Newcastle rotate well?
They don’t. I’ d look at Bojan to rotate with Siggy. STO fixtures are quite good also.
Is this a WC team? If so, it’s a huge no-no for me. Caulker? Ayoze? Double Villa defence? Clichy is pretty much guaranteed to miss one of the next three, too, leaving you very light. If it’s not a WC team, WC it 😉
NIN, I thought you and Caulker were close? You couldn’t get enough of him at the start of the season!
Indeed. I saw serious potential in him for a crappy 5m defender. I’m tempted to say i hit the post on that move, but it’s more like row-Z! Heskey style. A shocker, if you will
How’s your team coming along? I’ve finalized mine now. F**k this tinkering malarkey. It’s giving me a headache.
Think I’m done NIN, just waiting on team news now!
:thumbup:
My WC Team.Thoughts would be welcomed
Pantilimon,Krul
Terry Aldernwerild Taylor.N Hutton Wisdom
Siggy Chadli Downing Hazard Sanchez
Kane Aguero Costa.
Dhruva,
also looks good mate, though you may need a different striker to Aguero for a couple of weeks.
At this very moment I have this team. Thinking about playing the WC as soon as Aguero comes back. But before then-
Hart,(Elliot)
Jones,Wisdom,Ivanovic,(Hutton,Moore)
Downing,Hazard,Silva,Sanchez,(Marney)
Austin,Kane,Costa
(No free transfer. 4m in the bank)
A bit worried about the forward line. It’s cheap yeah. But could not find any suitable candidate to replace Austin at this very moment. Will it be a wise move to swap Downing to Lampard for a -4 hit?
Or does it require a WC to be played at this very moment?
Monty, I’ve the same forwards and mids but with Siggy instead of Marney and I feel confident about it.
I’m also planning to use the WC when Aguero’s back and I wouldn’t do a hit to replace Downing with Hull at home next week.
Cheers mate. Budget forwards are what scaring me a little. Never invested such low price in forwards in any other previous seasons. But of course that time there was Suarez,RVP,Henry,Ronaldo.
Hi monty.
No need for a WC or hit in my view. Downing should be assured of his 90 minutes whereas Lampard could play 15 minutes and score one point. Definitely not worth the risk for me.
Lampard would be a great buy if he gets himself set in that team with Yaya off. At that price,he would be great. Any thoughts on Ivanovic? Simply bearing him on and on in my team. Can;t seem to get the right time to remove him. So much price tied up in a single defender with very few recent attacking returns.
monty
Still don’t think Lampard will play 90 minutes every game.
Terry offers so much more than Ivanovic this season mate. That would be my switch.
A bit sideways but the goals does matter. Cheers mate !!
Nope. Keep as is, for me.
ADM is another one that’s on my mind. But who to get him for? Sanchez?
Definitely Silva, for me. I’ve brought in Di Maria on my WC, along with Sanchez. Arsenal’s fixtures are just too good to sell Alexis. I have flirted with the idea of getting Cazorla but the lack of Sanchez is too scary for me
Aguero needs to come back soon so that ADM gets into the team in place of Silva when he will or should be pushed wide. But if he plays the number 10 role then he just cannot be dropped IMO.
Monty mate, hold hold hold. its fine. Good luck.
Cheers mate.
Good luck to you too mate.
Guys I need help:
I have dropped 25 000 places in the last two weeks.
I have Wildcarded.
Current team is:
Pantylemon (Hamer)
Terry, Clyne, Hutton (Wisdom, Cameron)
Hazard, Silva, Sanchez, Downing (Boyd)
Kane, Austin, Costa
6.8 in the bank of Aguero next week.
Any suggestions?
Cesc vs ADM vs Silva?
Austin vs Kane?
HH – If you did Austin -> Rooney, would you have enough left over to do Costa -> Aguero when he is back fit? It should be relatively close, i think.
Hoof ADM would be a nice differential. I’d like to see him start first though perhaps so probably Cesc for now and that’s something you can change later if need be. Straight choice between Austin and Kane it’d have to be Kane but you do seem to have both already.
Afternoon all, Well my WC is taking shape slowly but I would love your opinion on my Chelsea dilemma. Currently I have Terry, Haz and Costa. I had planned for Terry, Haz and Fab. Now, as I realise there are very few premium forwards I am wondering whether to keep Costa and not get Fab or Terry. Would love your opinion on this?
Alex,
You know what I’m gonna say!
Terry, Hazard and Fab for me mate. In case you missed it, after my delay in getting to work, I reasoned that Pocognoli had a lower ownership rate than Wisdom but I could afford either just now.
Thanks GP, I actually was thinking as I typed that the only person I can afford Augreo for is Costa so its only for a few weeks anyone. Decision made. Like your thinking about Poco, my concern is still what Pulis will do. Do either Wisdom or Poco have competition for places?
Alex
Both do. Cristian Gamboa, Jason Davidson (at the Asia Cup just now though) and Chris Baird can all play full back.
Time will tell but I think I’ll go with him and see.
Can’t help you there Alex, that’s my biggest dilemma also! I’m expecting to have it clear when I’ll WC (planned for gw23/24), maybe with a fit Sturridge and Pellé back to his best also in the mix.
A few weeks grace would be nice Albert. That said, decision made (see above) and I plan to have Pelle (thanks GP!) or Giroud as the other forward
Cookie,
If you have a spare minute, page 2 comment 14.2 shows my WC draft, you know? In case you want to have a look. If you don’t like it, then you’ll get what the dog got ! 😉
Cheers pal.
GP, yeah I like it on the whole mate – question marks would be Bruce and Pieters…would getting Cameron or Muniesa allow you to upgrade Bruce. Hull are rubbish.
Pelle is interesting, but he’s always struck me as a lazy mong, almost like a greasy haired Dzeko. But their fixtures are good, so it could work. Midfield is obviously spot on.
May I be unleashed now ?!
Cookie,
Pieters is now Pocognoli due to price changes. I don’t see Bruce playing unless his fixture betters that of WBA and Aston Villa. But he is a current 90 minute man and I need him to make other things work.
You think I should try to work Stoke back in there?
Answer this correctly and I’ll loosen the leash!
GP,
I think Cameron in there at 4.2 is a bargain and fitted into the correct rotation will work well in my opinion.
Woof.