Grab, Avoid or Bore off!
Our first installment of Grab, Avoid or Bore off for the 2015-16 season is ready. For those new to the site, it is a simple question and answer segment that covers everything from the serious to the absurd. So why do we call it that? Tradition, is the easy answer as we basically have veered so far off course that we look like a Tiger Woods tee shot. So glad to get the fellas back together as they offer their opinions on everything from going without Haz & Kun to Giroud’s choice of underwear. So without further ado, let’s ask our “experts” some questions on the minds of many and some on the minds of none.
First draft, how does it look?
@MayAr, I like Saints fixtures but I don’t trust Tadic. He really stunk it up fantasy wise after his hot start. After Saints hammered Sunderland last year he was never the same. However if you have a gut feeling about him, he is still quality and he might get off to the start last season in the first 8 weeks.
Hooper doesn’t start, but I assume you know that. Bennett is unlikely to play and considering that Mariappa is also and Cook might be the odd man out in the fight for one of the starting spots at CB, I think your defence needs some work.
Kun unlikely to play GW1, so just be ready to change that out if necessary.
ugghhhh thanks! Lot of work to do here.
Guys I am going to add the 4.5 GK chart under the fixture tracker tab under Tips. That way we all have a quick reference point when needed, should be up in a couple of minutes.
Cheers Mito will be easier to find it now.
Mito,
Many thanks for the work. Whenever I get around to WCs, this is a major issue. You folks think of damned near everything.
A general question. A number of the proposed teams have gone for 4.0 GKs, and a few for Hoban as a 4.0 defender,as well as virtual throwaway fifth mids and third forwards . I wonder how folks will adjust what are great attacking lineups for typical games to take advantage of the “Bench Boost” tab? Is the assumption that it’s for DGWs, and that they’ll only happen after Christmas (and we’ll have played at least one WC by then)? Curious.
@Ki, my thought process is that all that will certainly be better used after the 2nd WC. By then we will have accrued enough money to actually have people on the bench that are capable of doing something more than 0-2 points. When the bank roll grows the ability to use any of our chips for a higher amount of points grows. By January we will start to see teams with 8 good players in the attacking area and a bench with defenders that we are not embarrassed to play. We can’t set up all the chips by playing the WC the week before that, but we can certainly set up our teams to be close.
Just for anyone that wants to know Payet they new West Ham winger has scored 2 goals. May have to have a real think about Payet.
Oh damn! Good info there MattX, I know GP sounded high on him in the New Signings article he wrote. He had some impressive numbers before coming over.
Will keep an eye out.
Ye I really liked him but Hammers don’t have the best fixtures and until Downing left I wasn’t sure if Payet would be a starter. Will need to have a serious rethink.
Still though, terrible fixtures lined up for WHU.
I think that will be the decisive factor Raz.
Matt/Mito
This is my boy for this season 😉
From West Ham’s Official Twitter feed from reporter at the match:
West Ham United FC ?@whufc_official 5h5 hours ago
5: It’s 4-2-3-1 for West Ham, with Payet in the hole, Samuelsen left, Djair right and Sakho down the middle [0-0] #SOUWHU
West Ham beat Southend 3-2 – Payet scored 2 and it was his ball that caused the own goal for the third, so that’s an assist as well.
This guy is getting more and more appealing but I might wait a few weeks to let West Hams fixtures get better.
Which combo is better?
1) Rooney, Yaya, Ozil, Henderson
Or
2) Kane, sterling, Walcott, Milner
Or
3) Benteke, Silva, Walcott, Chadli
…..feel free to chop and change urself.
I wouldn’t touch Yaya, Ozil, Silva personally. The rest is good. Chadli didn’t start every game last season though, or did he?
No but he played in all of the last 10 games of last season.
I know this team is a bit top heavy, but a bit of experiment never hurts.
Maybe if sidwell(heard he scored today) and Anya could secure a starting spot, they could be rotated?
It really is experimental mate. It’s a great forward line and midfield isn’t too bad but I’m not sure about Sidwell or Anya. Defence is really weak however, Taylor I’m not sure will play and Leicester have a new manager so don’t know how they will respond to him.
Silva or Walcott?
@Mattx, just change the “or” for “and” :thumbup: 😉
Haha if only mate. May go back and work a new draft with them both but it’ll weaken up front I imagine.