International Break Round Up
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[/three_fourth]During this period, our most important assets travel around the world, either to compete for Euro or World Cup qualification or just to play friendly games. They get tired from long distances covered, they struggle with jet lag to and on top of that they sometimes get inj… sshhhhh. In a word they get internationalbreaked.
And we, honest and dedicated FPL managers, are sometimes left with choosing between taking unwanted hits, losing team value or even using chips to compensate. All just to make sure we start a decent enough first XI on the following week. That’s not fair play.
We’ve only just recovered from the last one really… and just when your players of choice start to gain some kind of form and fitness, guess what? They get internationalbreaked again. There should be a FIFA fantasy compensation program of some sort for that. Anyway, I digress.
In this article we aim to update you on how the most important FPL players fared (if at all) for their national countries enabling a better assessment of their condition ahead of GW13.
Of course we couldn’t cover all Premier League International players so we opted for a mixed criteria that combines belonging to the top 10 on ownership (TSB%), total points (TotalP), form or price for each position. We also highlighted other players performances that we thought were worse a mention such as Sadio Mane, Gylfi Sigurdsson and… Joe Ledley! That should cover most of many a managers concerns over their team. If not, however, please use the commentary box if you are looking for any specific player info. We won’t necessarily know, but we’ll give it our best at finding out for you!
Also consider that players such as Cazorla, Fàbregas, KdB, Hazard, Ozil, Mertesacker, VVD and Blind only played the first game of these internationals. It goes without saying though that how they reacted to their respective games being cancelled for security reasons is anybody’s guess.
Here follows how your internationalbreaked players fared:
Goalkeepers
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Defenders
Other mentions:
Ward (1st leg 67m; 1 CS)
Verthongen (1st game: 90m; 1 Goal)
Geoff Cameron (1st game: 63m; 1 Goal) + (2nd game: 90m; 1 CS)
Jordan Amavi (FRA U21): injured, reportedly out for season
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Midfielders
Other mentions:
Jonathan Walters (2nd leg: 90m; 2 Goals)
Robbie Brady (1st leg: 86m; 1 Goal) + (2nd leg: 90m; 1CS)
Alli (1st game: 25m) + (2nd game: 90m; 1 Goal)
Sadio Mané (90m; 1 Goal; 1 Assist) + (90m; 1 Assist) Yannick Bolasie (90m; 1 Goal (P)) + (90m; 1 Goal (P))
Gylfi Sigurdsson (90m; 1 Goal (P); 1 assist)
Ki: (90m; 2G)
Stéphane Sessegnon (90m; 1 Goal (P))
Joe Ledley: 90m; 1 Goal
Jefferson Montero: 75m, 1Goal, 1 assist
Bakari Sako: (90m) + (90m; 1 Goal)
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Forwards
Other mentions:
Mbokani (90m) + (84m; 1 OG; 1 Assist)
Mame Biram Diouf: (90m) + (90m; 1G, 1A)
Heung-Min Son: (90m, 2G)
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Hi guys,What would you guys with this team.Kinda confused who to get in for payet??And any news on Vardy??
MY TEAM
DDG Mccharthy
Alderweireld Sagna Bellerin(Richards Williams)
Mahrez Sanchez Payet KDB (Westwood)
Pelle Lukaku Vardy
Have 2 ft and 4.1m itb.
Axel
I think Vardy will be OK but it was suggested yesterday that Ranieri will ask the club physios for their opinion and if he trained with no reaction (yesterday or this morning – can’t remember which) he’ll be OK. I would leave him in your team anyway.
Payet to Ozil maybe?
Get Payet out and maybe Ozil or Delefeou and save the other FT !
Thanks guys for ur input.But would it be a good idea doubling up on the arsenal or the everton duo though???As have lukaku and sanchez already on board.
Sanchez is tired and due for rest as per Wenger and Ozil is racking up points also didn’t play IB so he’s fresh !
+1
And Sanchez to Silva could be a decent move in a week or two.
Morning all.
Thanks DMC for a very nice article that everyone should give a read, I suspect there will be some surprise rests this GW!
In deed Albertini!! Lot’s of travels and lot’s of games to follow. Alexis being the main concern in that department. I’m thinking KdB is the lad to armband this week. He’s fresh, motivated and a class player. Kane of course is a shout, but he played 180 and scored ZERO! Lukaku certainly is a contender, having played only 63m. I also see Willian very sharp and motivated with growing popularity in Brasil; and he used to scored a lot for Shaktar. Deulofeu though scored 5 and is 3rd in FPL form (mids)! Ahh decisions.
Hi All,
Need advice on my team.
Have 1FT and £1.5 itb.
Is there anything I can improve?
Thinking to keep Hazard for a while as they have good fix, anything else?
Please comment, Thanks a lot.
I would play Bellerin ahead of Ayoze, rest looks good to me.
Ayoze got me 36 points in the last 6 games, its 6 points average, LEI at home, you never know, so maybe change him to Ighalo?
This definitely looks like a cracking team. I would save the FT. If Hazard fails this GW again (which I highly doubt!!), then using 2FTs to bring in Aguero would be very easy for you.
This is the only team on this website that I dont want to be against in a H2H match.
Super article DMC- nice to see something a little bit different! We really are spoilt on here…
Can any of you help me make a decision? I’ve decided to just make one transfer this week- I’ll give Ayew and Naughton the chance vs Bournemouth and then ditch them both next week.
Payet is on the way out: I am interested in Deulofeu, Bolasie and Willian. Leaning towards Bolasie right now as I already have Everton cover, and I might want to see some genuine improvement from Chelsea first. Seem reasonable? I’ll bench Sanchez or Sterling (last minute call!) so would be well covered if Vardy doesn’t make it.
Bench Payet, play Ayew and sort out Gabe/Ox if you have 2 FT, or else save it.
Bench Payet?? He’s out for months… Oxford is an enabler- I’ll fix him in the January WC. And Gabriel may well play over the next few games.
I’m definitely playing Ayew though- it’s his last chance saloon!
That decision is a no-brainer mate. How many FTs do you have? If you have just 1 then its best to save it instead of bringing in a new player to create a benching dilemma for yourself, especially when you have a solid replacement in form of Ayew, who plays a leaky Bournemouth and will even be triple captained by some retards.
Using 2 FTs next GW looks best, as it will help you in planning a move for Aguero by downgrading Payet.
Nah, I’ve got two FTs. I was thinking of benching either tired Sanchez vs WBA or Sterling vs Liverpool (though Sakho’s injury changes things somewhat). Thanks for your thoughts though. Definitely thinking 2FTs next week with one eye on Kun is wise.
Pippin – thanks mate!
As for planning, not sure you should bring anyone in for your front 8 spots. If you want ayew out next week and if the one you want in this week fails, you’ll have two mids to work out adding to the benching dilema you’re creating this week.
About Bolasie, while he’s obviously a good asset, he does tend to explode more often away from home and palace have two home games.
And don’t let yourself lured by those 2G he has on IB: they are penalties! Good luck!
Play Soare (SUN) or Cedric (STK)?
Soare is a starter, Cedric isn’t who would you play?
Cedric
Cedric
Chelsea presser: Hazard has trained normally following illness, Courtois back sometime in December, Falcao back soon. Jose predicts a good performance and result tomorrow for Chelsea.
Hey Cookie, how’s it going? Did you enjoy the International break? Yeah, me neither. So this Chelsea news is all well and good, but I think the FPL world is really wondering what’s going on with Kurt Zouma?? Any word on him? I brought Deulofeu in for Payet last night, anything you’d change with this set-up? And do you think Darmian starts tomorrow? Thanks man, looking forward to Team Talk later!
Hey Red, there was no news on Zouma, Jose didn’t mention him, so presumably he’s ok. I think! I did listen, specifically for you!
Darmian should defo start, unless LVG wants to play Young there, which would be weird and I think very unlikely.
Teams looks good Red, I may be tempted to play Zouma instead of Ighalo. Most wouldn’t though I guess!
Thanks Cookie! Would you start Zouma over Darmian to avoid doubling up on United defense away, or keep Darmian out there? I hadn’t thought about benching Ighalo, I’ll have to think on that one. Thanks again man!
Tricky one Red – personally I think they’ll be a max one goal in the United game, so there could be a case for playing Darmian AND Zouma. With Kompany ruled out, does this affect your thinking of playing Kolarov I wonder?
Right Cookie give the man an answer….if that were my squad, I would play…
DDG,
Darmian, van Dick, Zouma, Kolarov
and bench Ighalo
Haha, that’s some sound reasoning Cookie. And my Banterbury H2H opponent has a very similar front 8, so this week’s match may be won by my defense, which I think is stronger than his. I appreciate your thoughts, best of luck this weekend mate.
you too Red, catch up later