It’s transfer deadline-day and one of the most exciting days of the year in the football calendar and possibly one of the most important in terms of fantasy football, as come the end of play today many PL teams will have a different outlook depending on their business on this one day. With FPL taking a mini-break due to international fixtures this is the perfect time for many to reflect on today’s happenings and decide whether any new signings are worth a punt or will impact positively on the players they already have. We kick this article off early doors and look forward to seeing it through until the deadline tonight with all of your rumours, hopes and probably lies (!) along the way. Keep us up to date on anything you hear and most importantly how you think it will affect your fantasy football team…
Transfer Deadline Day
price changes:
dier +0.1
sterling +0.1
weimann +0.1
dyer +0.1
costa +0.1
sigurdsson +0.1
eriksen -0.1
remy -0.1
baines -0.1
brady -0.1
shelvey -0.1
Pissed off! Checked all 3 price-change sites and Sterling wasn’t at 100% on any of them! I know they haven’t been accurate, but thought at least that was enough indication of no rise. Should have just taken him in straight away, lesson learnt, off to bed.
Same here. He was about 70% and still is. Well pissed. Needed that 0.1
Phew. Gives me another 24 hours to decide what to do about Terry.
chins,
Ivanovic mate – don’t miss the wagon :thumbup:
Evening GP, did you do your trades? I didn’t think Ivan was on your shopping list.
NZ
Evening/morning
You talked me in to him!
Yeah on my Wildcard now pal.
GP, did I????? Is that a good thing? Hows the WC looking?
NZ
You did mate. Thanks for it.
This so far:
Krul/Guzan
Janmaat/Ivanovic/Dier (Duff/Neil Taylor)
Sterling/Ramsey/King/Sigurdsson (Quinn)
Aguero/Costa/Balotelli
Going to investigate GKPs later to eradicate the double Newcastle and I’m still between Balotelli and Dier & Rooney & 4.8M defender. Like Balotelli & Dier just now.
GP, Looking very very good pal, I like that team mate, not sure i’d be investing mad mario though, what other options are there you are looking at? Love that you have 3 premium forwards and a balanced team, my hero! I was going to hit the WC but decided to hold fire as team starting to take shape.
NZ,
Like I mentioned Maybe Rooney instead of Balotelli but I’m wary of Man Utd just now but wary of not having them. Dilemma.
Lots of time to work out other options not even to mention the players who will join the league today.
You don’t have to WC that’s for sure – tremendous start mate – well done you. Think there is only 12 points between us but you are 30K places higher.
Cheers GP, I know thats the nature of early season; a few points can be be a lot of places! Thats actually why I like your idea of WC-ing now, even though you are doing very well, you are being proactive. Im still very tempted, was your team you got rid of very different to my current team?
NZ
Here are those changes:
Players in with WC:
GUZAN
IVANOVIC, DIER, DUFF
KING, QUINN
BALOTELLI, COSTA
Players out with WC:
FORSTER
DEBUCHY, SHACKELL, PIETERS
DAVIS, ERIKSEN
ROONEY, RIVIERE
Giving me as a usual starting line-up (3-4-3):
Krul
Janmaat, Ivanovic, Dier
Sterling Ramsey, King, Sigurdsson
Aguero, Costa, Balotelli
(Guzan, Duff, Taylor, Quinn)
GP, just seen how well you’re doing mate! Do you really think a WC is necessary??
Calvin, hows your team looking mate?
CC
Thank you mate.
Maybe not necessary but to me, desirable at this point. I’ve explained fully in the upcoming article but basically I want to strengthen my position by bringing in a couple of very strong players, namely Ivanovic and Costa (again).
Ah yes need to quickly send that off. Look forward to seeing everyone’s reasoning. Best of luck to you then!
Al you have been fabulously consistent so far! Nothing outstanding but just chugging along around 20 above average, keep that up all season and you will probably win it! And that’s even with missing out on those occasional monster hauls of 100+, crazy thought huh? Happy enough with my team I guess – don’t think a WC is justified really. Will take at least one hit this GW though. Would ask if you’re even entertaining thoughts of a WC, but I expect I know the answer and also would rather read it later
Thank you Calvin.
Can’t wait to read everyone else’s thoughts.
Solid start from you also.
Cheers Calvin, Yer its been a bit of a surprise if I’m honest and I hadn’t realised the consistency until you just pointed it out. Despite my team doing pretty well i’m actually thinking about WC-ing to stay ahead, there are a number of players I really want. We will see and I expect it is more likely I do what you are thinking and take a few points hits towards the end of the International break. My current idea leaves me with plenty of cash so not to worked about the odd price rise. So you have ruled out the WC?
For the time-being aye. Yeah top 200,000 after 3GWs is perfectly fine for me, just hope those green arrows keep coming. When I play a big poker tourney I usually do the best when I have a medium stack most of the way through – when I get off to a flier and am leading the chip count I usually find a way of ballsing it up
I’ll make a WC team now though and see if it’s better enough to warrant it haha.
As my players go up, another goes down. Thanks Eriksen.
He’ll come good Milky. You going to stick with him?
He had a shocker yesterday and was taken off before an hour.Not the main man this season like he was under sherwood.Time to ditch him !!
Best option for 5.9 mid. Transferring Mutch
JWP looks solid mate.
racko,
How about Nathan Dyer at Swansea?
I think Falcao might be coming!
Over for tea? To your team? Which team Smash10?! (Guessing it’s whoever you support).
Linked with city I think
Good morning ….
So glad I WC last before price changes…
I’ve got 2 weeks of team value to build on, as well as new transfer on deadline day..
Who’s Falcao joining..?
How did Silva and Lamela look this GW?
I want to change Mata for one of them. If I go with Lamela I can also change Ramsey to Sanchez.
Morning all,
Busy Deadline Day ahead….Defoe to QPR, Lennon to QPR, Friers to QPR….’Arry better hurry up and arrive at the training ground!
And Falcao to City or United? Y’day looked like City, overnight the heat turned to United, we shall see!
Loads more to follow and it’s going to be a busy one. But most important of all, where will Tom Cleverley end up?!
Cookie,
In answer to your last question there, everyone like *fingers crossed* “please not us, please not us” . .
You have mail sir.
Thanks GP, top man.
Poor Tom
We’ll have em all cookie – advantage of Arry is he’s been around forever so worked with everyone and they all love him. Knows a worthwhile player so when he brings someone in expect a team player and a performer. Why he won’t tolerate a Taarabt etc. still short if a prem side and desperate for a striker as back up to CA. Defoe would fit that bill. C’mon youR’s
drexl
Hello mate. How are you? How have you started this season?
Really hope QPR stay up comfortably this season.
Falcao to United is just mental! Much as I’d love to see it, are we not already struggling to fit the best players all in?? And yet there are glaring weaknesses elsewhere and they apparently decide to spend €65m on a position that’s covered. For that much money you could get almost any CB in the world! Or Vidal with plenty of change. Sort it out!