As per Lateriser’s request, we are going to open this post to give everyone a place to discuss strategies for when to best use the wildcard and which players to target/consider. We’re hoping there will be discussion that is helpful to all and this format will allow others to catch up on the discussion without having to search through pages and pages of other discussion on ffs.
To start it off: Lateriser’s plans
My proposed Wildcard/DGW Strategy.
I gave myself half an hour of thinking and came up with a wildcard draft that makes a little sense to me. A decent amount of thinking has gone into this. I will take you through this once you have a look at the team. What I have done is with this strategy one can have a full quota of DGW players for both the DGW’s without compromising too much on the long term structure of the team.
The current structure for most of us at the moment is similar to something like this.
Begovic
xx xx xx xx xx
Bale Mata Walcott Michu xx
RVP Suarez xx
These players, at least in my current team are my core and are untouchable. So then, I look to fill in the blanks.
Begovic Turnbull
Mertsacker Obrien A.Cole Clyne Demel
Michu Bale Mata Walcott Ramirez/Puncheon
RVP Suarez Lambert
0.8/1.5 in the bank depending on Ramirez/Puncheon
DGW1
I go in with 3 Chelsea and 3 Southampton players. Chelsea play Stoke and Southampton and you could rely on Chelsea keeping 1 cleansheet at least. The only other player I would consider is Hazard and he would come in only for Walcott and I would do the Walcott -> Hazard transfer for the next week, but I have Walcott since about 12 weeks now and would lose value, hence the double up on the Chelsea defence. The 3 SOT players pick themselves for me and are potentially the most dangerous players. The decision between Puncheon and Ramirez might be based on money as I want to be bring in Giroud and maybe a Wham midfielder for the DGW or something of that sort.
DGW2
Transfers
Lambert + Ramirez -> Ars/Wham players of choice (Currently looking at Noble + Giroud) for a -4. The Giroud thing is a personal call, as you all know, i really fancy him.
With this I get a complete quote of 3 Wham + 3 Arsenal here as well.
Post DGW – No need for wildcard
As long as the structure of
Mata Bale Michu Walcott
RVP Suarez
is maintained, the remaining players can slowly be filtered according to how you want your team to take structure. That is why I am thinking Puncheon over Ramirez as it offers more flexibility in terms of the third striker I could want. Mertesacker and A.Cole staying there for some time is not an issue really because both are decent defences.
You could make a case for Azpilicueta but I am really trying to go for players that are as nailed on as can be and if Terry is coming back anytime soon, i’d be worried about owning Azpilicueta/Ivanovic.
Please keep discussion here solely about the wild card (and the double gameweeks).
Happy Wildcarding!
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I’d like to know who LR is going to bench in his midfield this week. Michu?
Michu / Walcott i am thinking
They or Mata were going to be benched either way. Also this is more of a proposal rather than a definite strategy. I am looking for improvement suggestions. Haven’t looked into the future fixtures and hence might cut down on a Wham player or something of that sort.
My team:
Begovic – Vorm
Rafael – Cuellar – Demel – Sagna – Cameron
Michu – Walcott – Fellaini – Silva – Taarabt
Ba – RVP – Benteke
0 FT
Should i use WC or just 4 hit Silva–> Mata ??
I know WC now is not a bad idea However I’m scared with The some change performance and new players coming and changing of price.
Need help.
just take a hit to get mata. not worth a wc for just one transfer.
If I WC of course i won’t just do 1 transfer But thanks for the reply comment.
I would have pulled the trigger.
I have two plans in mind:
1) I can go 3-4-3 as I’ve been doing all year with a team like this.
DDG/ Bunn
Nastasic/ Wisdom (can upgrade to a 5.0 def)/ Davies/ Wilson/ Demel
Michu/ Mata/ Walcott/ Fellaini/ Sterling (can downgrade to 4.3 mid)
Aguero/ RVP/ Suarez
or
2) I can switch to a 3-5-2 which is becoming popular with something like this. It means a really shit defence though, but lets face it there hasnt been as many CS this year as last.And obviously I would bench whoever had the toughest fixture of the front 8 which would involve risk of benched points.
DDG/ Bunn
Perch (or Wiliamson)/ Wisdom/ Davies/ Wilson/ Demel
Michu/ Mata/ Fellaini/ Walcott/ Bale
Dzeko/ RVP/ Suarez
Starting to like the look of 2) if Dzeko is nailed on.
I prefer the first one because I don’t think dzeko is a good choice… if you go with 2 then i’d get berba/lambert/ruiz/defoe and then upgrade your defense
Agree.
anyone else gunna take a hit or two for the chelsea dgw and save the wc til gw 24?
Me, but GW25…
why are you waiting til gw 25?
Deadline day signings/leavings. Also I’m happy to hold ARS and WHM players for another week and take a 1 week punt on someone before the WC.
Not gonna take a hit but I have 3 players for both DGWs.
Mata, Puncheon, Luiz (c)
Arteta (next week), Sagna, Walcott (c)
Then WC
Hmm Mata (c) actually… forgot Mikel and Moses will be gone to AFCON
sounds like you’re set. though i’d prefer caz or pod over arteta if you can. and yeah i’d captain mata of that lot this gw
Oioi. Been meaning to check this out but always forget! Looks good lads keep it up I’ll pop in more often 🙂
I’m saving my WC till after the DGW’s so that they don’t confuse me when I seek to create a team that is set for the long term. I know its possible to do this gradually by selling DGW players but it is so much easier doing it all at once.
I have been preparing for the Arsenal/West Ham DGW for a while now and inadvertently I already have Ba and Puncheon for DGW1. So far I have Gibbs, Walcott, O’Brian, Ba and Puncheon so I’m reasonably well set. The injury to Aguero also means I no longer need to sell Tevez so along with Fellaini and Bale I can keep the core players in my team that I would otherwise have to lose if I were to WC now.
So far my only plan is to sell Enrique for Azp for a hit. It appears Terry is some way away from a return and he may only end up replacing Cahill anyway. I think its worth the risk. Ultimately I’m excited about the prospect of being able to select a WC team in GW24 without DGW’s clouding my judgement. Hopefully by doing so I will be in a better position long term.
I think those are good plans and sound logic. though i might try to get mata in if it’s not too hard
Honestly wouldn’t know who to sell. I want to keep Bale, Fellaini & Michu along with the DGWers Walcott and Puncheon. At the end of the day Mata may even be benched for a game you never know. I think its worth the risk to go without and have a WC up my sleeve as well as keeping the midfielders I mentioned above.
If there is no other wildcard in the backpocket, this is the way to go.
i am saving my WC untill last possible moment cause i want make team for longer run and i think cashing dgw pts could be mistake
anyways… just like ryan i already prepared myself for arsenal/Wha dgw so i already have Cazorla,Walcott,O’Brien and Demel
for Chelsa dgw i only have Mata and Poucheon but i will do Silva – Hazard as part of my FT this gw
that gives me 7 dgw players ( 8 actually when i get rid of Hazard and get Nolan for gw23)
this could be key moment of season and so far i learned that patience is key moment so i’ll simply forget the likes of luiz,ba…. and see how it goes
hopefully my WCing in last gw will pay off at longer run
btw-my team is
Ming
O’Brien , Nelsen , Demel
Mata (C) , Hazard , Pouncheon , Walcott
RVP , Jelavic , Suarez
subs in order : Cazorla , Cameron , Davies
thoughs?
makes sense. looks good.
i’d rather have ba than hazard. also you’re going without bale vs qpr this week? what about silva and jelly to bale and ba/lambert?
chelsea defense also looks good but i guess you could ignore it too.
i really fancy jelly and i will be getting bale later on WC
also i dont like take any pts hit so think i’ll stick with my orginal plan
i kinnda hope that all those who WCing like crazy now will pay later on in season with some injurees and specialy with new players in EPL
Love the Hazard pick.
Courtesy of JT and Jafooli.
Winter WC plan for those with only 1WC left (and planning to WC now to maximize on the doubleDGW’s BUT also want it to work long term:
Chelsea x 3 with Mata (c) ,
Southampton x 1 or 2 (bench fodder for the rest of the season 5th def & 5th mid)
Arsenal x 2 or 3 (with Walcott)
West ham x 1 or 2 (bench fodder 4th Def or Jussi GK)
Build that around the likes of Postman Persie, Suarez, Berba ,Bale, Michu, Fellaini,Begovic, etc.. and you have a nice balance to maximize the handy gift of a doubleDGW while maintaining the core of the “essentials”…
Also note that this allows you to catch the price rises of the inevitable ARS & Wham acquisitions who will be brought in for the later DGW.
Good luck and enjoy!
This seems like a sound strategy and if i do WC its the road i’ll be going down. The only worry for me about WCing now is that i’ll have issues with my team in a few weeks time and need to take hits, but if you keep a good core to the team it should be fine.
I would avoid getting a Saints defender as a Wildcard should provide you with optimum rotation options in defense. Saints aren’t renown for their defensive prowess. Doubling up on West Ham defense also limits your options when selecting the right group of defenders each week. You’ll find yourself having to gradually transfer them out for others. Even having 3 Chelsea players is a tad risky due to rafatation. Such a plan means you are forced to make very particular transfers for the next month. If things happen that don’t go according to plan, you will be caught out. Be prepared to take a few hits to sort your team out later or be a little more long term and select players you ‘really’ want beyond the DDGW’s and beyond january/february.
All i need is votes. And maybe some reasoning.
Which one do you prefer.
Team A
Begovic Turnbull*
Gibbs* Luiz* Shaw Demel Davies
Mata Walcott Michu Bale Ramirez*
RVP Suarez Lambert*
Team B
Begovic 3.9M
Mertsacker* Cahill* Shaw Demel Davies
Mata Walcott Michu Bale Puncheon*
RVP Suarez Ba*
Get voting.
B for me! 🙂
A) Although make Ramirez Puncheon and use the left over cash to upgrade Lambert after the DGW’s.
overall I prefer A but B has ba…
some good discussion of cheap defenders for anyone who’s interested:
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/01/03/the-digest-the-christmas-catch-up/comment-page-15/#comment-4794168
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/01/03/the-digest-the-christmas-catch-up/comment-page-14/#comment-4794088
is foster to turnbull worth hit if i’m already doing an 8pter to get mata and ba?
No.
No way. He’s hardly worth it for free.
Almost set on this until i get another idea.
Begovic Turnbull
Azpi Gibbs Shaw Demel Wilson
Mata Walcott Bale Michu Puncheon
RVP Berbatov Lambert
Enough in the bank to do Lambert -> Podolski > 9M striker.
No hits.
Eeks. It is RVP Suarez Lambert.
Same Front 3 as me. 😉
Where the feck have you been?
Great!
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I request you all to follow me.
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Here’s the minutes played by the key players of Chelsea since the start of December.
––––––––––whm–NORD–sun–mont–cor–lee–AVL–nor–eve–QPR–sot–SWA
–––––––––––dec1|–––5–|–8–|–13–|–16–|–19–|–23|–26|–30–|jan2|–5–|–9–
––––––––––––1-3__6–1__3–1_3–1__0–1_5–1_8–0_1–0_2–1_0–1_5–1_0–2
Mata________90___74___90__74___90__85__73__90__84__16__79__90
Hazard______72___90___78__90___87__30__90__13__73__31__90__90
Torres______90___90___90__79___90__90__66__90__90__90___0__81
Azpi________90___0____0___90___7___90__90__90__90__90__90__90
Ivan________90___90___90__90___83__90__90__90__90__90__65__90
Cahill_______90___90___90__90___90___0__90__90__90__90__90__90
Cole________90___60___90__90___90__16__90__90__90__0___90__90
Luiz_________0___90___90__63___90__90__90__90__90__90__90__90
Oscar_______18___25___71__90___18__90__24__90___6__90__11__83
Lampard_______________12__27___90__90__60__18__90__78__25__19
Ramires_____90___65___90___0___90___0__30___0__90__12__90__71
From that it looks like Luiz is due a rest, although with no other DM that may not be possible, although we could see Lampard & Ramires against Soton.
Cahill and Azpi have also played a lot of minutes lately so if Terry is back there could be some rotation here. Ivanovic has started every match so could also be in for a rest at some stage. Cole looks safest here.
Hazard looks likely to start both having been rested twice recently. Mata, however, has only had 1 rest in their last 12 matches so could potentially be rested. Oscar could be in for some gametime here as he is one of the most rested Chelsea players.
Torres will almost certainly be rotated with Ba there now.
Flippin’ heck. Top post, cheers BBG!
hmm interesting
Hey guys off to my brother’s wedding til Sunday,so here’s the team http://i.imgur.com/fC3ZN.png – hoping for a nice return from my Lukaku, Ox and Sagna differentials. Here’s hoping! And an epic battle between myself and Isacki in Serie A – thought he had me but noticed his -4 hit. I was very lucky indeed 🙂