The Homeless SZS fantasy league thread

[cyrille]

So what's this about sanchez and his hamstring?

I only see this on the fpl website and nowhere else.

[cyrille]

Ah...this from the grauniad...

Alexis Sánchez has emerged as a hamstring doubt for Arsenal’s home game against Aston Villa on Sunday as Arsène Wenger prepares to include the £11.3m new signing Gabriel Paulista in the squad.

Sánchez will undergo a fitness test on Saturday and Wenger seemed to suggest that he might err on the side of caution, given the intensity of the programme ahead. Sánchez was used only as a 70th-minute substitute in the FA Cup win at Brighton & Hove Albion last Sunday.

Gabriel is match fit, having not missed a league fixture this season for Villarreal, the club that the centre-half swapped for Arsenal earlier in the week and, given the on-going need to manage Laurent Koscielny’s achilles problem, he could feature against Villa.

Danny Welbeck (thigh) and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (groin) are out, together with the longer-term casualties Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Debuchy.

“The squad will be exactly the same as last Sunday,” Wenger said. “The only uncertainty we have is Alexis Sánchez, who has a hamstring concern, and that will be decided on Saturday. He might be out for Sunday.

“The only other difference is that Gabriel is available and we’ll check on how he is physically but he should be all right to be available. Welbeck is very close. He will join in normal training on Monday. He will be available for the Tottenham game [next Saturday].”

I lose half a million if I have to sell sanchez. Hamstring problems seem to almost never only be for a week...

Also had the Kosh pencilled in until they signed this gadge Paulista.

Further Complications...

[cyrille]

Will that come in before or after the next gameweek do you think?

If he gets a ban it'll start for the city game for sure.

These 'video evidence' jobbies pretty much always end up in bans, and the ref has apparently said that if he'd seen it Costa would have got a red...

[cyrille]

Yup - 3 match ban for Costa starting vs Mancs.

[Jofrey]

will keep Sanchez....ship Costa out asap.....Chelsea blank in gw27 too..

[Jimmy McNulty]

Not worth the hit this week but I'll get rid asap after the deadline. Giroudy? Ingsy? Studgy? What a wild ride this game is.

[Jofrey]

Giroudy? Ingsy? Studgy? What a wild ride this game is.

Rude boy, Rooney or Pele methinks.

[Jimmy McNulty]

Fucking ManYoo are still a minefield though. Rooney's stats and returns the last four weeks have been terrible. Pele is an interesting call. Could always go back for Austy though. Would free up much bank for the midfield. Really want to upgrade Johnsony.

[Jofrey]

Really want to upgrade Johnsony.

thought about getting him in but didnt want to have triple Sunderland.

opted for the safe alternative.

[Jimmy McNulty]

I spunked the .5m saved on defence. The safe alternative had a smashing week, obviously.

[Jofrey]

Hazard legend



I slid Roonpig into the vacant forward slot but couldn't bring my fingers to confirm

[Jimmy McNulty]

I finally hit on the right captain in Kane. Based purely on the fact that it didn't work in the last gameweek so it's more likely to work now.

[cyrille]

I wanted to get sterling but was put off a bit by fixtures.

Didn't see yesterday's game but he looked really sharp against Chelsea.

Glad my gamble on Studger came off.

Now all I need is for Aguero, Sanchez and Costa to be shit for the rest of the season.

Hmmm...

[cyrille]

Surprised to see noon putting faith in the captained Rooney.

I'm steering well clear of Man U - probably for the rest of the season.

And when DDG fucks off to Real that'll be another blow for them.

[Jofrey]

noon putting faith in the captained Rooney.

ya,,,wasn't expecting that on his wildcard....will be hard to build his momentum now.

[Bruce Bayliss]

Surprised to see noon putting faith in the captained Rooney.

He must have been pissed

[cyrille]

i reckon that's a huge wildcard wobble from noon.

aaron making up ground - certainly looks like the title is heading to brunei this year.

still no sign of him signing gomis, jof.

[Jofrey]

heading to brunei this year.

i expect it'll be tight at the end......a few others still in with a shot like Max and Kevin too (97 for Salty Balls at the weekend...)

will be considering my options with Downing and Chadli this weekend.

[cyrille]

yeah - fixtures looking tricky for west ham.

[cyrille]

Wenger has confirmed Sanchez is out for the weekend.

Makes him unlikely to start Tuesday's game either I'd have thought.

Nasty value drop involved there.

[Jofrey]

plenty of good options in the Arse mid though...

Walcott, Caz, Ramsey, Ozil ..... it's a lottery which one will cream off the most points.

[cyrille]

Walcott, Caz, Ramsey, Ozil ..... it's a lottery which one will cream off the most points.

Agreed - though Cazorla has the prized central berth...

Is that a hit I see on your page, jof?

So which one of Bertrand, Sanchez and Costa have you kept?

[cyrille]

Sanchez and Costa down half a million between them.

That's gotta hurt.

[Jofrey]

Is that a hit I see on your page, jof?

it is indeedy....the third of the season.

leaves me with a very large wedge to get the mids i want.

[Bruce Bayliss]

Cy has shot his bolt...Bruce has a chance to overtake depending on what happens at West Ham