Mahrez - all aboard

[froog]

[The Catman]

Has to be,,,

[Mav3rick]

Is Mahrez the usual pen taker or do we think he took it because he was the one fouled? FFS have Ulloa ahead of him.

[thesilkworm]

Is Mahrez the usual pen taker or do we think he took it because he was the one fouled? FFS have Ulloa ahead of him.

Ulloa on bench today so maybe that's why Mahrez took it.

[Mav3rick]

Is Mahrez the usual pen taker or do we think he took it because he was the one fouled? FFS have Ulloa ahead of him.

Ulloa on bench today so maybe that's why Mahrez took it.

That might well be it. So who is jumping on, purely from the bandwagon perspecive? whm TOT bou in the next 3.

[thesilkworm]

Is he likely to rise tonight? Would be nice to have some idea as to how West Ham are playing before committing, but might not be possible if looking to avoid the first price rise.

[Terry Henry]

Already got him

[froog]

sunderland are just awful though, i wouldn't be getting too excited just yet. i have at least two non starters to sort out before i start thinking of bandwagons.

[Mav3rick]

Is he likely to rise tonight?

I don't remember if anyone rose on the first Sunday morning last season, but considering that most of the premium mids won't have played yet, I'd hope he won't rise.

[Stemania]

Is he likely to rise tonight?

I don't remember if anyone rose on the first Sunday morning last season, but considering that most of the premium mids won't have played yet, I'd hope he won't rise.

Yep, I really hope not either - we could do with some other cheapie to hit it big just to split the transfers. Mahrez was already looking the best of the 5.5m mids before today, but if he has pens too then it's an absolute no-brainer for me in terms of getting the best VFM team down quickly - they've still got very decent fixtures too.

I don't think I can justify transferring him in without seeing any of the guys I'd transfer him in for so will just have to take the rise tonight if it happens I guess - it doesn't help that City don't play till Monday. Ideally I'd like to wait till GW3 and use him as the Aguero funder, but he'll likely be 0.4/0.5/0.6 more by then.

Those that started with Lens will probably have one of the easiest transfers they'll ever make...

[nufctoon]

My post from the Ruddy/Rudd-topic

Since the very first draft, I've had Leicester gk pairing. Now I'm thinking about switching to Ruddy/Rudd. The first one would be a no-brainer but now I'm starting to think that I would prefer having the option to take two players from Leicester's def/mid/for than from Norwich's... There are couple of Leicester players in my watchlist e.g. Huth, Fuchs, Mahrez, Albrighton, Vardy, Ulloa... Leicester offers quite many cheap options and if they play anywhere near the level they played last spring, they could offer some value. Of course, there could appear some Norwich players that offered the same value e.g. Jerome, Redmond, Bassong...

Tough choice.

I'm suspecting there are a lot of players who have already Leicester gk pairing + Huth. It'll be tough time to those teams to transfer Mahrez in. Thankfully, I went with Pantilimon/McCarthy so Mahrez is an easy option to transfer in.

[NoEyeDeer]

Is Mahrez the usual pen taker or do we think he took it because he was the one fouled? FFS have Ulloa ahead of him.

Ulloa on bench today so maybe that's why Mahrez took it.

Ulloa is still number 1, however Leicester have some real competition now for the strikers role, so Ulloa is far from nailed on.

Vardy would be the only one out of the lot that's nailed on for me. I'm guessing Ulloa will be used more against the bigger bodied defenses as a target man to hold play up and feed the likes of Mahrez and Vardy playing off him.

Mahrez is still the best bet imo, and half a mil cheaper than the other options.

I thought Mahrez was very good last season when he played, so now that the competition up front possibly means he'll get regular pens just adds to his appeal.

He may struggle against the top 4 sides, but that's only 4 sides from many.

[NoEyeDeer]

My post from the Ruddy/Rudd-topic

Since the very first draft, I've had Leicester gk pairing. Now I'm thinking about switching to Ruddy/Rudd. The first one would be a no-brainer but now I'm starting to think that I would prefer having the option to take two players from Leicester's def/mid/for than from Norwich's... There are couple of Leicester players in my watchlist e.g. Huth, Fuchs, Mahrez, Albrighton, Vardy, Ulloa... Leicester offers quite many cheap options and if they play anywhere near the level they played last spring, they could offer some value. Of course, there could appear some Norwich players that offered the same value e.g. Jerome, Redmond, Bassong...

Tough choice.

I'm suspecting there are a lot of players who have already Leicester gk pairing + Huth. It'll be tough time to those teams to transfer Mahrez in. Thankfully, I went with Pantilimon/McCarthy so Mahrez is an easy option to transfer in.

I did the exact same thing for the exact same reasons.

Had the Leicester GK pairing from day one of tinkering with my team, however I continually found myself bringing Mahrez in as my 5th mid, so had to make the change.

Even though I didn't end up starting with him, he was always going to be part of the grand Aguero plan, as he really is the best option at that price point, hence I opted for the Ruddy/Rudd pairing even though I would have preferred the Leicester pairing.

I'd be very surprised if many 'Aguero teams' didn't have Mahrez to be honest, with the Leicester GK+CB threesome being the only possible restriction for some.

[Stocker16]

Seems he could be a decent enabler for getting Aguero in, unimpressed with Rooney today so he may go

[Mav3rick]

Yeah absolutely.

[Stemania]

Hopefully Albrighton will now steal transfers.

[Finisher1]

Do we have anywhere some information about NTI? I see that CTC is not working.

[boise1234]

already had him......:0

[From4corners]

Already got him

Great minds and all that

[Finisher1]

So should we assume he is going to be a good pick in terms of FPL points, or is he just a tool for making money and enable Aguero?

[From4corners]

He was a good pick in terms of FPL points in Leicester's run in as well last season, potentially at least if you had seen him play that is, but for some reason he never set his feet in stone in their starting 11. That is why I ignored him last season as it was always a gamble if he would start or not. This season that might be different, although Ranieri loves to tinker and change his personnel from game to game.

[Notned]

I already have my full compliment of Leicester players so he would take a couple of transfers for me. Shame, as he'd be the perfect enabler for Sergio in a couple of weeks.

[NoEyeDeer]

So should we assume he is going to be a good pick in terms of FPL points, or is he just a tool for making money and enable Aguero?

Both.

I think he can be the perfect 4th mid keeper, or a money maker, depending on what you want to achieve with the rest of your team.

He is probably the main creative force for Leicester along with Albrighton, but he can become a little slack defensively, so when the fixtures stiffen, it will be interesting to see if Ranieri continues to nail him to that number 10 role.

This is the only reason he wasn't nailed on last season, however he proved last season that when given the opportunity to play in the hole, he could create and have the potential for explosive returns.

Regardless, you can consider him nailed on for now at least due to the fixtures, so he can score you points and make money, and if his security of starts changes later on, you can cash him in and upgrade with the profits.

Right now he is essentially a 6.5-7.5mil player in terms of comparative points predictions, but at a fraction of the price.

A more than capable alternative to the likes of Cabaye, Payet, Milner etc.

[Finisher1]

He was today in the hole? If that is true then I'm really tempted.

[Stemania]

He was today in the hole? If that is true then I'm really tempted.

Yep, in the hole for an attacking team with the two strikers in front of him often drifting slightly wide, on pens (and the odd other set piece when Albrighton lets him). No exaggeration that he really should have scored 4 today - hit the post in addition to his brace. Nothing not to like at 5.5m really, except that it is Ranieri so they could implode at any moment.

Really hoping he holds his price for now.

[Pirlo's Beard]

Hopefully Albrighton will now steal transfers.

I might help you out here myself. I don't have the cash for Mahrez without dropping one of my four expensive midfielders, and I don't think I want to lose any of them just yet. Sinclair Albrighton seems to make more sense for me though, so I might do that.

Perhaps with Mahrez scoring his brace today people are forgetting how involved Albrighton continues to be in a lot of Leicester's goals. I had him at the tail end of last season where he scored really well, and he seems to have carried his form through into this season. He takes most of their set-pieces and gets a lot of assists, plus the odd goal. £0.5m cheaper than Mahrez too - perhaps he could turn out to be the better value of the two?

[JoonaR16]

I could do Sinclair Mahrez with one transfer but he wouldn't have space in my starting XI.

[Finisher1]

He was today in the hole? If that is true then I'm really tempted.

Really hoping he holds his price for now.

Is there any site where we can see NTI at the moment?

Or possibly even price change projections based on last season's formula?

[Ezequiel]

I used totalfpl.com last season

[Stemania]

None of the price change prediction have an update yet that I know of, including CTC. There seem to be a few issues pulling data from he site with other apps, maybe it's related.

I'm sure w'll know something this evening.