Golden Picks - GW04

Golden Picks for GW04 are: -

GK - Hart
DF - Gomez
MF - Silva
FW - Giroud




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Gameweek 04

GK	DF	MF	FW
Mignolet	Kolarov	Mahrez	Koné
Romero	Kompany	Albrighton	Lukaku
Hart	Sagna	Yaya Touré	Zárate
Gomes	Lovren	Barkley	Gomis
Howard	Gomez	Morrison	Rooney
	Nyom	Noble	Vardy
	Dann	Redmond	Benteke
	Clyne	Hoolahan	Okazaki
	Smalling	Silva	Giroud
	Naughton	Kouyaté	Cissé

 

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Golden Picks - GW03

Golden Picks for GW03 are: -

GK - Romero
DF - Kompany
MF - Yaya T
FW - Gomis




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Gameweek 03

GK	DF	MF	FW
Romero	Kompany	Mahrez	Koné
Mignolet	Kolarov	Albrighton	Lukaku
Hart	Gomez	Yaya Touré	Zárate
Guzan	Darmian	Barkley	Gomis
Gomes	Smalling	Silva	Okizaki
	Lovren	Arnautovic	Rooney
	Sagna	Westwood	Benteke
	Shaw	Hoolahan	Vardy
	Cathcart	Coutinho	Long
	Amavi	Redmond	Ighalo

 

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Golden Picks - GW02

Golden Picks for GW02 are: -

GK - Adrian
DF - Gomez
MF - Ayew
FW - Rooney






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Gameweek 02

The game week selector options are dependent on current season stats. Therefore, there was no post for game week 01.

GK	DF	MF	FW
Adrián	Gomez	Albrighton	Zárate
Romero	Kompany	Mahrez	Koné
Guzan	Delaney	Yaya Touré	Cissé
Mignolet	Kolarov	Westwood	Fletcher
Hart	Bacuna	Tadic	Rooney
	Amavi	Johnson	Gomis
	Souaré	Barkley	Long
	Souaré	Coutinho	Ighalo
	Richards	Cabaye	Lukaku
	Haidara	Ayew	Defoe

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The new restructuring puzzle

Did Di Matteo deserve to be sacked after winning Champions League with Chelsea? Did Ancelloti deserve the boot from Real Madrid a year after winning La Decima? No, the exits were untimely and uncalled for to say the least. By winning the greatest prize in club football, they had achieved what the club and its fans were seeking for a long time.  They had justified their employment and should have enjoyed 2-3 years of stability at the club.

However, the same cannot be said for these two gentlemen - Louis Van Gaal and Brendan Rodgers. Not at the moment at least. Another season without silverware and they’ll definitely deserve the sack. Why? These guys have taken team restructuring to an altogether new level. In less than two seasons, they have “bought” themselves a new team of 11 players. In doing so, a lot of money has changed hands and also caused major reshuffle in the squad.

This was not about getting a group of guys ready for a Sunday league match. The clubs wanted a quick fix solution and provided them with a blank cheque book. So instead of performing a minor non-invasive procedure, they went in for major surgery.

Players bought by LVG since taking over – Milinkovic, Herrera, Shaw, Rojo, Di Maria, Blind, Valdes, El Fitouri, Falcao, Depay, Darmian, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Romero. He has in all spent 221 million GBP on players.

Players bought by Rodgers since selling Suarez – Lallana, Lambert, Can, Markovic, Lovren, Origi, Manquillo, Moreno, Balotelli, Gomez, Bogdan, Ings, Milner, Clyne, Firmino, Benteke. Since taking over, he has bought 31 players for 289 million GBP.

Mind you, most of the players mentioned above walked straight into the first team. They were not selected for reserve team action and probable place in the first team. That means that the managers had some role in their mind at the time of purchase, which in some cases never reached fruition.

Gone are the days when minor tinkering was enough to get the squad ready for the next season. Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho have made wholesale purchases in the past. However, all they did was add 2 or 3 players to the main team to mount a serious charge across all fronts. Rest of the additions only made the fringe. They knew when to buy and whom to buy and rarely got it wrong.

LVG took a year to understand his existing players. Got rid of a few of them but is still not sure of his best team. The team looks out of rhythm and their play is workmanlike. Instead LVG has been good at deflecting criticism away from himself and putting it on Di Maria not settling well or Van Persie being past his best.

Rodgers made the cardinal sin of not keeping Gerrard at Liverpool. He was an icon at the club like Giggs and Maldini and letting him go was the wrong move. Rodger’s saving grace is that Suarez and Sterling moves have brought in a lot of money and therefore brought the cost down. However, the current lot includes many average players who don’t have it in them to reach top 4.

Manchester United and Liverpool are not just clubs but institutions of English and world football. With 38 league titles between them, the fans and the clubs demand silverware every season. If after two seasons of major purchases the managers have nothing to show for it, then the shortest farewell will be the best. Adieu! (The Maltese Falcon, huh?).

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