What to do with Aguero

[Archy]

2 benchings in the last 3 weeks, 2 great home games coming up.

I’m confused......What are we going to do with Aguero

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[Stevieste]

I dont have him but if it was me id defo keep and captain him and pick a good vice just in case.

But he is to good to miss many more games for them this season imo

[From4corners]

Stay calm and captain Aguero.

[Mav3rick]

It's Atalanta at home on Tuesday as well, you'd assume Aguero starts that one given he missed this weekend and then the question marks will be there for the weekend.

On the other hand being on the bench on Tuesday would be a good sign for his owners, so I'd wait at least until that game before deciding what to do.

[SirMattBugsby]

It's Atalanta at home on Tuesday as well, you'd assume Aguero starts that one given he missed this weekend and then the question marks will be there for the weekend.

On the other hand being on the bench on Tuesday would be a good sign for his owners, so I'd wait at least until that game before deciding what to do.

Unless he gets injured Tuesday, Aguero should start (AVL). He'll start both of next two league games, with Jesus starting in the EFL cup.

Not so sure about (liv) but we'll know better after the midweek CL game. Then there's (CHE) after IB.

Selling Kun now would be a major error. I'm considering bringing him in!

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[From4corners]

It's Atalanta at home on Tuesday as well, you'd assume Aguero starts that one given he missed this weekend and then the question marks will be there for the weekend.

On the other hand being on the bench on Tuesday would be a good sign for his owners, so I'd wait at least until that game before deciding what to do.

You can't really assume anything with Pep his rotation. Players have started the PL game after having started midweek CL game and players being benched twice in a row.

[Mav3rick]

Agree with that! It's probably a case of hold if you own and be wary if you don't, in many ways it's a great situation for owners as few managers will transfer him in so you may well have an ideal GW10 captain.

[S_sutton87]

I've got rid can see aguero starting against atalanta and jesus starting again at the weekend especially as he scored yesterday got rid of him and pukki for vardy and the returning lacazette as differential hopefully lol

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[cesc408]

He will be my captain this week, after that hes gone for Vardy.

[Sutter Kane]

I have a feeling, based on what I think in past seasons, that Aguero generally starts home games and Jesus away games. If there is a chance this is the case, then then I simply can't remove him before the next two games.

It'd be nice to have a breakdown of what % the two centre forwards have started home/away.

[Sutter Kane]

There's also a reasonable chance he doesn't get on the pitch in easy games as Man C will be handsomely winning so sticking the armband on him is slightly less risky. I'll obviously wait to see what transpires midweek but he'll probably be my captain GW10.

[matmutte]

Tricky question. I just think a 12.2 valued player should play week in week out without the shadow of a doubt (bar the odd game), which is clearly not the case with Aguero. That’s a lot of money sitting on the bench....without any decent logic : this week Aguero was benched having not played during the IB, while Jesus played 90 minutes after playing almost 2 fuln games with Brazil.
It looks like Guardiola is willing to give Jesus more minutes this season.

[Sutter Kane]

Yes I agree. The only thing is, do we avoid all Man City then as they are rotation risks? Obviously Aguero might be getting more likely to be rotated with his age and Jesus improving. But I really can't think of anywhere I'd rather put the money for the next two games!

[hancockjr]

Tricky question. I just think a 12.2 valued player should play week in week out without the shadow of a doubt (bar the odd game), which is clearly not the case with Aguero. That’s a lot of money sitting on the bench....without any decent logic : this week Aguero was benched having not played during the IB, while Jesus played 90 minutes after playing almost 2 fuln games with Brazil.
It looks like Guardiola is willing to give Jesus more minutes this season.

Aguero didn't play in the IB because he is managing an injury. That's also why he was benched. It's not predictable (due to a lack of info) but it isn't illogical.

[germainelefoe]

I was also a bit worried about Aguero this week. Hard to pin point EXACTLY why but the poor performance vs Wolves, the sort of half injury news and the weird car crash probably all contributed to it. Definitely have to wait and see what happens in the CL game before making a decision but...

I have a feeling, based on what I think in past seasons, that Aguero generally starts home games

I also subscribe to this theory.

Something maybe worth noting is that Jesus did not pass to KDB for a certain goal when City were 0-2 up. This is a tight league and goal difference could count at the end plus of course 0-2 is not a guaranteed win anyway. I did think this might anger Pep but Aguero did the same thing last season in the opener against Arsenal and was not dropped (the next game was the game with infamous Jamie Jackson clickbait article). I have no idea what this might mean for AVL (H)

[Panserjohan]

Keeping him for 2 more GW`s.

[Archy]

Tricky question. I just think a 12.2 valued player should play week in week out without the shadow of a doubt (bar the odd game), which is clearly not the case with Aguero. That’s a lot of money sitting on the bench....without any decent logic : this week Aguero was benched having not played during the IB, while Jesus played 90 minutes after playing almost 2 fuln games with Brazil.
It looks like Guardiola is willing to give Jesus more minutes this season.

Aguero didn't play in the IB because he is managing an injury. That's also why he was benched. It's not predictable (due to a lack of info) but it isn't illogical.

There may have been a degree of logic behind this benching, but there wasn’t any for his previous one away to Everton. That one came after Jesus had played 90 minutes away to Preston in the EFL Cup during the week. “OF COURSE” Aguero gets to play in the PL at the weekend we thought, only for him to start that game on the bench too

I fear there is no logical pattern to this, which means it would be unwise to read much into what happens v Atalanta.

I agree with matmutte that £12m is too much to have question marks hanging over. It could well be the case that Jesus is going to play more this season than he did last, which will leave us guessing every week. Age could be a factor in this, Aguero is 31 now and Jesus still only 22.....

Overall the situation feels unsatisfactory to me.

[matmutte]

Tricky question. I just think a 12.2 valued player should play week in week out without the shadow of a doubt (bar the odd game), which is clearly not the case with Aguero. That’s a lot of money sitting on the bench....without any decent logic : this week Aguero was benched having not played during the IB, while Jesus played 90 minutes after playing almost 2 fuln games with Brazil.
It looks like Guardiola is willing to give Jesus more minutes this season.

Aguero didn't play in the IB because he is managing an injury. That's also why he was benched. It's not predictable (due to a lack of info) but it isn't illogical.

There is actually no evidence of an injury to Aguero (who played 90min before the IB and trained the full week before Palace). Guardiola said he played Jesus because he had more rythm than Aguero, having played twice for Brazil during the IB. So there’s a logic in here as well but just the exact opposite of what could have been expected. Fair to say, and as said by others already, it will be difficult to read anything from previous game to determine whether Aguero will play in a game or not.

[Hotstepper]

KDB was rested v Norwich, immediately before the opening CL game. That backfired.

Aguero rested v Everton before CL fixture 2 and rested v Palace before CL fixture 3. City won both games pretty comfortably.

Man City home v Southampton immediately before CL fixture 4, which could be a real banana skin for Aguero 'captainers'.

Games v Chelsea and Man U before CL 5&6.

[Billy Bongo]

The issue isn't so much whether Aguero will get a rest , he will, all City players will, we know this , the issue is the games they get rested in are the lovely juicy home games . Sterling I think was rested v Hudds and Cardiff last year, KDB b Norwich and now Kun v Palace

He's now a high risk high reward player but you gotta take the benchings

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[Hotstepper]

The one good aspect is Pep will tend to not bring them on as a sub unless he really needs to. Makes having a bit of a flutter eigth atracker like Connolly more worthwhile than say a 4.5 two appearance point only mid. A solidly decent vice as well.

[Archy]

Well I took at “wait and see” approach but considered him too big a risk to captain this week.

3rd benching in 4 weeks means it’s definitely time to get rid now. What a waste of space he’s been since I brought him in

[Sutter Kane]

Well I took at “wait and see” approach but considered him too big a risk to captain this week.

3rd benching in 4 weeks means it’s definitely time to get rid now. What a waste of space he’s been since I brought him in

Yeah same with me. It seems Jesus is viewed by Pep as the better player at the moment, unless Aguero is still carrying an injury. The problem hasn't been the benchings for me, it's been he hasn't done enough damage when he's started. That Watford game was the 'one', a game he'd have scored hatricks in previous seasons - I said this at the time; I was extremely disappointed with 9 points and current events is the reason why. Underlyings said he should have had a 20 pointer but for some reason his finishing has been about 18% accurate as opposed to double that last season - one couldn't have known this though so I put this down to bad luck. I suppose on the benchings side, I think most people would have expected more starts for him.

This is FPL though, he'll probably get 20 points vs Southampton. And lots will have ditched him.

[Blue Fire]

No idea what to do with the Aguero money if I sell him. Sterling seems like the only alternative. I actually did the opposite just 3 weeks back

[Stu255]

This is FPL though, he'll probably get 20 points vs Southampton. And lots will have ditched him.

Even so... you kind of have to follow the bandwagon to an extent.

Aguero to Vardy is likely to be a £0.5m delta this week and that’s worth about 8 or 9pts over the remaining games.

[Lucky]

This is FPL though, he'll probably get 20 points vs Southampton. And lots will have ditched him.

Even so... you kind of have to follow the bandwagon to an extent.

Aguero to Vardy is likely to be a £0.5m delta this week and that’s worth about 8 or 9pts over the remaining games.

£ 0.5m is a very optimistic scenario. First of all, it depends at what price you bought Agüero, as you should look at resale value. At the same time three price rises for Vardy might be a lot. Do not forget that Agüero is a big match player. I am convinced he will play against Liverpool and Chelsea from the start, unless he gets injured. So you also have to include the cost to get him back into your team, if you wish. For me he remains a keeper for the time being.

[Newfounder]

Aguero might be benched vs Southampton for Jesus and then who knows, especially with games vs Liverpool / Chelsea soon. All luck in the end, you pay your money you take your choice. No idea for now who to get in long tern if I sell him.

[Blue Fire]

Hopefully the midweek game will give us some info

[Blue Fire]

Hopefully the midweek game will give us some info

[theplayer]

Hopefully the midweek game will give us some info

Think i'll wait til after that game to decide.

If Jesus starts, then i think Aguero starts the league game. Or vice versa. Not that we can ever tell what Pep will do but i can't see Jesus starting 3 games in a week.