Ferguson looking to Shorey up his defence?
The January transfer window always brings a few interesting new possibilities for Fantasy Managers - a move for Nicky Shorey to United would certainly fit into that category.
An article in the Times today jumps to that conclusion following a remark from Ferguson that the left-back position could be a source of weakness in his squad following the departure of Heinze and injury to Silvestre. The article features a few quotes from the United boss, none of which confirm the interest in Shorey, and yet the report seems very definite in linking the Reading defender as a January target for United.
If it materialises, the transfer would be of interest for two reasons, depending on your appraisal of Shorey’s first team chances. Up against Evra, it would appear that the England man would struggle to get games. That could convince those who have the defender as a Reading player, to get rid. Then again, if by some chance he does get a dozen or so appearances under his belt, he could well be a decent player to have on your Fantasy bench given his attacking prowess and United’s clean sheet record thus far.
anyone know any news on gary neville? i’m thinking of swapping rio for brown to provide a little extra cash to sign rooney. any thoughts?
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Is it only me that can’t access http://www.fantasyleague.com? I’ve been trying to check my points for the last day but the site seems dead.
I want to see where the points I’ve got from Ronaldo and Vidic have got me to
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Evra came off at half time.
Any news regarding his injury.
Do I buy Brown or Neville??? Help!!
Log on (and Ronaldo!) is working fine for me, Dysanovic
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According to MU official website, G Neville will be included in the squad when MU travel to play Roma in CL. Wes Brown had been brilliant so far this season. So from my point of view, G Neville will only be used as a sub for Brown during busy X’mas fixtures.
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Moz, Evra came off complaining off a stomach illness apparently. I would guess that it is something that will heal up by the weekend surely.
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@The Moz: Hmm, I still cant access http://www.fantasyleague.com
Perhaps its being blocked where Im at. However I couldn’t access it last night either.
Personally I’d go for Brown. As DaiHa says, he’s played very well so far this season, and I cant really see him getting back in. I wouldn’t get Neville until he’s got a run of at least 4 consecutive games.
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Will Bentley serve a 1-match ban this weekend? He did get his fifth yellow, right?
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Bentley is suspended for this weekend.
Brown over Neville, bearing in mind that Brown can also act as cover for Vidic or Ferdinand.
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Thanks guys! That is why I love this site so much.
Dead impressed by the stomach bug info My Time Is Now.
I’ll probably stick with Evra as I need to sort out my other defenders. Perhaps I’ll get in Brown as well, particularly as he is so versatile
Must be a problem your end, Dysanovic - hope you get it sorted.
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Message for Dysanovic.
Likewise I have been trying to access this website. Presume it is a technical fault that will be resolved shortly. Haven’t been able to access it all day which is frustrating.
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@Tom Mills: Glad to see that I’m not alone with this problem. They must have a serious problem at their end. Hope they haven’t lost our precious team data!
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Hi, any update on Fabregas, will he play against Newcastle?
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I think Neville will get the nod over Brown. Neville is the ’skipper’, and a long servant to Man U.
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For Farhan from Arsenal’s official website….
“Alex Hleb and Mathieu Flamini have been ruled out of the trip to Newcastle on Wednesday.
The Arsenal squad left for Tyneside on Tuesday without FOUR international midfielders. Cesc Fabregas and Abou Diaby missed the 2-1 win at Aston Villa on Saturday with hamstring and back injuries respectively. They will not be returning at St James’ Park.”
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Just found this on the end of the article…Looks like Fab will be out of the Boro game as well….
“Hleb and Fabregas are unlikely to be back for Arsenal’s return to the North-East on Sunday at Middlesbrough however there is more optimism over the chances of Flamini playing at the Riverside Stadium….”
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@Blah: I know G Neville is the skipper of Red Devils but he still need 1 or 2 weeks time to being fully fit to play full 90 min. Besides that, he is not performing well even in the last MU reserve match.
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For those that are struggling to access the fantasy football website - try searching through google and then click on the respective link. This may help.
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Martin, thanks for the advice but this is not helping. Website is down for a third day and I’ve heard nothing. Getting concerned now, anybody else know anything?
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fantasyleague’s isp crashed on monday - this will affect other games too - sky, mail, channel 4, aol, and some company sites. they say they are aware of all scores etc., can’t see how they can action any transfers though.
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Just thought I’d let everyone know that the fantasyleague site now appears to be back up and running.
I’ve just set-up my supersubs which will now mean I’ll get some points if Fab or Clichy play this eve!
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Hoping Eboue can finally convert his opportunites into points tonight. But looking forward to the weekend and looking for a replacement for Robbie Keane who is suspended till December 19th.
Anelka is looking a good short term option, as he always provides a goal threat and with his next three fixtures as follows Wigan (H), Man City (A), Birmingham (H). He looks like a feasible straight swap.
More of a risky options is Forsell, who looked very lively when he came on against Spurs and Birmingham look to have a pretty tasty run of fixtures during the next 6 gameweeks. It will be important however to hear the rumblings from Mcleish regarding his team selections before making any choices, as at the moment Jerome has appeared first choice.
Any other thoughts?
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I need some help or ideas i’m starting to slip down the league recently and have decided to try and bring in Ronaldo - it will mean lossing 8 points and petrov but it will mean i’ll have 3 of the big 4 lamps, fab and ronaldo. is it worth it? MUTD have derby next but from what i understand rooney will be fit for that game…
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oh and i forgot to ask does anyone have a list of double game weeks??
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I need some help, I too have started to slip down in my league, was thinking of bringing in Gerrard and Hyypia, for Lampard and Kelly(BC)!
I already have Petrov, Bentley Ronaldo, Adebayor, Agbonlahor, Benjani. Lamps is not doing much, and Gerrard is cheaper, so the cash could be used to beef up defence?? Where would you spend the money? Distin? Tevez?
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Nick if you do that lampard will for sure score a brace on saturday
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Probably true, that has been my storey of the season so far! Nearly dropped Bentley after his double week score of 3, the boy only to scored two at the weekend!
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Nick
The big four midfielders are always worth having, but there’s not much to choose between them. So, ditching Lamps because he’s “not doing much” in favour of one of the other big 4 is not worth doing. I bought Gerrard weeks ago when he “wasn’t doing much” AND nobody else in my league had him. At the time he topped the “biggest disappointment” poll on this very site. The result is that I now top my league AND everyone else will no doubt transfer him in at a higher price (probably sacrificing Lamps/Fab to get the cash), having missed out on all his recent points.
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I’ve read on Goal.com that Drogba’s got a knee injury and may need an op. Any Chelski fans out there able to shed some more light on this as i need to transfer him out sharpish if its true.
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Anybody know much about the left back situation at Everton?
Baines doesn’t seem to be playing and is a cheap Everton defender at 4.5 - is this due to injury? dont see anything about this and he hasn’t made bench?
Valente is also cheap at 4.3 if Baines doesn’t reapear
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Help!
Thinking of changing Fabregas to Ronaldo, since Fab is not going to play this weekend, and MU is gonna play Derby at home.
Do you guys think this is a good transfer, losing the 0.4 from transfer-50%-value rules? Ronaldo might be rested for this “easy” game?
cheers
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@Pete: Baines has been blighted with injury since the start of the season. He played for 90 mins in last nights Euro game so hopefully he’ll get a run of games in the premiership. If he’s fit he’ll get the nod over Valente as he’s good at set pieces. I’m going to hold on to him and keep my fingers crossed!
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who’s a good replacement for bentley from man utd.. im thinking nani or hargreaves..any news on either for this week??also is flamini out for this week??might need to make a move on him as well…
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Replacement for Bentley? Currently; Petrov, Cahill, Arteta, Etherington, S Davies, W-Phillips….
Selections???
It appears that all you need to do to do resonably well in the premierleague game is pick the usual suspects - ronaldo, lampard, gerrard, fabregas, and as many bargains from the top 4 as you can get (adebayor, tevez, w brown) and a bunch of random also rans and then just sit back and hope you get lucky. The game has become quite dull and doesn’t involve enough skill. If 13 or 14 of your squad of 15 had to come from outside the top 4 clubs and midfielders weren’t always the top points scrorers then you’d see who really knows their football.
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^^^ Someone’s not doing very well.
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Haha.
The skill this year seems to be picking the right captain every week.
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Who is the best captain for this week?
I’m going for gerrard, because I NEVER pick Man Utd players. I hate them.
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Im going for Ronaldo against Derby.
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I want to make Gerrard Captain however..
Liverpool have got a must win CL away game on Tuesday… then, Man Utd on Sunday.
My concern is Gerrard may be rested/benched for the Reading match to save from fatigue.
If Fab is fit i’ll pick him. If not Rooney.
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Fab is definately not fit and will not play at the weekend - that’s latest from Arsenal web site. Also out for the Middlesborough game is Hleb and Flamini and RVP still!
I, too feel Stevie G will be rested.
But what about Ronaldo? Would be a good choice for captain. Man U have already won their euro group so fergi ecan send out a 2nd team!
Or Captain Adebayor - he’s on form at the mo
Or Captain Cahill - he’s on fire!!
Choices…Choices….
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They make or break you. Captaining the right man makes all the difference. A bad choice and I slip dwon my league; a good one and I go up. Last week Reina and Brown got me six points but everyone else on my team got two. Except Ronaldo(my captain). He got 30. A decent week in the end
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Is it worth the gamble of ditching Rosicky and Nelsen to get Lampard and a 3.7m defender (eg Varga, who I know will never play)? Would give me a strong XI but a weak squad and no cash to play with. The idea of having both Ron and Fatty is sorely tempting…
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which 2nd rate midfielders will play for man u? eg nani/hargreaves/carrick/anderson.. and who’d be the best bet?and with flamini out it will be the same situation with the arse..
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I’m thinking of changing Agbonlahor, Ireland and Reina for Adebayor, Cahill and Niemi. Is this a good idea or should I get any one else?
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So i guess for captain this week is for sure.. Ronaldo .. playing at home against Derby.
The question though.. will he be rested?
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I believe Gerrard will be rested as others have mentioned. Liverpool need a victory against Marseille or a draw and a Porto loss. I doubt Ronaldo will be rested because Man U have already won the group and Sir Alex propably remembers what happened the last time he rested Ronaldo (they lost to Boro).
There seems to be a lack of options for forward. Keane is banned, Drogba may be hurt, and Liverpool’s options are subject to rotation. Unfortunately I currently have Viduka who appears to be second choice to Smith.
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@Lincoln: I think it’s not really worthed to buy a second string of MU’s 2nd rate midfield, as they’re not that cheap and not producing that big of points. Better get Bentley or Cahill or cheap ones, e.g. Kapo, Larsson
@Pat: Nice view there. But I don’t think Benitez will rest Gerrard without having Xabi on the team. Who’ll be the playmaker? I believe Gerrard will play until Xabi goes back to the team. But of course you never know with Rafa.
And I hope you’re right with Ronaldo, coz it’s really sucks having your Captain benched
I think rather than buying an expensive Forward, I would rather buy one more of the top midfielders, like Gerrard or Ronaldo, at least for this time of being when they’re on fire ..
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With doubts about Stevie and Ron, the safe captain option this week has to be Lamps if you’ve got him.
For what it’s worth, I;m guessing that Gerrard and Ronaldo will both play, but maybe from the bench or substituted early.
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MAD - i gotta at least move bentley coz of suspension.. so i was thinking hargreaves for flamini.. cahills for the bent one.. just wanna get some thoughts..
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captain? Safest choice would be Lampard. Then you’ve got Tevez, Rooney, Ronaldo. Then Gerrard. Outside stabs; Torres, Adebayor, Cahill, Arteta.
BTW - Not having a bad season so far, just bored with the limited nature of the game….wow - i had a lucky week, darn it - i had an unlucky week, and repeat….
It’s just not challenging, i’m sorry to say.
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Oh, and Drogba too. All the big names then (shock).
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yep.. i’m leaning towards lampy then gerrard..
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Hey Fellas just wondering what you think of the player f’d ifiknow? Such a gun if you ask me
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he plays for villa…right??
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Torres or Ronaldo for this weekend’s armband? I just can’t decide who’s less likely to be rested. Shame I haven’t got Lamps.
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Out of those two, I’d go for Ron.
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i’ll go for ronaldo too
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why hasn’t the team news been updated? this is killing me!!
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Hopefully there will be an update some time today for this weekends fixtures
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Hi, guys will Evra play this weekend?… No team news Mark, anxiously waiting…….
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There’s a rumour circulating that Mark is to be rested from team news duties ahead of the following week’s fixtures, due to the importance of the big 4 playing each other. Glad I didn’t make him my captain this week.
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What’s the deal with Nani? I don’t see him plsted as injured.
Will he play v Derby? Does SAF REALLY prefer Anderson to Nani in the midfield?
At least in the Yahoo! Fantasy League, there is no comparison btw the two; Nani is far superior.
Cheers,
The Necromancer
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Where have the scout picks and weeekend scout notes been recently?
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Hey everyone, give the guy a break. He does this as a bit of fun and an unpaid favour - if he feels like having a week off it’s none of our business. There are plenty of other places to get info from a mere mouse click away, though admittedly without the attention to detail.
Good on yer, Mark and thanks for the site
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Neville won’t play this weekend… he has received another set back
I have had Brown now for some time and he is my biggest bargain buy. Clean sheets galore!!
ps: This website is great but very slow to be updated!
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Who cares if this weekend’s scout notes are not updated - do some research and make some decisions on your own!
One that note - you guys need to tell me if I should bring in Kapo or McSheffrey from Birmingham!!
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Have just read this thread… sorry for complaint to editor, its just that I just discovered this site so was looking forward to updates!
Q: WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK ABOUT BUYING IRELAND FROM MAN CITY AS A CHEAP BUY?? HE APPEARS TO BE GOING WELL AND SVEN LOVES THE GUY… WHAT YOU ALL THINK??
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@ Rambler…
I have Kapo mate and he has done nothing for me!
I am contemplating bringing in Steven Ireland from Man City instead as he is only 5 million! My advice would be so steer clear of any Birmingham player!
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On the contrary, now looks a good time to buy Birmingham players. They have a good run of games up to Gameweek 20. Larsson is looking tempting after his great performance against Spurs.
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I’m lost without Mark’s scout picks. In my extreme confusion I’ve just played my wild card and transferred in the Derby forward line, the Sunderland midefield and the Boro defence with my wildcard….. Help!
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yes steve howard andy todd and steve bywater were very tempting..
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Does anyone know if Pamarot for Portsmouth will start ahead of Hreidarsson for the Villa match like last week? Will he get a full game?
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I think Old Gregg could be on to a winning strategy. I’m down with that.
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Another vote for Old Gregg. There’s words of wisdom in his post.
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O’nell and Agbonlahor have both won awards for manager & player of the month. Time to offload Villa players as a dip in form is sure to follow? Curse of the manager of the month.
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How about De Ridder as a budget midfielder from Birmingham? I’m also keeping a close eye on Pamarot; at 4.3 he’s by far the cheapest Pompey defender. But the question is: will he keep his place?
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Spot on Corey - i bought bargain basement De Ridder - as he’s an Dutch U21 international, he’ll get into the team evry week. But does McLeish fancy him?
Paramot - almost bought him but I’m not sure about long term and Pompey have 4 tricky games coming up..
And Old Gregg - Earnshaw’s your man!
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earnshaw should be starting.. bring back russell hoult for bywaters!!!
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Lads - what are your views on Stevie Ireland from Man City??? Worth a buy?? Will he continue holding down a place??
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I’ll buy Pamarot in a few weeks; after the hard games Pompey have some easy ones
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@Havers: Spot on man! Villa went down .. and Agbonlahor lost the form ..
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Silly talk lads!!!!! Agbonlahor WILL score again next week, wait and see!.. and Villa will win. O’Neill is the real deal and he will have them bouncing back big style. Sell you Villa players at your peril!
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Well, he didn’t score or assist but he played pretty well, hit the bar and pulled a great save out of James, so he’ll be keeping his place in my team.
And how Mendes got 3 bonus points and Muntari got none is totally beyond me.
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@Manc: hehe okay okay .. it’s already 2 games of 2 points. We’ll see next week against Sunderland if the curse is there
@puffinboy: yep, they really need to explain what’s the formula for the bonus points. I guess it’s based on Actim stats .. totally rubbish
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How did Bywater the Derby keeper get a bonus point when he conceded 4 goals and only made 4 saves??? And what does Yakubu have to do to score 3 bonus points??? He scores a hatrick in a 3-0 win and only gets 2 bonus points??? Yet Shevchenko scores a goal from his one input into the whole game and is missing the rest of the time and gets 3 bonus points???
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Indeed Terry, it’th a mythtery, as Toyah Wilcox sagely pointed out all those years ago.
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What is the story on this website???? It’s not being updated! It’s a terrific website but only when its maintained!
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Patience, young grasshopper, patience.
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Well I think that until Mark returns from being AWOL (no offence to Mark as he does a great job and whatever time he can spare here is appreciated), we should all try as best we can on this forum to keep each other up to date on as much team news as we all hear it.
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WTF!? Is it me or have the Barclays FPL failed to deduct points from Rio Ferdinand for Man UTD conceding a goal against Derby????
His points summary (the feature where you hover over a players points) reads:
Minutes Played 90 - points 2
Goals Conceded 0 - points 4
???
I don’t recall him assisting if thats what they really meant it for, and the max bonus point a player can get is 3 so it can’t be for that either.
I hope it’s rectified in tonights update.
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Barefoot -
Ferdinand came off as a substitute on 70 minutes - before Derby scored.
Players don’t get penalised for goals scored after they have been brought off the pitch. Ferdinand had played over 60 minutes and not conceded, so he keeps his clean sheet bonus - It’s correct.
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Yep I was ecstatic to see him get substituted after 60 minutes whilst still having a clean sheet. Even happier when I saw Derby score and all my colleagues in my league losing the clean sheet for Evra and Vidic.
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Wha-? Wow I never knew that. Thanks for clearing that up
That’s another thing for me to hope for in a game heh heh.
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Same-I didn’t know. It’s happened a few times this week I think. Woodgate came of after 70 mins and got a clean sheet bonus as Arsenal scored on 90
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whats wrong with this side??its havent been updated since 4 december!!!!!
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hehehe 94 comments on this thread ..
We really do need forum guys, so we can discuss specific things for each thread ..
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Agree with ‘Mad’ - a forum would be a great addition to this site so we can bounce ideas around!
Does anyone know when Fabregas is back?? I have him and am relunctant to sell but would consider it if he’s gonna be out for a few more weeks.
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A forum would be great. Phpbb forum script is free if siteowner does consider to do so.
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It doesnt look like Fabregas will be fit for Sunday, Van Persie could be back though.
It’s all uncertain whether Arsenal will have key midfield duo of Cesc Fabregas and Alex Hleb fit in time for Sunday’s Premiership showdown against Chelsea, but manager Arsene Wenger is optimistic that midfielder Mathieu Flamini, striker Robin van Persie and midfielder Abou Diaby may be involved.
Wenger said: “The one who has a realistic chance is Flamini. One who could be in the squad is Van Persie. Diaby could be in the squad as well. We don’t know about Cesc and Hleb.â€
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It’s looking unlikely that Cesc will play against Chelsea but at least she should be back to destroy Spurs
Captain for next week is a tough one, not alot of “obvious” choices, the likes of Everton and Blackburn playing away. Considering Agbhonalor (also playing away) or Benjani (Spurs defence is awful) but big name players often produce in the big games so might be worth sticking with Gerrard, especially if Liverpool get through in the Champions League and everyone is feeling on form and positive at Liverpool !
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The 100th post in this thread. Yessss, get in!!!!
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Go on the Dalmations
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“It’s looking unlikely that Cesc will play against Chelsea but at least SHE should be back to destroy Spurs ;)” - Wow!! the standard of womens football must have improved since i last watched it
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Hey, leave Francesca alone! Her, Alexandra Hleb, Emanuelle Adebayor and Eboue, Justine Hoyte, Phillippa Senderos, Gayle Clichy, Manuela Almunia and Robyn van Persie are doing Arsenal Ladies FC proud.
Er, I think we need Mark to return, don’t we…
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Ive got both almunia and toure but as arsenal appear happy to conceed (knowing that theyre stong up front) i get few points- any ideas on replacements- im doin the daily mail version which doesnt give any bonuses or anything!
also, any thoughts on a cheap midfielder to bring in alongside gerrard, ronaldo and sean wright-philips? the longer he stays in the better as transfers are tight
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Carleton Cole will be suspended when W Ham host Everton this coming weekend, after picking up his fifth booking yesterday. I’m comsidering a straight swap for Ashton because he will now surely start having also scored yesterday. My only concern is lack of match fitness. Do we reckon his goal yesterday was a one off, or the start of a patch of form?
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@ Raz: How about Bentley for captain next week, fresh from his suspension? B’Burn are also away, but only up against Wigan. Remember he scored twice last time he played, and scooped all 3 bonus points. I’d rather have him as captain over Agbonlahor or Benjani because midfielders tend to score more points.
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Getting worried now. Mark, where are you - This site is too important!
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Hey Puffinboy! I bet u were waiting for the 99th comment!
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Yeah a good rule of thumb is to have your top midfielder as captain. I am opting for Lampard this weekend as captain. I have Benjani too which is tempting but Lamps it is.
ps: Mark are you still alive dude????!
pps: Who do you all reckon should be captain this wekeend given that the big 4 are playing each other!
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who all bought Ireland?
I did, put him out now for Johnson
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Yeah I bought Ireland last week!! Solf him today for Larsson from Birmingham. As was pointed out about - Birmingham have a nice string of fixtures coming up against “weaker” teams.
As for Captain for this weekend? Ronaldo or Benjani for me. A Man City defender is also an option
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I brought Ireland in just this week too!! Sellin him for Pienaar or Muntari? Also what forward shall i bring in Yakubu or Jerome?
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n.b. Muntari is just 1 yellow away from another suspension + they have some tricky fixtures on the way
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awful few weeks injuries all over the place.elano fab bentley now suspended (had kept gary neville). decided to use 8 points to get ronaldo.dumped elano and petrov.Figure man city difficult run after bolton.so have ronaldo. after scaling heights I have fallen like a stone.
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@Ollie
I think Pienaar is going to the Africans cup, so only a shortterm buy, but a good one, I’d say - great value!
I think you need one Everton player - They will score more goals - Yakubu, Cahill or Arteta
I just bought in Jerome with Birmingham having 3 out of next 4 games at home - law of averages and all that!
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Sunday’s two big games make me nervous. Though I usually like to use my free transfer I might stick with my current XI for once: James, Eboue, Evra, Bouma, Lamps, Ronaldo, Cahill, Bentley, Agbon, Cruz and Benjani.
I can’t see Arsenal failing to score in 2 straight games, so Cashley will be benched. Mind you, I’m sure Eboue won’t be keeping a clean either.
Captain - either Bentley or Agbonlahor.
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Please let me know which keeper has easy run of games to come, I have to offload Almunia.
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Someone send out the search party for Mark !
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I wonder if Shorey actually WILL have signed for Utd by the time Mark returns…
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I heard a rumour that the aliens have abducted Mark because they were needing some advice on who to play in the clash between Moonchester United versus Martian City in the Outer Space Fantasy Premier League feetball. The striker from Moonchester United is a huge threat in the box (it helps that he has 2 heads and 4 legs) and the alien players need to know if it worth making him captain this week.
Sorry its been a slow week.
The truth is out there!
Come back to us Mark all is forgiven.
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Who thinks Shevchenko might be worth a gamble, we all know what he is capable of, also what is the RVP situation?
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However Terry, Martian City’s keeper is actually a Romulan force field and has yet to concede this season (40,000 games, 4,000 years). The downside is that he costs 350m T’chak and you only get a budget of 349m.
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Ronaldo or Lamps as Captian this weekend????? DISCUSS…..
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Ashton
Agbonlahor
Yakubu
Which one do you all reckon long-term???
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has this site shut down i havent heard any news on anything.?????
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Result, Elano is almost certainly fit for the w/e according to Sven.. This will surely cheer up those of us yet to sell him, including me..
P.S. Mark is locked in my basement!
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Anyone know who’s going to be Earth’s captain for the Galatic games?
Only I’m thinking of putting him in my team as his value is sure to go up.
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Ronaldo or Lamps as Captian this weekend????? DISCUSS…..
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come on. I’ve given you long enough to think about it. Ronaldo or Lamps.
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and you best answer quickly if you know what’s good for you.
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Chris why don’t you make that decision for yourself stop relying on others to make your choices. Next you’ll be asking us to wipe your bum
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Be a man and make your own decision, Chris.
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How about neither of them?
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Lads - I asked the original question then some prat added questions under same name as me. Sooooo I only posted one question… and lads I am only looking for your opinion! Is that not what this site is all about??
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@Chris
I wouldn’t go for neither. Seriously are they the only two options you’ve got? They’re both really tough games.
But between the two of them i think Ronaldo has more of a winning mentality and sheer determination to always try and get on the score sheet.
So I’d go for Ronaldo
Although personally I have Ronaldo and Gerrard, but I’m making Santa Cruz (c)
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I would make Lamps captain due to weakened Arsenal midfield. Although I agree with Barefoot, make neither captain. Alot of weaker team strikers likely to score this weekend. Benjani is a strong bet for me
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can someone wipe my bum?
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Go clean it yirself u muppet / imposter! lol
I have Mark here as my personal arse cleaner, if you are all very good then I’ll let him back on the internet!
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Ronaldo as captain every time. He gets involved and if there are goals then he will be involved
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can someone select my entire team for me?
thnxs
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Click my name to see my team
Which players are going to get the highest scores?
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Lampard or Ronaldo?
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In my opinion, I will go for Lampard. Man Utd and Chelsea both will be facing Liverpool and Arsenal and these games are away games.
Why Lampard not Ronaldo. I just watched the match between Liverpool and Marseille. Liverpool seems to be unstoppable although they had lost to Reading in the last fixture. Torres, Gerrard, Kuyt, all theses big names were on the score sheet. Personally, Liverpool didn’t suck at all during the game between Reading. 2 times hitting the crossbar and at least 2 penalties denied by the referee. So, MU will have tough tough game at Anfield. Go for Gerrard as captain if you have got him in your squad rather then Lamp or Ron.
On the other hand, Arsenal is facing some serious injury nightmares. In their last game, the Gunners was totally dominated by Boro. All those killing one touch passes were not working with the absense of Fabregas, Hleb and Flamini. Chelsea. The Blues are on form as they had won 7 and drawn 2 in the last 9 premiership games.
Therefore, go for –> Gerrard, then –> Lampard and last –> Ronaldo.
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Yup, I’ve captained Gerrard this week. Was gonna go for Fabregas if he was certain to be back, but it’s not worth the risk. Adebayor could be a big shout this week though, as he really steps up his game in big matches
My line-up this weekend:
GK: James
DF: Sagna, R.Ferdinand, Laursen, McCartney
MF: Ronaldo, Gerrard(c), Fabregas, Cahill
ST: Kitson, Adebayor
subs: Forsell, Leadbitter, Belletti, Kirkland
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Elano - best choice for captain this week. Fit and hungry, facing Bolton’s defence… i’ll take the risk
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Yeah spot on lads. Man U V Liverpool will be interesting!
Despite all of the above I have opted for Banjani as capt. Could be wrong but I reckon he will screw the dodgy spurs defence as the big 4 cancel each other out!
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Does anyone who uses this site actually know Mark, or has anyone tried to contact him? He usually mentions beforehand if he’s going to be away for a while but nothing this time.
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@Sam .. a very nice team you got there, Sam. Man .. where did u get the money from
I agree Gerrard is really in the form of captaincy, even in the Champions League. He’s really on fire.
Though, I prefer Ronaldo to Lampard. Chelsea is having a problem offensively without Drogba, as Arsenal did without some injured players. But Ronaldo will try to score even by himself..
Having said all that, the Liverpool vs MU game might be a boring game where both teams try to play safe, not like Arsenal vs MU game.
Gamble .. gamble .. gamble ..
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I’m not taking a risk on a captain from any of the “Big Four” teams myself. Decided to opt for Bentley at Wigan, they badly missed him in the West Ham game. I considered Elano but Bolton seem to be playing well again, should be a tight game.
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Ronaldo, Gerrard, Lampard - all pretty equal chance of picking up points this week, me thinks. Outside bets to do well; Benjani, Petrov, Elano, Jerome, Bentley, Agbonlahor/Young/Carew, Martins.
Perhaps Mark has had more pressing matters than Fantasy Football?
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Defensively it’ll be pot-luck this week with so many intriging fixtures (only 3 defenders again this week). May be a week for having as many players playing at home as possible….
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Current squad is:
Almunia
Clichy Dunne Ferdinand Evra Belletti
Lampard Ronaldo Fabregras
Agbonlahor Benjani
Green
Wallace
Teale
Cole
Where do you see my weaknesses?
Is it a risk having 2 arsenal defenders? Are my strikers that good?
I only have 0.3 milli