Aug
30
Pavlyuchenko Arrives At The Lane
Tottenham have confirmed the transfer of Roman Pavlyuchenko from Spartak Moscow for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £12 million.
Pavlyuchenko had a hugely impressive Euro 2008 for Russia and arrives at Spurs with a record of 77 goals in 147 games for Spartak. Clearly Tottenham have themselves a very decent player and we’ll need to keep an eye on his value once he arrives across the fantasy games.
His arrival does of course make the transfer of Berbatov to United all the more inevitable. Indeed, the next 48 hours are likely to see a number of big moves and, with a international break, we’ll have a dangerous amount of time to ponder changes to our fantasy lineups as a result of the major transfers that take place.
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if he is 7.5 or below i will get him, bents points return have lacked and im losing value on the player. BY the way shouldnt ronaldo’s value be dropping he hasnt played a single game and usulayy whne a player is injured like he is the players value drops .
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Reply by Burton on August 30 5:11 pm:
7.5? He’ll be at least 9.5, or Steve McClaren’s a Dutchman!
Ronaldo is supposedly (according to the brains at FISO) 93% of the way to a 0.1M drop. Being injured actually makes it harder to drop than if a player is just playing badly. Also, it’s all about transfers out, and I’m thinking that not too many managers had the Portuguese winker to begin with.
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Reply by carlosssss on August 30 6:11 pm:
9.5???
i highly doubt it. he shouldnt be more than 8 but i would not be surprised if he was 9.
thanks for the ronaldo update though
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I’m gonna get him. Santa Cruz is injured now, and he seems a great replacement. I think he’ll get a lot of goals.
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Nevermind him. It’s all about the Zaki.
Just put a few quid on him being top scorer for the season. Worth it at 40-1!
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yeah. i bought him for this weeks, i thought maybe an assist or a goal if im lucky but dam did expect those point and he is sure to get some bonus
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Oh RVP, you beautiful f^&%ing dutchman. Finally got a captaincy selection right
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Reply by Akers on August 30 7:03 pm:
I have Zaki and RVP (C) raking in pretty much all my points this week.
Yet again a Stoke goal against the run of play cost me dearly. It cost me 5 points when they scored against Bolton, and 8 today.
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Get in van Persie! You wee champion!
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Reply by Richard on August 30 6:20 pm:
Celebrate not too early!!! According to BBC website Van Persie was subbed with an injury. Didn’t say whether it was precautionary or not
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Reply by danster12 on August 30 6:45 pm:
just saw that… serves me right eh? :)well he got 10 points and hopefully the injury isnt too serious.
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Reply by Akers on August 30 6:56 pm:
if he doesn’t get 3 bonus points I’ll be disgusted.
I rated it 3 RVP, then 2 and 1 to Toure/Fab/Ade.
I hope Eboue gets zilch, because one moment of excellence doesn’t make up for another garbage performance.
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Reply by Mark on August 30 6:57 pm:
Dunno, Fabregas was on the pitch - that’s normally enough for him to get the 3 bonus. I’ve seen him have less effective games and get them.
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Reply by Akers on August 30 7:01 pm:
RVP was superb tho. Very sharp and clinical. Plus he hit the crossbar and could have got 2 assists.
I’m so pleased I stuck with him, just hope his injury is very minor.
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Reply by Mark on August 30 7:03 pm:
Luckily, with the international break, he should get the chance to recover. I hope for your sake that Wenger doesn’t pipe up with news that his injury is “minor” that normally leads to a 10-week absence.
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Reply by Akers on August 30 7:14 pm:
If there is any doubt, I’m shipping him. Lost alot of ground last year with his injuries.
I think the worst case was when he scored in the 1st half against Derby, and then had to be subbed for Adebayor, who scored a second-half hattrick. It was at a point where almost everyone in my league had adebayor as captain.
Reply by Mark on August 30 7:17 pm:
Yep, 3 bonus for Cesc.
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Reply by Akers on August 30 7:24 pm:
Dear me. Denilson didn’t deserve one either.
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Reply by Akers on August 30 7:20 pm:
Just checked BBC player rater and it backs me up. I hope that the players everyone has voted for get the bonus, because I’d get 8!
3 - RVP 8.73
2 - Nasri 7.66
1 - Fab 7.6
I think Nasri and Clichy should get extra bonus points. Nasri for delibrately tripping Barton, and Clichy for megging him.
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f**king downing for captain- id be on top of the mini now if it wasnt for that twit
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f**king downing for captain- id be on top of the mini now if it wasnt for that twit…if he gets a bonus, will that be a minus?
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Reply by Will on August 30 6:11 pm:
why would him getting a bonus make it a minus?
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Reply by Niall Quinn's Disco Pants on August 30 6:11 pm:
No, it’ll be added to his overall score
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Reply by higgo on August 30 6:20 pm:
i have to say. wasnt it great when you could just put ronnie as captain and not worry about it. a sum total of 0 DOUBLED FOR MY CAPTAIN (downing) . and everything else was ok so would have had a good week. what did i say a few days ago. stick with lampard the favourite. doh, doh, doh
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I can’t frigging believe this. Yakubu misses a pen, Santa Cruz wimps off, Downing misses a pen, in a fit of despair this morning I sub Johnson who scores and keeps a clean sheet at Everton and switch James out too. My only comfort is having Zaki up front (I knew I shouldn’t be playing with three strikers).
If the Chelsea and Villa results don’t go ridiculously well for me tomorrow I might actually cry.
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Reply by Brad on August 31 12:31 pm:
Hey Brad… do you mind picking a unique avatar or choosing a different name to distinguish yourself from me? Otherwise my often ill informed and arrogant comments may be mistakenly attributed to you…
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mark i have to admit as great a pundit you are you were never really too consistent with your picks.
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Reply by Seven Foot Lemming on August 30 6:29 pm:
Week-to-week scores are always a bit of gamble; it’s the season score that’s the true indicator of a manager’s talent. And I’d love to meet the person who predicted a Roque injury, and Downing and Yakubu penalty misses…
Case-in-point: The leader of my 80+ member mini-league is 17 points clear already, but he currently has Van der Sar and Schwarzer, another United defender and a couple of injured players. He’s had a 2 brilliant weeks, but is quite clearly not gonna be top of the pile come the end of the season.
The moral? No-one has 38 perfect gameweeks!
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Reply by Mark on August 30 6:51 pm:
The picks aren’t doing too well so far but it has been difficult. Today could have been so different had Downing and Yakubu scored the pens. I can’t believe Gallas missed that chance early on for Arsenal either. Also I would point out that if you read through the scout picks then Zaki, Valencia and Roberts got mentions and all scored today. Traore was also on the bench and got a clean sheet along with Gallas and Gardner so far. So really, it’s not that bad.
Santa Cruz? As seven foot says, nobody could see that coming although that’s the second pick following Matt Taylor, that’s suffered an injury after being in the picks. Maybe there’s some kind of curse brewing.
Like every week (and like every fantasy manager) I get some things wrong, some things right. As I keep mentioning every week, mine is just another opinion amongst hundreds here - I’m no more of an expert than the next man. The site is not about me sharing my “expert” opinion, it’s about me passing on information to help you form your own opinions.
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Reply by Brad on August 30 7:17 pm:
No one is gettig any blame from me. This is all my fault! I had downing, yak and santa cruz before this weeks selection was even posted and i have no-one to blame for removing my pompey players other than myself. Just mad with myself for screwing myself over so spectacularly.
Thanks Seven Foot, i think you may be offering some valuable perspective on what will hopefully be my worst week… (but probably not)
Also, I wouldn’t have had zaki to save me if it hadn’t been for you guys and the discussion threads on here!
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Reply by Burton on August 30 7:55 pm:
Mark- sbasa123’s post caused me to hunt down your team in the league… You’ll be hoping one of Bosingwa, A Young or Lampard is rested then!
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Reply by Steve on August 30 10:57 pm:
like leaving Zaki on the bench in your own team?
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Reply by IA on August 31 10:22 am:
I second that Mark, excellent work so far. In fantasy football its at best 50% intelligence/skill and 50% luck. all your scout picks made sense with very sound reasoning as they do every week per your weekly scout picks/predictions post (which is an essential reading prior to my weekly transfers) its just the luck of the draw - as you said missed pen’s and injuries are just severe bad luck, you just cant predict things like that. its up to the individual manager to take responsability for their own team picks and not blame anyone else
luckily for me i went with zaki over lampard for capitan and had a stormer but boy have i had some serious bad fortune over the last season. But thats fantasy football for you…
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Well he’s not psychic. He can only go by current form of the teams.
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if downing had score that peno, id be on 80now with 4 to play. im bleeding sick. hopefully he’ll get a brucie so ill get a few points out of him. i only asked if it would go minus, cos when it happened he was on -2 for 2+1 -4 (4+2 -8 as captain) for missing the peno. but now he’s on zero??? kind weird
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if downing had score that peno, id be on 80now with 4 to play. im bleeding sick. hopefully he’ll get a brucie so ill get a few points out of him. i only asked if it would go minus, cos when it happened he was on -2 for 2+1 -4 (4+2 -8 as captain) for missing the peno. but now he’s on zero??? kinda weird
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Reply by higgo on August 30 6:33 pm:
for some reason joe, initially they had him down as missing 2 penalties as if the one wasnt bad enough!. so waiting on bonus
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Hey, guys if you have any negative thoughts about, Mark Be decent enough not to voice them out loud!!
It’s really in bad taste.
The guy puts in tons of work for us all and he’s not God.
Mark, You are a legend!!!!
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Reply by Brad on August 30 7:19 pm:
i agree!
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Reply by Burton on August 30 8:08 pm:
He’s not god, but he’s been in the top 0.0016% of managers for the last two seasons, which is pretty damn close!
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Zaki got me 26 points today. Cheers
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Chr*st at one point i had 7 points from 6 players inc my capt! If it doesnt improve this could actually be my worst gameweek ever. Had terrible bad luck start of last season but thought this season had started better - i was clearly wrong! lol
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heres hopin higgo. and here here to the moans about Mark.what a tosser who was givin out- pick ur own f88kin team! ye spa
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Reply by Brad on August 30 7:35 pm:
Joe,
If this is in response to my post do me a favour and read my reply above. I totally agree with you and think the site is awesome and a welcome addition to the enjoyment of playing the game. Didn’t mean anyone any offence. It is frustration with myself.
My team before this weeks scout picks was
james
johnson wheater lescott laursen scharner
downing lamps young barry
yakubu santa cruz
im sure you can understand me being mad with myself when i switched to
cech
lescott laursen wheater
barry young lamps downing
yak santa cruz zaki
No one to blame but myself but as it stands over 50% of this weeks points have come from zaki (who i wouldn’t have picked up on if it hadn’t been for this site).
So do me a favour and take it easy on the ‘pick your own team stuff’.
(unless you weren’t talking about me in which case i’ve just ranted for no reason)
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Reply by Mark on August 30 8:01 pm:
Don’t think it was aimed at you Brad. I’m really not worried about people criticising my selection, that’s all part of the fun of FF - a bit of banter when people make mistakes. I’m more worried that people are putting more faith in my opinion than their own. Your post above put my mind at rest though so thanks for that.
It was a painful week for you but the moves you made looked sensible, that’s what makes this game so infuriating but addictive at the same time. Your midfield could do the business for you tomorrow though.
At least you didn’t have 28 points on your bench like I have. In a way, that feels worse. Like your changes though, all mine made perfect sense at 11.29 this morning.
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Reply by higgo on August 30 8:06 pm:
i really have to wonder why we do this to ourselves!
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Reply by Akers on August 30 8:10 pm:
The only reason I do it is to take the mick out of friends. And because of the amount of stick I dish out, I really can’t afford to fall behind. So this site enables me to hear what other people think of the coming games.
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Reply by Brad on August 30 8:10 pm:
Cheers Mark, i’m glad you have’t taken any of this the wrong way - that’s the last thing I’d want after how much help i feel i have taken from the site.
On a seperate note, I know you are playing guardian as well as fpl (I am only playing guardian). Why do you all put yourselves through the heartbreak of fpl? All the bonus point and captaincy heartache, any profit you make on your tinkering getting cut by half, taking penalties for making transfers - i think i would be on the verge of a breakdown every week…
am i missing something wonderful about fpl?
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Reply by Mark on August 30 8:20 pm:
Good point, another couple of weeks like this one and I might ditch the FPL heartbreak :-). Seriously though, I seem to be having more luck in the Guardian game.
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Reply by sbasa123 on August 31 1:53 pm:
Im sorry for criticising your picks Mark. I mean I guess I was upset for not making Zaki my captain. We should be thankful of your time and dedication and if I have a problem I shouldnt be here. Sorry once again.
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Reply by Guy Incognito on August 30 10:20 pm:
Who the hell do you have on your bench? Zaki, RVP and some penalty-saving keeper? Unlucky. And to think I was annoyed with leaving Figeuroa out.
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Reply by IA on August 31 10:25 am:
ah 28 points on your bench, man thats hard to swallow!
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on crackthecode deco has got 300% of the needed figure. Does this mean he’ll go up 0.1M every day for 3 days?
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Reply by Will on August 30 7:31 pm:
nope, just means he’ll definitely go up tonight
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Reply by Akers on August 30 8:14 pm:
Definitely not worth it then. I predict/hope a Deco point drought.
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Reply by Burton on August 30 8:14 pm:
Once a player rises in price, his ‘net transfers in’ counter is reset to zero, so 50,000+ of the transfers will not count towards any price rise.
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fabregas should of not gotten 3 bonus points, that is F’ ing ridiculous. Im starting to think there might be some sort of preference in these bonus points
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Reply by Mark on August 30 7:26 pm:
If Arsenal win and Fabregas is on the pitch he is guaranteed bonus - and yes there is clear preference, he’s a confirmed FPL darling. With him returning to the side today and Arsenal looking better as a result he was always odds on to get them. Three was pushing it but as I mentioned, I’ve seen him do less and earn the maximum.
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Reply by carlosssss on August 30 7:30 pm:
i played last year and noticed it with some players, now that this season started i made sure to ge those on my roster.
i saw the game i though that nasri or adebayor would of gotten it ahead of fab maybe even given.
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Reply by Akers on August 30 7:46 pm:
Bonus points do seem to be the one area on this game that let it down, and make it somewhat unfair.
It makes players like Anderson and Mascherano even less attractive prospects.
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cant seem to locate the middlesbrough v stoke bonus of two…anyone got a handle on that one???
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Reply by Akers on August 30 7:47 pm:
Gary O’Neil. 0.7% of managers will be happy. Although I’d imagine he’d be on their bench.
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I’ve stood by RVP hoping he’ll come good and when he finally does he’s gone and got bloody injured! Did anyone watch the Gunners game? Does anyone know what sort of injury it was??
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Reply by Akers on August 30 8:01 pm:
Didn’t seem too bad. He didn’t need any help leaving the field. I hope it was more precautionary, as he received a few knock.
I’d predict he’d be back for next gameweek.
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Reply by Guy Incognito on August 30 10:12 pm:
Yeah. RVP, subbed early due to injury. Couldn’t see that one coming.
Don’t think his injury was too bad. Even if it was, at least we’ve got our 12 points for this week, which ain’t bad going. Watching MOTD, they’re more bothered about watching Mike Ashley downing a pint.
Isn’t Barton a cretin.
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had zaki capt and stuck with v persie 2, Nice! , got Young and Agbon but dont want them to do well as a LFC fan, another example of fant football vrs real life!!
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Reply by Akers on August 30 8:37 pm:
I know what you mean. I cheered loudly when RVP scored, and I’m a Man United fan. I know, I’m a disgrace.
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I’m generally pretty happy with my team and I currently only have Cahill and Santa Cruz who will not make the next gameweek, with a decent bench to cover them anyway. But, I’m thinking about hitting the wildcard button tonight to use the international break to trade my way to a more valueable team. My team will probably end up 80% the same as it is now at the end of the transfer window. The way I see it, this is the most valueable use of the wildcard. I reckon the later you leave it in the season, the less value the waynecard has.
How much value do people reckon it’s possible to add to your team in this 1 extended gameweek with the use of the FISO site?
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Reply by Nathaniel on August 30 9:03 pm:
Doing the exact same thing mate. I think by transferring out a few players this game week and bringing in the players set for a rise ie zaki, fabs, defoe you can earn a few quid but I am doubting how much exactly.
I’m thinking i would be extremely happy with 0.6/7 profit depending on the market. It will also take a fair amount of time and effort to make the right moves.
Used the wild card early last year too and thought it was a bad move initially but after thinking about it there is little value saving it unless you get some really bad luck and even then as long as you have a decent bench you should be covered.
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Reply by phil on August 30 9:23 pm:
The only thing that’s making me have second thoughts b4 I hit the button is that most of the obvious targets, Defoe/RVP/Johnson/Cole/James have already lost £0.1m in value (I already owned Zaki). Am I right in thinking this means that the have to overcome their negative NTI before they can start to rise in price? If so, a £0.2m move up in value in 1 week seems unlikely.
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Reply by Nathaniel on August 30 11:05 pm:
i see your point… maybe i havent thought this through!!! Its my understanding that yeah the negative values have to be caught up… but look at the increase in deco over the last few weeks the amount of transfers in has been amazing then take into account a good performance in the internationals could cause some fluctuations. I think zaki will def go up by .2 by the next game week as will johnson and possibly james.
The reasons i chose to go ahead are: the 2 week break meaning longer time to make a profit, end of transfer window, current team situation(have cahill, m taylor, jagielka, osman who i want to get rid of), the fact that more people are playing and therefore more transfers being made.
I have re evaluated my possible profit to maybe .5… i should also re-evaluate my lifestyle as it is now 23:57 on a saturday night and i’m trying to be a football del boy
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yeah, i had him too. he’s like the ambassador of the brittle boned..he’ll be doing macvities ads soon…
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I too stuck with RVP and am happy things went well for him today. I have a feeling that this injury was not too bad and at least there is two weeks for a recovery.
I am just mad I have not gone for Zaki. It’s one of those where I’ve been telling everyone how great I think he’ll be this season and then I’ve not put my money where my mouth is.
Anyone any comments on the slowdown of Ashton and Adebayor. Both currently in my squad but I now have major concerns. Any advice appreciated. (P.S. Mark you do a cracking job, I read your Saturday morning hunch about Daren Fletcher and I thought you were mad…then he gets two consecutive goals. Proof you are a legend. Keep up the good work).
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i already have De Ridder who didnt play, Taylor ( injured ), cahiill ( Suspended ) Adebayor ( not really on form ) Ashton ( not on form ) Others who will no doubt probably get injured playing internationaly. Already transfered in Zaki. Would it be worth using Wild Card ?
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Reply by Richard on August 30 9:17 pm:
Ashton not on form?? 2 goals in 3 games give the guy a break ;o)
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Reply by Steve on August 30 11:03 pm:
adebayor got 2 assists today although getting one for kicking the ball against nzogbias hand was a bit generous
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Wow i’m so glad at the same time pissed! (more glad though)
Jaaskalainen earned me good pts, Zaki earned me 16 pts. But Downing and Yakubu missed penalties, Figueroa on the bench..
Now i regret going for lampard as captain and should have put zaki, but oh well if lampard gets 5 points or something tomorrow i wont be too mad.
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Reply by Akers on August 30 8:55 pm:
All I need is Spurs and Villa to score, and Deco and Lampard to do nothing and I’ll have had a superb week.
If not it’s wildcard time.
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Reply by Guy Incognito on August 30 10:27 pm:
I’m in a similar situation to you “Hi”. Pleased to have Zaki but gutted not to have been brave/nuts enough to have him as captain. Annoyed with Downing who cost me 4 transfer points when I have Figeuroa on the bench. I also have Santa Cruz but have had more luck with RVP.
It’s all about Captain Frank now. Could do with a brace from him tomorrow…
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Mark, iv been reading your site for a couple of seasons now and totally appriciate your thoughts and opinions. I havnt told anyone in my league about it! My little secret!
It’s seems to be getting more popular. I think u should have a donation link or people should subscribe, you deserve it.
Cheers mate
007
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getting tempted to use my wildcard…
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Hey mark,
do you have any other info about other players who are “fpl darlings” like fabregas? cheers.
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Reply by Steve on August 30 11:04 pm:
Ronaldo when he’s back although to be fair he deserved them in most games last season.
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Reply by Mark on August 30 11:28 pm:
My selection stats for the FPL will let you sort players by bonus points for last season - they should help you out.
http://www.fantasyfootballscou.....tatistics/
Fabregas, Bentley, Essien, Carragher, Dunne are all players that, off the top of my head, always appeared to earn automatic bonus when their teams do well.
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Reply by carlosssss on August 31 6:43 am:
if you do your research you will find them, the so called “darlings” if put together make up their own team, it took me time to figure it out so im not just going to say it here and have all of you steal some hard work.
good luck
and use your stats
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Tempted for wildcard here too though don’t really need it. Just a bit of pruning to get Deco and Berb in as well (expecting the latter to be a red of course!)
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lads, i know its late, and sad that im lookin at this now but, i cant see when the double gameweek is if i go by the fixtures list on the left menu of the homepage on FPL. anyone any idears?
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46 point game week so far with fat frank, young and bosingwa still to play so not terrible, however, at 1128 this morning i decided that i would change my captain who had been wearing the armband since sunday night, decided downing was a great shout and took it off, wait for it, yep, zaki! for the love of god! id be running away with the game wek in my league if it wasnt for that decision! so hard to see the positive with such a huge negative like that!
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double game week is on the 25h7th of oct i think, all team play on he weekend and again mid week! thats my wildcard week as fas as i can see
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the doubles usually happen after a game is postponed so united and fulham will be the first teams to have a double and that fixture hasnt been decided yet… well thats my understanding of it anyway.
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Quick question: I want to play my wildcard in FPL. I know I can make unlimited transfers in the next fortnight. When I make my first changes tomorrow do I select the Play Wildcard or Make Transfers button. Would hate to screw it up and be locked in.
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Make Transfers > Play Wildcard > Confirm Wildcard
Trust me, I have very recent experience!
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so there’s no guaranteed double week like last year round xmas? what would postpone a game bar the weather?
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Progress in the cups and replays are the main ways i believe. Can’t remember the xmas double last year to be honest John… have become much more addicted to fpl this season tho.
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for anyone who had downing as captain this weekend. on the bright side you will do well to ever have a captain score zero points again.
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Reply by JT on August 31 7:30 am:
Thanks… It hurts more that I moved my captain off Zaki (-16pnts)and replaced Denison to bring Downing in (-9pnts)! so with the transfer fee, thats 29points missed…. oh the pain!
I’m making a point to stop my ‘bright ideas’ and never going near a PC before 11.30am on a saturday!
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There’s been a few sucker punches delivered already this weekend and I am another to salute Yaki who has spared my blushes after drafting in Yakubu and Santa Cruz with my wildcard.
All I can say is come on Lampard with the captain’s armband - if Lampard misses a penalty today and Bent scores a goal I may give up this wonderful Fantasy game…
Just watched the Everton v Pompey game on MOTD this morning - Defoe’s “hatrick” will see a mad rush in the transfer market and he was in my team for long spells last season when Pompey suffered a goal drought. The question is which Pompey team will turn up next time….Boro will offer sterner resistence but not keeping a cleansheet against a 10 man Stoke team was very slack.
Very disappointed by the Toffees defence today, particularly LeScott - he look leaden-footed - and they couldn’t cope with Defoe’s turns and runs in and around the box.
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Reply by Dudee on August 31 2:48 pm:
Lampard didnt miss a penalty, but bent scored, i’d half consider giving up.
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Back to topic for a bit?
will Spurs new signing Pavlyuchenko start today against chelsea?
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My captain choices have MEGA let me down so far… Adebayor the first two weeks… And when I thought it couldnt get any worse i switched to Downing
Grand total of 8pts in three games from my captains…
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Reply by Qubit on August 31 8:52 am:
Exactly the same choices as me. Feel your pain. I guess it can only get better.
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What are the chances of ashley young scoring today and getting some bonus points.
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Reply by Leighton on August 31 9:30 am:
Very good Kammy, considering I transferred him out this week for Arteta. Liverpool may not perform with Gerrard but they have won two without getting out of first gear; I fancy 2-1 to Pool even without Gerrard. Villa can score but in the same vein will readily concede; gotta feeling Keane will contribute something today on the day that his former side may take a pounding at the Bridge…
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Is there an argument for using the wild card tonight?
I read that you can have unlimited transfers over the next 2 weeks if you use the wildcard, and seeing as there will be a lot of transfer activity, will this be a chance to make a bit of money?
Following those who are likely to rise and fall, do you think you can make about 0.5m in wildcard dealings over the next couple of weeks?
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I think the Villa vs Liverpool one is one to leave well alone, will be so tight and full of bookings. Great opportunity for Arbeloa to keep his 100% booking record in the league this season. I left in young on the off chance, but only coz im doing the telegraph and didnt want to waste transfers. But Torres and Arbeloa went in place of clichy and alves
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Used my wildcard this week as i had 6 players out, it paid dividends as i bought in James, Clichy & Zaki(captain). Don’t like to use my wildcard so early in the season but i went from 100,000+ in to the top 5,000, after today i’ll probably drop some places but at least i’m not languishing down the league.
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anyone who uses there wild card now is mad - it should be saved until there is a big double game week, when you get double points and your captain scoring twice
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Reply by rafas_reject on August 31 11:18 am:
when is it mate?
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Dilemma; either Torres, Downing and Arteta, or Yakubu, Fabregas and Deco? I don’t want to ditch Downing just because he missed a pen (although he got me a classy 0 points as Captain) but I think maybe bulking up my midfield will be worth it? Can Torres justify a 12 mil price tag? (or even Yakubu, Lampard, Downing) I rate Lampard higher for the whole season
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I hope that laursen will score for villa today. Liverpool have’nt looked the best at the back and aston villa cause a big threat at set pieces so I fancy villa to score at least two with their quality in midfield and height at set pieces.
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How do you find who was awarded the bonus points? Read the match report for the Bolton game and they had Jaaskalainen as the fantasy player pick yet no bonus points awarded (yet)!
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Gareth Bale is coming off my subs bench next week and smacking in tottenham’s 2nd goal of the season, honest!
….oops make that 3rd goal of season, bent has just scored - he’s on my bench to damnit
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Reply by Brad © on September 1 3:58 am:
Bale looks promising but seriously, what the f is with his haircut?
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Reply by Al on September 2 11:45 am:
Ha ha! He’s in a competition with Bentley to see who has the most ridiculous barnet in the dressing room methinks.
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