Bent Rises As Carew Doubts Grow
It looks as though John Carew’s chances of making the Arsenal game are reducing by the day. Having had a scan earlier this week, Villa have announced today that the big striker is a major doubt for the Emirates trip with back and thigh injuries.
That kind of news will surely only add to the speeding Darren Bent bandwagon that’s leading to a rapid rise in his FPL price…
While Martin O’Neill revealed that injured pair Petrov and Luke Young were to return to training ahead of the weekend, the news on Carew was far less positive.
“John is really struggling at the moment,” revealed the Villa boss.
“The discomfort seems to have moved from his back to the front thigh area…He had scans yesterday that have come up pretty decently. He is going for tests now with the specialist. We will see accordingly.”
Carew is currently owned by around 160,000 managers in the Fantasy Premier League game. With Darren Bent tempting Carew owners with red hot form and a similar price bracket, we can surely expect more sales and Bent purchases in the coming days. Carew has been sold by 20,000 FPL managers this week and with United to follow the Arsenal fixture, there are surely more to come.
In contrast, Bent is currently on the verge of his second price rise of the week. The message is clear then: if you’re a Carew owner hovering over the “sell for Bent” button, hesitation may cost you.
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Reply by Fiji on November 12 4:13 am:
Carlos Villanueva… Remember the name!!!
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1st - risking not getting a post at the top of the page by actually adding a worthwhile comment to my post. I made the Carew for Bent swap on Sunday night and it looks like a top move from my point of view.
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Reply by phil on November 11 8:11 pm:
ME HE!
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Reply by Steve on November 11 8:47 pm:
i had something to say tho Phil, you’ve made 2 posts that have contributed nothing to the discussion.
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Reply by Dr. Rog on November 11 8:15 pm:
i did the same
my prediction for Bent this week - 2pts
but then he will go on a decent run after that
i love it how this game works!
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Reply by Aris on November 11 8:26 pm:
How true. Wish his price didn’t go from 6.9 -> 7.0 on saturday night tho!
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Reply by Steve on November 11 8:46 pm:
Reckon he’s got to be in with a chance of good points Vs Fulham, bet Harry leaves him on the bench and plays Pav just to annoy us.
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Reply by marc on November 12 12:21 pm:
Lets hope he drops him!!!
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Reply by djbobeb on November 11 10:10 pm:
same here
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And it’s about to go to 7.2. Ouch.
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Why is Zaki playing in this game!? Wigan’s best chance of staying up being risked in the Carling Cup! If he rolls an ankle Steve Bruce is off my Christmas Card list.
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Hi Hamish !!!!!
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And Hi Ellie
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Very many congratulations on being 1st.
I’n not sure where the love-in with Bent comes from. Harry’s playing Modric behind the one up front. Is Redknapp really going to choose Bent over Pavlyuchenko every week? Granted he’s playing very well at the moment, but I can’t see DB playing 90 minutes every game.
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Reply by Steve on November 11 8:50 pm:
Good point Dave, but i think part of the skill in this game is getting the guys who are in form and then selling them at a profit to get the next guy who is in form. Bent is in form without doubt and Harry surely must play him. Spurs have a great run of games until Man U. At that point look to sell Bent for the next guy who is in form and has a decent run. Perhaps Carew will be fit, Villa will have their tricky games out of the way and you can sell Bent for a profit and buy Carew for less than he is now?
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Reply by Steve on November 11 8:51 pm:
and if i remember correctly he’s got decent points in the games where he’s come on for the last 20 mins? Certainly more points than i got from Carew who played more minutes.
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Reply by Barkerov on November 11 9:52 pm:
What about Tuncay
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It will be a short lived ride this Bent thing
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Agree with Boozle, more value in Modric than Barren Dent.
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Reply by Sparky on November 11 8:56 pm:
Bent clearly better in very short term. But agree Modric looks better LT prospect
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Reply by Tom on November 12 12:32 pm:
What is all this talk of Modric? Surely if you arn’t going for Bent then Bentley is the next best thing. If I remember correctly Modric is yet to score so far this season and often gets subbed for Lennon. Ok, Bentley has 1 goal to his name but plays the full 90mins and he is usually good for assists, as he is the regular free kick and corner taker. Ive got both Bentley and Bent in my team at present.
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Carew for Bentner, free up some cash! Bentner over bent for this week….if bentner plays that is.
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Reply by Ibracadabra on November 11 9:14 pm:
Looks like Bendtner will be the focal point Saturday… judging by Arsene’s team selection today. He didn’t even make the squad for the Carling Cup and is surely being rested for the Villa clash. He should pick up a goal or assist against the shaky Villa back line.
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Reply by Nuckles on November 11 9:44 pm:
I’m betting on double figures, you never know
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Is Bent’s price going to go up before the game against Liverpool tomorrow?
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Reply by Sparky on November 11 9:03 pm:
He’s at 86% or something. You should check later and then make a decision
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Reply by Schwing on November 11 9:29 pm:
I’m trying to hold off until all the cup games have been played but everyone seems hell bent on pushing the the prices up.
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Very true Steve, you can make a few quid that way as well.
The other thing about Bent is that there is no-one around 7m who’s doing anything at the moment - Zaki’s gone AWOL, Carew seems a bit off at the moment and there aren’t too many other options.
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Reply by Grogfather on November 11 9:29 pm:
Zaki hasn’t exactly gone AWOL, he scored 2 games ago and has scored in 6 out of 12 games.
You could say he has only scored 1 goal in his last 4 games, but conversely you could say he has scored 3 goals in his last 5 (sounds much better for us Zaki owners). It will happen to all strikers throughout the year that they miss scoring goals for a few games. Zaki will be fine
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I’ve already had a 4 point hit this week, bringing in Nasri and Kuyt for SWP and Arteta, before the former 2 went up and the latter 2 went down. Is it worth another 4 point hit to change Carew for Bent?
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Reply by Sparky on November 11 9:08 pm:
Carew wont be playing so depends who else you’ve got. You’ll drop 2 points on Carew anyway the way I see it.
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Reply by Timbo on November 11 9:10 pm:
My team for this week is, or was going to be:
Cech
Bosingwa Agger Alex
Kuyt Nasri Ronaldo Geovanni
Carew Zaki Berbatov
Subs:
Schwarzer
Garrido
Figueroa
Lawrence
So Bent for Carew -4, or putting Garrido in and hoping he plays. Maybe the 4 point hit might be worth it…
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Reply by Sparky on November 11 9:20 pm:
You’re basically betting that Bent will play and get at least an assist. Ave bookmaker odds on him scoring are 7/4. On current form I’d say it’s worth it, but only just.
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Reply by Timbo on November 11 10:17 pm:
Yeah I think I’ll go for it. This game is all about the gambling.
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Wow.. Vela is pure quality. Surely Wengner must hand him a start at some point while RVP and Ade are out.
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Depends. You missed the first rise, and Bent’s second rise is just over the hill so if you want to gamble on making some cash, now’s your only real chance left (providing he gets 2-3 points this week :P). If you want to play garrido, then your back up is fig, which I reckon is about 40/60 chance of clean sheet.
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Did anyone see the goal Carlos Vela just scored for Arsenal!?
Come on Arsene, give the kid a chance while you are short on strikers. He’s worth 5.9 in FPL and if that is anything to go by, he will make an impact at some point this season.
Sublime.
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This Second Arsenal team could theretically beat any team in the league including challenging the top four if they can continue to play like this. That Carlos Vela is alost WORLD CLASS - why doesn’t he play for their first team - far better than Bendtner?
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Reply by djbobeb on November 11 10:11 pm:
He sure did play well Vela
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Reply by SFC_fan on November 11 10:32 pm:
I think Arsene is trying not to rush him and ruin his confidence. I think he will start getting a few 10-20 minute sub appearances soon though, at least he should.
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Reply by Ftumch on November 12 6:52 am:
My squad from the start had Vela in there but I changed him to Walcott, I lost patience with the Wengerbus’ selection tactics.
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DOES ANYONE HAVE A SECOND TO GIVE ME SOME ADVICE/ASSISTANCE WITH MY TEAM?
CURRENT TEAM
REINA(SORENSEN)
ALEX/FIGUEROA/AGGER/FERDINAND/(DAWSON)
BENTLEY/MALOUDA/RONALDO/MARNEY/(PIENAAR)
DEFOE/ROBINHO (COLE)
MONEY AV. – 1.9 MIL
I WANT TO DO THE FOLLOWING….
REINA–> MYILL
MALOUDA–> LAMPARD
PIENAAR–> TEIXEIRA
MONEY AV. 0.3 MIL
OR
PIENAAR–> TEIXEIRA
COLE–> BENT
MONEY AV. 1.3 MIL
WHAT IS ADVISED IN THE LONG RUN?
ANY HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED, THANKS IN ADVANCE…
REINA–> MYILL
MALOUDA–> LAMPARD
PIENAAR–> TEIXEIRA
MONEY AV. 0.3 MIL
OR
PIENAAR–> TEIXEIRA
ROBINHO–> TORRES
MONEY AV. 0.3 MIL
WHAT IS ADVISED IN THE LONG RUN?
ANY HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED, THANKS IN ADVANCE…
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Reply by Sparky on November 11 9:36 pm:
Get Lampard
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Reply by Anorak on November 11 9:47 pm:
My ears hurt.
Oh and Defoe/Robinho/Bent would be sure to score points week in, week out.
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Don`t ditch Reina
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and the 8 extra points off?
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Hi Guys
I have been scouring the blogs for opinions on Bent over Defoe, but not seen any… What do you guys think? The games these teams have are not bad. Not sure the extra £ will help either…. Shipping out Young for Bentley though!!
cheers!
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Reply by SFC_fan on November 11 10:32 pm:
I done Defoe -> Bent last week. Made 12 points and 0.2m so far. Well worth it IMO.
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Reply by Jim Boukis on November 12 12:40 am:
Defoe takes penalties don’t 4get…
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Reply by Ibracadabra on November 11 10:47 pm:
Hey MT- Check out Never Captain Nicky Butt for the Bent over Defoe comments…
Personally I think it’s worth it, as long as you use the 1.5 extra in the bank to significantly upgrade a “weaker” spot in the team (for example upgrading from Bolton’s GK Jussi to say Liverpool’s Papa) etc.
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Villa for life
And Carew is my fav player, eurgh what a tough choice -.-
Ash Young is too a decent player, but with man. utd and arsenal coming, i may have to wave goodbye to one of the two
or maybe ireland xD
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Is it worth making fabregas captain this week considering hes taking set pieces while RVP is out injured and hes gradually getting back into form?
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Reply by MT on November 11 10:31 pm:
Ronaldo all day for me!
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Villa supporter too mate! Wanted to keep at least one Villa player in all season (especially Young) but they will not be paying me out over a £100 if I do not top my league come Xmas cuz of them:)Lol
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Any thoughts on whos gonna get lucky withe the Man-U right back roulette this week?
Neville and R D-Silva palyed tonight. Is Brown fit? (CLearly, i mean that in a ‘match-fit’ sense, no-one in their right minds could describe dear old Wes as ‘fit’).
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Fab ain’t THAT good a set piece taker, there’s a reason why he’s a 2nd choice kicker. So no from me, I’d captain someone else.
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Reply by Will on November 11 10:42 pm:
Yeah, Ronnie or Lampard against Stoke/West Brom. Between those 2 for me.
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Thinking of a cheeky play of subbing AYoung out for Diaby - given the successful formation Wenger used last time round, Diaby could profit from playing off the lone striker. Thoughts?
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Reply by Ibracadabra on November 11 10:51 pm:
If you don’t have to go - 4, then that sounds OK. But Diaby is far from guaranteed a full time spot when RvP / Adebayor return.
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Best 4.0 or 4.1 defender long term? Paintsil/Dawsen/Olsson/McShane/Other?
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Reply by holmesy on November 11 11:00 pm:
Paintsil or Dawson IMAO
What about this one, the toughest transfer decision in FPL…
Who is the best midfielder for < 6.2m????????
Any takers?
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Reply by Sojourner on November 11 11:03 pm:
Kranjcar for me. No Question asked. However his return in FPL will depend on where Adams starts playing him on a regular basis once Traore and Bel situation is sorted out. If he is pushed wide so so, but if he is pushed in or up….watch out.
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Reply by Fiji on November 12 4:07 am:
Carlos Villanueva
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I know no one can know, but i’m curious as to the debate. Its basically a coin flip but what is your input. I asked this earlier but here it is again. Defense vs. MF.
Each pair costs the same. Which pair will garnish more points in the long haul in your opinions. Mar and Paintsill would each be the 4th rotated MF and Defender respectively.
Marney and Carvahlo (once fit)
or
Modric and Paintsil (or other 4.1 Defender)
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Reply by Dr. Rog on November 11 11:15 pm:
modric and paintsil easily
carvalho is injury prone atm so i expect his season to be worth around 120 max. fulham are tight at the back and paintsil crosses a lot so you could be looking at around 90 i’d say for him
modric i reckon will fly under arry and get 150ish whilst marney plays for HULL, yes hull. 80pts max
The fact is you are choosing between modric and carvalho - modric will score more imo given his scoring record and recent performances… and i would rather have paintsil than marney as my sub
so you are quids in either way… (financially that combo will perform better too)
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Reply by Will on November 12 2:09 am:
I agree with the good doctor on Modric and Paintsil. But Marney has 42 pts already, unless his pts per game drops from 3.8 to under 1.5 he’s going to exceed 80pts this season…
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Reply by Panda Bear on November 12 3:00 am:
I can’t see Dean “A good cheap option for the start of the season” Marney doing anything special from here on in.
Hull have had a good start but will eventually start dropping more points then usual and finish mid table
PANDA BEAR!!!!
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Sorry, i’m spraying posts atm.
Who can’t say I have watched many Hull or Fulham matches. Who pushes forward more; Dawson or Paintsil?
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Reply by holmesy on November 11 11:06 pm:
Dawson takes the corners - thats all i know?!
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Anyone know why Dawson came off in the 63 minute of last weeks match? He isn’t on any injury list.
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Reply by Dr. Rog on November 11 11:27 pm:
he was injured the week before - maybe a precaution
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Reply by jms on November 11 11:27 pm:
Match report from Hull website said that he limped off and was replaced by Ricketts.
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Reply by Mark on November 11 11:51 pm:
I’ve added to the injury table as an unknown knock so keep an eye on this and I’ll update it when I know more.
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Is Arbeloa suspended this wkd? It doesn’t say it on the FPL website..
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Mark, you made me do it. Carew –> Bent
Not a brilliant week in the transfer market for me.. Bring in Carew, lost 0.1 on him whilst Bent goes up 0.1.. Whilst Downing remains deadwood; here’s hoping he produces against Bolton (h) and Newcastle (h), understandably, I’m not holding my breath..
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And instantly I’m regretting not putting Bendtner vs Villa (h) and then possibly Fuller vs WBA (h) and Hull (h)..
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does anyone think that bent will go up again tonight?
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he hasn’t peter.
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I really hope Fabregas doesn’t find form without RVP there because I was so patiant with him for 3 months and finally got rid of him before he scored 7 points !
If Bent doesn’t score this week, at least it’s a fail from everyone picking him up haha !
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Who’s the best spurs defender to transfer in?
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