Full scout notes will appear here later but already there is some fairly major injury news to digest with West Brom’s Ishmael Miller set to be out for six weeks.
The West Brom striker has reportedly picked up knee ligament damage after clashing with David James in today’s 1-1 draw at the Hawthorns…
Although results from a scan have yet to be confirmed by the Baggies, Sky Sports are reporting that scans have confirmed the injury. That will leave Tony Mowbray with Roman Bedar and Luke Moore as his only strikers with Premiership experience as they enter the busy Christmas period. It’s also a bitter blow for those fantasy managers who have invested in Miller’s not insubstantial budget potential.
Miller is now likely to be out until the middle of January, coinciding with West Brom’s inevitable search for at least one new striker, as they look to cling onto Premiership status.
The Baggies forward is owned by 4% of FPL managers – thanks to assured starts, three goals and two assists and a measly 5.0 price tag. Bednar will provide an instant alternative, although he appears less tempting at 5.4. Many Miller owners could turn to the likes of Derbyshire, Anichebe and Camara although none of those three offer any real security in terms of starting roles. Zamora at 5.2 is another candidate , although he has hardly had a productive season so far. Carlton Cole (5.5) could see some traffic coming his way given that he looks set to maintain his starting role for West Ham. Other than that, an upgrade to Stoke’s Fuller (5.6) or Hull’s King (6.2) may well be the best option available.
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whats up with ronaldo??????????????????? is he fit 4 next week i wonder, i think i will be taking his captaincy off him. who is the right man 4 captain next week?
Ronaldo is suspended next week!
Why do u reckon he’s suspended? With the Evra situation, am i right in thinking he is suspended for next game for the 5 bookings, then no game in wk18, then the 2 prem games of his 4 match suspension. So the next game he’ll play is Chelsea? is that right?
Lol…lets not start that suspension paranoia again.
As for the injury. We’ll have to wait until this time tomorrow I imagine before we get a squeak on his condition. He looked well enough when he picked up his gongs today though. Latest comments from Ferguson on the “hip injury” here…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/spo.....tball.html
no he’s not, is he? rooney is
Yep, Rooney and Evra both out of the Spurs game.
Quick question:
Which pair will get more points
Gerrard and M.Taylor(or 5.7 mid)
Arteta and Kuyt
Looks like Sidebe in then for me.
Yeah…he’s certainly another option.
Right now he’s looking more tempting than any of the other seriously budget options.
Zamora couldn’t hit a barn door and I’m concerned that C.Cole won’t get much change out of Chelsea and Villa.
Gutted as I’d only just brought in Miller to clear funds in other areas……the joys of FF
Marc,is Kranjcar gonna produce the goods over the next month or shud i look elsewhere?
bobby zamora is playing so well though- only a matter of time til he goes on a run of sorts i reckon. that said i have sidebie for the moment.
while we’re on the subject of barn doors- carlton right now is playing badly by even his own standards, proceed with extreme caution. zamora is thrice the player. he has footballing vision and brains in abundance.
When the ball hits your head and you’re sat in row Z – that’s Zamora…
LOL. But next week it could be
When the ball hits the goal
It’s not Shearer or Cole
It’s Zamoraaa
Mark had Zamora coming off the bench for Agger to notch 5 points so he wasn’t complaining.
BTW anyone else on here have him in their side for his only goal of the season in GW4.
When the ball hits the net, whos the scorer? i’ll bet. it’s – …ZAMORA.
think Granville’s line was sung by Brighton fans… yes, they made it up.
Yes he was a big player down here in Brighton, he scored so many decisive goals. Big shame that he hasn’t stepped up to the top level.
Have to agree although he is on my bench so not actually contributing…always seems to start though and scorded a goal this time out
Above refers to Sidibe…noooot Zamora!!!
What do you guys think of Sidibe? Mark didn’t mention him but he’s actually scored more pts and is the same price as Miller. I was toying with swapping Sidibe for Charlton Cole to free up 0.4m…
I really should refresh my browser before posting…
I wonder how many of us still kept faith with A Young. Was he playing up front with Agbonlahor?
I dropped him for Cahill this week. I’ve had him in all season
At least Cahill got an assist.
Agbonlahor was up front on his own. Young played on the wing.
guy 2nd in my mini league had young captain this week.
im now 2nd
I have him!
I certainly gave up on him months ago !
I posted a comment or two last week re Ashley Young’s performance in Villa’s last game in which, although it finished goalless, he played the best he’d played for ages. I said then that when he’s on top of his game he’s unbeatable.
With the performance he turned in in this afternoon’s game I think he’s defo returned to his best, and am looking forward to more of the same.
This is why he’s been in my side from the start. The boy’s a future England regular for sure.
Young did not have a good game I am sorry.
Evertons defense gave him two massive opportunities (one of which was a goal) and his 2nd goal was nice but a combination of (i) horrible lack of concentration from Everton (they thought it was over), (ii) a nice pass from Agbon and (iii) yes a very good finish.
All in all, Young had a decent game but far from the guy who had 17 assists last year. I am sorry but Carew is missed so much that I will not buy him back after todays performance
Your opening comment:”Young did not have a good game I am sorry.”
You then follow this with:
“his 2nd goal was nice”
“yes a very good finish”
“All in all, Young had a decent game”
Geezer, you’ve contradicted yourself big time. LOL.
Fair enough LOL
Still think Young did not have a great game…
I’ve had ashley young in from day one and if you actually watch the villa games week in week out you can see how unlucky he has been so far this season. Vs fulham he could easily have come away with three assists. He’s pure class and I don’t anticipate dropping him ever.
I’m with you all the way, Louie. Nico1 after having his own contradictions pointed out to him still thinks the guy had a bum game.
Well, if bagging 2 goals and getting man of the game is having a bad one I’d love to see what he defines as having a good one.
Touching the ball more than three times in the whole game…
Anyway if you actually watched the game and still think that Young did everything to score two goals (and Jagielka or a lack of concentration at the last minutes had nothing to do) then so be it.
Btw Young was no way MOTM except in the FPL
Remember, this is FANTASY football we’re talkng about. What’s effective for Fantasy football is what counts; not the relative merits in the real game.
If a player’s producing the goods, it doesn’t matter whether he only touches the ball 3 times. If he sores twice from 3 touches the guy’s doing fine in my book and, I suspect, many others!
The great thing about this community is that everyone’s entitled to their opinion, but there shouldn’t be any testiness involved.
SYH (shake your hand).
I know this is all fantasy, I am just saying that the guy might not have Jagielka to give him a goal every game.
If he is playing like he did this afternoon, it is actually likely that he will go back to his 2/3 points a week…
Anyway we will see next week
I’m a Wednesday fan.. I know I know but anyway for a cheap midfielder is it worth a punt on Brunt he seems to be playing quite far forward for the Baggies.
For that price get Marney
young in for arteta?? i dont usualy go with the last game results but he was impressive and he’s gona go up, everton have man city and chelsea next with no forwards so might be a good time to do it.. but arteta did get some assists and bonus the 3 previous weeks… hmm
need a cheap forward for 4.6/4.7 or so without makin a lot of changes =/ not good…
might have to stretch it to sidibe =/
I say don’t drop a quality player except for an impending price drop and a big fixture differential. Man City are good up front but weak at the back so don’t drop Arteta just for the Chelsea match especially if you are sitting on profit.
102pts! It always amazes me how jammy some people get
http://fantasy.premierleague.c.....p;event=16
Great score yes but I imagine everyone here has a higher overall score than 735. This guy is the equivalent of a Tour de France sprinter, might win a stage or two but no chance overall. The same goes for anyone without Ronaldo.
Thanks for putting me down i have 715 points!
Granville please give me advice on how to be in the top 10,000 managers for next year!
Oops, sorry mate. Just look for advice of this forum, you can’t go far wrong. Anyway I guarantee by the end of this season you’ll be ahead of this one week wonder.
Well I haven`t done too bad without Ronny ALL season 878 points so far
Haha and with ‘Bonus magnet’ Traore on the bench too.
You were definately jammy .
Does this mean Owens back on form ?
Schwing – Dream team?
That’s not my team! I need Bent to score 15 goals tomorrow to break that 100pt barrier!
*jealous envy*
Please Bent need a hattrick from you tomorrow! What a cr*p week.
I need Bent NOT to score more than 5 , coz my Head 2 Head has got him
marc, kudos on calling it so well with greening. i am kicking myself. for so long i was ashley’s biggest supporter but recently lost faith. oh well. midfield of lamps ron ireland geo (typical i know) has served me well…
Well done Mark in your Scout Pick – you are a genius picking Greening? How well you must have done!
He didn’t actually pick him himself. He was just trying to get Granville to sign him and he scored by accident. Of course I still have Belhadj, kindly recommended by said genius, and royally effed up today by a combination of Greening and Adams.
How much would Messi and Kaka be priced in FPL?
Is Aaron Lennon the next best thing in the up and coming game weeks?
Is Hyypia the new option from the Xmas bargain basement?
BJ
hyppia is an option sprung straight out of joseph fritzel’s basement.
‘BEWARE THE RAFATATION’
I’m keeping an eye on Lennon myself certainly, gone down to 6.6. See how he’s going this time next week after Man Utd
Never mind Messi and Kaka…I want to know how much Diego Capel is a) going to cost Chelski and b) going to cost in the FPL come January….they missed Robinho although he was the wrong side so they must get Capel
My guess would be 7.5
I don’t really believe these players will be at Eastlands this Christmas. Santa maybe ?
Hyppia – no, becos he wont play every week and Skrtel is due back around Xmas.
first of this is my team myhill in goal. with my defenders are dawson. a. traore, Evra and Olsson and Griffin. My midfielders are Geovanni, Ireland,lampard,ronaldo and Xabi Alosno. My forwards are ameobi, Robinho and Anelka. Now i have to change evra due to his suspension but for who ? Shall i change lampard for gerrard ? What do you think are the weak areas in my team ? What changes would you make ? At the moment i have no money left . Please help. Thank you very much
See previous replies
I would start off by doing a straight swap of Evra to A.Cole. Then maybe look at downgrading one of your expensive forwards to someone like Defoe for example. Then you can slowly start to improve your defence by adding a liverpool defender (Arbeola for example) and someone like laursen of Villa. once gameweek18 out of the way you could possibly buy evra back. your midfield looks OK at mo so i would treat improving your defence as the priority.
Hope this may be of some help to you.
Your team stinks:
1/ Get a keeper…Reina.
2/ Get a second good defender…Cole/Arbeloa. Play 3 at the back picking one of the 3 cheapies depending on fixtures.
3/ Evra is now suspended for 3 games and his next one is v’s Chelsea.
4/ Dawson is injured but may be back soon. Even so Hull are shipping goals like crazy (see keeper above)…so are Stoke and Olsson doesn’t play much. So your reserves couldn’t be much worse.
5/ Your midfield is fine except Alonso is a defensive “sitter”. Look at his goal record. He’s the least of your problems though.
6/ Ameobi is a reserve.
So you need to look at how much cash you need to solve some of these problems. Then you need to look at Ronaldo/Lampard/Anelka/Robinho and decide who to sell.
Good luck. You need it. Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!you.
Fix up the defence and quick because this season turns out to be a season for defenders. maybe its too late to gain maxium benfits from the likes of boswinga & carrager because their prices has risen however better late then never so I would change lampard for a M. Taylor (£5.7m) or similar and strenghthen the defence.
Have you noticed he asks and asks and asks but doesn’t say thank you.
I think you were a bit hard on him…..but you are right…I replied to him hours ago and got no response
Maybe I was a bit hard on him but he didn’t say thank you to anyone else either.
you need to get rid of Evra & Ronaldo
who’s the better option?? Milner or Sidwell
I had Milner at the start of the season. Sidwell was injured at that point. I was astonished MON didn’t play him for so long £12m for a Villa reserve…I ask you. I think they are both decent shouts. Villa are an attcking team. Sidwell seems poor in the air. I think they are inferior choices to Ireland and Geovanni but that’s just me.
A big big sorry to ashley young, i should never of doubted you. So the plan to get mr young back……………….. Thinking of playing 3-5-2 as midfielders seem to more reliable points scorers. So i could switch young for mullins and downgrade one of my strikers, but which one: zaki, aghbon, defoe?
I would need to see your whole team.
Agbon I think. That way if Villa have a bad week, it won’t hurt too much
Reina (schwarzer) a cole, caragher, belhadji (fig, painstil) lamps, ron, ireland, geo (mullins) defoe, zaki, aghbon.
I think your team is really good. No need to thrash about following short-term form fluctuations. Belhadj ( I have him too ) seems to Adamsated most weeks. Mullins could be improved to Marney if you had £0.4m and some of that cash could maybe be saved on Belhadj. Zaki needs to be watched carefully but presumably you are sitting on profit.
Basically I think you are in tweakland. Have confidence in your fine team. Avoid 4 point penalties and trust in decent luck.
You could consider Ryan Taylor for Figueroa.
Thanks dirtytackler. I think if i take figs out it will be a non wigan player such as bassong, so to avoid gw18. Incidently what formation do you play?
I think Fulham/Bolton/Wigan are probably the best choices for cheap defenders because they will probably be at the top end of the relegation struggle. Stuffy teams scrapping for points. Stoke and Hull worse candidates.
So if you are carrying on playing 3 cheap defenders I’d be interested to know who you are considering.
Same as you 3-4-3.
sorry bassong my bad
Any Spurs fans out there who can advise if lennon looks to be a regular starter under redknap?
You don’t need to be a spurs fan to know who’s in the team. Never mind that though. Look at his fantasy record over the seasons. Look at his actual record this season. Remember that Modric is injured. Reflect on the fact that he’s not a regular starter and look elsewhere.
difficult one. but since he’s on fire at the mo i would expect him to get the field time he and the team deserve. redknapps no fool
edb
(yiddo!)
An easy FPL decision though.
Cheers Edb, Going to transfer him in tonight before Maloudas price drops.
He didn’t want help…he just wanted someone to confirm what he’d already decided.
Certainly dont want your help bud, you are all mouth and dont read questions properly. you answer questions like you are god. now go and bullshit some more.
PS i bet you like mens bums.
It’s mainly the taste I go for.
Take it easy JN, you still got some good advice.
No need to get nasty round here….I think dirtytackler was only trying to tell you that 1 goal and 1 assist all season is hardly on fire which is probably why he doesn’t stay on the pitch….I would wait to see what he does tomorrow, but long term there are about 75 midfielders above him having better seasons and certainly 50 in that price range.
I suggest you read the question properly also.
I suggest you take the replies in the spirit meant….this is FANTASY football afterall.
I can’t be the only one looking at other options to Lamps this week can I? With the likes of Kuyt, A.Young and Cahill enabling 2-3 million freed up, I must say I’m sorely tempted. I get this horrible feeling Lamps may well have a blinding season behind the scenes but in fantasy points value it’s clearly effected when Decos in the starting line up. Anyone else getting that itchy trigger finger yet?
He’s a proven points machine. I bet you have at least one weak player in your team could be improved without cash. Look what I said to Jimmy up above.
Yep, I’d agree he’s a proven points machine BUT you can’t deny this is when Deco is missing. His role and positioning alters and when you expect him to pop up in a goal threatening position he’s nowhere to be seen. If he doesn’t have the same number of opportunities surely he can’t possibly offer the same amount of value?
I’m going to get rid of ronaldo because i feel that i would score better points by spreading my money around on all areas of my team not just on one player. Might even consider using my wild card is it worth it? or is it too early?
It’s a huge decision to keep him or sell him either way. Your whole season will be ruined if he plays to last seasons standard. Look at his form when he came back from injury. Think about how tough your captain choices will be. Look at the teams the top players have. Only you can decide.
I know its rare as flying pigs to get thanked on here but nevertheless your goin to recieve one. So thanks for the Sound advice and I think i might take the risk but i won’t act until AFTER the podcast is released.
*Mark if your reading mention ur views on ronaldo in your podcast.
Your welcome. I do think he’s very expensive and you could do really well with a load of Chelsea/Liverpool/ManU defenders and Ireland/Geovanni and big strikers. Very big decision as I said.
Having just watched the MOTD highlights who was it who said Laursen got a bonus point for standing around doing nothing again?? The guy runs the Villa defence and must be keeping shares in ibuprofen at an all time high he heads the ball that often. He’s not flashy but he is solid.
Totally agree Mr Benn but did you see that sitter of a header that seemed to miss his head entirely today? That aside I’m struggling to see a better option at 6.2 mill.
That meant to say did you see that sitter he missed as I only heard it on Radio 5.
Have to hold up my hands
….I made the comment because I only listened on Radio 5 but having watched the MOTD highlights he stays in my team….has been there since GW 1 so I have to be thankful for the points week in week out.
Was big Villa fan last season and at beginning of this season with Carew, AY and Laursen but the edge seems to have gone off without Carew and all that Barry nonsense so waiting for Carew to come back from injury and then might bring AY back in as well.
Have a gut feeling Villa could be pushing top 4 towards the end of the season
No i didn’t but i did see Geovanni miss 2 sitters with his head by a mile. Talk about Mr 20p head!!!
Haha, Mr 20p head… haven’t heard that before.
Any suggestions on where i could improve my team??
reina (schwarzer)
bosingwa laursen arbeloa belhadj (figeruoa)
ronaldo lampard ireland (delap marney)
robinho defoe king
0.0 in the bank!
To be honest bob it does not luck like it needs too much improving, just rely on your gut feeling as fixtures come up.
Come on Bob…you have to know there is not much wrong with that team. Only suggestion I could make is perhaps Paintsil or Konchesky for Belhadj….or even Cahill if you have an extra 0.1 to spare. Unless you have spare money I cannot see how you are going to do better than delap.
I have never rated Belhadj apart from the one goal so perhaps the 0.3/.4 you could make by swapping in Konchesky or Paintsil could be used to upgrade delap or king, but you are not going to get much better for either of them.
All-in-all this is a good team and the only way to improve it might be to swap Reina for someone like Sorensen giving you 2mil to play around with for a loss of about 1pt per game over the long term, then a Defoe or a Zaki are affordable but that only gets you back about 1pt a game (Defoe Goal or Liverpool cleansheet?).
Its too late for this garbage…your on your own mate!
Thats a quality team
VERY similar to mine, except ures is clearly worth a fair bit more as you have all the players I wish I could afford to upgrade mine to!
Mine is:
Reina (Schwarzer)
Alex, A Cole, Arbeloa, Luke Young (Olsson)
Ronaldo, Lampard, Geo (Marney, Mullins)
Robinho, Defoe, King
0.0 in the bank too!
Only changes I’d make to your team would be to swap out belhadj (i had him until this week but portsmouth cant clean sheets, just swapped Luke Young for him), and I’d get rid of Figs too, wigan dont look like keepin clean-sheets, paintsill of fulham at 4.2 looks like a good option
swap Ronny for Gerrard
Thats the thing with Laursen he gets the bonus points the odd goal and clean sheet, and boy does he try hard, but yeah he got 1 bonus point, Ashley young got 3 suprise suprise!
Bassong is another cheapy defender, he’s just 4.0 and looked solid enough, but newcastle and clean sheets = / …but there probably still one of the best of the low ends, and 4.0 is as cheap as it gets
Still with the arteta for young Dilema..
Cech
Bosingwa – Laursen – Figueroa (Pantsil, Griffin)
Ronaldo – Ireland – Lampard – Arteta – Delap
Robhino – Zaki (Miller)
0.3 in the bank, if i get young for arteta ive to swap delap for ashbee! not to great, but my cheapy sub defenders arent to bad… so i could always put them in…
Also Who to replace miller? Sidibe? its tight and i need someone cheap… ah decisionssssssssssssss, any advice?
Just a thought but what about freeing up some money by switching Robinho to Benjani (just til Jan) or are you sitting on too much Robinho profit? But honestly not sure that Arteta to AY is going to gain you much
Am I right in thinking that Ashely Young will repeat Defoe’s “protected rise”? I am not sure if “protected rise” is the correct term to use, but I assume because of the ‘yellow tag’ (meaning a 7-day price protection), any subsequent rise in the following 7 day period will be nullified? Obviously because of the 15-point gameweek, we can expect Young’s NTI to exceed the Target NTI, but because of the tag, will this mean a repeat of Defoe’s nullified rise?
Good post Fab. I would be keen to hear others thoughts on this as perhaps wouldn’t have rushed the Defoe transfer had I known he was randomly protected – he even disappeared off CTC
In FPL click on Lamps (i) button and compare his stats (specifically points total) with Decos from the drop down menu. Theres definitely a pattern emerging. You can clearly that when Deco was injured and recovering Lamps scored the majority of his points. You could argue it’s still early days but this coupled with the fact he looks as though hes playing a slightly different role on the pitch makes me nervous that I’m wasting time.
Good point. In the four games where Deco did not play (or only came in at the end), Lampard averaged almost 8 points a game. However, in the games where Deco did play, Lampard averaged 5.7 points a game. Only Ronaldo has scored at a higher rate and only Geo is close at 5.6. Until a midfielder (such as Young) approaches Lampard’s numbers, he is still a good pick, even at the price.
As a Lamps supporter have to agree…..but I would rather get a real left winger and two up front with Lamps just behind….that is where he comes into his own with assists, corners etc. etc.
If you see my previous post I think Ballack, Deco and Lamps all on the same with just the lone striker is too muddled through the middle and not enough width.
The Chelski team I want for Xmas:
Cech
Bosingwa Terry Carvallho Bridge
Cole Essien(holding) Lamps (up behind the fwds) Diego Capel
Drogba Anelka
The the home goals will fly in with good wing backs and wings bring the ball all the way to the goal line and cutting back to Drogba and Anelka in the box with Lamps cleaning up the rebounds.
Can Deco play on the left wing, do we need Capel Trinidad, should we bring back Robben or Duff?
Deco missed GW 5-8…
in those GWs Lampard scored 31pts…
the next 4 GWs in which Deco also played the full 90mins, Lampard scored 29pts.
IMO Lumpolard is simply out of form. There is no corellation with Deco’s presence in the team as they have both started together ever since and done paaaants!! (exception GW16, Deco)
A possible theory could be that Chelsea are using the flanks more in the final third as more and more opposition teams are taking their team bus onto the field with them. As a result 6/8 of their assists in the last 5 games have come from their wide players e.g Bosingwa (3), Kalou (2) and Malouda (1). With the other 2 coming from Lampard and Ballack.
Out of the 8 goals they scored in the last 5 games, 5 have come from Anelka, 1 from Bosingwa and 1 each from Deco and Lampard.
So all in all in the last 5 games Chelsea’s central midfield players have contributed 2 assists and 2 goals out of the 8 that they have scored.
Watching highlights of some of Chelsea’s matches lately, Lampard still gets forward and has several half chances in and around goal. It just simply isn’t quite happening for him at the moment, one of those flat phases I’m sure will turn around soon. A Young wasn’t doing much fantasy points wise for awhile but still in good form…..
Good post Skilla – nice alternative take on things
Thanks Sparky :p
I respect your breakdown Skilla however Lampard doesn’t appear the same player when Deco is on the pitch. It maybe just me searching for a reason for Lamps’ bad form of late but I’m sure it’s having an effect. There’s also no denying that Deco has stolen many of the bonus points where Lamps was always a bonus magnet. It maybe the FPL bonus points guys sees a bit of foreign flair more worthy than 90mins of non-stop running?
Actually just read that back and although Deco has stole bonus points on a couple of weeks it isn’t that regularly. It seems I’m searching for an excuse to get rid!?
I think you are looking for an excuse to get rid of him Tjmoray. As I stated in the last post:
“Deco missed GW 5-8…
in those GWs Lampard scored 31pts…
the next 4 GWs in which Deco also played the full 90mins, Lampard scored 29pts.”
Lampard still scored more or less the same points with Deco in the team. Which I think clearly proves that Deco’s presence doesn’t effect Lampard’s scoring ability. For me he is just off form at the moment. Take him out for Gerrard.
im having a terrible few weeks……was 5,000 overall 6 weeks ago, now 50,000
Saying that though, I still know enough to know that Sidibe is a pretty weak option. He seems to have racked up a few points but from what i know of him he couldnt hit a barn door if he was holding the handle. There are much better goal scorers available.
Im thinking Anichebe as a short term option at 5.4M. He looked very good today…… hopefully the knock he took at the end is nothing to worry about
Another shocking week just above 30 unless Bent explodes.
Miller another problem.
35 with c cole and woodgate to go, average
thank you for everyone who helped me . sawprevious posts saying i didnt say thanks so …. thanks !
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