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It’s a nice distraction on this dark and cold Tuesday evening.
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Is anyone considering getting Berbatov?
isnt he injured?
Knee problem. He was left out of the squad that travelled to Germany for the game to Wolfsburg and according to SAF it was down to an injury that makes him a doubt for the game to Villa. [source]
From injuries and bans above
Thanks, but with United having so many injuries which players will probably be in the weekend line-up to start?
giggs
Reoccurring that knee injury too.. not looking good for berba.
I don’t think it’s re-occurring (this time), to be fair if it is then yes it’s a problem. I still think it’s more likely than not that SAF just ‘made up’ some trivial problem as an excuse to leave his two big strikers at home.
I was just discussing with a mate today the exact same thing. It would be typical and clever of SAF to detract from what could’ve been a bad result against Wolfsburg by fielding such a weak team. I’ll happily put a tenner on both Rooney and Berbatov making ‘comebacks’ against Villa.
Fran, I put in Berbatov last week after he impressed me mightily in his 60 minutes against Spurs in the Carling Cup. Hope he gets to pull the strings at the weekend.
From Zippy, George and Bungle on 606: “Gabriel Obertan was on the field for a total of 18 minutes and set up two goals. Can we now just give him the left-wing position with Luis Valencia on the right, please?
^^^^THIS!
Let’s hope Giggs gets injured then so we can buy a £5m cheapie. He’ll be weened in all year, unless just that happens…
I remember when Obertan first signed the reviews weren’t that great and now his taking people by storm fair play to him. His got in front of a few player at Man United what’s happened to Tosic and Nani is so far down the pecking order now.
Apart from his assist Nani was dreadful again tonight. Gave the ball away countless times which is one of SAF’s pet hates.
Yeah, or SAF chooses to play Giggs in the attacking mid role like last season. Weening looks far more likely though definitely.
Evra was captain tonight nice
evens with pp for leeds to win this in extra time..great price…1 of these chances must go in…its an onslaught…
Dunno mate it’s Leeds we’re talking about.
happy days..feel for kettering but it was too good a price to turn down…
I’m afraid if SAF might rest Rooney and let him recover, and play Owen this weekend after his hat trick.
Can Owen manage back to back games with this fitness levels?
Definitely captaining Defoe now.
me too
Just saw Ronaldo’s free kick. That has to have been 30+ yards! What a strike!
Unbelieveable!!!
what a cracker alright!
He’s such an arrogant, strutting cockerel tho!
Question for you experts out there
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I am in a private league, with a 60 point lead over quite a closely bunched pack behind. There is a £40 prize for top after GW20. Should I look to match there teams, look for differentials or just play my own game? Also, thinking of making a triple sub (-8 points), but think it will be good for the medium term (at least up to GW20)
dont take the hits unless you need to (very tempting when you have a lead but if they go wrong it is a sure way of falling back into the chasing pack and I know from painfull experience of losing a 100pt lead in my first season), and other than that play your own game would be my advice.
Thanks Dino. I am very keen to bolster my defence with Evra, and swap Gerrard for Arsahvin, and changing Rodellega for Franco (very good value forward imo). Need to swap my keeper for GW17 too. That’s the plan!
Your link still shows gw14, but I managed to see what you had in gw15 and that team is pretty good save for one Hull player who will not have a game in gw17; and an injured Wolves player. There are also question marks over David Dunn.
I’d bring Ridgewell or another Brum defender in for Zubar and sit tight. An 8 point hit will only help the challengers reduce that lead!
Thanks JOMT. The injured Wolves player was just to keep the money down. Wanna play 3-4-3 most of the time, but sometimes 4-4-2, so don;t ever intend to use him. The triple sub will also give me better cover for those on 4 yellows and injuries.
those look like decent moves philm. A temporary keeper is a must for gw17 also but other than that you are ticking along nicely
Philman. You’re 1 point in front of me so you must know better than me. But I’m sure you’ll go for the play your own game option. Best scores are best scores.
And what on Earth was wrong with a team worth 87 points?
Sorry, that was GW14 as JOMT pointed out!
Some excellent responses, much appreciated!!
Philman, I’d forget about the other teams and play your own game. 60pts isn’t that big a lead so even if you have a completely identical team to your rival, they can still overtake with captains. Keep doing what you’ve done so far!
Thanks Marknlard. Do you think an 8 point hit is a bad idea unless you absolutely have too? I am sure that medium term it is a good move (Zayatte -> Evra, Gerrard -> Arshavin, Rodellega -> Franco).
No way of knowing whether Rooney will play against Villa – but if he doesn’t, I think he’ll be back for Wolves at home…so you’d be brave to drop or sell him
A. Cole + Tevez
or
Ivanovic + Robinho ????
first option for sure
How did everyone think Robinho did against Chelsea?
Wonder if his worth a differential if Rooney don’t make it which seems likely only 2% own and it could be a good deal.
Grellllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!
Can someone tell me what happened??!@!
Leeds score
Miiiiiiike Grella!!
And another from Kandol! Job (finally) done.
Phew! It’s hard work supporting Leeds, I’ll tell you that.
3-1 Kandol.
What a finish from Grella to make it 4. Brilliant goal.
Have Leeds many English players? (plaintively)
Well tonight they had Bromby, White, Howson, Hughes and Beckford starting, and Capaldi come on as a sub. Whether they’re English “plaintively” or not I don’t know…
capaldi’s northern irish…
15 saves for Lee Harper
Plus 5
Another question – fiso much more reliable than Fantasy Tools?
I don’t really know – for example FISO has Dunn on 80% of the way to a drop but Frank’s site says he should have dropped last night – both sites still not 100% accurate despite the hard work put in. Both invaluable as guides to price rises/falls though.
JOMT, your link shows GW14 too, hehe!
Thanks for that – I think we are OK now?
Parfait!!!
more like the other way round but you are safer using both and if in doubt err on the side of caution
hey dino u still gona do ur ultra chelsea defence like u were saying saturday nite?
would u believe despite my displeasure over the weekend looks like im gona keep steve g for a while yet!
what are your thoughts behind keeping Stevey G, is it purely fixtues, or Torres coming back?
hey phil,
have a few reasons
i have following midfield now
lennon, fabregas, gerrard, reid, ohara,
if i were to downgrade gerrard there are only 2 options i would consider : valencia /arshavin , i already have united attackers covered so that leaves arshavin however im hedging my bets on niclaus bendtner coming back pre week 20 double gameweek and puttting him in my frontline.
another reason for gerard is the upcoming fixtures of
ARS WIG por WLV, added to this torres is coming back so im hoping for an upturn on in liverpools attackin output.
and given that i plan to get rid of drogba as he is leavin for africa soon , keeping gerrard allows me to swap to lampard week 20 for chelsea amazing run of fixtures over january and cover chelsea attacking wise.
took a lot of tinking and waying up but i reckon ill keep him until week 20 and swap to lamps then.
this is line up ive planned for week 20,
will have gerrard to avail of liverpools good run and then swap to lamps week 20. gona try get tevez to avail of city s amazing run aswell.
current line up
hart / sorenson
bikey, turner, a cole,( hangeland), (dann )
gerrard , fabregas, lennon, reid (o hara)
fletcher, drogba (c) , rooney
possible week 20:
sorenson
faye, a cole, evra, dann (bikey)
lampard, fabregas, lennon, (o hara, reid)
rooney , bendtner, tevez
dbronaldo, I appreciate you sharing your thoughts. I ask as I am thinking of changing Gaerrard to Arshavin. They both have good fixtures, but I always planned to change to Arshavin once Arsenal lost Van Persie. I agree with Bendtner being great value on his return, and I also have to think of a plan for Drogba going GW20. Don;t forget Arsenal have a double game in GW20. I just see Arshavin outscoring Gerrard until then as well.
ya i have planned for week 20,
with liverpool fixture up to week 18 i reckon gerrard could / will get some big scores epecially the way wigan porthsmouth and wolves are defending.
i tink fabs and bendtner will do me ok in week 20, and il have lamps to cover chelsea attack aswell, i dont want arsh fabs and bendtner 4 week 20 and i feel bendner is well worth it 4 6m,
i already have fabs so
essentially it was
arshavin and forward 8mil ??( saha, bent)
or
lamps and bendtner
so its an easy choice if bendtner comes back
Again, nice insight. I agree that Fabs, Arshavin and Bendtner could be overkill, but the is no guarantee Bendtner will be back, or even a regular.
Also, why have you made so many subs, and had so many point hits?
I can see you faith in Gerrard given you captained him away to Blackburn!!
I would not bet on bendtner coming back for gw20 I read somewhere that they are looking at the fa cup game in the middle of that double wk for his come back game
still thinking about it db, Even if I do it it will be over the next few gw’s and I have a back out option before bringing in the last def.
I like to keep my plans loose just so long as I know what direction I want to go so as I dont leave myself short by using up cash just because it is lying around in the bank.
If say you brought in evra just because you had an extra 2.0m in the bank and find that arhsavin has a nice double in 5/6weeks time and when the time comes you are 1m or so off the transfer you are either going to waste a transfer to try and raise the cash/take a point hit to do it/miss out
I think it is important to have a 5-10 week plan but it is obviously going to be flexible due to form/rotation/injuries etc
ya i agree, i have ‘ a plan’ but its certainly not set in stone,
depends on form of
gerrard, lamps and arshavin,
fitness of bendtner and his role,
basically id like one of the big boys to go with fabs given there fixtures. u still gona hold out on lamps or have u made ur mind up yet?
wont have to make up my mind for another couple of weeks so I’ll wait and see what his form is like. If he could start getting back into the 3bp territory in which case he would be the fulcrum of the team again then I will prob hold onto him but not looking good at the moment.
Keep an eye on bendtner for that double as I pointed out above db as I doubt he will be back (he was part of my plan also)
why are these 3 gameweeks like 3 days apart from each?
there’s always a few premier league midweeks during the season…
ive been looking at alternatives for drogba most of the day:
the joy of been a student on a break
dare i say it im thinking of tevez…..may do drogba > tevez around week 18 and swap gerrard to lampard to cover chelsea attack wise.
i really like tevez fixtures from week 18:
SUN STK wlv BLA eve stk POR hul
i know it be a major gamble
plus the extra £ alllows me to buy evra
could be a differential. Nice fixtures but i have Ade already.
I think City’s fixtures are really good but like I said earlier they will either turn a corner after the win over Chelsea or continue to underperform v the weaker teams. I think their goal average v bottom half team is 1.71 goals whilst against top half teams it is more like 2 goals…
The Ade captaincy flops v Hull and Burnley finished me off but I would be inclined to look at somebody like SWP to take advantage of those good fixtures. Likewise Chelsea and United have equally good if not better fixtures but the conundrum lies in getting in consistent, reasonably priced midfieders from those teams to complement the typical forward lines of Rooney/Drogba/Bent or Rooney/Defoe/Drogba etc…
fair points. pity city are so inconsistent
yes!! finally won some money tonite after leeds finally decided you have to score goals to win matches in ET
congrats
Unless your bet was on the 90 minute market! I hope you bet on the overall winner though, in which case congrats.
Hi Amelie’s Dad from Shipston. I see you’re a Brakes fan. I went to see them early in the season against Banbury,when they were playing well. Since then they have fallen away a bit – is there any particular reason for this?
I thought Wolfsburg’s odds were too tempting to ignore. Another loser for me.
me 2 MnL but i made it back on leeds winning in xtra time…
what is rooney’s chance of playing?
Last time I looked at the site he was 54% of playing but this % has been going down daily.
no he’ll play.
im doing hangeland out for ivanovic…should i take a 4 point hit and also do bent in for agbonlahor??
Hangeland is very close to rising….maybe make a buck or two first?
i bought him at 5.1 and if he goes up ill still not make anything…
Okay, just thought I would raise the point, encase…
In reply to your Question …. I wouldn’t take the hit personally. bent is not really in form at the moment. And Agbonlahor is against a depleted Man U defence, thats more reason to keep him this weekend, I can see AV getting a result.
yea ur prob right but ive a feeling bents in for a big week but i think ill not bother taking a hit…
i need to work out how to get torres or gerrard in asap after arsenal game…
why?
Seriously this decision is the worst for me all season. Im racking my brains, i go to remove gerrard every week but dont, and he always dissapoints, im too scared about removing him on the week he explodes.
In short – its
Gerrard and Bellamy – (at the moment)
Of swap them to
Defoe and Lennon
Votes pleaseeeeeeeeeee
I’d say yes…………but dont have any of them!!
Would get Defoe in if I could.
While both Lennon and Defoe have their good points, for my money two gentlemen of the ’spurs’ persuasion is just a little enthusiastic – especially given that both are currently experiencing inflated prices.
Prices and money dont matter, purely goign by a points this week basis! Thanks tho i think its gota be defoe and lennon
I vote swap. Man City are so inconsistent, and Spurs have got Wolves at home.
I agree. My dilemma is Lampard out (similar to Gerrard out), but how can you justify 12+m not scoring hwen loads of cheaper ones are???
im in same boat as u, i have gerrard and have just now accepted would be crazy to get rid until week 20, he will pay us back! just keep faith
But he, and the team loooooooooook soooooooooo rubbbbishhhhhhhhhh
what do you think you will do? see gezza and lamps cud easily smack it on with 10 – 15 – 20 points at any moment
Defoe yes, Not sure about Lennon. Looking at the stats Lennon tends to murder the weak teams and do sod all against the better teams. Having said that Tottenham have got some nice fixtures coming up. Including a battle against Wayne Bridge in GW17
I’m at a loss what to do with this team now! I thought I was heading in the right direction too…
Sorensen (Myhill)
Cole A, Vermaelen, Evra, Dunne, (Zayatte)
Dempsey, Fabregas, Dunn, (Bowyer, O’Hara)
Defoe, Rooney, Agbonlahor
Myhill needs changing this week or next, But my other changes are in doubt due to price changes and injury concerns
ur team’s pretty good…maybe sell agbondlahor for rodallega, bent, or fletcher.
Tiger had Kirsty Gallacher aswel! WTF crazy
How many hole-in-ones is that now?
lol
He must be on the back 9 by now
The guy’s fast turning into a legend. I’m actually interested in him now, but not in the biblical sense.
I fear for Mikel Arteta.
According the injury table he’s out for another 91 years. That seems like one hell of an injury…
That really takes the biscuit!
Think how much his price will drop.
I hope rooney will be fit for wolves , dont mind 2 much bout villa, can play scharner instead…
Lennon for captain!
your mad, lennon!
id be nervous if i was as high as u colina and not have a chelsea defender or drogba for the coming weeks….no?
United take on Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday and Fergie said he expected to have some of his injured players back.
“We expect Nemanja Vidic to be fit for Saturday’s game,” said Fergie.
“Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov will both be fit, as will Ryan Giggs.
“If we have that availability, then we’ll be ok.”
source fleeto?
Linked in an article just posted on the site Dino and tweeted by GreekFan.
cheers mark just catching up on some posts hadn’t spotted the tweet. Makes dino a happy man going to bed tonight now though
night jim bob, night mary ellen
Hey guys, after some advice…
My team is –
Sor (Jensen)
Evra Turner Scharner (Song Collins)
Fab Demp Young A Giggs (O’Hara)
Drog Ade Agbon
Was thinking about Collins out Dann in and Agb out Defoe in
Any reasons why I should or shouldn’t please guys.?
Also have 2 transfers and 0.0 Spare cash.!
Looks like two good transfers to me. Birmingham’s fixtures stiffen up after the next two games though. Blackburn have some better fixtures in the long term and are pretty strong at the back.
hey phil in reply to ur comment from above:
ya made a few too many transfer early on, too many realy as i messed up wildcard, and got pretty sick of it, so just went craxy 4 a week or 2,
back on track now,
should be alot higher than i am but stil i reckon i can have a good year.
ya regarding gerrard had way too much fate in him last weekend just felt blackburn would be tired and he could have been a differntial.
Just seen this post lurking away from the originla posts. It seem most here think ditching Gerrard despite GWs coming up is till a good thing. I know it is scary ditching a player that may be due a good week, but on current form, you gotta say he is over priced (Lampard too). I guess you will have the “I told u so” coversation next week, after my 8 point hit and no Gerrard. I look forward to it!
i reckon i have to give gerrard a go over next few weeks given his fixtures,
i watched the blackburn game and he did seem to be becoming more involved although far below his normal self,
its just hope at the moment and given i dont want to invest in valencia or arshavin for a hit il keep gerrard at least until week 19.
The problem for me is without transfering Gerrard, I cannot do anything with my team. Swapping Gerrard for Arshavin, I get get Evra for Zayatte, as long as I sub Rodellega for Franco. I think Franco would be an excellent 3rd striker in a 3-4-3, or sub in a 4-4-2 at his price,and then I have both Evra and Ivanovic for cleanies. Unfortunately, an 8 point hit, and 1.3 in the bank.
Leaving Gerrard in mean I lose Evra. I also need to sub my 2nd keeper for GW17, so I would be getting hits still if I left them for a week.
ya i see what u mean,
i want evra also but am not in such a rush given there injuries, i plan to wait until week 18 and downgrade drogba to get in tevez and get evra 4 hangeland,
given ur goalie predicatament that should be priority num 1
and maybe given fixtures u could also downgrade milner > bowyer/ larson
and that would free up some nice cash 4 brown, he should be back by then
this week
milner> larsoon/ bowyer
next week
simonsen > hart
zubar > wes brown
wt u tink?
hmm, I see what you are doing, but I am not keen on the long term presence of Brown, although other centre backs are out until Jan, but dunno how long Brown is out for. Not keen on losing Milner at the mo either. I know he has a tough fixture list, but he is bang on form too. I am happy to leave Zubar too as a sacraficial cheepy, as I only need 3/4 defenders in a 3-4-3 or 4-4-2 formation.
It’s damn tough this game ain’t it.
What about Zayatte -> Evra, Milner -> Bowyer this week, leaving 0.4 for next weeks keeper sub?
ya 2 good subs,
like them both and both good 4 the future.
stil does not get Arshavin in though, which I think is a real good move at the mo. Tempted by Bowyer and Wes Brown too – you really got me thinking, cheers!!
Sorenson or Hart in goal this week?
sorenson
tommo
United take on Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday and Fergie said he expected to have some of his injured players back.
“We expect Nemanja Vidic to be fit for Saturday’s game,” said Fergie.
“Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov will both be fit, as will Ryan Giggs.
“If we have that availability, then we’ll be ok.”
anyone take out rooney yet?
Hoping Rooney doesn’t make it, in the nicest possible way. Too many of my league competitors have him.
I hope you’re right fleeto… where did you get that quote from, by the way?
Any link to this Fleeto??
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.u.....9727.html?
Its a twit now
Thankyou. Light and tunnel come to mind!!
This is fantastic news!! That old dog, Fergie… blatently made up the injury just so he didn’t have to take him to Germany.
Rejoice, fellow Rooney owners!
Fit doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll play though, I hope last min he benches him
1 in a million chance of rooney benched,
thats why its good for FPL this year, united cant rest rooney if his fit given the need to catch chelsea and they cant realy on a ronaldo type figure to bang a few past the smaller teams
therefore rooney will prob always play if he is near fitness IMO
best news I have seen in I cant remember how long
Am i mad leavin evra on the bench?? Who should i have as my subs this week as it stands i have:
Given
Shawcross Ivanovic Dann
Boateng Reid Fab Lamp(C) Taylor
Bent Rooney
(Sorenson, Evra, Zamora Painstil)
really dont hav a clue who to bench this week!!
I’m starting to get annoyed at the lack of updates on Dunn. I need to know if he’s fit for this week!!
This is annoyance towards Blackburn, btw, not this site!
calm dwn its only tuesday! i am sure there will be word soon, you don’t need to make all you transfers straight away, the best option is to wait untill friday to make them.
and i am also waiting to see if he will be playing
Aye, you’re right… I shall be calm.
feel sorry for jimmy bullard! on a brighter note anyone thinkin of bringin in owen after his magnificent hatrick?
I did but he’s made of Glass.! SAF’s just dicking around…I’d bet they’re all Fit..!!
hmm i dont think so, he played carrick park an fletcher in defence! doubt he would just do that to ‘dick’ around
dbronaldo/Dino, just wanted to say thatnks for your thoughts tonight, much appreciated.
not probably mate,
enjoyed the conversations
no problem buddy, just bear in mind all advice here is opinion so take it with a pinch of salt and go with what you feel yourself.
There is nothing worse than going with what someone else says and missing out on a big haul because you didn’t do what your gut was telling you
here here dino,
the gut knows best .
Absolutely. I still reckon I will go with my triple sub anyway, but I will leave it till then end of the week (even if Evra goes up by 0.1), and I have a few other thoughts in my head (such as Wes Brown for instance). Like the two of you, I have a general plan for the next 5 or so GWs, such as Bendtner, Lamps when Drogba goes, or perhaps Torres if he is back relatively injury free. You have to be flexible.
hey guys what does everyone think of these transfers
buy-sell
Dempsey-o’hara
bent-defoe
keogh-franco
or even sell-buy
Yes, I like the look of Franco at 5.0m. Thinking of bringing him in this GW, as either a 3rd striker in a 3-4-3, or as a good bench player in a 4-4-2. I alreadty have O’Hara as my 5th midfielder, and I think Bent/Sunderland have lost their potency at present. Defoe should continue to score well.
Thanks for the reply philman looking at your team v good team btw wondering why have ya the two stoke goalies??
Well, at the time of bringing in 2nd Stoke goalie, it was the only way I could afford to get Drogba in, and I thought that if Sorenson got injured etc, I would still get a keeper playin for me. Gonna bring Hart in next GW.
anyone here have carlos tevez on there minds for man city future fixtures?
he seems to be hitting some form
Possibly, but he does tend to play many games without scroing or assisting in previous games. However, as you say, he does seem to be hitting form along with Man City themselves.
just took a look at him, he got 58 points so far which is pretty alrite given that man city aint fired on all cylinders yet, and in his last 3 games (2 pl and 1 cc) he made massive difference againist liverpool, arsenal, chelsea
also adebayor is leaving soon so his place is guranteed.
he is definetly on my radar as my drogba downgrade option.
Yeah , Ade and Robinho going in Jan, and Santa Cruz not gettin much of a lookin. Mark Hughes promising him lots of starts. Don’t forget, the Arsenal game would not have been included in the 58 points either. I am almost tempted myself, hehe.
yep and i look on tevez with some admiration being united supporter, he was top notch and is bonus point magnet when on form.
and at his price he is a bargain given man city are trying to break into top 4 and may well yet. and he has a proven track record (haha sounds like a bandgwagon)
a caution would be man city potential to buy any striker in january
Good night all!!
Transferred Owen in this evening and expected to rise in the rankings, but incredibly moved down the FFS league. Some great scores out there.
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