Let’s face it, it’s the question on most Fantasy Manager’s minds going into the weekend, whether you happen to own Wayne Rooney or not.
Alex Ferguson has previously suggested that Rooney can’t play every match and with Villa on Wednesday and the Champions League trip to Milan less than a week later, the home game with Portsmouth looks an ideal opportunity to hand him a rest. Berbatov and Owen need pitch time and the pair should be more than enough to see off Portsmouth. Then again, Rooney is in the form of his life. He’s on fire and could dispose of Portsmouth in half-an-hour.
It’s a tough call. While every Rooney owner will be starting him; will they be handing him the armband? The Fantasy Premier League captains poll says yes but we need more detail. A new poll has been launched in your middle column to collect your views on just how much time Rooney will be given to get his teeth stuck into Ben Haim and his pals.
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bet365 odds on player to score at anytime:
1.53 Rooney
1.90 Tevez
2.10 Drogba
2.10 Anelka
2.10 Bent
2.25 Defoe
2.25 Adebayor
2.25 Jerome
2.40 Kuyt
2.75 Lampard
2.75 Gerrard
2.75 Rodallega
2.87 Nani
3.75 Fabregas
Jerome at 2.25 HAHAHA!
Have they ever seen him play football?!
Nani at 2.87 I might “advise” my dad to do “his” weekly five pound bet on that one.
Feel better about putting Nani in and benching Valencia after seeing these odds
N’zogbia vs Collison.
Who to bench?
”He also revealed that Rafael, who had picked a knock in the game against Arsenal last weekend, has been sitting out training and is doubtful for this weekend’s game. His possible absence could move Wes Brown at right-back if Vidic starts alongside Evans at centre-back.”
From the team news section
Oops, that was supposed to be a reply.
where r hundreds and hundreds experts whose said “we’ll see in friday will rooney play or not”???
I still waiting for answer!!!
Read through the threads. He is definately not playing.
Okay, ignore this guy – we basically just don’t know. Plain as.
He is a serial prankster.
Anyway gribude deserved it for the question.
I dropped Roone before Man U missed the gameweek, with the idea that his fixtures (blank/ars/POR/avl/eve/blank) would mean his output would dry. Then he went and banged one in v Arsenal, and now Man U have a double coming up. I really can’t decide whether to get him (I’ve got Anelka).
I knew Rooney was going up and Anelka down last night, but couldn’t bring myself to do it.
My gut is telling me not to bring him in.
very similar situation, im swapping anelka for tevez, if that helps?
I think Rooney could easily get 3,4 tomorrow, my gut, dont shout me down
3,4 points that is
What’s the chance of a Fulham cleanie this weekend? They are away at Bolton.
Fulham are 3.85 for a CS this weekend
Oh bugger. Logic and reason obviously deserted me last night and I decided to get Drogs in for Zamora (good) and Evans in for Ivanovic (um…not so good). I’ll get rid of Evans for Evra soon, but will Evans play this weekend? Someone put my poor mind at rest.
Yes he will, don’t worry at all.
Aww…thanks Alan. I can go on the piss tonight with a spring in my step.
I think Man U central defender policy goes like this:
1st & 2nd with no preference: Vidic & Rio
3rd: Evans
With Rio banned, it seems likely Evans will play, to me.
SAF even hinted that Evans could have moved up the pecking order earlier in the season. Before his wobble in form mind.
I never usually like getting a player who has a doubt over them playing-wise, but y’know, it happened. The only outside chance is Brown playing CB, but it seems unlikely.
I believe that Brown has been out of favour since his massive ego trip a while back.
What do you mean?
I sold Lamps for Lee earlier in the week, and I don’t have Rooney. and I seriously don’t want to talk about it. I want to forget I ever did it.
Want I do want to know is, is it worth selling Anelka for Rooney for a 4ph?
Yes.
Risky – Rooney may not play any/all 90mins
Be worried Gooners:
http://www.goal.com/en/news/12.....act-that-i
He’ll go back eventually. I just want him to go on a mad run of points after this GW first. Ramsey might just be good enough to step into old Cesc’s boots in the near future anyway.
as an arsenal fan, i wouldnt blame cesc for leaving.i saw the 5-4 game against spurs from 2004 on sky sports classics today. cesc played with pires,henry,vieira,ashley cole,freddie and co. tearing teams to shreds.now we have the likes of almunia and denilson,players who wouldnt look out of place in league 2.
Here here.
Denilson is filth, utter filth.
Wenger has a lot to answer for. It’s not like he hasn’t had the funds to buy more decent players of arshavins quality.
yeah. he really really does. i actually think hes become deluded at this stage.hes so intent on proving people wrong about the “kids” that hes thrown logic out the window. how does one expect to win a league without a striker and goalkeeper and denilson.i see vitor mannone got a long term contract recently too.i give up.
I don’t think Denilson is thaaaaaat awful, certainly not Djemba Djemba awful, but everything else is spot on.
he really is man.no pace,cant tackle,cant pass,doesnt track back.last weekend was another painful example that hes just not good enough for a team with title aspirations. dont be fooled by the odd deflected goal…an irish football pundit(eamon dunphy…check him out!).. once called lucas the “worst brazilian ever”. i think denilson is running him close at this stage.
Shall I keep Modric or Lampard?
Yes.
good one
both.
Why drop either of them? Your team looks fine to me
Will Bentley be playing this weekend since he’s on form
definitely
Kranjcar is available again, but Bentley was man of the match and should continue.
All set to bring in tevez tonight, figure city will get a few vs hull followed by hull- so makes sense…
… But then thought ‘ what about adebayor?’. Lots of bonus pts at start of season, amongst them again last gw- what are ppls thoughts?
Also with tevez and adebayor on the pitch who’s on pens? Might sway me!
Edit: ‘followed by double gw’
you can only dream of back to back games vs hull!
I have same dilemma, going with Tevez as he’s slightly cheaper and I think he may take pens?
Another factor with adebayor is he has more potential to rise in price- less players own him.
I’m pretty sure tevezs form coincided with him playing lone striker with adebayor away- surely this will dent his output? Anyone doubt that the points per game excluding games during acon favors adebayor?
We have to see who will take the pens. My guess is Tevez.
Should I bench Collison or N’zogbia this weekend?
bench Collison
Collison
Hart (Sorenson)
Evra Dann Dunne Shawcross Vermaelen
Milner Fabregas (Boateng Reid Bowyer)
Rooney Tevez(c) Anelka
I have 0.3 in the bank and am looking to upgrade Anelka to Drogba next week but I need to get 0.8 from somewhere. Who should I downgrade this week to make room for Drogba next week?
Get rid of Milner, he’s had his day imo
yeah milner, plus will be missing gameweeks
Who should I swap him for then?
Nani?
I’d swap Milner for Lee or N Zogbia
Just bought Wilshere from Bolton. A bargain at 4.3. Reckon he’ll play quite a bit as Bolton’s manager has been chasing him for a while. Does anyone know if he will be playing this weekend? Hoping he’ll get a sting and that he is ready to play Bolton’s upcoming DGW.
hmm, not sure about that, coyle seems set on his 4 in midfield, more a cameo role for now i foresee, but you might be right, he might get a whole game during the drg
DGW*
Lampard or Bentley???
dont really like either to be honest…
really not confident with my team;
hart; ivan, dann, hughes; milner, n’zog, duff, valencia; tevez, drogba ,rooney
soren;warnock, richards, hudd
Seems hudd is my only sub. Ccan you see where a 4 point hit would be worthwhile? Warnock>cahill/shawx/evans/collins?
Your link doesn’t work on my laptop so I can’t see prices – I’d probably downgrade Vermaelen.
Why is Hucks in your image? Im a Norwich lad.
ITFC!!
Partridge and Ipswich! U sicko!
Heh, I grew up in suffolk what can i say
song or diaby in a couple of weeks?
What do your guys think of my line up for this weekend? Have i got my subs right? Cheers
Hart (Sorensen)
Evra, Johnson R, Cole A (Dawson, Cahill)
Fabs, Nzogbia, Modric, Nani (Duff)
Tevez, Bent, Rooney
Yep.
2 from the following ivanovic,ollson,hunt, ballack, milner, pieenar
pienaar. and erm…..Ivanovic…(CHE 2-0 ARS)
None of the rest…
Nice problem to have (as they say). I’d probably go for Ivanovic and Pienaar too, close call tho
captain rooney with emergency form (tevez)?
yup same as meself
Berbatov! I’m gonna put in Berbatov!
Your mad.
Think about it
He scores goals. He’s good. rooney is the danger man, Portsmouth will try and contain him….He might not play, he might not stay on…
He might score 5!? berba could get me cheeky points…
I have a sneaky feeling he might start Diouf with Rooney. Depends if Berba’s knee is troubling him or not, but they do want to give captain header (diouf) some playing time with a strike partner and this easyish game might be just the time.
Some of his headed goals on YouTube are great!
Risky McRiskRisk.
Could do, but can’t rely on him with Uniteds tough fixtures, get in Drogba instead.
Right guys, help needed.
I need to play two from Murphy, Collison, Cohen.
I have Cohen (against dodgy Fulham at home) and Murphy in at the moment, but tempted to change Murphy to Collison. Thoughts?
are ppl playing fabregas?????????
Stupid not too
Lots of nervous people sweating on Rooney in here but captain’s poll showing a lot of confidence in him.
Rooney captain is the easy decision.
I’m sweating on Nani or Valencia – spent 4 points to bring in Nani and benched Valencia.
Can anyone see both of them playing or have I made the right decision?
why do you have both in your squad…thats just silly…
Man U are the only side I can see scoring big – didn’t want to sub out Valencia until I knew better and definitely wanted to sub out Kranjcar since he can’t even get a game in front of Bentley.
Had to make transfer early so I could afford to bring Rooney in for Anelka
how come in the season ticker it shows that wolves play che n united on gw 27 when in united column it shows united r playin eve n whm?
ballack or hunt is the question
Shall I get shut of Scharner? He has been nothing but a disappointment, and it appears his days in the starting line up are numbered.
I’ve had Scharner a couple of times this season and he’s been disappointing – the only reason you want him is cos he’s playing an advanced role but if you’ve ever seen him in front of goal you’ll know the chances of a goal are pretty slim
I’ll probably do Scharner for Toure.
Unless anyone can suggest a better bet from the Man City back four, who will definitely start the next two gameweeks?
Garrido looks a pretty safe bet at the moment
do i boda taking a four pint hit to get rid of ballack?
Boda? Are you serious? How Vicky Pollard is that? Seriously though, I wouldn’t boda taking a points hit, your subs look pretty decent, so anyone you bring in is unlikely to score you 4 points more than your subs would.
Yoof speek innit 1 time blud yoo get me.
Blimey, I’ve just realised, I’m going to have an awful week!! Tevez & Jerome seem like my best bet of any decent points. Haven’t made transfers yet, but it’s not looking good.
Investing in Manu this week could help you no end then
Rate please:
Hart (Sorenson)
Evra Dann Dunne Shawcross Vermaelen
Nani Fabregas (Boateng Reid Bowyer)
Rooney Tevez(c) Anelka
guys i need a replacement for gera with 1.6m in the bank
any ideas? i already have lee was thinking of wilshere
Right guys i really need alot of opinions on this pleaseeee……
atm ive got traore (out), richards(injured) and gera (out) in my team who wont play…..do i get rid of richards (might not be fit for dgw) for raphael/evans this week then next week bring in rodallega for anelka and bridge for traore…this is so i can bring in the drog the week after that
or
Do i get caldwell in for traore this week and then next week take gera out for wilshere and bring in rodallega for anelka…again so i can get the Drog in the week after.
Right guys, what do you think of my team? I’ve got two free transfers this week and I’ve subbed out Zamora > Tevez and Nani > Valencia, I’ve yet to confirm the changes and was thinking of sacrificing four points for a different defender, maybe bring in Shawcross?
Hart (Sorenson)
Vermaelen Evra Corluka Dunne (Bikey)
Milner Nani Arshavin Barry (Gardner)
Rooney(C) Defoe Tevez
Let me know what you think
Cheers
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