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Monday Dugout Discussion

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Put up your feet, pour yourself another glass of mulled wine and grab that tin of Quality Street. After all it is christmas, and after all we’ve got another match to take in as we round out gameweek nineteen just as soon as it starts.

The Dugout Discussion closes it’s door for no-one and a festive game between Arsenal and Chelsea are no exception. Just nineteen weeks down and Arsene Wenger finally gets to start his two key players – Cesc Fabregas & Robin Van Persie – together for the first time this season, while the likes of Walcott finally get a start after weeks waiting patiently on the bench. Managerial heavyweight Carlo Ancelotti meanwhile gets to start Frank Lampard for the first time since August also. Team sheets in full are…

Arsenal: Fabianski; Sagna, Koscielny, Djourou, Clichy; Song, Fabregas, Wilshere; Walcott, van Persie, Nasri

Chelsea: Cech; Ferreira, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole; Essien, Mikel, Lampard; Kalou, Drogba, Malouda

Come join the festive banter as we all gorge on treats ahoy together and close out the gameweek in the Dugout Discussion.

Andy Leicester won the Premier League. Leicester. Premier League. What is this life? Follow them on Twitter

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  1. ChickenDevil
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Hi guys,
    I havent posted for ages,good to be back.

    |Does anyone know if I've missed the price rises tonight?

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    1. AMZ
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Think you have mate

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    2. Luke
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Nedum Onuoha went up in price to 5.6m
      Carlos Tevez went up in price to 11.2m
      Dimitar Berbatov went up in price to 9.0m
      Robert Huth went up in price to 5.3m
      Rafael Van der Vaart went up in price to 8.4m
      Andrey Arshavin went down in price to 9.3m
      Stephen Warnock went down in price to 5.6m
      Gael Givet went down in price to 4.2m
      Ashley Cole went down in price to 8.3m
      Didier Drogba went down in price to 12.4m
      Franco Di Santo went down in price to 4.3m
      Daniel Pacheco went down in price to 4.4m
      Peter Kurucz went down in price to 3.9m
      Marcus Hahnemann went down in price to 4.2m

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      1. ChickenDevil
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers lads, shame my targets have both went up.

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        1. AMZ
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah unlucky. Who are you looking at for this week?

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          1. ChickenDevil
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            van der vart & Rafael.
            I suppose now I can make a considered, sober decision in the morning, and still come to the same conclusion.

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  2. Morrissey1986
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    13 years, 5 months ago

    Can't afford Bent so it's Gyan vs Welbeck who should I pick?

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    1. SuperMario
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      welbeck, save the money

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  3. Clintymints
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    13 years, 5 months ago

    ive torres as captain at the min, not sure how i feel about that

    also, coleman/zogbia/simpson/konch

    pick 2?

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    1. Luke
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I've got him as captain too.

      Coleman & Konch.

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    2. SuperMario
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      13 years, 5 months ago

      zogbia, konch

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      1. Clintymints
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        13 years, 5 months ago

        yeah konch was safe really

        But i want to play zog, but gotta drop coleman or rafael...

        coleman vs. zog is what its wittled too

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        1. wozza
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Go with Rafael I say

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          1. wozza
            • 13 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            Actually, just seen Wigan have Newcastle at home. Zogs it is.

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  4. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Am i playing the right starting XI?

    Foster
    Rafael Konchesky Kolarov Bardsley
    Nasri Nani VDV
    Torres Tevez Carroll
    Subs: Jussi, N'Zogbia, Samba, Brunt

    Captain will probably be VDV

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    1. AMZ
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I would have N'Zogbia in ahead of Rafael mate. Birmingham are half decent at home. But You never know with N'Zogbia, he can preform against big teams like Arsenal.

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      1. SuperMario
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        13 years, 5 months ago

        +1

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  5. AMZ
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    13 years, 5 months ago

    Quick question before I go lads, Tevez or Van Der Vaart for captain? Been Thinking for ages and can't decide between the two!

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    1. SuperMario
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      same!

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      1. AMZ
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Going with Van Der Vaart. Looked at his history and he has scored in basically all of his home games this season.

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        1. SuperMario
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          ill prob do the same 🙂

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      2. Perthite
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Probably have a similar conundrum. People have been saying Tevez score more away. So maybe VDV with Emerg set to Value to then have Tevez as the backup?

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        1. Perthite
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Oops - just realised for me Fabregas would be the backup. (Not that he did badly v Chelsea)

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          1. soccercards.com
            • 13 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            Fabs suspended.

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            1. Perthite
              • 13 Years
              13 years, 5 months ago

              Ah - thanks for that! Obviously didn't look closely enough at the Arsenal/Chelsea stats when I got up this morning.

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          2. TeddiPonza
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            He is suspended so it would be Tevez.

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  6. rasher
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    13 years, 5 months ago

    would I be mad playing elmo and benching vidic?

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    1. SuperMario
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      sunderland have better chance of cs in my opinion

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      1. TheOneAndOnly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        bookies wise man utd are slight favourites for the cs, and id say vidic offers more of a goal threat, even if elmo is oop! id go with vidic but that's just my opinion

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        1. rasher
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Cheers lads yeah it's a real 50:50 this one.. I'll sleep on it..

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        2. wozza
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Agreed, Elmo has been played out of position, but what does he have to show for it? 1 assist. Go with Vidic I say! I don't think Elmo will even start

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  7. Duckbill
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Which of these should i do:

    1) drogba > torress or tevez

    2) Elmander > wellbeck

    3) baines > jara & elmander > torress or tevez. 4pt hit

    4) save transfer and hope torress or tevez don't rip it up.

    Also how does my team selection look?:

    Foster

    Konchesky Rafael Baines kolarov

    Nani Nasri Vdv Nzogbia

    Drogba Carroll

    subs: Dunn, Elmuhammady, Elmander

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    1. SuperMario
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      i like 3 but dont like hits..
      very very similar teams (see below)

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  8. SuperMario
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    13 years, 5 months ago

    hate these kind of comments but am stuck at the moment..
    really want liverpool coverage but cant work it out. 0.0 bank
    i also have 2 free transfers... please help & thanks 🙂

    begovic
    rafael, kolorov, bardsley, kyriakos
    nani, VDV, Nzogbia, nasri
    drogba tevez (c)

    foster, coleman, jarvis, elmander

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    1. Cormac_LFC
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Skrtel or kocesky are good enough for cover especially on a double gameweek . If you want some midfield cover go with Lucas always starts and us. 4.5 quality once Again especially on a double gameweek . Torres is a must have for this double gameweek and the next acctually hd us a must have for the Xmas and new year period .

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  9. TheOneAndOnly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    getting so f**ked by this game! had 9 of d same 11 as my brother going into this week(wel he had kolarov+jaas nd i had hart+knight) and both of us went with nani captain... he ends up with 73points and me with 40..... i hate this game!!

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    1. rasher
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      That's rough man. Just goes to show ya how important the emergency captain is.. i changed mine just before deadline to form instead of value so it went to berbatov instead of drogba

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  10. Luke
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Kolarov, Coleman, Ashley Cole.

    What one should I bench for this GW?

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    1. TheOneAndOnly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      coleman probably wont start...

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    2. SuperMario
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      coleman

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    3. rasher
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Coleman

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      1. Luke
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers lads, I kept swapping Kolarov & Coleman 😀

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    4. wozza
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      For me, Kolarov will almost always be in my starting 11.

      City have the best defensive record, and Kolarov has insane amounts of attacking potential.

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  11. Lieutenant
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    (Team ID: 1665396)

    Considering doing two free transfers which would leave me with this team:

    Foster (MUN)
    Konchesky (WOL), Kolarov (AVL), Vidic (bir)
    Nani (bir), VdV (NEW), Nasri (wig), Yaya (AVL)
    Torres [c] (WOL), Carroll (tot), Drogba (BOL)

    Stockdale (stk) | N'Zog (ARS), Bardsley (BPL), ShawX (SUN)

    The transfers I would be making to achieve this team are:
    Elmander and MGP OUT,
    Torres and Yaya IN
    ... leaving me with 0.5 in the bank.

    Transfers sound alright? What about the bench? Yeah, no one cares.

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  12. Perthite
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    What are the tactics for the Jan WC people? Surely unless anyone has a really bad team the WC wouldn't be used for massive changes just for a double GW and then be a bit unbalanced afterwards. I would have thought it might be a little bit of tactical changes (maybe a 2nd goalkeeper change) and two or three handy double GW players that have a decent run afterwards. Thoughts?

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    1. Cormac_LFC
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Do you have Facebook mate ? I feel exactly the same way and would think talking to you regularly folios help both our scores . I am 51k in the world with a classy 956 points

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      1. Perthite
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Nah - have avoided Facebook/Twitter/etc. Am on 934 pts, which is ok considering it is my 1st year playing and some early rookie mistakes.

        That said, if it wasn't for this site I would be seriously stuffed because I don't even get to see most of the games on tv (no Foxtel which is the only way to watch it in Aus) - a situation that I will have to remedy soon.

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    2. SuperMario
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      same

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  13. The Japanager: Roberto Newm…
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Need a little more help

    Please pick one of these 4

    N'Zogbia, Elmander, Coleman, Ashley Cole

    Right now I'm going with Cole, but N'Zog tempts me, and Chelsea's defense is weak enough that I'm forced to consider
    'manda. Add to that Coleman against a crappy West Ham and I'm fried, here.

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  14. Cormac_LFC
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    When does this January wildcard become avaviable and when Is liverpool first double gameek ?

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    1. dk123
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      24 and 24 i think

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  15. goblinz
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    out of the 3, which 2 should i play??

    carroll
    nzog
    shawcross

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    1. dk123
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      carrol nzog

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  16. dk123
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    which combo are better lampard and welbeck or torres and onounha and why?

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  17. Injury Prone o_O Gooner.
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone having trouble with the season ticker? Seems to be starting at gw21 where it should be showing gw20.. Not the first time I have had this either?

    TIA

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    1. Injury Prone o_O Gooner.
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      BUMP!

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  18. Eedee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Which 4 to play?
    Bardsley Konchesky Kolarov Coleman Nzogbia

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    1. Injury Prone o_O Gooner.
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Coleman wont start according to previous posts above.

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  19. TheOneAndOnly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    tell me i have to score well this week... because then wen i dont at least il be justified in getting annoyed! ha

    Hart
    Kyriakos, Coleman, Onouha (Jara)(Knight)
    VDV, Nani, Yaya Toure, GMP (Cleverly)
    Tevez, Torres, Drogba

    oh and who to captain??

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    1. Injury Prone o_O Gooner.
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      VDV or Tevez.. in that order for me... flip a coin.

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      1. TheOneAndOnly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        brought in vdv, him going off today was a precaution yeh?

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  20. Scratch
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone know why neither this site or BBC have the Blackpool/Liverpool match marked for the 12th Jan?

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  21. HellasLEAF
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    are people ditching Berba? I brought him in for last game week specifically and captained him. payed off large. but what about tomorrow and going forward. transfer him out?

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    1. TheOneAndOnly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      keep him, he shud score half decent and make u a gud bit of money for future transfers...

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  22. Injury Prone o_O Gooner.
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Lol tooo many questions not enough answers..

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    1. Constructicons form Devasta…
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Because there are no answers! (Well, answers come on Wednesday at about 9.30pm)

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  23. Morrissey1986
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Best defender to sign for 6.5m or under?

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    1. TheOneAndOnly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      kolarov or kyriakos imo... depends on your coverage

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  24. smurph
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Foster(Myhill)
    Vidic,Konchesky,Kolarov(Huth)(Coleman)
    Nani,Nasri,Etherington,Bale,MGP
    Drogba,Tevez(c)(Elmander)

    ive got 2 free transfers, was considering Drogba to Rooney/Berba?

    and upgrading my 2nd keeper, anything else i should look at??

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    1. Injury Prone o_O Gooner.
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Keeping Elmander then??

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      1. smurph
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        cant afford a decent striker instead! would prefer to get rid with the games coming up

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      2. TeddiPonza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I would wait for at least two rounds as Drog has 2 home games and United 2 away games. Then I would make the change (unless the Drog wakes up..!!)

        Do Myhill to Begovic, rotates well with Foster. And prob Elmander to Welbeck (look at S'land fixtures..!!)

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  25. dk123
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    which combo are better lampard and welbeck or torres and onounha and why?

    Reply

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    1. TheOneAndOnly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      lampard and welbeck... because onouha is a defender(despite his nice form and fixtures)

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    2. rasher
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Anyone else benching Carroll?

      It's stung me before but I have to all me other players are great this gameweek

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      1. wozza
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I'm benching him. Away at Tottenham is not an easy fixture.

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        1. wozza
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Though, of course, that doesn't matter to Carroll. I still think it's time his run of scoring ended.

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          1. rasher
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            True. Can't see him scoring more than 6 anyways, which wouldn't be a blow

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  26. Constructicons form Devasta…
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    First RMT if you could spare a moment please:

    Foster
    Kolarov Coleman Konchesky
    Nasri Nani VdV N'zogbia
    Torres Tevez(C) Carroll

    Krul Ethererington Jara Samba

    Have i got my team lineup right this week? Made my freebie this week just now from Elmander to Torres. Got 1.7 in the bank too. Any suggestions regarding my team and transfers appreciated!

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    1. TheOneAndOnly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      looks good, must be killing u too leave those nice fixtures on d bench... im considering starting jara ahead of coleman out of fear of coleman not starting and coming on for the dreaded 1point

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      1. Constructicons form Devasta…
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        But if Coleman starts and plays 60, hes a good shout for a CS and possible assists. Argh, ill have to think about it...think about it deeply.... 😀

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FgchHlaSQE

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        1. TheOneAndOnly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          gr8 video!

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    2. BigUps
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I'm thinking of doing Drogs -> Torres and if I do, we would literally have the same team this week.

      I'm a bit concerned with Coleman right now. Like yourself, Jara would be coming in for me too. Not ideal.

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      1. Constructicons form Devasta…
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Took me a while to get Torres but it has to be done sooner rather than later. I got rid of Drogs after his penalty miss, was the last straw. I dont see much improvement with Chelski, they didnt impress me at all tonight.

        Is Samba a sinking ship? :/

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  27. ClaireT
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Hey everyone,

    There's a couple of things I'm considering with my team, so I'm looking for a bit of advice. My team is below:

    Foster, Gordon
    Vidic, Hangeland, Kolarov, Bardsley, Konchesky
    Malouda, Nasri, Nani, Cahill, Bale
    Tevez, Odemwingie, Carroll

    1. Should I get rid of Hangeland/Bardsley from defence?
    2. Get rid of Bale and bring VDV in?
    3. How do my strikers look? Is it worth bringing Berba/Rooney in?

    I have 1.0 in the bank and one free transfer for this week. I've slipped down 4th in my league, so I want to use it wisely.

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    1. ClaireT
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Oh and I know Malouda is going away soon. Worth brining N'Zogbia or someone in for him?

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      1. ClaireT
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I've decided I definitely want to bring VDV in for Bale, but to achieve it, I'm going to have to take a 4pt hit. Should I take Malouda out seen as he's going in January anyway, and Chelsea have lost their form? Who should I put in in place of Malouda?

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        1. TheOneAndOnly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          leave bale, do malouda>vdv

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          1. ClaireT
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            Thanks TheOneAndOnly. I'll do Malouda to VDV. I've decided on my starting 11 for this week now, but is it wise playing both VDV and Bale, or would you stick Bardsley in?

            Gordon
            Konchesky, Kolarov, Vidic
            Cahill, Nani, Nasri, Bale, VDV
            Tevez, Odemwingie

            Subs: Foster, Bardsley, Hangeland, Carroll

            Would Bale > N'Zogbia be a good move next week?

            Cheers!

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            1. TheOneAndOnly
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 5 months ago

              i rekon leave both in, bardley will be a good first sub with these fixtures! i had 2 free this week so to get in vdv i had to do jarvis>cleverly... i kno n'zog is better but if ur lookin to spare sum cash cleverly could be an option

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    2. TheOneAndOnly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      i did no.2 b4 d price rise! i wud defintly keep bardsley(BLP, BLA, avl, NEWC, blp). i think ur defence is v strong, id consider doing vidic>rafael nd make sum cash for ur offence..

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      1. Perthite
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I did that too before VDV went up twice.

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      2. ClaireT
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks! Which move would you say is more important? Vidic > Rafael. Or Malouda to someone cheaper as he's going away in January?

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  28. BigUps
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    N'Zog or Carroll?

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    1. GuyIncognito
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Carroll easy

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    2. wozza
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      N'Zog. If Wigan win you know he is going to get some bonus at least.

      I can see Carroll being subdued by Dawson and Kaboul who are both big lads

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  29. GuyIncognito
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Coleman or MGP?
    Captain VDV, Tevez or Torres?

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    1. breakballartist
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      13 years, 5 months ago

      MGP and i'm going for Tevez, but VDV if i had him. May buy him yet...

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  30. breakballartist
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    G'day managers!!

    Having a repeat bout of Bale>VDV'itis at the mo...

    Having missed the price hike, am thinking about sitting tight; surely the Balemiester is due a FPL return??

    Any of yee in the same boat??

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    1. rasher
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Yep I am

      although if vdv scores big again I'll be getting him in as soon as I can.

      Got a feeling bale will do decent against Newcastle he'll give their defence major problems

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    2. Injury Prone o_O Gooner.
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      kinda.. Iv just dumped cahill for vdv and decided to keep bale.... due a return and 2 nice home fixtures vs cahill 2 away.

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