The Watchlist – Robert Huth
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Referred to by some as the “Berlin Wall” the mountain of a defender known as Robert Huth may need a new nickname – one to emphasise his attacking abilities rather than (or at least in addition to) his imposing defensive stature. Huth has emerged as Fantasy gold in the first half of the season – 4 goals, 2 assists, 5 Bonus Points and 4 clean sheets in 21 games, adding up to an impressive 76 FPL points.
Prior to his recent suspension for 5 yellow cards, Huth’s score had climbed to 5th highest amongst all defenders. He’s dropped slightly after sitting out a game and a 1-point performance against Man United, but Huth still ranks as the 9th defender overall and ranks 6th amongst all defenders in terms of value (his current 5.3 price translates into 14.3 FPL points per pound) trailing only to Everton’s Seamus Coleman, Sunderland’s Phil Bardsley and Elmohamady and Fulham’s Aaron Hughes and Brede Hangeland.
Stoke have quietly climbed to 10th place after a run that includes 5 wins and 2 draws in their last 10 games. Not surprisingly the Potters’ recent results have been tied to improved defensive performances that bode well for Huth and the rest of Stoke’s defensive players. Needless to say a total of 5 clean sheets on the season is far from impressive, but the more recent statistics show 4 clean sheets in the last 9 games tell a different (and more promising) story. Given the slow start, Stoke will not match last season’s total of 14 shut-outs, but there is every reason to believe that the past two months are more indicative of what we can expect the rest of the way from Tony Pulis’ defence.
There was some sell-off when he hit his suspension, but Huth has seen a deservedly steady flow of “transfers in” over the past two months. He is now owned by 8.5% of FPL teams and has seen his price increase to 5.3. By contrast teammate Ryan Shawcross started the season as the Stoke defender of choice and is still owned by 9.4% despite selling off that has seen his price drop to 4.7. It would be foolish to disregard Shawcross entirely given the price differential hat has developed between them. However, there is no denying that Huth has dominated so far and should continue to be a constant presence in the attacking area on corners, set plays and long throws.
The only reason Huth is not higher up the Watchlist at the moment is a mixed run of fixtures over the next month (BOL, ful, liv, SUN, bir/ars, WBM, whm, NEW). But this schedule provides some prospect for clean sheet returns and Huth’s attacking exploits make him available for Fantasy play even if defensive returns are unlikely. In terms of other considerations, FPL is still not awarding or deducting point for facial hair so that is a non-issue, but Huth does remain the subject of rumors about a potential January transfer. Stoke are saying that they do not need to sell and would seem unlikely to accept a £5m offer that is less than what was paid for Huth in the summer of 2009 but, in any event, a move would likely not hurt Huth’s Fantasy prospects this season even if it did occur.
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January 10 at 6:17 am
bojan says:
who would you play out of:
jara,rafael,konchesky,coleman,kolarov this week?
January 10 at 6:26 am
Katie says:
Col,Kol,Raf
January 10 at 6:26 am
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2 might not play.
January 10 at 6:30 am
bojan says:
yep massively scared of that.
coleman is in for his attacking and lfc shiteness.
konch dead man walking
kolarov:wtf is the serb doing
rafael:away to spurs
jara:nutcase who has never heard of a clean sheet.
possible jara>djourou?
January 10 at 6:32 am
Katie says:
Konchesky to Alcaraz
January 10 at 6:42 am
bojan says:
hmm interesting…not keen on their dgw though for some reason
January 10 at 7:03 am
cap says:
Hello
I’m finding it more and more difficult to resist the force of wild card…long post, but if you mind looking my team, any help would be appreciated!
fos/al habsi
rafael, skrtl, coleman, djorue, evatt
fab, nani, vdv, adam, nzog
tevez, perpa, rvp
Problems are;
- strong front 8 – have to bench one every week (prob wrong one)
- have to get rid of torres before his double gw (actually replacement in my starting 11 would be nzog and he might not lose that many point for torres in that double gw after all (captaining nani)).
January 10 at 7:06 am
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Would you wildcard this team in GW24?
Foster KRUL
Coleman Rafael Evatt KONCHESKY KOLAROV
Fabregas Nani VDV Adam Barton
Drogba Tevez WELBECK
or take a 4 point hit to get some doublers in?
January 10 at 7:11 am
bojan says:
welbeck>dj campbell?
January 10 at 7:15 am
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That’s the bare minimum. A MU striker would be the likely other trade.
January 10 at 7:34 am
bojan says:
thats for gw24 though no?
i think im gona do tevez>rooney for 24
prob shoudnt keep torres but cant help myself with dgw
January 10 at 8:29 am
Camzy says:
Yes.
WC it.
January 10 at 8:34 am
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Interesting Camzy, see what happens after this GW. Thanks for your thoughts.
January 10 at 7:18 am
Jimmy says:
Has anyone else lost their free transfers?
January 10 at 7:24 am
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Did you read the rules?
January 10 at 7:33 am
Jimmy says:
yes. I havent played my WC if thats what you mean.
January 10 at 7:37 am
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Post your link & explain what happened…
January 10 at 7:55 am
Jimmy says:
didnt make a transfer in gw19 and 20. Used one free saved transfer in gw 21, thought I had another.
Can you only have 1 free saved transfer?
If so very confused by the following from te FAQ.
When playing your wildcard any saved free transfers (plural) will be lost, you will be given just 1 free transfer in the following gameweek.
January 10 at 7:59 am
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You should have made a trade in GW20. You lost it in a way. It’s that simple. You can only have 1 saved free trade.
January 10 at 8:05 am
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That’s not 100% right. You can have 2 free trades. You should have 2 frees for GW23 if you didn’t trade much in GW22.
January 10 at 8:26 am
umo says:
“When playing your wildcard any saved free transfers (plural) will be lost, you will be given just 1 free transfer in the following gameweek.”
If you don’t transfer one GW you get 2 free transfers – a saved one and a new one. If you still make no transfer you take 2 saved free transfers to the following GW and get no new ones.
The wildcard makes you lose those 2 saved free transfers and you get a new one given to you the GW after the wildcard.
January 10 at 7:43 am
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It’s probably got to do with the 2nd wildcard.
January 10 at 7:20 am
rebeldog777 says:
Does anyone have a link for rotation of the keepers?
Ello Torres I see ur still down on the cricket son shine! Bojan not seen u on ere since we chatted bout the gooners a week or so ago! Hope u all well etc
January 10 at 7:25 am
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https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArXoF3EARj9CdDY1SERMVDhESGpkWEs5VVBkSzY4X0E&authkey=CIiU9qoJ&hl=en_GB#gid=0
January 10 at 7:26 am
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Try totalfpl for the article you probably want to read.
January 10 at 7:32 am
rebeldog777 says:
Thanx torres jus had a gander at that spreadsheet…..gonna take some reading that init!!
Reason I asked is I can’t seem to read the whole article on total fpl, it cuts off n can’t see how I’m supposed to get all of it up!
January 10 at 7:34 am
bojan says:
what happening dawwwg
:
im in the states so im at silly times, was it before the cfc game we spoke?
foster/fabianksi + begovic was a popular one re keepers
January 10 at 7:44 am
rebeldog777 says:
Yeah was b4 the cfc game, was laughing at ur boys takin the p##s n drogs gettin the measly assist!
January 10 at 7:48 am
bojan says:
haha ive never been so happy with drog getting an assist
..
shame about the city game though, should have stuck 3-4 past those clowns.
hope torres goes mental in a 5 goal killing spree at blackpoo
January 10 at 7:56 am
rebeldog777 says:
Gonna be another one with u in mind then init, I had stevie two feet but thankfully didn’t capt him n went with Adam so hope to have my own back on ya sonny!!
Lols
January 10 at 7:31 am
Clytorial Impact > THE CLAP < says:
OMG WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS STUPID GAME :@:@:@
I PUT FOOKEN GERRARD AS CAPTAIN BECAUSE NOBODY IN MY MINI LEAGUE HAS HIM AND I DIDNT WANT TO CAPTAIN TEVEZ AGAIN BECAUSE I CAPTAINED HIM LAST WEEK AND HE MISSED A PENALTY.
SO THEN GERRARD SCORES AND IM LIKE YAY MY CAPTAIN CHOICE WORKS OUT AND THEN HE GOES AND MISSES A PENALTY OMG :@:@ NOW HE HAS A RED CARD
THIS IS STUPIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
i am furious :@
January 10 at 7:35 am
rebeldog777 says:
Ooooops are you not king kenny by another name
Lola
January 10 at 7:36 am
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At least you can sell him for a proper FPL player/captain next week.
January 10 at 7:36 am
JimmyDeemo says:
Well hang on there lad. I heard somewhere that Gerrard might be facing a tougher punishment, but that it would start in April.
Not sure where i read that from, any ideas on the accuracy of that lads?
January 10 at 7:48 am
gledy says:
Zero accuracy about April start.
Could face a tougher ban in case of an appeal, but there won’t be one.
January 10 at 7:59 am
umo says:
Was it a Ryan Babel tweet?
January 10 at 7:32 am
Samurai Scooby says:
In case you missed the earlier link, some thoughts on Fabregas v Nasri for fantasy supremacy http://bit.ly/gnDqlz (from Epl fantasy on twitter)
January 10 at 7:52 am
rebeldog777 says:
Wot a great article….thanx for that, great stuff SS
January 10 at 7:55 am
umo says:
If you get them both with 1 or more of VDV/Bale/RVP you better watch out for the DGW 27 as Spurs are away to Sunderland 3 days before going to Italy to play AC Milan and Arsenal play Barca a day later at home.
Then there’s the 5th Round of the FA Cup a few days after that and the second game of the DGW the midweek after that.
So you might get really burned and be down to 10 players for 1 of the DGW games if any other players are hurt/rested and lose some captain points.
January 10 at 8:01 am
rebeldog777 says:
Good points was aware of that n cup games so wasn’t gonna get both but a good read ans points for after those pesky cup games!!
January 10 at 8:09 am
umo says:
My plans are to have at least 3, maybe with Djorou too, unsure what games he’d be more likely to miss yet. So I will be open to getting burned a bit. Might swap Nasri for Cahill though by then if the Everton/Birmingham gets rescheduled in around there.
January 10 at 8:17 am
rebeldog777 says:
Bojan I start nights for a month on wed so I’ll be more on urs n torres’s times so expect lots of daft questions….so sorry in advance!!
January 10 at 8:25 am
Harry's Heroes says:
What are the chances of Liverpool appealing Gerrard’s red card? I think they might have a case in my eyes but i suppose it depends how they see it.
January 10 at 8:28 am
umo says:
Two chances, Bob Chance and no chance.
January 10 at 8:29 am
Harry's Heroes says:
Bob Chance…..i like it!
January 10 at 8:28 am
nomar says:
So now I have Kolarov, Konchesky, Cashley, Carroll and Gerrard going into GW23.
Was hoping to save Wildcard for GW27 but wonder whether I’m better off using it now to fix things or just get Fabs for Gerrard and hope Kolarov plays against Wolves?
January 10 at 8:28 am
Boom !!!Wolves,West Ham and Blackpool will go down... says:
gerrard is suspended.
January 10 at 8:44 am
nomar says:
I know, that’s why I’m considering using it now. If Gerrard wasn’t suspended then I’d keep Nasri this week and probably sell Konchesky for Alcaraz.
Now I have more holes to fill thanks to Stevie G.
So, Camzy, you reckon wildcard now or wait till next week. Other option is take my first points hit in about 2 months and get Fabs and a defender for Konchesky?
January 10 at 8:48 am
Katie says:
Keep it Nomar. It’s priceless.
Just dump Gerrard + Konch like you propose.
January 10 at 8:57 am
Camzy says:
It is priceless, but sometimes you stand to gain more by using it earlier.
January 10 at 9:01 am
Katie says:
Not at this time of year.
January 10 at 9:04 am
alang says:
Oooo bit*h fight! Fight na na na fight na na na!
January 10 at 10:29 am
nomar says:
Thanks to both of you for advice.
I’ve been building my team for GW24 for a few weeks now, so I don’t think I should make drastic changes just now.
Foley is always going to play so he can always step in as a 3rd defender if Kolarov is dropped.
Fabs repays any 4 pt hit pretty much right away as well, if I decide to take a hit.
Patience and non panic is called for here, I fancy.
January 10 at 8:55 am
Camzy says:
Wait until next week.
January 10 at 8:31 am
Camzy says:
I’d WC it.
January 10 at 8:33 am
umo says:
I want to hold off on the WC too, but it’s still 5 days until the deadline and once RVP and Fabs protection ends they will be going up in price week by week I’m sure, as will other candidates you might want.
The more people wildcarding the worse it will be for the later ones. I’m going to try and hold off a bit longer though.
January 10 at 9:08 am
Hiphopopotamus says:
Is there any rhyme or reason to this protection thing? I’ve never been able to work out when it’s happening and when it’s not.
January 10 at 9:11 am
tosey says:
not really, some have an idea as to how it works but then certain cases prove that theory wrong
January 10 at 9:17 am
Hiphopopotamus says:
Cheers tosey. It’s just mad that there’s nothing in the rules – like when a player will increase or decrease in value (although at least that gets a brief mention – if not the answer). Maybe the protection thing is just a myth?
January 10 at 9:19 am
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The price changes are suppose to be secret. That’s why they aren’t in the rules.
January 10 at 8:30 am
Harry's Heroes says:
Am i mad to consider Fat Frank during this wildcard? Could be a great differential?
January 10 at 8:32 am
Camzy says:
Not mad, but very brave.
January 10 at 8:38 am
umo says:
Not mad, but it could be like flying First Class. Not many people with you but it still ends up at the same place at the same time.
January 10 at 8:38 am
umo says:
+£3000
January 10 at 8:38 am
rebeldog777 says:
Jus heard that knob phelan on the radio poking jibes at the pool for not showing patience with woy!!
What a muppet I suggest he gets back to being SAF’s lap dog n mind his own business!!!
Rant over!!
Lols
January 10 at 8:41 am
umo says:
His nickname was ‘The dog’ wasn’t it? not sure it was for the reasons you describe tho
January 10 at 8:46 am
rebeldog777 says:
+1
January 10 at 9:01 am
alang says:
hes right though. so get your head our ur ar*e and man up!
January 10 at 9:10 am
rebeldog777 says:
Utd deserved to win was a pen and stevie two feet has made a career out of those sorta tackles so fair do’s all round my point was cheap shots down the east lancs road shows that muppets lack of class
)
January 10 at 8:57 am
BuckSh0t says:
what price do you reckon dzeko will be when he’s made available?
January 10 at 9:00 am
alang says:
Just wondering Camzy, are you single?
January 10 at 9:07 am
bojan says:
wtf
January 10 at 9:05 am
MerryMichaelW - Spanna is Nebbiolo, a Noble Grape! says:
Arsenal have got a shed-load of fixtures coming up:
LC Semi, whm, FAC Replay, WIG, LC Semi, FAC R4, EVE, new, WLV, CL, STK, tot …
January 10 at 9:07 am
Katie says:
*possible FAC r4
January 10 at 9:11 am
MerryMichaelW - Spanna is Nebbiolo, a Noble Grape! says:
If it happens, we may get another league postponement …
January 10 at 9:07 am
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Thanks Captain Obvious.
January 10 at 9:09 am
MerryMichaelW - Spanna is Nebbiolo, a Noble Grape! says:
Well, the FAC Replay does alter things, imo …
January 10 at 9:11 am
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Simple solution, don’t get any Arsenal players.
January 10 at 9:13 am
MerryMichaelW - Spanna is Nebbiolo, a Noble Grape! says:
Just the one Mrs. Wembley …
January 10 at 9:17 am
tosey says:
i cant really get any arsenal players before i wildcard so was very happy when they drew on sat, now hoping ipswich turn them over in the first leg weds so they have to play a few big guns in the 2nd leg
January 10 at 9:21 am
mvtaylor says:
Personally I can only see Wenger resting big name players for WLV and POSSIBLY around the FA Cup replay if he’s going to name his best team to play Leeds.
The FA Cup R4 and League Cup games should easily be handled by the reserves…
January 10 at 9:07 am
mvtaylor says:
Someone who knows more about Arsenal / Sunderland I’d love to know…
Elmohamady’s long term chance of keeping a starting place when (who?) returns from being injured. He seems to be great, both in FPL terms and out on the pitch but wasn’t / still isn’t a first team prospect? Also he’s no long player out of position at the moment and is now playing in defence?
Djourou… Haven’t really seen him but apparently he played fairly well… With Squillaci and Vermerlaen out I guess he’s guaranteed starts at the moment but is there any chance of him holding on to one of the positions long term, Wenger seems to be able to put a fair bit of trust in youngsters but… at CB?
January 10 at 9:09 am
tosey says:
look at the tweets, wenger says he may buy a centre half, this shows he isnt 100% happy with djourou starting consistently yet, nice short term option but not long term
put RTG into google and youll get the sunderland forum, im going for sunderland defenders when i wildcard and wont be going for elmohamady, they tend t think hell be a bit part player and most dont rate him that much
January 10 at 9:12 am
MerryMichaelW - Spanna is Nebbiolo, a Noble Grape! says:
tosey’s right – although Elmohamady has skill, he’s terrible at reading the game, and is often caught out of position …
January 10 at 9:24 am
mvtaylor says:
Tah, wasn’t too sure how to read the Wenger comment. If Squillaci is out for a while it makes sense signing anyone just so you have SOME cover.
Guess I might consider Onouha then for WC and after, we’ll see what happens between then and now…
January 10 at 9:28 am
tosey says:
mvtaylor, im going for bramble (solid pick and gets alot of bp’s and if hes fit when i wildcard turner as hes a goal threat and 1st choice)
onuoha is a bit expensive for me
January 10 at 9:22 am
umo says:
Yet strangely the Defenders overall list goes Baines, Vidic, Cole, Elmo in 4th place.
He’s had 5 sub 90 min clean sheets, coming off the bench early to pick a couple of them up. A reverse Kolarov if you will. He leads a charmed Fantasy life.
He beats all the odds so far but I won’t buy him back.
January 10 at 9:16 am
MJ6987 says:
A Liverpool fan in work says that Gerrard’s suspension does not come into effect until after the Blackpool game to allow time for appeal, whether Liverpool actually decide to appeal or not.
Hope this is not right.
January 10 at 9:27 am
umo says:
I think even Kenny knows it starts now, despite being out of touch with the rules going by his press conference. So your workmate mustn’t have managed anyone for at least 15 years.
January 10 at 9:17 am
George Agdgdgwngo says:
Guys please can I have your thoughts on possible WC teams:-
a, b or c
a)
Begovic, Carson
Coleman, Rafeal, Bardsley, Simpson, Djourou
VDV, Nani, Fab, Lamps, Adam
Berb, Carroll, Tevez
b)
Begovic, Foster
Coleman, Rafeal, Bardsley, Simpson, Kolarov
VDV, Nani, Adam, Fab, Dempsey
Rooney, Carroll, Tevez
c)
Kingson, Carson
Coleman, Djourou, Bardsley, Simpson, Gohouri
VDV, Nani, Adam, Fab, Lamps
Rooney, Carroll,
January 10 at 9:19 am
Boom !!!Wolves,West Ham and Blackpool will go down... says:
c bcoz u will have one player less.
January 10 at 9:37 am
thegame says:
definately not b….chelsea are note gonna carry on this losing run in the league..id go for A…but im not a fan of berba!
January 10 at 9:24 am
zeppelin484 says:
new post
January 10 at 9:35 am
Harry's Heroes says:
No sign of Gerrard on the suspension list yet………..
http://www.thefa.com/thefa/dis.....nsionlists
January 10 at 9:49 am
Tommytour59 says:
Foster or Fabianski? (to go with Begovic)
Dann or Coleman?
January 10 at 1:41 pm
ezybayz says:
hi all
my current team
hart,mignolet
a.cole,kolarov,rafael,stearman,tamas
fab,nani,vdv,adam,barton
tevez,berba,dj campbell
for dgw24 with 2 free transfer
a.cole > hangeland
tamas > coleman
will use wc for dgw 27
any comments?