January
05

Suspension Tightrope – Gameweek Twenty

Filed under: Suspensions - Posted by: Anorak

The first of the disciplinary elephants was ushered noisily out of the room this week as Liverpool and Luis Suarez accepted both the token fine and lengthy ban as punishment for the Patrice Evra incident. With the other elephant wedged firmly in the corner while the Metropolitan Police continue their investigations into claims against John Terry, we were in danger of a disciplinary void forming amongst this zoo.

Never one to pass up an opportunity though, Joey Barton stepped forward, first with his head in the vicinity of Norwich midfielder Bradley Johnson on Monday, and second with the full force of his Twitter feed in the subsequent days, to whip up a media storm of his own alongside the immediate 3 match ban he will serve. The appeal by QPR having failed, Barton will now be missing for the FA Cup tie in Milton Keynes and fixtures in gameweeks 21 and 22 (new, WIG).

Elsewhere, there were also red cards in the gameweek for Arsenal’s Johan Djourou, booked twice in the defeat at Fulham on Monday, and Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry who suffered the same fate in the 3-0 win over Liverpool on Tuesday. Both therefore pick up a 1 match ban that will be immediately served in the weekend FA cup fixtures against Leeds and Manchester United respectively, leaving the pair available again for their next league games – away at Swansea for Djourou and at Wigan for the City man.

Finally a note for the yellow cards, and as you may have seen, the Suspension Tightrope widget situated underneath the Watchlist to the right has evolved following the New Year’s amnesty. Instead of showing those sitting nervously on 4 yellows it now helpfully shows those approaching the 10 yellow limit that would now incur a ban. Plenty of familiar names amongst the list, indeed Barton, Barry and Terry all feature fairly prominently, but no one is currently a match for the card magnet supreme of the first half of the season, Blackburn’s Jason Lowe who still leads the way with his 8 yellows, seemingly in a quest to better the tally of 14 (and 1 red) racked up last season’s worst offender, Cheick Tiote.

GAMEWEEK 21 BANS

  • Joey Barton (QPR) – 1 Red for serious foul play (second of 3 matches)
  • Luis Suarez (LIV) – Found guilty of racial abuse (first of 8 matches)

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335 Responses to “Suspension Tightrope – Gameweek Twenty”


  1. January 5 at 12:11 pm

    wildrover says:

    2 baps for Shotton was a pleasant suprise, didn’t see that coming! :)

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    1. January 5 at 12:12 pm

      ajay_kl says:

      nor did I!

      10 from dyer and 6 from simpson on my bench though. 3 for bale is going to kill me as I captained Ade! DOH

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    2. January 5 at 12:15 pm

      Manamongst says:

      I still don´t see it…

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  2. January 5 at 12:11 pm

    Fratboy - Cahill Reborn says:

    GW21 team:

    Friedel
    Simpson Jones Jags*
    Walters Nani Bale T.Cahill
    RVP Sturridge Adebayor

    Hennessey Hoolahan Tierney* Shotton 1 FT 0.0 bank

    Was thinking of just doing Cahill>Dempsey next week, seem like the wisest choice?

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    1. January 5 at 12:12 pm

      sheeter101 says:

      u need city coverage, especially if they win against united in FA cup

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      1. January 5 at 12:17 pm

        Fratboy - Cahill Reborn says:

        Good point.

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    2. January 5 at 12:15 pm

      wildrover says:

      I’m doing Osman to Dempsey then WC wk 22

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  3. January 5 at 12:12 pm

    gedda says:

    I will never get get my head around these baps.. Ramsey 3? Gotta love this game…

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    1. January 5 at 12:15 pm

      jimnastics says:

      Madness on the Ramsey front, and nothing for Silva. Just crazy.

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  4. January 5 at 12:12 pm

    strongbad says:

    Walker 1 bp is nice, but him and Bale only ones with bps is slightly disappointing, although not surprising

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  5. January 5 at 12:13 pm

    GlasgowFF says:

    Bonus points up and none for Silva despite two assists. Dam

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    1. January 5 at 12:14 pm

      ajay_kl says:

      he didnt score. never had a chance

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      1. January 5 at 12:16 pm

        Shefki says:

        Bale didn’t score, he got 3 bp. Defoe scored, got none.

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        1. January 5 at 12:21 pm

          Gaz Downright says:

          Defoe wasnt exactly setting WHL afire

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          1. January 5 at 12:31 pm

            Shefki says:

            I know, just pointing out the hole in someone’s logic. The real reason Silva didn’t get any bonus points is that he had only one shot & off target. Defoe had 6 shots, 1 on target (obviously) & 5 off target.

            Bonus men Toure, Aguero & Milner had 1,2 & 1 shots, respectively, and all on target.

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            1. January 5 at 12:39 pm

              Gaz Downright says:

              sounds a bit lame, I agree

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  6. January 5 at 12:15 pm

    Tmelt says:

    Any suggestion for a midfielder under 6.1 to tie me over for a couple of GWs until I use my WC? Thinking Cabaye at the moment

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  7. January 5 at 12:15 pm

    FORCA INTER says:

    59pts after bonus

    donovan,bale(c),adebayor and friedel to play

    what a nice gameweek :)

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  8. January 5 at 12:15 pm

    Cruicky22 says:

    No bonuses for Howard? eh, what the hell is this?

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  9. January 5 at 12:16 pm

    Jack(off)Attack. says:

    1 BP for Walker.
    Isn’t worth the extra money over BAE? Pah-lease!
    ;)

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    1. January 5 at 12:18 pm

      Fratboy - Cahill Reborn says:

      Shotton :D

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    2. January 5 at 12:21 pm

      Gaz Downright says:

      lol…. wait until BAE screamer next Wed

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  10. January 5 at 12:18 pm

    Jack(off)Attack. says:

    New post.

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  11. January 5 at 12:18 pm

    John_Jones8 says:

    Ba out….. Who in from Agbonlahor or Odemwingie???

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    1. January 5 at 12:22 pm

      HammerChaw says:

      Odem Defo ..villa are terrible and mcleash plays defensively ..i would only put in agbon if he moved somewhere…no BPS for Kompany ..shaawkin’

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      1. January 5 at 12:30 pm

        John_Jones8 says:

        Even worse is only 1 BP for Sessegnon!

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    2. January 5 at 3:17 pm

      colin1201 says:

      morison from noriwch?

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    3. January 5 at 7:50 pm

      Wtfosaurus says:

      Bryan Ruiz..take a gamble ;)

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  12. January 5 at 12:19 pm

    Impressive Tackle says:

    Ramsey 3 BPs in a 2-1 defeat!?

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  13. January 5 at 12:21 pm

    tw says:

    who will win?

    me: bale (c), ade, vdv, osman
    him: 12 pts + jags

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    1. January 5 at 12:38 pm

      MB10 says:

      Wait and see

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    2. January 5 at 1:03 pm

      Carlton Dzingirayi says:

      I think you will win! Maybe im just being hopeful for my own cause.

      me: Baines, VDV, Osman, Ade
      him: 10 pts + BAE

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  14. January 5 at 12:37 pm

    dylan says:

    how does this wc look?

    sorensen ruddy
    senderos simpson caulker jagielka BAE
    sessegon bale VdV reo-coker nani
    aguero yakubu RVP

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    1. January 5 at 7:48 pm

      Wtfosaurus says:

      sorenson and ruddy over vorm and krul?
      reo coker wont score much .
      great front three.

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  15. January 5 at 7:45 pm

    Wtfosaurus says:

    Right..Wildcard team

    Krul (Vorm)
    Jose Enrique, Gary Cahill . Neil Taylor, Assou Ekotto, Danny Simpson
    Sessegnon, Gareth Bale, David Silva, Johnny Walters (Victor Moses/Nathan Dyer)
    RVP, Sergio Aguero, Adebayor

    opinions and reccomendations please..

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