Monday Dugout Discussion

I agree I'm hanging onto Rooney and selling RVP

No, I agree.

Only 4 games left so even if he hits a patch of form again the season will be over before it has the chance to catch up to you.

RVP appears to be going in the completely opposite direction to Tevez.

Arsenal are serial bottlers anyway. They always tend to stuff it up at this time of year.

Not sure what you're on about, do you actually watch football? RVP played decent against Wigan, but Wigan were just special on the night. Had a great game against Wolves and was MOTM against City before that.

Compare that to Rooney who was getting jeered by his own fans at OT against Villa and was about to get hauled off before he scored, his last kick of the match. Got hauled off early against Wigan after a woeful display and before that only managed a penalty against 10 man QPR.

If anyone, Rooney's looked the more jaded.

I would prefer Dave over siggy as captain. But siggy could be a good differential pick (he would have been this week!). I was going to do walcott - dempsey, but wigan's form has put me off

Rooney was poor v Villa but still got 2 goals. RvP was poor last night and got nothing, and has 1 pen in 5 games, hardly great form.

if I was chasing a lead then I wouldn't hesitate, I can't see Tevez being rested before the end of the season, and he's Tevez a goal machine when he gets going and he has, Rooney has a Championship to win, Arsenal are safeish and RVP is wrecked and maybe has an eye on the Euros, foot off gas? That's my thinking I wouldn't even get Aguero Tevez is yer-man, Tevez or bust.

No just you.

yip

yeah... 🙁

Yep. Can't access it at all. Pain in the proverbial.

sold him last night

Ha. See comment below!

He was utterly useless. Moses tore him a new asshole. Who you thinking?

How has silva looked in the last two games? A potential replacement for Walcott? He could score more against wol, MUN, than Dempsey will against WIG , eve, liv

Wigan double marked him, he was almost invisible but he will start.

Nope. If there's one player Chelsea will fear this week, it will be Walcott for his pace and ability to capitalize on tired legs.

Also Benayoun can't play this week (loan restrictions).

i'd probably look at villa, fulham, spurs, and swansea depending what sort of rotation you need with other defenders

Raylor won't play. I would go hibbert (is he starting these days?)

Buy some APOEL filler before it's too late 😉

Especially given Chelsea's midweek game + injuries at the back.

I was convinced on getting rid of rooney, Mrs China Mag too. But there have been LOADS on here talking about getting rid of RVP instead. I should stick with my gut and get rid of the pig, right?

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What about not getting dempsey?

Based on last week performance, I'm leaning to D for getting Dempsey only and B if you need Tevez.

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Rooney - Tevez. Then see how he goes before deciding whether to get a DGW striker or not.

Surely RVP v an injury ravaged and tired chelsea is a better option than Rooney v everton

p.s. morning all

I haven't got Tevez.

Still weighing up who to shift (if anyone) and whether to hang on to him beyond it and get an extra DGW mid instead.

this is a good question (but in my case it's Walcott).

on paper it's a yes but i don't think WOL will roll over for this one. not sure why but i just don't think it wil happen.

No, Everton don't have a good record at OT. I see it continuing.

Rukawa at it again?

Dunno. It appears to be down ...

Knee jerkers moving to Tevez!

Kinda around. Actually watching west wing again.

If you have won your mini-leagues which you care about, why not take the plunge and get the wc out.
10 points is gonna be very hard to make up if you just have 2 different players.

Ha, ha!

I agree.

sorry Udit, but you're wrong.

FPL is (mostly) a weekly game. i play from week to week. if Player A has a few bad few weeks and Player B has a few good weeks then why shouldn't i bring in Player B?

it does not matter who the player is, big names count for nothing in the short lived FPL season.

no one and i mean no one is guaranteed a place in my team "just because.....d'uh!"

A Chelsea team who are ravaged through injury and playing midweek.
RVP + early kick-off = points.
And the whole DGW mumbo jumbo coming up, think it's silly to be making transfers not looking at players for the double. The ship has sailed with City strikers IMO

TBH, I trust RDM to watch this game atleast 5 times and take a feather from Wigan's hat. The worrying part about RVP is not his own form but more of the number of chances they created in the second half and the lack of maturity/creativity in that attack. Looks like you double mark Walc and RVP and you've got Arsenal covered. Arteta & Gibbs could still be out - that's a big blow as well.

But hope it works for you.

I think RVP fantasy honeymoon are Over.But not brave enough to transfer him out!
Having said that,City's fixture is tempting!
DGW dilemma is also there...
Gosh...This is a tough game,Fantasy Football!
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I concur. I'm convincee RVP will score against Chelsea, just that we're not sure if it's gonna be a brace, hat-trick, or a tonne of assists.

Do you not understand the concept of players losing form at all?

Its happened to Bale in FPL over the last 9 gw's and Silva for a while longer and when people looked at the diminishing returns of those players and suggested getting rid for players who are hitting form they first got shouted down by others and told class is permanent, form is temporary.

Yes, class is permanent, but form is what earns you FPL points and even the great ones go off the boil and have luck desert them for periods.Holding onto big hitters too long once they go off the boil is what kills FPL teams. Ask Drogba owners last season if you want proof of this.

RVP has 1 goal in something like 6 games. This suggests that the luck he was getting for the first 27 weeks of the season has turned. In that time he's played 2 of the bottom 5 defences in the league and failed to score past either of them.

To suggest that FPL players are knee jerking by suggesting that they will ditch a player whose returns are visibly diminishing and replace him with another proven FPL performer who has been rested all season and has now hit his stride form wise is, frankly, nonsensical.

If you want to hang onto RVP fine, that's your call. But I don't see where you get off criticizing others on here for looking to make what appears to be a reasonable move to make.

What's wrong with selling RVP? There are only four weeks left in the season, and at the moment, there are many other options that are better than RVP. The key to this game is to know when to get rid of good players, as much as it is to know when to bring in good players.

Sudden Soave Syndrome?

Not fancying a punt on VDV straightaway? He looked their best attacking player.

Think one weeks need to be explosive and not 1 assist a game players, so I wouldn't get Silva for one week.

Don't get in Silva. Trust me, go for the kill, no point having a steady 5-6 point player at this stage.

Amazing, innit? 😕

yeah apparently :s

I noticed someone with a top 20 rank had the same name as a recently arrested member of Anonymous. Perhaps he has RVP as captain?

Bale I would say. Spurs stil have something to play for and fixtures are more appetising.....

There is that worry ...

He was fantastic vs Chelsea last time round, then went shit for the rest of the season, maybe he will come good vs Chelsea again? 😉

No Baps for the Ars-Wig match though...

About time!!! It's been dead for more than 2 hours.

+1! It's Alive!!

finally!

Nice work TM! You seen that the highest score this week is an actual FFS user? He's been on a couple times bragging which is a refreshing change from a dead team hogging the glory!

Your keeping with me you swine.... 😉 !

PS no talk of elite 64, damn you germ ( I know you will feel differently!)

Well done. 9 green arrows in a row for me. Chasing down highest ever FPL ranking.