The Watchlist – Nani
Filed under: The Watchlist - Posted by: Paul
Two games left and level on points with City, United’s attempts to retain their Premier League trophy could well be scuppered by goal difference now. Currently eight goals behind their rivals, it’s perhaps a tall order to haul in such a superior margin but with Swansea rolling up to Old Trafford this Sunday, it’s a fair assumption that Sir Alex Ferguson’s side will go on the attack in their final home game of the campaign.
Even if City drop points at Newcastle earlier in the day, United are unlikely to play it cagey. A final day trip to Sunderland is hardly the easiest of tasks – the Black Cats have tasted defeat just once at the Stadium of Light since Martin O’Neill’s arrival and have returned three clean sheets in the last five in front of their home fans. Three points, and plenty of goals, will be a must for Ferguson this weekend.
Swansea’s recent away form will afford United plenty confidence. The Welsh side have conceded three goals in two of their last three on the road and, with Brendan Rodgers trialling a 3-4-3 last weekend, shipped four at home to relegated Wolves. The new system is likely to be ditched, with a 4-3-3 offering a little more solidity but, with the Red Devils desperate for inspiration after Monday night’s limp display at the Etihad, Nani could well be the spark United need.
A look at his recent form shows that, prior to Monday’s game, Nani had produced attacking returns in four of his last five matches. Scoring against Villa and Everton in his previous two, the 9.9 priced midfielder had also provided his Fantasy owners with four assists and four bonus points over those featured fixtures, despite coming off the bench in two of those appearances. Antonio Valencia, on the other hand, has a single assist in his last five, while Ashley Young has a pair of assists in his last five – both from highly debatable penalty decisions after theatrical dives against QPR and Villa. With both players appearing from the subs bench on Monday, Nani appears to have been promoted up the pecking order and his start looks the most secure.
The Portuguese winger was hardly helped by Monday’s change of formation. Shifted to the right, with Ryan Giggs handed a role on the left as United lined up in a 4-5-1, Nani returned no more than two Fantasy Premier League (FPL) points but Ferguson will surely revert to 4-4-2 on Sunday once again. With eight goals to his name already – compared to Valencia and Young’s combined tally of nine – last season’s top scoring FPL player will need to step up this weekend and, if goals are to be on the agenda, he’s more than likely to play a significant part.
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May 4 at 11:10 am
tw says:
siggy and walcott out for moses and pienaar?
May 4 at 11:11 am
8-2 says:
Yes.
May 4 at 11:13 am
vakaus says:
bloody yes
May 4 at 11:15 am
ROHAN 11 says:
Absolutely
May 4 at 11:11 am
thetinkerman says:
Any other chumps transfer Mignolet out this week like me? No? Just me?
DAMN!!!
Could have used the transfer to shift Evans/Simpson/Caulker. Why didn’t I just wait?
May 4 at 11:12 am
8-2 says:
I almost got Al Habsi in for him. Instead I went for Evans>Walker and Walker is now a doubt. So I’m no better off.
May 4 at 11:13 am
thetinkerman says:
Yep I did Mignolet > Al Habsi so I could field a keeper thinking Gordon would play the rest.
May 4 at 11:17 am
8-2 says:
I think Al Habsi could be a good shout, so it’s not all bad.
May 4 at 11:11 am
Dhubanmonkey says:
Any news on Baines
May 4 at 11:11 am
Rukawa says:
5 Newcastle 36 11 5 2 29 15 8 3 7 26 31 9 65
6 Chelsea 36 11 3 4 39 23 6 7 5 23 18 21 61
7 Everton 36 9 3 6 25 14 5 7 6 22 25 8 52
8 Liverpool 36 5 9 4 20 15 8 1 9 23 23 5 49
9 Fulham 36 9 5 4 34 25 4 5 9 12 23 -2 49
10 West Br 36 6 3 9 19 19 7 4 7 22 28 -6 46
as i asked last page, do you think Everton will play their best in the last 2 games? what’s their aim?
May 4 at 11:13 am
Mac says:
Finish above Liverpool.
May 4 at 11:14 am
The Giggs Boson says:
They want to finish above Liverpool, badly.
May 4 at 11:15 am
thetinkerman says:
Their aim is to finish well and get as many points on board. If this means they finish above Liverpool, great, but I doubt Moyes just wants to secure 7th regardless of who is 8th/9th/10th
May 4 at 11:18 am
Rukawa says:
7th cant play Europa League?
May 4 at 11:15 am
URINDANGER - Blue moon rising says:
Honour. Enjoyment. Professionalism.
May 4 at 11:16 am
Bubbles - Second Place in the JPT Final 2012 says:
No, they’ll probably look to lose both games just for the hell of it.
Of course they’ll do their best. They’ll want to finish as high as possible, and above Liverpool.
May 4 at 11:16 am
Rukawa says:
LOL
May 4 at 11:17 am
URINDANGER - Blue moon rising says:
Your question was ‘LOL’ really.
May 4 at 11:19 am
The Giggs Boson says:
It was clearly meant for ALL the replies
May 4 at 11:21 am
URINDANGER - Blue moon rising says:
Dunno about that. seems to me Rukawa believes Everton won’t be trying coz there’s nothing to try for.
May 4 at 11:22 am
Rukawa says:
I LOL because ‘Finish above Liverpool’ reply
May 4 at 11:27 am
roscola says:
It’s funny but true. The ferocity of the rivalry is immense.
May 4 at 11:38 am
Jukesy says:
Clubs get more money the higher up the league they finish, I think it’s around the 500k per place mark, so if they were to finish 9th instead of 7th, they’d be 1m worse off
May 4 at 11:12 am
Damo says:
Haven’t had 2 keepers to pick from since Jan.
May 4 at 11:15 am
Hard Van Toulouse-Dustbin Beaver lookalike says:
Ey rebel, wha you at ?
May 4 at 11:17 am
Damo says:
Trying to decide between Sorenson & Mignolet for the first time in months. I feel a bit giddy.
May 4 at 11:26 am
Hard Van Toulouse-Dustbin Beaver lookalike says:
Your on de beer early there mate !! 🍻, I hope your not down the rob Roy ! Tbh I think both keepers (away to qpr/fulham) will concede , I can’t split them toad a coin. Sorensen if you pushed me but don’t quote me on that one bro.
May 4 at 11:13 am
Dhubanmonkey says:
Who will play in goal for Sunderland this week?
May 4 at 11:13 am
Mac says:
Mingolet.
May 4 at 11:18 am
8-2 says:
Who is that pretty lady in your avatar?
May 4 at 11:13 am
Willis_Hide says:
How do I quickly heal a quad muscle strain?
May 4 at 11:14 am
Connor's Calling says:
rest i’m afraid…
May 4 at 11:16 am
URINDANGER - Blue moon rising says:
Or……douse with the blood of a vampire.
May 4 at 11:16 am
Doosra - "Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile." Homer, (Eighth Century BC) says:
Horse placenta.
May 4 at 11:16 am
thetinkerman says:
Or this.
May 4 at 11:18 am
Hard Van Toulouse-Dustbin Beaver lookalike says:
He doos, update on baines ?
May 4 at 11:22 am
Doosra - "Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile." Homer, (Eighth Century BC) says:
Buggered, as far as I know. No hopeful squeaks yet, that I know about.
May 4 at 11:27 am
Hard Van Toulouse-Dustbin Beaver lookalike says:
Cheers doos
May 4 at 11:16 am
thetinkerman says:
Had a similar problem years ago and kept trying to play too soon and made it worse. Rest is the key like Connor’s Calling said (and plenty of warming up before any activity obviously)
May 4 at 11:25 am
Willis_Hide says:
I’ve got a game this weekend and I need to recover quickly to play.
I’m struggling to make the starting eleven, so I can’t really afford to miss any games.
May 4 at 11:17 am
Hard Van Toulouse-Dustbin Beaver lookalike says:
Pisseotherapissed.
May 4 at 11:18 am
The Giggs Boson says:
Ice Bath. Everything is true in the film ‘Wanted’. I can bend bullets…
May 4 at 11:15 am
vakaus says:
plz vote.
A) BAE > Hibbert (but they have Newcastle in GW 38)
B) BAE > Ridgwell from WBA
C) BAE > any other
May 4 at 11:16 am
URINDANGER - Blue moon rising says:
C) City defender
May 4 at 11:15 am
DaveZubie says:
Krul or Mignolet
Turner, Caulker, Vermaelen
Dempsey, Valencia, Ben Arfa, VdV
Jelavic, Rooney, Van Persie
Subs: Sigurdsson, Simpson, Evans J
42 behind 1st, 35 ahead of third. 0.4 in the bank. I dont think I’ll catch 1st (unless Rooney goes mad).
Defence/who to captain/Moses would be my issues.
1) Ben Arfa/Siggy > Moses
2) Turner > 5.3/4.9 defender -4 hit (depends on transfer above)
May 4 at 11:19 am
JELLYFISH says:
Play Mignolet, swap Caulker for Evans and let auto sub do the rest,,,,,,oh and cap RVP imo
May 4 at 11:24 am
DaveZubie says:
Evans is out and Caulker/Turner dont look like getting anything.
May 4 at 11:27 am
JELLYFISH says:
I know that, but you never know with SAF! I am in a similar position with my defence and the advice that I have been getting is to go with what I’ve got and not take a hit (my defence – Baines JEvans Caulker Verm Kelly)
May 4 at 11:32 am
DaveZubie says:
OK thanks – maybe I’ll captain yourself!
May 4 at 11:15 am
tw says:
worth a hit to take any of the following out?
kelly, evans, simpson, sess, dempsey, valencia, cisse, tevez
have 3.3 in the bank so can make some pretty big upgrades
May 4 at 11:19 am
URINDANGER - Blue moon rising says:
Sess > Nani maybe? Or Pienaar? I kinda like Tim Cahill this week as a differential with explosive return potential.
May 4 at 11:15 am
Mac says:
Kyle Walker’s broken his toe ‘but he’s okay. He’s had an injection and he’ll have another one before the weekend. He’ll be fine.’
Harry Redknapp hopes Scott Parker will be available to face Villa: ‘He feels a bit better so he’s going to come out and train today
May 4 at 11:19 am
8-2 says:
That is great news.
May 4 at 11:21 am
aatish says:
Great !
May 4 at 11:22 am
Bad Pen says:
All good news for Spurs.
May 4 at 11:32 am
DaveZubie says:
Darn – was hoping he was out (rivals have him, I dont!
)
May 4 at 11:16 am
ViperStripes says:
Can anyone hep please?
Wheater, Caulker, Collins, Simpson (Doubtful), Evans (out)
Is it worth a 4 point hit for Verm, Huth, Walker, Evra or Kompany?
May 4 at 11:18 am
Jibble says:
Lost on last page – trying to work out how to use my 2FTs…
Krul, Vorm
Verm, Enrique, Evans, Hibbert, Caulker
Dempsey, Valencia, Pienaar, Sigurdsson, McClean
RVP, Aguero, Cisse
2FT, 5.6 in bank
Considering:
A. Evans -> Clichy or Huth
B. McClean -> VDV
C. Cisse -> Jelavic
D. Sigurdsson -> Moses
May 4 at 11:19 am
Ozinkous says:
Cisse and Moses. Easy one!
May 4 at 11:20 am
Ozinkous says:
Sorry I mean Jelavic and Moses. Easy one!
May 4 at 11:24 am
8-2 says:
McClean>Moses Aguero>Rooney and bench Siggy. Good to go.
May 4 at 11:19 am
Killitzer says:
Morning all
Need a little advice on team as it’s looking dodgy defensively.
Mign, Vorm
Turner, Clichy, Hibbert, (Simpson, JEvans)
HBA, Dempsey, Bale, Pienaar, (Siggy)
Cisse, RVP, Rooney
Options:
1. Turner > Verm
2. HBA> VDV
3. HBA> Valencia (cannot afford Nani)
4. Nothing
Any thoughts?
May 4 at 11:30 am
tysonhodges says:
Option 2
May 4 at 11:20 am
elniñorules: John Obi Mikel 2 Lionel Messi 0 says:
HARRY:
Kyle Walker’s broken his toe ‘but he’s okay. He’s had an injection and he’ll have another one before the weekend. He’ll be fine.’
May 4 at 11:21 am
elniñorules: John Obi Mikel 2 Lionel Messi 0 says:
Ah ignore this. Mac has it covered. Take it from a Spurs fan
May 4 at 11:21 am
Rukawa says:
thanks. I only have enough 3 Def this week
May 4 at 11:28 am
Shininq says:
How the hell can you play with a broken toe? And even if he does start he’ll be a liability!
May 4 at 11:21 am
FC Qatar says:
Hey guys i am one point behind thé first french manager i need your help:
Vorm
Kompany-gallas-vermalen
Valencia-dempsey-bale-vdv
Rvp (c)-tevez-cisse
Mignolet-siggy-williamson-Evans
O,1 in bank.
I was thinking:
À: siggy out for moses and bench cisse
B: cisse out for jelavic
C: tevez out for aguero
D: dempsey out for pienar
E: Nothing and save my FT
All advice are welcomed!
May 4 at 11:30 am
majrou- says:
E
May 4 at 11:22 am
Greatest Mind says:
I am looking to catch someone in one of my mini leagues who are now only 5 points ahead of me. Baring in mind I have already used my free transfer, should I change my team or bring in any players?
Bogdan,
Walker, Kelly, Lescott
Valencia, Dempsey, Moses, VDV, Bale
Jelavic, RVP (C)
Subs: Krul, – Cisse, Santon, Evans
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me sort this mess out.
May 4 at 11:26 am
sharpyparpy says:
I’d play Cisse over Moses, tough game but more chance of goals.
May 4 at 11:32 am
Greatest Mind says:
Moses was the player I brought in for Siggy. Awww this is so frustrating lol.
May 4 at 11:36 am
sharpyparpy says:
Yeah I would have kept Siggy, gets alot of away goals.
May 4 at 11:23 am
Mac says:
Reckon Torres > RVP is worth a -4?
Would fund it by either ditching Krul for Al-Habsi or Sorensen.
May 4 at 11:26 am
Goose says:
Maybe, Torres will probably play mid week tho. I love the idea of Al Habsi, can see him being beastly in these last 2 weeks, plenty of saves.
May 4 at 11:29 am
Mac says:
Yeah I expect Torres to play in the league, only concern is if they league is completely finished for Chelsea they rest everybody for Blackburn even if they are likely to be on the bench for CL final.
May 4 at 11:32 am
Goose says:
Good point. Go for it I say.
May 4 at 11:26 am
8-2 says:
I really like Al Habsi for the last two games. RVP will certainly outscore Nando. I’d say yes.
May 4 at 11:26 am
8-2 says:
In fact, sod it, I’m bringing Al Habsi in for a hit.
May 4 at 11:27 am
Fratboy - Golden Boot - Van Persie 28, Rooney 26, Aguero 22 says:
Like.
May 4 at 11:28 am
Nick says:
Definitely
May 4 at 11:24 am
The Giggs Boson says:
Evans – Out
Baines – doubt
Walker – doubt
I’m left with Caulker(mun) and Turner(ful)
Hopefully Baines and Walker play or else i’ll do Baines->Verm for -4pts.
To repeat several people, any Baines News!?
May 4 at 11:26 am
The Giggs Boson says:
Sorry Walker’ playing
Still need Baines news though otherwise Caulker could play :/
May 4 at 11:25 am
tempest says:
Right, I think I’m in trouble here….
I don’t seem to have a defence!!!
Howard (Mignolet)
BAE inj, Jevans inj, Simpson inj (Caulker, Enrique)
Siggy, Bale, Barfa, Valencia (Mata)
Jelly, Roon, RVP
I’ve got one FT and £0.7 in the bank….
HELP!!!!
May 4 at 11:27 am
Jonty says:
BAE out for Hibbert or Walker (if money permits)
if you are feeling a bit risky how about a bit of Emmerson Boyce action.
May 4 at 11:25 am
Jonty says:
repost from last page but worth saying again for those looking at armbands and striker options.
Rooney’s last six home games =67pts
RVP’s last six home games =23 pts
May 4 at 11:27 am
Now back to the conspiracy... says:
Hmmm what about the Hernandez effect?
May 4 at 11:28 am
JELLYFISH says:
This is why I am capping RVP this gw
May 4 at 11:30 am
Jonty says:
I’ll do another post in a sec…not as great as you’d expect though
May 4 at 11:28 am
The Light Knight says:
RVP has Norwich though….
May 4 at 11:28 am
AriseSirGiggsy says:
MISLEADING!
much harder fixtures for RVP – Tot, New, Avl, Mcy, Wig (on form), Che
May 4 at 11:29 am
Hate that rotation says:
You could put down the fixtures of the last six home games too for extra perspective.
May 4 at 11:32 am
stilicho says:
True but there’s some serious cherry picking going on there.
Rooney: WBA, FUL, EVE, AVL, QPR, LIV
RVP: CHE, MCI, WIG, AVL, NEW, TOT
Plus the spell comprises an unusually good run of form for Rooney, and an unusually bad one for RVP, and if we go back one more gameweek RVP scored 23 home against Blackburn.
May 4 at 11:36 am
Fratboy - Golden Boot - Van Persie 28, Rooney 26, Aguero 22 says:
You didn’t get a lot of praise for that there Jonty haha
May 4 at 11:26 am
sharpyparpy says:
I’d play Cisse over Moses, tough game but more chance of goals.
May 4 at 11:28 am
Krisbee says:
Please help me with what to do for 2 tranfers this week…
Current Team is:
Howard/Mignolet
Evans/Simpson/Walker/Lescott/Terry
Bale/VDV/Demps/Pienaar/HBA
RVP/Cisse/Jelly
I want to get in Rooney or Nani for Utd cover, like the look of Moses too ,but my defence needs some work!
May 4 at 11:31 am
Krisbee says:
any thoughts anyone!
May 4 at 11:34 am
Greatest Mind says:
Get Moses in for HBA.
May 4 at 11:37 am
tysonhodges says:
I’m in a similar position but which forward do you sacrifice; Jelly or Cisse?
You should be ok for defence. Just use Walker/Lescott/Terry.
May 4 at 11:28 am
Bad Pen says:
Are there any 7mil midfielders worth considering over Moses? I’m faced with the decision of:
Boyce and a 7mil midfielder or
Clichy and Moses?
Or anything else you might like to suggest.
May 4 at 11:30 am
Now back to the conspiracy... says:
If it’s for one week – Taarabt is your man.
May 4 at 11:32 am
Bad Pen says:
Nah for the final two, thanks though.
May 4 at 11:28 am
URINDANGER - Blue moon rising says:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=363367793710417&set=a.200542726659592.50788.199098633470668&type=1&theater
I lol’ed!
May 4 at 11:30 am
URINDANGER - Blue moon rising says:
Ooops link fail. ignore!!!
May 4 at 11:31 am
Rukawa says:
goo.gl
use it
May 4 at 11:29 am
AriseSirGiggsy says:
Genuine opinions people – who will socre highest in Week 38?
a) Suarez
b) Aguero
c) Mata
d) Valencia
May 4 at 11:30 am
Now back to the conspiracy... says:
B
May 4 at 11:32 am
JELLYFISH says:
B
May 4 at 11:30 am
Ozinkous says:
Would you guys play Mignolet away to Fulham or Krul home to Man Shitty??
May 4 at 11:30 am
Now back to the conspiracy... says:
I’m playing Mignolet over Krul.
May 4 at 11:31 am
Bad Pen says:
+1 Too difficult to say what might happen in the Toon v City game.
May 4 at 11:33 am
AriseSirGiggsy says:
Sunderland are gonna get punk’d by Fulham
I think O’Neills defencive policies play into the hands of Fulhams short passing and movement
May 4 at 11:31 am
fuml_akimbo says:
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Also, 1) Should I play Krul or Bogdan?
2) Should I play both Bale and VDV?
Cheers
May 4 at 11:32 am
Mr_T says:
There must be a formular to figue out, using the odds of scoring etc whether a hit is worth it?
May 4 at 11:32 am
Mr_T says:
*figure
May 4 at 11:33 am
The Light Knight says:
*formula
May 4 at 11:39 am
Cock Soccer says:
well it’s easy to calculate the expectation value with odds but you can only get odds for goal scoring. Assists, bonus odds needed.
May 4 at 11:32 am
Michael says:
Will Gallas start the last two games. See he came of before the end last game.
May 4 at 11:34 am
AriseSirGiggsy says:
he looked pissed off for some reason as well…. wouldnt be the first time!
I want to bring him in for Evans tho
May 4 at 11:36 am
Michael says:
yep. Was what i was thinking. Leaving it till last minute
May 4 at 11:43 am
Funkyav says:
isnt it Kaboul plus one of either Gallas or King. If so I would expect each to play one game of remaining 2