August
18

A new post-match regular. With the Scout Notes to follow, the Stock Check is a quick thinking, non-exhaustive blast – an at a glance appraisal of those teams and players who have their stock rise and fall as a result of the day’s matches. Today, it’s all about the new arrivals: book your ticket for the “Michu Chu Train”…

On The Up

Swansea City
We knew they had good fixtures to come but nobody expected them to explode at Loftus Road, so often a fortress under Mark Hughes last term. Michael Laudrup is already an honoury Welshman after a stunning result in his first senior game in charge. Fantasy managers are sniffing around the Liberty with renewed vigour.

Michu
Gylfi who? An outstanding debut for the Spaniard. Michu fired the Swans in front with a first half strike to announce himself in the English top flight, while that goal owed a lot to the calamitous Robert Green, the second was an assured finish from a smart Swansea move. With strong fixtures to come, the bandwagon is already roaring.

Nathan Dyer and Wayne Routledge
Heavily backed as a budget option last season, Dyer cropped up with a brace in the demolition of the R’s, while Routledge contributed a pair of assists. Laudrup had suggested that he wanted his wide men to tuck in and support Danny Graham – they did so with some effect.

Fulham
Martin Jol’s side clicked immediately, delivering a 5-0 spanking to poor old Chris Hughton. Again, there were some impressive attacking displays on show, while the clean sheet reinforced the faith that many showed in the likes of Brede Hangeland.

Mladen Petric
Like Michu, Fulham’s Croatian put his name to the top of our Watchlist with a two-goal salvo to justify his Scout Picks inclusion this week. At 6.0 in the FPL and just 6.8 in the Sky Sports game, he’s a ready-made third striker option: today’s brace will surely provide the catalyst for investment.

Alex Kacaniklic
A 4.5 option in the FPL game, the Swede got the nod with Karim Frei injured and took his chance with Fulham’s fourth. Can he retain his start? Certainly Clint Dempsey doesn’t look a likely threat.

The Sunderland Defence
Full of cheap options, a makeshift Black Cats back four put up a barrier at the Emirates that Arsene Wenger’s side, sans Robin Van Persie, just couldn’t blow down. Fantasy managers will be circling Martin O’Neill’s rearguard as a result.

Liam Ridgewell
A clean sheet and an assist in a win – Ridgewell has set himself up nicely for bonus recognition. We know about his attacking instincts; if Steve Clarke has firmed up the Baggies, then Ridgewell demonstrated today that he could be the key figure in Fantasy terms.

Zoltan Gera
A superb strike for West Brom’s opener – can the Hungarian hold off the claims of Chris Brunt for a starting role and deliver value in the midfield bracket?

Jermain Defoe
He has to take his opportunity while the safety catch is on the Spurs cheque book. Today’s goal confirmed that Defoe can deliver and Fanatsy managers will be twitching at the prospect of Tottenham’s favourable home games to come.

Demba Ba
Remember him? Denied a brace by Hatem Ben Arfa’s reluctance to surrender the spot-kick, Ba stepped out of the shadow of his compatriot Papiss Cisse to remind us that he can score goals. A 7.5 prospect in the FPL, he’ll join Defoe on the mid-price Watchlist.

Hatem Ben Arfa
According Alan Pardew, Ben Arfa was definitely out of the game – he wasn’t, he was very much in it. He won the winning penalty. He took the winning penalty. A new development at Newcastle given that Demba Ba was thought to be the designated spot-kick taker. Is he now in the box seat? At 7.5, he’s another set to gain Gameweek 1 transfers.

Going Down

Scott Sinclair
Ousted from the Swansea starting lineup and dropped to the bench at QPR, the left-winger looks to be out in the cold after refusing to sign a new contract at the Liberty Stadium with Man City sniffing. A 14.2% ownership will be greatly concerned, particularly given that the cheaper alternative, Michu, delivered on his debut. Sinclair absence = Danny Graham on spot-kicks? Graham owners will hope so after today’s frustrating blank.

Adam Federici
Backed by so many going into Reading’s double fixtures, along with the Royals’ back four, Federici fumbled for Michael Kightly’s effort threw away our clean sheets and delivered a massive slab of early frustration.

James Tomkins
Relegated to the bench for the home clash with Villa; this was billed as a rest after his summer in the Great Britain Olympic squad but was still a major surprise for the season opener. With 5.8% ownership in the Sky Sports game, there will be plenty disappointed and concerned that Tomkins could face a battle to earn a recall – particularly with the Hammers keeping it clean.

Jan Vertonghen
Surprisingly omitted from the Spurs lineup for the trip to Newcastle. We had such high hopes for the former Ajax stopper who has the goal record to present a viable differential at the back. It looks as though he could face a battle to establish a starting role – although Andre Villas-Boas can’t have been impressed with his defence. William Gallas captain? I know, we can’t figure it either.

Rafael Van der Vaart
Another player who found himself on the bench, the Dutchman emerged to replace Sigurdsson on 68 minutes, only to leave his leg flailing to bring Hatem Ben Arfa to the deck for Newcastle’s penalty. A starter for home matches?

Liverpool
Luckily, few were backing them with their nightmarish fixtures. The 3-0 defeat at West Brom confirmed that Brendan Rodgers has a job on and Liverpool currently remain bereft of true Fantasy potential.

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3,436 Responses to “The Stock Check – Gameweek 1 – Saturday”

  1. August 19 at 7:12 am

    mazzarscar...the wholy trinity says:

    self control it is valaar
    this is my team and think its perfect hence saving transfers gw 2
    friedel
    raphael zabaleta Cole A.
    dyer mata Valencia bale(C)
    tevez torres graham

    federicci Kaca Demel Hangeland
    thoughts..where do I need to Improve….maybe vorm for friedel

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  2. August 19 at 7:15 am

    chuiku2 - join my mini league: 130105-39487 says:

    Just checked my points score and I see that 50000 other players have the same score… Can anyone tell me how players on the same score are ranked in FPL…

    In the rules page I found something about same points in the cup competition but not for FPL…

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    1. August 19 at 7:17 am

      Djerbil (aka) Calcio Catania says:

      randomly now..later by the no of transfers made

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  3. August 19 at 7:15 am

    Djerbil (aka) Calcio Catania says:

    This page has been rumbling on for the last 50 mins..This is How I like the Dead Zone…..

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    1. August 19 at 7:16 am

      Billy Gilmore - Nuevo Gerente del Betis says:

      Nice timing :)

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      1. August 19 at 7:17 am

        Djerbil (aka) Calcio Catania says:

        :D ..It did for about 50… Nice to see so less face-less people around and so little RMTs..

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        1. August 19 at 7:32 am

          King Kai says:

          _l_

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  4. August 19 at 7:17 am

    triggerlips says:

    Nothing wrong with 4 point hits early in the season.
    Important to be on the bandwagons , and to ship out players who are going to drop in price.

    Building team value is important early on.

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    1. August 19 at 7:17 am

      Fernando Torres says:

      +1 I did this last year and ended up at the end of the season with a team value of 112 and top of my league.

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      1. August 19 at 7:20 am

        triggerlips says:

        last two season have been about 50.000 at xmas and both times finished in top 1000 all because of being able to take advantage of high team value. Need to check the price sites every day.
        It the difference between a 10k finish and a 1k

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      2. August 19 at 7:22 am

        Clover says:

        +1 Did the same thing… :-) mine was around 111 :-D

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    2. August 19 at 7:19 am

      Nitin Nagaraja says:

      All this is messing with my mind! Aaaarrrgggghhhh

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      1. August 19 at 7:22 am

        triggerlips says:

        Also 4 point hits keep the team fresh , making it less likely to need a wildcard.
        Im not talking about hits every week , maybe twenty 4 point hit over the course of a season

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        1. August 19 at 7:25 am

          Nitin Nagaraja says:

          Hmm … Thanks for the advice :)

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        2. August 19 at 7:25 am

          Billy Gilmore - Nuevo Gerente del Betis says:

          :shock: 20 is a bit much imo.

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    3. August 19 at 7:21 am

      SAB says:

      I agree with the points hits if value is dropping/ players not playing but really dont get people doing transfers right now with 4 games left of the gameweek

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      1. August 19 at 7:21 am

        Nitin Nagaraja says:

        Yeah. Removing players who haven’t even played yet makes no sense!

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      2. August 19 at 7:23 am

        mahfreems - Manager of Reims, the best club in France (almost) says:

        I’m waiting till tomorrow evening to decide about Michu then the Chelsea game will have finished and I can decide who gets the chop first and whether Michu actally comes in or not

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        1. August 19 at 7:26 am

          SAB says:

          Good idea. Injuries and red cards can happen and who knows if another player gets 2 goals a whole new bandwagon will start

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          1. August 19 at 7:30 am

            triggerlips says:

            Problem with the Chelsea players is that they dont play their eay game until wednesday , so its difficult to know which one to remove until then

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      3. August 19 at 7:31 am

        Desertbug says:

        I was never planning on keeping Cech beyond this DGW, planning to ride Vorm through first couple months. Put in transfer already, to avoid price rises catching me by surprise. If you have a plan and are looking a few weeks ahead all of the time, you can save yourself significant bucks by making your moves early in the week. I did get burned once last year, with a midweek injury, but on the whole, I think I probably saved a couple million in aggregate on purchase savings.

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    4. August 19 at 7:36 am

      Nighthawk says:

      I took 3 hits in total last season and finished 4,256th

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      1. August 19 at 7:45 am

        Desertbug says:

        Admirable restraint. I took a few more than that en route to my 2,377 finish. Thing is, that sometimes, when the upcoming fixtures are promising enough, the yield gained by making that extra move and getting two players to reap benefit of a sweet three game stretch is worth it. Things got really dicey at the end with the DGWs late last year, and without a couple of hits, I wouldn’t have been able to have team lined up the right way.

        Yes try to minimize the need by thinking ahead, but no, they aren’t inherently evil.

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        1. August 19 at 7:55 am

          Champ says:

          Totally agree. Last couple seasons I’ve been quite conservative with hits and ended around the 10k mark. When I finished 78th though I spent points most weeks and they usually paid dividends. Make of that what you will but each should be judged on their own merit imo.

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      2. August 19 at 7:51 am

        triggerlips says:

        thats where you went wrong :-)

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    5. August 19 at 8:01 am

      Gaz Downright says:

      I completely disagree. Another FPL myth.

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  5. August 19 at 7:20 am

    Dr. Rog says:

    Can get to this team with a few carefully timed transfers over the coming weeks
    Meanwhile I have 3swansea players which buys me some time to get to the right team

    Quite happy with the first week my defence is sweet happy with the team no wildcard required
    DDG Verny
    Zab kaboul cuellar demel four
    Bale caz barfa michu kac
    Tevez Rvp petric

    And jump off the muchu bandwagon and onto the piemaar one in time
    No rush for fulham players anyone notice they are playing away twice now

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  6. August 19 at 7:21 am

    baulchy says:

    Who is going Torres to Rooney and who is going Torres to RVP???

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    1. August 19 at 7:23 am

      Nickname says:

      Not sure just yet. Hard to know if RVP is worth his price tag tbh

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      1. August 19 at 7:24 am

        Dr. Rog says:

        I went Rooney in order to jump on muchu bandwagon

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    2. August 19 at 7:25 am

      mahfreems - Manager of Reims, the best club in France (almost) says:

      I’m waiting till later today/tomorrow preferably today as I could make 3.0 in savings potentially for RVP but probably Rooney

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    3. August 19 at 7:25 am

      Liastro_3109 says:

      Planning on the earlier yet I’m trying to get on the Michu bandwagon too!

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    4. August 19 at 7:26 am

      Fernando Torres says:

      Torres to RVP probably.

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    5. August 19 at 7:28 am

      Nitin Nagaraja says:

      Neither just yet.

      Probably N’Zogbia or Mata -> Michu for me. Probably.

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      1. August 19 at 7:31 am

        Dr. Rog says:

        Think roo could be the flat track bully at home and RSVP the class act away

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    6. August 19 at 7:57 am

      Champ says:

      Surely we need some form to judge first?

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  7. August 19 at 7:22 am

    Nickname says:

    Anyone watch the villa match? I thought lambert teams would always score at least one goal… Hence getting d bent!

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    1. August 19 at 7:26 am

      SAB says:

      Aston villa have a very poor team. Imo just because Lambert is there doesnt suddenly mean N zogbia and Ireland will instantly become better players, they are still shit. And these are the guts Bent is relying on to supply him.

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      1. August 19 at 7:30 am

        Nickname says:

        Worrying. 3 home games in their next 5 may not be much good… The thing that gets me toughis that lambert managed to get a norwich team freshoutofthe championship to 7th top scorers in tne league last year. Surely he cold get a villa team doing something similar?

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        1. August 19 at 7:33 am

          SAB says:

          Im guessing that the Norwich team last year were all players that Lambert bought or at least had time to work with. He has inherited and very poor team imo

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        2. August 19 at 7:36 am

          triggerlips says:

          Way too soon to panic, the decent fixtur means they deserve another chance to stay in your team

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          1. August 19 at 7:40 am

            SAB says:

            For sure, if you have then keep. Just saying that they never interested me in the first place.

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  8. August 19 at 7:26 am

    mazzarscar...the wholy trinity says:

    self control it is
    this is my team and think its perfect hence saving transfers gw 2
    friedel
    raphael zabaleta Cole A.
    dyer mata Valencia bale(C)
    tevez torres graham

    federicci Kaca Demel Hangeland
    thoughts..where do I need to Improve….maybe vorm for friedel

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  9. August 19 at 7:28 am

    Liastro_3109 says:

    Will Rooney play behind RVP when both are on the pitch?

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  10. August 19 at 7:28 am

    goonerbyron says:

    Arghh.. I wish this was the Euros game so that I could take Michu, Cuellar and Demel off my bench and into my team!! :D

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    1. August 19 at 7:29 am

      Liastro_3109 says:

      +1000000

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    2. August 19 at 7:32 am

      chuiku2 - join my mini league: 130105-39487 says:

      Even in the Euros game you could sub players back into the team who have already played… So you couldn’t look at the points and rearrange your team…

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      1. August 19 at 7:33 am

        chuiku2 - join my mini league: 130105-39487 says:

        Sorry meant to say “you could not sub players in who have already played”

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  11. August 19 at 7:31 am

    bdwhite91 says:

    Petric on penalty duties as long as he’s on the pitch, correct? He was already subbed off when Sidwell took it.

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    1. August 19 at 7:33 am

      Sarnab says:

      I think so

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  12. August 19 at 7:32 am

    chuiku2 - join my mini league: 130105-39487 says:

    Will Michu score more points against West Ham or is bringing in Man City defender a better idea for GW2…

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    1. August 19 at 7:32 am

      goonerbyron says:

      When Man City are away to Liverpool? :|

      Get Michu in..

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  13. August 19 at 7:32 am

    Nickname says:

    At least michu is cheap, even after a 0.5 price rise hed still only be 7.0m! Ben arfa is also cheap & looks like he’ll continue where he left off last year

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    1. August 19 at 7:33 am

      Nighthawk says:

      A point rise goes up by £0.1m in value.

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      1. August 19 at 7:34 am

        Nickname says:

        Yep

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  14. August 19 at 7:32 am

    Sarnab says:

    Price Rise not yet done ?? Why?

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      1. August 19 at 7:38 am

        Sarnab says:

        So it means he will rise tonight.. Ok then after seeing chelsea’s game I’ll do Sinclair > Michu

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  15. August 19 at 7:33 am

    triggerlips says:

    Nothing more satisfying than a massive bandwagon starting on a player you zlready own (Michu)
    Although its also annoying that everyone then has him too

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    1. August 19 at 7:34 am

      Nickname says:

      Was that the best debut ever by a fantasy football player? I cant remember a better one

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      1. August 19 at 7:41 am

        Billy Gilmore - Nuevo Gerente del Betis says:

        Aguero last season.

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      2. August 19 at 7:42 am

        jinswick says:

        Ravanelli (hat-trick on debut)

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    2. August 19 at 7:38 am

      SAB says:

      Trigger agree. Add to that he was on my bench

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  16. August 19 at 7:35 am

    jinswick says:

    Let’s try again after my recent shambles of a post:

    As has been pointed out, it’s important to build team value early on in the season, and point hits are therefore more acceptable early on as a result. That said, which would you plump for from these options?

    a) Lampard & Torres -> Dyer & RVP(c) (4 pointer)
    b) Mata & Torres -> Michu & RVP(c) (4 pointer)
    c) Podolski -> Graham
    d) Podolski & Torres -> Graham & Rooney(c) (4 pointer)
    e) Something else

    De Gea
    Zabaleta, Cuellar, Clyne
    Lampard, Mata, Bale, Pienaar
    Torres, Tevez, Podolski

    Bank 0.0m
    Federici, Guthrie, McCartney, Hughes

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    1. August 19 at 7:43 am

      Chill Pill says:

      Points hits now are not a big deal as the game has only begun, I will be taking one this week to clear my Chelsea out to get the team I wanted to begin with, nothing can be won or lost in week one.

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    2. August 19 at 7:45 am

      triggerlips says:

      Just looked at your team.

      Not leaving any money in the bank has limited your options . Guthrie to Michu would of been the obvious choice.
      Given your circumstances i would say Lampard must go for Michu which would give enough to do podolski to Van Persie

      However i would wait until all games are played , as there could be injuries etc

      lampard michu
      podolski van persie

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      1. August 19 at 7:49 am

        triggerlips says:

        On reflection

        Lampard to Michu now probbly best bet , and wait till later in week todecide other transfer

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      2. August 19 at 7:49 am

        jinswick says:

        Yeah, I basically made a few really stupid last minute changes (originally had Graham and Dyer in my team).

        Unfortunately Lampard -> Michu only saves 2.5m, which isn’t enough for Podolski -> RVP.

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        1. August 19 at 7:58 am

          triggerlips says:

          tricky , i wouldnt want Podolski in my team

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          1. August 19 at 8:03 am

            jinswick says:

            Yeah, I don’t know either. I’m thinking the ‘safe’ play is to do Podolski -> Graham this week, and then do Torres & Lamps -> RVP & someone like Kagawa/Michu in GW3 (for a hit). It’s a bit of a mess really.

            The alternative is:

            Mata & Torres -> Michu & RVP(c) this week for a hit. No room for price rises though, so I’ll have to move fairly quicky if doing this.

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    3. August 19 at 7:54 am

      Mancio's BlueStarz says:

      2 out of Mata/Lamps and Torres have to leave within 3rd GW me thinks. Overall I like your team. i’d go Podolski->Graham(G will come good. You need some SWA attacking cover under Laudrup). I think you can get Santi instead of iPod for ARS cover(I think he’ll be the next Fabs). Not having Aguero scares me too…. Tevez->Aguero????

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    4. August 19 at 7:59 am

      sick city says:

      Defo B

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  17. August 19 at 7:38 am

    Liastro_3109 says:

    What does it take for a price rise then in terms of transfers?

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    1. August 19 at 7:40 am

      Billy Gilmore - Nuevo Gerente del Betis says:

      1% of people to transfer the player in.

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  18. August 19 at 7:39 am

    KujaliaFC - Player Exchange League: 2396-563 says:

    184 pople have transferred in Alex Song. Seriously?

    See Michu’s numbers. 23132 transfers in. Get him now, while he’s still 6.5 :)

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    1. August 19 at 7:43 am

      Nighthawk says:

      Price changes happen at 1:00AM, so you can do it after you’ve seen the Wigan v Chelsea and Man City v Southampton game.

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      1. August 19 at 7:53 am

        KujaliaFC - Player Exchange League: 2396-563 says:

        I’ve already transferred out Ramires for Michu. So if Mata is rested in GW2, I will suffer a little. I don’t want to take any chances though. Want to be sure to get him at 6.5.

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    2. August 19 at 7:54 am

      Gaz Downright says:

      Meh.

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  19. August 19 at 7:42 am

    Djerbil (aka) Calcio Catania says:

    Excuse me, Why is there a difference between The Gameweek Rank and Overall Rank atm??

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    1. August 19 at 7:42 am

      Billy Gilmore - Nuevo Gerente del Betis says:

      All the players with the same score must randomly be assigned a different rank.

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      1. August 19 at 7:43 am

        Djerbil (aka) Calcio Catania says:

        ok..cheers

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  20. August 19 at 7:44 am

    Dr. Rog says:

    Why did noble not get any points thought he scored

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    1. August 19 at 7:47 am

      Billy Gilmore - Nuevo Gerente del Betis says:

      Nolan scored.

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    2. August 19 at 7:48 am

      Nitin Nagaraja says:

      Nolan scored!

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    3. August 19 at 7:55 am

      Sarnab says:

      lol :D

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  21. August 19 at 7:46 am

    Dav says:

    any chance torres, a cole, yaya, zabaleta or tevez won’t play so i can get michu off my bench?!

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    1. August 19 at 7:47 am

      Billy Gilmore - Nuevo Gerente del Betis says:

      2 chances of that.

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      1. August 19 at 7:51 am

        Dav says:

        fingers crossed. his 16 + 3 on bench will be a kick in the nuts GW1

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  22. August 19 at 7:47 am

    Dav says:

    what sites show possible price rises?

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      1. August 19 at 7:54 am

        Dav says:

        thanks

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  23. August 19 at 7:50 am

    mahfreems - Manager of Reims, the best club in France (almost) says:

    After all this “bandwagoning” Michu still stands at only 3.9% ownership. How quickly is that gonna rise?

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    1. August 19 at 7:53 am

      Gaz Downright says:

      22k transfers in. That’s about 1%. Do the maths.

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  24. August 19 at 7:51 am

    King Kennys Kopouts says:

    Why has total FPL not got any price rise predictions, where are they this year?

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      1. August 19 at 7:59 am

        King Kennys Kopouts says:

        Just found thanks, think I need a new name for this season……

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  25. August 19 at 7:54 am

    bigfoot says:

    Did Carzola get Best On Ground??

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    1. August 19 at 7:56 am

      Nitin Nagaraja says:

      *Cazorla

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      1. August 19 at 7:57 am

        bigfoot says:

        i knew that :P

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        1. August 19 at 7:59 am

          Nitin Nagaraja says:

          and I did not understand your question.

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  26. August 19 at 7:54 am

    Manani says:

    :lol: 2 CS in my bench, nearly my whole team got 2pts. except 1 CS :(

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    1. August 19 at 7:57 am

      Nickname says:

      Same here, demel & cuellar on bench, played staylor & fabio… D’oh!

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    2. August 19 at 8:02 am

      Champ says:

      I got 6 points from 5 starters and 12 points sitting on my bench from jaask and cuellar :/

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  27. August 19 at 7:56 am

    Nickname says:

    Two good 3 or 4 goal wins for chelski & city would go down well, with about 50 points from lamps, torres (c), tevez, nasri & zabaleta to make up for not believeing the michu hype last week :-)

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  28. August 19 at 7:58 am

    Manani says:

    oh, and any bandwagon worth jumping in?

    got graham yesterday, and is well pissed that he only got 2 :(

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    1. August 19 at 7:57 am

      Nitin Nagaraja says:

      You have 15 hours to get Michu at £6.5m.

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      1. August 19 at 8:02 am

        Manani says:

        so you think i should use my FT on michu, instead of bringing in rooney?

        did he played really up the field yesterday?
        i just saw the 2nd goal, and he was class

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        1. August 19 at 8:03 am

          Nitin Nagaraja says:

          I didn’t say that! And I didn’t watch the game.
          I don’t know who to bring in. I’ll probably transfer out Mata.

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          1. August 19 at 8:07 am

            Manani says:

            how the heck do you know my team!?
            it wasn’t it link!

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            1. August 19 at 8:06 am

              Billy Gilmore - Nuevo Gerente del Betis says:

              He’s talking about his team.

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            2. August 19 at 8:10 am

              Nitin Nagaraja says:

              You’re getting thrashed by KoL btw :D

              • 2 replies
               
              1. August 19 at 8:13 am

                Billy Gilmore - Nuevo Gerente del Betis says:

                And you’re somehow winning :)

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              2. August 19 at 8:14 am

                Manani says:

                where can i check it?

                disappointing week, nzog failed me, so did graham :(

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    2. August 19 at 8:02 am

      RVP4CPT says:

      Graham will come good over next 2 weeks.

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    3. August 19 at 8:07 am

      Manani says:

      also, let me clarify this.
      the price change happens in 3:00am UK time, right?
      so I can watch today’s match before doing any changes. correct?
      although there won’t be any better banwagon than michu

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  29. August 19 at 7:59 am

    Nickname says:

    Any spurs fans have the lowdown on the VDV conundrum? Is that him established as an impact sub rather than astarter now? Really should have stuck with safe option bale… Athoughi supposed there’s only 1 point between them at the minute

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    1. August 19 at 8:04 am

      Gaz Downright says:

      Sandro was available, and Siggy preferred for this one. Simple as that.

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    2. August 19 at 8:05 am

      Champ says:

      not a fan but I don’t think its black and white. He will start plenty of games surely and score well but its clear he’s not “nailed on” especially away

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      1. August 19 at 8:07 am

        Demi says:

        +1 … Can’t see AVB playing Siggy and VDV at the same time on many occasions, and when Siggy starts, he’s the most likely to make way when things aren’t going well for VDV and vice versa. Makes them both abit redundant in FPL imo unless 1 gets injured. This is why i’d much rather pay the extra .5 for Bale

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        1. August 19 at 8:20 am

          Champ says:

          Indeed Demi. How you faring mate?

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          1. August 19 at 8:41 am

            Demi says:

            Not bad Champ, yourself? Good to see you on the boards again. Looking forward to the new season. Hope i can crack the 5k this year.

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    3. August 19 at 8:08 am

      SAB says:

      VDV and Siggy are similar players and will share pitch time imo

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  30. August 19 at 8:03 am

    baulchy says:

    Lampard, Bale, Valencia, Piennar. Who should i trade out for Michu??

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    1. August 19 at 8:05 am

      Liastro_3109 says:

      Wait for today’s games.

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    2. August 19 at 8:06 am

      Nitin Nagaraja says:

      You didn’t get Gerrard?

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      1. August 19 at 8:07 am

        Billy Gilmore - Nuevo Gerente del Betis says:

        Shocking that :D

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    3. August 19 at 8:07 am

      Champ says:

      *shakes head in dismay

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    4. August 19 at 8:12 am

      chuiku2 - join my mini league: 130105-39487 says:

      Lampard as he has no GW3…

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Player Club Factors
No Change Hart MCI B, Vs
Up Cech CHE B, Vs
Up Robles WIG C, Vs, £
No Change Lloris TOT C, Vs
No Change Foster WBA C, Vs
No Change Vorm SWA C, Vs
No Change Mignolet SUN B, Vs
No Change De Gea MUN A
Up Boruc SOT B, Vs, £
No Change Jääskeläinen WHM A
No Change Begovic STO C
No Change Howard EVE A

Defenders

Player Club Factors
No Change Kompany MCI B, Vs, Rest
No Change Vertonghen TOT A, Vs, Rest
Up Luiz CHE A, Vs, Rest
No Change Baines EVE A
Up Boyce WIG C, Vs, OoP
Down Bassong NOR B, Vs
Up McAuley WBA C, Vs
Down Johnson LIV B
Up Jones MUN A
No Change Sagna ARS B
Up Huth STO C
No Change Cuéllar SUN B, Vs, £
No Change Rangel SWA C, Vs
Up Clyne SOT B, Vs, £

Midfielders

Player Club Factors
Up Bale TOT A, Vs
No Change Mata CHE C, Vs, Rest
Up Walcott ARS C, OoP
Up Hazard CHE B, Vs, Rest, Inj
Up Maloney WIG B, Vs, £
No Change Y Touré MCI B, Vs
No Change Silva MCI B, Vs, Inj
No Change Fellaini EVE C
No Change Coutinho LIV B
Up Morrison WBA C, Vs
Down Cazorla ARS C
No Change Snodgrass NOR B
Up Kagawa MUN B, Rest
Up Walters STO B
Down Lallana SOT C, Vs
Down Sissoko NEW C

Forwards

Player Club Factors
Up Tevez MCI A, Vs, Rest
Up Koné WIG B, Vs, £
Down van Persie MUN A, Vs
Up Sturridge LIV B
Up Lukaku WBA B, Vs, Rest
Up Benteke AVL A
Down Aguero MCI B, Vs, Inj
Up Rodriguez SOT A, Vs, £
Up Defoe TOT B, Vs, Rest
Down Lambert SOT C, Vs
Down Rooney MUN C
Up Carroll WHM A, VsX
Up Ba CHE C, Vs, Rest
Down Berbatov FUL C
Up Cissé NEW B
Down Remy QPR B

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Vs Favourable Fixtures
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Rest Rotation Risk
Inj Injured/Returning from Injury
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