Versus – Dimitar Berbatov & Steven Fletcher
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Signed in the transfer window, both Steven Fletcher and Dimitar Berbatov have wasted little time in acclimatising at their new clubs, turning the heads of Fantasy managers.
Placed snugly in the mid-price bracket, they both look to offer strong solutions to the third striker slot in our squads with other places reserved for expensive heavy-hitters. In that scenario, many Fantasy managers have been forced to choose from these two players – both take form, decent fixtures and almost identical price tags into the coming months.
In this latest article for our Members, we look beyond the goals and points notched so far, exploring the numbers behind their performances in an attempt to offer a solution to this particular selection dilemma.
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| Player | Club | Factors | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
Selection Factors
| A, B, C | Current Form |
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| Vs | Favourable Fixtures |
| VsX | Unfavourable Fixtures |
| Rest | Rotation Risk |
| Inj | Injured/Returning from Injury |
| OoP | Out of Position |
| £ | Potential Bargain |
| Sus | Suspended/Near Suspension |
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September 21 at 10:01 am
King Nemanja says:
Can anyone who knows a thing about cricket offer an opinion on how the Bangladesh v New Zealand game will go? A close game or easy win for NZ?
September 21 at 10:05 am
chuiku2 - Join my UCL Fantasy Mini-League Code: 167750-421493 says:
Close game I feel as NZ bowlers are not that great… It will probably be a high scoring match with Bangladesh just losing if it is a good pitch…
September 21 at 10:11 am
King Nemanja says:
Hmm know nothing about cricket myself, was just looking for an easy way to make a bit of money. Think I’ll stay away from it, 2/5 doesn’t seem a great price if a close game is a possibility. Thanks for the advice!
September 21 at 10:06 am
ronh says:
Go to a cricket site.
Or an old fat man’s site.
September 21 at 10:11 am
TheSportsGuy - you say cabay I say hello says:
your charm is only rivaled by your wit.
September 21 at 10:24 am
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We’d a good amount of fun in the morning.
September 21 at 10:02 am
gedda says:
Latest OptaJoe tweet; “0 – In 15 league and cup meetings, Swansea City have never beaten Everton (W0 D4 L11). Zero.” As if the news on Graham weren’t enough.
September 21 at 10:04 am
ATHELTICO TIMBO says:
It doesn’t mean anything. Swansea haven’t played efc for years and years before last season. Eve to win 2-0 though lol
September 21 at 10:06 am
gedda says:
Haha! Good call, not going in to it with 3 Swans thought, thats for sure!
September 21 at 10:03 am
SuperDunny says:
Start Sterling or Maloney?
September 21 at 10:02 am
Daniel_tsl says:
Sterling
September 21 at 10:02 am
ATHELTICO TIMBO says:
Maloney
September 21 at 10:03 am
colonel shoe says:
maloney
September 21 at 10:04 am
gedda says:
Maloney. If you don’t play him at home to Fulham you never will!
September 21 at 10:05 am
thetinkerman says:
This.
September 21 at 10:10 am
SuperDunny says:
Worst logic ever
September 21 at 10:18 am
thetinkerman says:
I think the point is that if you are considering playing a £4.5m player with a more difficult fixture over a £5m player with a good fixture, why do you own the £5m player at all? If you’re not going to play him this week, why did you buy him?
September 21 at 10:21 am
SuperDunny says:
wow you are actually trying to defend your first comment? Surely you must know your logic is entirely flawed.
Is it impossible that the £4.5m player may just be better than the £5m player? Do the people at FPL just not make mistakes?
Plus there are plenty of reasons why i or anyone else may own a £5m player. How about the simple fact that it allows me a more expensive (regular) first XI?
September 21 at 10:07 am
Brian (Not the Messiah) says:
who cares? if you have better options, use them.
September 21 at 10:07 am
Brian (Not the Messiah) says:
its not like they get disgruntled sitting on your bench!!
September 21 at 10:10 am
ATHELTICO TIMBO says:
You wouldnt say that if you’d benched demel for 3 cleanies. That bastards giving me nightmares!
September 21 at 10:11 am
Brian (Not the Messiah) says:
September 21 at 10:19 am
thetinkerman says:
Next season I’m starting with 3 or more £4m defenders. The so called elite defences never seem to be settled or offer good value at the start anyway!
September 21 at 10:10 am
gedda says:
That is true, but having gone for Maloney over any 4.5 midfielder you have to have some intention of playing him when it comes down to it. Hence, Fulham at home is a good place to start. I am playing him. He’s getting AT LEAST 4 goals and a couple of assists, you heard it here first!
September 21 at 10:12 am
Brian (Not the Messiah) says:
you mean throughout the season he’ll get 4 goals and a couple assists? Yeah I can agree with that. You heard it here second!
September 21 at 10:14 am
gedda says:
haha, more likely!
September 21 at 10:05 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Maloney.
September 21 at 10:08 am
Berbilly Gilmore - Nuevo Gerente del Betis says:
Maloney
September 21 at 10:04 am
markymark says:
Morning Campers-just deciding wether to start Piennar or Kagawa as my final midfielder this week-any thoughts…?
September 21 at 10:06 am
ATHELTICO TIMBO says:
Pienaar
September 21 at 10:08 am
Fackinell says:
+1
September 21 at 10:06 am
Lateriser12 - "I am a consulting detective. The only one in the world" says:
Start both.
September 21 at 10:07 am
markymark says:
sorry have Dyer and RVP starting
September 21 at 10:09 am
tomtrubadur says:
Bench Dyer
September 21 at 10:07 am
Pap Le Cissier says:
Rest of team?
September 21 at 10:08 am
thetinkerman says:
Why would you even consider benching either of them? What’s the rest of your team?
September 21 at 10:06 am
Reply Fail says:
Is Rafael or Ivanovic more prone to rotation in the next couple of weeks?
September 21 at 10:08 am
cassanata says:
I would say Rafael simply because of Utds injuries and because Azpilicueta is bound to get some game time sooner or later.
September 21 at 10:12 am
Iain Dowies Love Child says:
We would all like to know the answer to this question! I reckon both are OK for next few weeks but after that?
September 21 at 10:17 am
Reply Fail says:
Thx, need to ship one out to fund Graham -> Ba
September 21 at 10:06 am
DonTheSpecialOne - Ken Bates is a money grabbing prick says:
Morning. What’s new? Lads are you getting your teams ready for the GW?
September 21 at 10:10 am
Pap Le Cissier says:
Not yet, waiting for tomorrow but waiting on injury news etc
September 21 at 10:06 am
Pap Le Cissier says:
@tinkerman
Like your view on the captain choices, but could michu be a factor as well?
September 21 at 10:12 am
thetinkerman says:
I wouldn’t consider him to be one of the prime candidates, no. His stats suggest he won’t keep scoring at the same rate he has done so far this seson – 10 goal attempts, 5 on target, which suggests that he will have to start hitting the target more often in order to keep up his scoring rate.
September 21 at 10:13 am
Qubitov says:
Yep, Michu will do OK this season, but is already over-priced IMO.
September 21 at 10:15 am
Pap Le Cissier says:
Had him since the start so not fussed about price. Its a choice of tevez or michu for me, may toss a coin at 11 tomorrow
September 21 at 10:20 am
thetinkerman says:
Yeah, he’s not worth 7.4m or whatever he is now but I was too nervous no to get involved. He’s definitely out once a clear replacement for less than £7m become clear.
September 21 at 10:13 am
thetinkerman says:
if anyone else is interesed:
“My thoughts on three widely talked about potential captains this week. Projections are a combination of previous stats for player, team and fixture and are a combination of my own and FFS projections. The projections based on the player playing 90 minutes.
Tevez – projected to score around 5 points. Should get 60+ minutes as I believe Dzeko and Balotelli will play 2 days later in the league cup and Aguero is the only real threat.
Hazard – projected to score around 5.5 points. Considerable rotation risk and might not get enough minutes to justify the armband if RDM decides that Hazard isn’t essential for this game or wants to freshen up his line-up with one of the many players itching for a game. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him coming on as a sub or being taken off early, but I predict he’ll get 60+ minutes.
RVP – projected to score around 4.5 points. I predict he will get a good amount of game-time unless Rooney is fit to start.
My personal conclusion – Tevez (c)”
September 21 at 10:15 am
Pap Le Cissier says:
Stick it up on the new post methinks!
September 21 at 10:21 am
thetinkerman says:
There’s a new post? Damn it! Right, I’m reposting, for the second time. Hope no-one minds!
September 21 at 10:06 am
ronh says:
Considering Utd’s fixtures, is it wise to have a Utd defender?
September 21 at 10:11 am
ATHELTICO TIMBO says:
I’m not even sure it’s worth having rvp
September 21 at 10:13 am
Iain Dowies Love Child says:
+1
September 21 at 10:06 am
3Dog says:
Right then, 1FT anyone think ditching Tevez for Ba is a good idea.
Will free up a few funds and I can’t get past NOR & rea next 2 weeks. Will then give me a chance to upgrade Guthrie at some point cos from what I saw last week he could play in the hole all season and still get 2 points p/w.
I am a gooner and not sure if I only want to do it cos Tevez has got us this week.
Beg / Jussi
Verm / Ivan / Raphael / McAuley / Demel
Ben Arfa / Santi / Piennar / Michu / Guthrie
Tevez / RVP / Lambert
Stick or Twist?
September 21 at 10:09 am
Pap Le Cissier says:
Id stick until there is (hopefully) some sort of confirmation on whether ba will figure after the agent fiasco
September 21 at 10:10 am
Fackinell says:
stick….until Agro is back t form
September 21 at 10:06 am
SomeLikeItHolt says:
Who will likely score most points this week, and by how many? Bale or Maloney?
September 21 at 10:15 am
ATHELTICO TIMBO says:
bale
September 21 at 10:08 am
Kings of Lyon says:
New post gents
September 21 at 10:09 am
TheSportsGuy - you say cabay I say hello says:
toughest benching decision i had to take for a very long time:
my defence has vert bains and mcually, and i need to bench 1 of those front 8:
pienaar(swa), cazorla(mci), hazard(STK), michu(EVE), morison(RDG)
tevez(ARS), ba(NOR), lambert(AVL)
September 21 at 10:10 am
kaz-glasgow says:
Pls help me pick a captain pls
Vorm Ruddy
Rangel Jenkinson Rafael Hangaland (Cuellar inj )
Hazard Yaya Toure Michu Kaka Snodgrass
Rvp Tevez Berbatov
Also pls let me know how my team looks pls ! Ty
September 21 at 10:16 am
Fackinell says:
Hazard.
Like most of us….a weak defence due to strong front 8.
lose snods
September 21 at 10:18 am
Pap Le Cissier says:
Read tinkermans post above mate
September 21 at 10:10 am
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September 21 at 10:12 am
Brian (Not the Messiah) says:
I stopped reading at ’9 and 6′
September 21 at 10:16 am
ATHELTICO TIMBO says:
Haha
September 21 at 10:20 am
Fackinell says:
ORrrrrrrrrrrrr
You could just donate to the charity, tweet #JFT96, run a marathon or climb everest wearing a diving suit whilst playing the banjo….all of which are easier than doing this!!!
September 21 at 10:23 am
Fackinell says:
Or…
You could give to the charity, tweet #JFT96, run a marathon or even climb Everest wearing a diving suit whilst playing a banjo….all easier than doing THIS !!!
September 21 at 10:17 am
Sylus says:
If we get some concrete news on Graham not playing tomorrow, does this look like a good transfer for a hit:
Zabaleta–>Ridgewell/Orsson
Graham–>Berbatov
If Graham doesn’t play don’t really have a decent back up on the bench this week to replace him.
September 21 at 10:18 am
Mrtehbigcheese says:
anyone going for berba as captain?
good fixture plus on form
September 21 at 11:08 am
dileno says:
Fulham is not too good away but Berba can always do something on his own.
He’s a differential for sure.
September 21 at 10:28 am
TeddiPonza says:
Which 3 defenders should I play out of:
Demel, Clyne, Cuellar, Ben Davies, Hughes ?
Thanks.
September 21 at 11:09 am
dileno says:
Demel, Davies, Hughes.
Sunderland won’t score a clean sheet and Cuellar’s injured.
September 21 at 10:38 am
rangerdad says:
Which keepers rotate best with Foster ?
September 21 at 10:13 pm
m101ed says:
Jussi
September 21 at 3:10 pm
Gungho_Joe says:
Amazing. This article is the final conundrum in my wild card. Cheers FFS.
September 21 at 3:29 pm
Gungho_Joe says:
Top dogs.
September 21 at 6:25 pm
Gungho_Joe says:
Thanks for clarifying this so well!
September 21 at 10:22 pm
m101ed says:
1FT, £1.1M in the bank – I’ve got McCartney, Zabaleta, Graham. What do you think of Zab and McC chances of starting both fit and who should i ditch and for who
Is anyone worried about Graham yellow flag if so he’s a gonna!
September 21 at 10:29 pm
m101ed says:
should i transfer Zab, McCartney or Graham (yellow flag) got £1.1m and 1FT
All should play but i hate expecting points to see a fat 0
September 21 at 11:30 pm
del556677 says:
Best option as a straight switch for Graham? Considerin Long for 6.0, especially now Odemwingie is out………
September 22 at 9:01 am
Kostja says:
So guys, been out for a while. Any injury news or smthng, not already mentioned in the scout tweets. My mail issues are weather Lampard and Hazard will start, and how is Kagawas health.