Scout Notes – Gameweek 6 – Monday
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Matt Jarvis and Ricardo Vaz Te grab the goals as West Ham register their first win on the road. Adel Taarabt climbs off the bench to fire home a superb strike but Mark Hughes’ side lose yet again to remain in the bottom three…
Kevin Nolan
The Hammers skipper picked up his first attacking returns for the season by providing the assist for Jarvis’ opener. Nolan has scored in all three of his Upton Park matches thus far but prior to last night had failed to deliver on the road – he has now played a part in four of his side’s seven goals and, currently averaging in excess of five FPL points per game, is making a mockery of his current 6.3 price tag. With four home games in the next six (ARS, SOT, MCI, STO) in addition to a trip to Wigan, Nolan will surely tempt many many Fantasy managers to snap up his services before Sam Allardyce’s side play host to the Gunners next Saturday evening.
Ricardo Vaz Te
A goal and maximum bonus points confirmed his potential as a cut-price forward option across the Fantasy games. Vaz Te has started five of the Hammers’ matches and has either scored, assisted or picked up FPL bonus in four of his outings in the first XI but with Andy Carroll now fit from a hamstring injury, he could fly under plenty radars ahead of the aforementioned run of games.
Matt Jarvis
Handed his first start since Gameweek 2, the former Wolves man vindicated Allardyce’s decision by firing the Hammers ahead with less than three minutes on the clock. Jarvis has struggled for game time of late – the previous two Gameweeks had harvested a couple of second-half sub appearances, with Matt Taylor preferred on the left of the front three instead. As a result, Jarvis has dropped to 0.2% ownership in FPL but bearing in mind he has racked up 130+ points for Wolves in each of the last two seasons, he could prove a decent differential alternative to Nolan over the next few matches if he continues to nail down a regular role.
Andy Carroll
While Fantasy managers are currently spoilt for choice for options up front, Andy Carroll’s return to action will have raised a few eyebrows. The big number nine may face a battle to earn a starting role after Carlton Cole’s admirable shift last night but it seems likely that Carroll will be unleashed on the Arsenal defence this weekend. He is yet to notch for the Hammers but his value to them around the penalty area, winning flick-ons and knocking the ball down for Nolan and Vaz Te, is obvious. Sam Allardyce certainly didn’t fail to notice the impact that Carroll made in just 20 minutes last night…
“His aim was to hold the ball up and be a target for us so we could stop QPR’s pressure and it changed the game back in our favour. The sending off did as well of course. Andy started holding the ball up and we started creating more chances but for some great saves from the goalkeeper we could have won this game by more.”
West Ham Defence
Allardyce is sweating on the fitness of two of his first-choice back-four ahead of the weekend clash against Arsenal. Winston Reid (concussion) and Joey O’Brien (hamstring) were both subbed off within 10 minutes of one another midway through the first period last night, with James Tomkins and George McCartney the replacements. Having conceded a single goal at home so far, the Hammers’ cut-price defenders have afforded strong value options for Fantasy managers – Guy Demel and Jussi Jaaskelainen owners will be hoping any possible absence to the other regulars won’t dim their chances of clean sheet returns over the aforementioned schedule.
The Hammers boss brought us this on the injuries post-match…
“QPR have gone out and spent a lot of money. We’ve come to their place and been the better side. We’ve had to overcome two injuries in the first half. Unfortunately Jussi knocked out Reid and then Joey felt his hamstring. We didn’t look defensively any weaker when George McCartney and James Tomkins came on, which is fantastic for me…We’ll find out how Winston is on Tuesday but he seems OK in the dressing room. The medical team think he might have had a slight concussion but hopefully he will recover in time for Saturday’s game with Arsenal.”
Adel Taarabt
The mercurial Moroccan returned to action for the first time since Gameweek 1 last night. Climbing off the bench, Taarabt served a reminder of his undoubted talents with a thunderous strike to give the hosts a glimmer of hope before fellow-sub Samba Diakite’s dismissal put paid to QPR’s chances of a revival. The problem for Taarabt – and QPR in general – is that Mark Hughes has simply stockpiled so many players he seems to have no idea what his best team is. Only two players, Bobby Zamora and Ji-Sung Park, have started more than four of the side’s six games so far; there is no doubt Taarabt is clearly capable but given his manager’s incessant rotation policy, there doesn’t seem to be a single QPR player we can rely upon.
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October 2 at 1:53 pm
Zizou says:
anyone feel that rvp is not worth the 13.2m or whatever value he is on your team at the moment,
is it worth downgrading and improving elsewhere esp if you were wc’ing
October 2 at 1:55 pm
Aitken says:
Hes going to score. He will be up there with the top goal scores as long has he keeps injury free.
October 2 at 2:00 pm
Kostja says:
Up there is really not enough- for that money id want guaranteed top scorer.
October 2 at 2:08 pm
Giggs Boson says:
I can’t bring myself to argue for RVP again…. http://25.media.tumblr.com/tum.....o1_500.jpg
October 2 at 2:13 pm
steveqo says:
I have come to that conclusion. He will score a lot BUT you know fergie will rest him at some point.
October 2 at 1:54 pm
hazza44 says:
Mandzukic or Ronaldo for this week??
October 2 at 1:54 pm
Fantasy-er says:
If Fantasy football starting doing an option of a 3rd wildcard, but this one you had to buy (if you wanted it) for say £1.50, how many would buy it?
I would GLADLY pay £1.50 for an extra wildcard.
October 2 at 1:56 pm
GreenWindmill says:
No way never.
October 2 at 1:56 pm
Aitken says:
Dont be silly.
October 2 at 1:57 pm
Funkyav says:
I think 2 i s enough for a season. and I like the fact that those who are always making transfers get 4 point deduction each time.
October 2 at 1:56 pm
Chris_White says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l91ISfcuzDw
October 2 at 1:58 pm
kroky says:
That would just open up a whole can of worms so no. Plus every team would be the same. Two is bad enough already
October 2 at 2:05 pm
pompeyfan says:
games where you can buy your way to success are rubbish. It would be like the Premier league!
October 2 at 2:00 pm
Fantasy-er says:
So it’s gameweek 36 your whole team has just bombed and the guy above you in your mini league has just gone 40 points clear…. You wouldn’t pay £1.50 for a wildcard to try and bail yourself out?
October 2 at 2:03 pm
Berbilly Gilmore - Nuevo Gerente del Betis says:
That would take the fun out of the game.
October 2 at 2:03 pm
GreenWindmill says:
Still no way never.
October 2 at 2:02 pm
Giggs Boson says:
£1.50 to flush your pride down the toilet. Nah, i’d want to win fair and square with 2 WCs
October 2 at 2:02 pm
GreenWindmill says:
What might be slightly more interesting (although I wouldn’t really want to see it implemented) would be if you could choose to sacrifice team value for another wildcard.
Say you had to pay 3m in team value for an extra wildcard, would you do it?
October 2 at 2:03 pm
Fantasy-er says:
If I was in desperate need, yes.
October 2 at 2:03 pm
Funkyav says:
think it would need to be more like £5-7m. I think at 3m a lot of people would.
October 2 at 2:05 pm
GreenWindmill says:
Yeah, choose your price, I just picked a figure which was in excess of the value you can make by playing the markets on a wildcard. It might need to operate on a sliding scale so in GW1 it would cost £1.0m and GW38 it would cost £15.0m to take into account increasing team value and the scenario Fantasy-er paints where people are more keen to take last gasp punts.
I’m not sure why I’m going into this in such detail – I think it’s a terrible idea!
October 2 at 2:08 pm
Funkyav says:
yeah me too….
October 2 at 2:08 pm
GreenWindmill says:
October 2 at 2:23 pm
King Cabbage says:
I’d prefer 0 Wild Cards than 3.
I actually prefer the 1-2 transfers a week and having to think more.
October 2 at 4:37 pm
masyuris says:
I prefer 0 wild cards, but we have quota 50 transfers for one season…..
October 2 at 2:00 pm
Kostja says:
So UCL transfers done- did not want to overthink it and went for some obvious choices.
Reus, RVP, Robben out Nani, Ronaldo, Santi in.
MY strikeforce is now- Ibra, Ronaldo, Messi
October 2 at 2:03 pm
Hanamichi says:
just did Fabregas –> Isco (have no idea)
October 2 at 2:04 pm
Kostja says:
The caring has dropped a bit. RVP will probably score a few today
October 2 at 2:05 pm
steveqo says:
So I’ve wildcarded this week and brought in Torres. I have mata and cole also. Being in aguero next week? (2.4m in bank)
October 2 at 2:05 pm
Zizou says:
best 2 midfielders long term for 4-4.5m (already have demel)
October 2 at 2:05 pm
Hanamichi says:
?
October 2 at 2:06 pm
RD84 says:
Do you see the flaw in that statement?
October 2 at 2:07 pm
Zizou says:
oops defenders my bad
October 2 at 3:15 pm
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October 2 at 2:08 pm
GreenWindmill says:
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October 2 at 2:08 pm
Zizou says:
stephen pienaar has retired from international football so wont be absent in Jan for ACN
October 2 at 2:14 pm
Chu Young Ping Pong says:
Anybody played on Virgin Gaming before?
October 2 at 2:15 pm
Hitman3095 says:
Hey guys! Already traded Zab to Gibbs so the rest will be a -4 point each trade.
Which do you like better? I could always do Pienaar for A next week…
a) Tevez –> Ba
Guthrie –> Pienaar
+£0.2
b) Tevez –> Suarez
+£1.2
October 2 at 2:17 pm
Hitman3095 says:
Damn, new page..
October 2 at 3:35 pm
Manani says:
any betting tips for tonight?
UEFA, LC, whatever games welcome