The Stock Check – Gameweek 7 – Saturday Part Two
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The Gunners show their spirit to come from behind and claim the points at Upton Park, as Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott arrive and Santi Cazorla confirms his class…
On the Up
Olivier Giroud
A first Premier League goal, was capped by the assist for Theo Walcott’s winner. The Frenchman has pedigree in his native country but has yet to convince on these shores. He’ll surely take great confidence from this evening’s performance, however, and Giroud could yet present another enticing option up front.
Santi Cazorla
We kept faith with Cazorla in the Watchlist rankings, settling him in third above his in-form team-mate Gervinho: tonight’s performance demonstrated just why. The Spaniard was, once again, superb and this time delivered on his hugely impressive numbers with a fabulous strike to seal the Arsenal victory.
Theo Walcott
A peripheral figure so far in Arsenal’s season, Walcott’s goal and his assist for Cazola’s effort was a reminder of his potential. Contract negotiations are still ongoing – if Walcott can finally settle, he could yet play a role in our Fantasy seasons. Right now, he’s an option that increases the likelihood of rotation in Wenger’s lineup.
Going Down
The Arsenal Defence
Arsene Wenger brought Per Mertesacker back into his back four, dropping Laurent Koscielny to the bench – a decision likely to have been governed by the threat of Andy Carroll. The Gunners backline have now conceded in the last four and, more significantly, with Bacary Sagna and Wojciech Szczesney set for returns after the international break, there is a great deal of uncertainty in terms of personnel. Thomas Vermaelen appears to be the only assured starter, at least until we know more on Kieran Gibbs’ knock that saw him replaced just before the hour-mark tonight.
Gervinho
Giroud’s returns and Walcott’s showing from the bench signals trouble for owners of the Ivorian. Already he was pushed out wide on the right from the off in this evening’s game, only to be replaced by Walcott after 60 minutes after an ineffectual showing. Gervinho’s starting role is now immediately under increased threat, both as a central attacker and on the flank.
Ricardo Vaz Te
The Hammers striker had been enjoying a buoyant start to the season but this looks to have been derailed this evening by a suspected dislocation of the shoulder. Guy Demel also sustained a knock and his prognosis is likely to be a greater concern for Fantasy managers.
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October 7 at 9:19 am
kaz says:
Berbatov(when fit) and hazard
OR
Ba and fellaini
October 7 at 9:19 am
pogre ogre baby says:
do not rate fellaini at all
October 7 at 9:20 am
pogre ogre baby says:
a)))))
October 7 at 9:20 am
Giggs Boson says:
The former.
October 7 at 9:21 am
Spencer says:
Berba and Santi
October 7 at 9:23 am
kaz says:
thats not an option
October 7 at 9:24 am
Spencer says:
Berba and Hazard then.
October 7 at 9:21 am
FORCA INTER says:
berb and hazard
October 7 at 9:22 am
kaz says:
cheers.
was leaning towards B & H
October 7 at 9:22 am
EL BERBOSSA says:
Berb + Santi or Bale
October 7 at 9:23 am
kaz says:
not an option
October 7 at 9:24 am
EL BERBOSSA says:
A then
October 7 at 9:29 am
tw says:
first one. tho bale/caz over hazard
October 7 at 9:49 am
transferaddict says:
In order of importance Berbs & Fellaini. Save the cash
October 7 at 9:22 am
Sidekick Simon says:
Hangeland to score today
October 7 at 9:25 am
Spencer says:
I hope so, but has he even come close yet this season?
October 7 at 9:26 am
Sidekick Simon says:
No and I’m considering getting rid of him and Santon. Thats 10m in defence not doing very much atm
October 7 at 9:29 am
GreenWindmill says:
His goal threat is a myth.
October 7 at 9:38 am
Dave Whelan's Press Officer says:
starting to believe this
October 7 at 9:38 am
GreenWindmill says:
Check his record. One freak season, all the rest have been a whole load of nothing.
October 7 at 10:09 am
Primigenia says:
True. It was two years ago. I remember getting about three goals from him towards the end of the season. Last year he was as dry as a seven year drought.
October 7 at 9:23 am
GreenWindmill says:
Wonga.com? *sigh*
October 7 at 9:24 am
Dogba says:
What are people’s thoughts on Hazard? Time to get rid of him during the break for Silva/Bale?
October 7 at 9:28 am
Podge says:
Yeh tough fixtures and sharing points with Mata
October 7 at 9:29 am
Dogba says:
Yeah, that’s what I’m afraid of too, way too much point-sharing with Mata and potentially Oscar, who I think could become the #1 choice for Chelsea coverage as the season goes on.
October 7 at 9:28 am
Spencer says:
I think so. He’s just too expensive for his returns.
Cue him going on a high scoring run now…
October 7 at 9:33 am
Dogba says:
He’s got the goal-threat… I might just keep him, I think Tottenham will have a hard time vs in-form Chelsea in GW8.
October 7 at 9:29 am
Dogba says:
Hazard’s stats are impressive this week though, Silva’s are not. Will be interesting to see how Bale fares, I’m afraid he’ll do amazing.
October 7 at 9:32 am
Jafalad says:
Just booted for Bale. Frees up cash to get Mata too for Michu. Don’t think I’ll lose out w/out him-Mata was pulling a lot of strings yesterday.
October 7 at 9:24 am
big oak says:
iv had ramirez for 3 weeks now
and i truly believe he will be a 2nd michu this season
im counting on him as my big differential for weeks to come and with southampton’s forgiving fixtures
October 7 at 9:29 am
JKisthe1 - Los Colchoneros 2 - The Revenge says:
+1
This is my 3rd week of owning him, took -4 for it, no regrets on that, he has me a goal and an assist already. Plus it got Marveaux out of my team
October 7 at 9:32 am
big oak says:
how in the world did marveaux got into your team
but yeah i think he is playing in the hole behind a lone striker and in a very offensive southampton tema and he costs peanuts
what else can we ask for?
October 7 at 9:34 am
JKisthe1 - Los Colchoneros 2 - The Revenge says:
Don’t ask, a failed punt based on advice from China Mag.
He looks awesome and he’s still finding his feet. He has around 0.5% ownership atm (when I got him it was 0.2%) I can see him fast going up in the way Michu did.
October 7 at 9:42 am
big oak says:
oh yeah
last season i captained osman once
it is this situation when u think u are pulling out a genious move and end up with ur tail between ur legs
October 7 at 9:31 am
Sidekick Simon says:
really?
October 7 at 12:43 pm
Saint-Dutchie says:
Quite agree….had him for three wks ….. very happy with him, although I new he would be something special
October 7 at 9:25 am
tw says:
big day today:
a) el classico!
b) big rivalry match for the local mls team
c) got rafa, hba, ba, bale (c) and lambert playing. and need them to do well as i’m tied with demi (though he took a 4pt hit) in a very interesting fantasy classico
October 7 at 9:26 am
TwoKnightsTheKnight (formerly Mak_Gold) says:
Should I wildcard this lot?:
Foster – Federici,
Baines – Clyne – Demel – McAuley — Cuellar,
Hazard – Yaya – Pienaar – Michu — Guthrie,
RVP – Tevez – Lambert. (£1.0m bank)
Was thinking of switching to this:
Foster – BEGOVIC,
Baines – GIBBS – Clyne – GORKSS – NELSEN,
BALE – CAZORLA – SILVA – RAMIREZ – STERLING,
AGüERO – BA – BERBA. (£0.7m bank)
What do you think?
October 7 at 9:29 am
big oak says:
yaya should go
hazard has 2 challenging fixtures where i think one of oscar hazard and mata will be sacrified for someone who has more defensive presence (id give it 70% oscar to be used as a supersub adn 30% hazard)
federici of course but u can live with foster alone for a while
guthrie has to go
the rest is fine
October 7 at 10:44 am
cylus11 says:
Santi in for Yaya
Kolarov for Demel
Any thoughts
October 7 at 9:30 am
Just A Hat says:
it seems like your wildcard would make your team worse…
October 7 at 9:36 am
TwoKnightsTheKnight (formerly Mak_Gold) says:
Demel is a doubt, Guthrie has been dropped, Clyne is useless, Yaya not performing etc. How would the wildcard make my team worse. Just ’cause I’m removing RVP?
October 7 at 9:37 am
pogre ogre baby says:
because you’ve kept clyne and have also brought in nelson and gorkss…those are 3 useless defenders
October 7 at 9:30 am
pogre ogre baby says:
you just need to get rid of federici thats it…or do lambert>berba
October 7 at 9:29 am
pogre ogre baby says:
how does this team look?
jussi begovic
ridgewell cuellar baines demel gorkss
bale mata santi michu sterling
rvp berba tevez
October 7 at 9:37 am
Spencer says:
Looks great to me.
October 7 at 9:29 am
tw says:
hmmm…. since the strategy of my team is to rotate players alot and have 15 players who i’d be happy playing any week but rotate based on fixtures, is it worth getting kolorov in? if he plays, he’s great! and if not then i have 2 other good defensive subs.
October 7 at 9:28 am
Grimmaldi - Send in the Clowns says:
It would be if you could be assured he won’t come on for a 5 minute cameo on those games he won’t start. Because that will be the case you’ll end up with periodic 1 point returns when it should have at least been a cleansheet.
Far too frustrating for me at least.
October 7 at 9:32 am
tw says:
why would he come on for a 5 minute cameo?? only reason i’d bring on a defender for the last 5 minutes is if it was a tight game (i.e. united vs spurs when spurs finished with 6 defs) but seems to get forward quite a lot. if it were me i’d probably put on a more defensive defender…
October 7 at 9:33 am
tw says:
but i see your point. thanks
October 7 at 9:37 am
Grimmaldi - Send in the Clowns says:
Happened yesterday with Clichy, happened the first week for Kolorov. Wouldn’t exactly be that strange an event.
Also Kolorov has got a total points of 21 with 18 of which came yesterday, I couldn’t really justify having such an inconsistent point scorer in my team. There’s always the chance of being blinded by the recent high score and not noticing the frustration of all the prior weeks.
October 7 at 9:47 am
tw says:
true. good points. it’s just seems that last year too the rare weeks when he played he often had good scores with a goal, assist, cs or some combo of one those
October 7 at 9:30 am
Berbilly Gilmore - Betis for La Liga 2013 says:
You know you want to….
October 7 at 9:31 am
JKisthe1 - Los Colchoneros 2 - The Revenge says:
Hello mate
If you can cover off Kolarov rests he is worth owning
October 7 at 9:30 am
tw says:
hey mate! how’s your gw going?
current defense is baines, gibbs, rafa, saylor, cueller with 1.9 in the bank.
thinking i’d get him in for one of gibbs (injured?), rafa, or saylor (injured for now) and still have a strong defense
October 7 at 9:37 am
Berbilly Gilmore - Betis for La Liga 2013 says:
With that defence I would. You will always have adequate cover for when he’s rested.
October 7 at 9:38 am
tw says:
who should i ditch for him? gibbs and rafa would be a strait swap. saylor would require .7 more but as you see i have a decent amount in the bank
October 7 at 9:40 am
Berbilly Gilmore - Betis for La Liga 2013 says:
Gibbs if he’s injured or Rafa if he isn’t.
October 7 at 9:46 am
tw says:
thanks. so i should keep sayolor? and what if gibbs is only out a week or two?
and hmmm can’t decide between kolorov who is the points machine when he plays (1 goal, 2 assists and 1 cleanie from 3 starts this season and a strong record last year as well), or ivan who is nailed on it seems and has 3 goals, 1 assist and 4 cleanies in 7 games
October 7 at 9:31 am
big oak says:
the problem with kolarov is that on many occasions he comes off the bench when city are trailing
this is exceptionally bad because having kolarov means you will not rotate him, u will simply start him every week and hope mancini does too
October 7 at 9:30 am
MartinUnreal says:
Dead last on previous page
Most Beautiful players in the Premier League right now:
Cazorla
Baines
Pienaar
Berbamuff
Mata
Ba
Michu (his celebration today made me like him)
Di Santo (Has the best celebration)
Silva
Personal shout out goes to Fletcher
Any ones I missed?
I’ve actually found that the players I love the most are the ones I prefer having in FPL…is this a good or bad thing? Or maybe just a coincidence?
October 7 at 9:30 am
Sidekick Simon says:
Bad.
October 7 at 9:30 am
tw says:
i replied….
and how do you determine ‘most beautiful’?
October 7 at 9:30 am
MartinUnreal says:
Simply the most aesthetically beautiful in whatever way they play.
And of course in a purely homosexual/man-crush way…obviously.
LOL
October 7 at 9:34 am
GreenWindmill says:
Needs more Ben Arfa
October 7 at 9:38 am
MartinUnreal says:
I was going to say Ben Arfa but I decided on Ba currently…two Magpies is too much for a Mackem (full disclosure: I have BOTH on my team)
October 7 at 9:30 am
pilgrim says:
What about this for a team? Can get it over the next 2 week for just a 4 point hit overall.
Foster, Begovic
Baines, Jenkinson, Cuellar, Demel, Clark
Bale, Silva, Mata, Cazorla, Sterling
RVP, Fletcher, Progrebnyak
October 7 at 9:30 am
heartsattack says:
Will RVP take the man u penalty today with Rooney on the pitch ?
October 7 at 9:30 am
Sidekick Simon says:
Yes
October 7 at 9:30 am
Giggs Boson says:
It’s anyones guess. I think RVP will take them personally.
October 7 at 9:33 am
Grimmaldi - Send in the Clowns says:
Even though RvP fluffed his first one his 2nd was fairly decent and Rooney has always been a bit mediocre at penalties. I would guess RvP would take the penalties.
October 7 at 9:33 am
MartinUnreal says:
This was discussed as if Man Utd pre-arranged a penalty…oh wait…I forgot…Fergie…bribes…of course…
October 7 at 9:33 am
Just A Hat says:
yes and Valencia will claim the assist
October 7 at 9:34 am
big oak says:
u mean the mandatory free totally unjustified penalty per game for united?
yes
October 7 at 9:38 am
heartsattack says:
Yeah that’s the one.
October 7 at 9:35 am
Dogba says:
You’re not the only one wondering. I think he’ll take it.
October 7 at 9:35 am
FORCA INTER says:
if he dont take penalty he is out from my team
i kinnda hope Rooney takes it
October 7 at 9:36 am
heartsattack says:
I think I’m the only one on here planning to bring him in as opposed to taking him out,
October 7 at 9:31 am
Wild Rover says:
Super Sunday! Bring it on…
Not seen a lower score than my 16 yesterday.. hopefully today will be better
October 7 at 9:30 am
Giggs Boson says:
You have some great players playing today, i’m sure you’ll be fine
October 7 at 9:31 am
Wild Rover says:
Great score yesterday Midas…
October 7 at 9:34 am
Giggs Boson says:
Ha! At least i have RVP and no attacking City players
October 7 at 9:35 am
Giggs Boson says:
Although you have no City at all…
October 7 at 9:44 am
Wild Rover says:
Might get Kolarov back..
October 7 at 9:42 am
Giggs Boson says:
You know you want to
It certainly spices up every gameweek 
October 7 at 9:39 am
MartinUnreal says:
No attacking City players??
HELLO??
DING DONG GOES THE LOLAROV BELL
October 7 at 9:31 am
MartinUnreal says:
Imagine you got -16 today…
I’d LOL…
October 7 at 9:34 am
Wild Rover says:
Not as loud as me when I looked at your rank….
October 7 at 9:40 am
MartinUnreal says:
No I literally would LOL so loud my ranking would rise as a result…sorry mate!
October 7 at 9:36 am
Pratik says:
I am too close for comfort at 18
October 7 at 9:40 am
Pratik says:
But I have 6 solid players including captain today, so I should end up with a decent score anyways.
October 7 at 9:37 am
big oak says:
come on mate u have 6 palyers still to go
its not that bad
October 7 at 9:38 am
MJ6987 (Atalanta) says:
Close, I’m on 17 but…that is just after my WC therefore I am the bigger chump!
October 7 at 9:41 am
big oak says:
actually i dnt remember ever scoring more than 45 pts after a WC
its the 2nd week where i usually get the rewards
(it took two weeks this season)
October 7 at 9:44 am
MartinUnreal says:
May I suggest you were the biggest chump when you laughed at Non-RVP owners and how they were all idiots (and don’t matter anyway) and now a few weeks later…you don’t own him!
The ironing is delicious…is all I’ll say
October 7 at 9:39 am
Adam - Zola returns, Watford is now my official 2nd favourite club says:
Foster Friedl
Clyne Demel Ivan Rafael Baines
Kaca Haz Michu BA Pienaar
Torres Fletcher Tevez
Considering WC, but if I’m going to do it then need to do it today!
Well up in the leagues so no need to play catch up – just would like to get in Bale and Ba
WC – yay or neigh. Wud appreciate your thoughts?
October 7 at 9:40 am
heartsattack says:
Just do haz to bale and one of your strikers to Ba then. No need to wild card.
October 7 at 9:46 am
Dogba says:
Am I the only one who is hesitant to do Haz -> Bale? Sure Bale’s next three include sot and WIG, but after that he has mci ars.
October 7 at 9:51 am
Adam - Zola returns, Watford is now my official 2nd favourite club says:
No, he’s not going anywhere, hence the question, bringing Bale in will require a bit more surgery
I think Hazard or Mata is a must – stuff the fixtures, they’ll still get points
October 7 at 9:45 am
MartinUnreal says:
No need for WC imo
October 7 at 9:41 am
EL BERBOSSA says:
Rate /10
And yes Kolarov for a potentially explosive gamble.
—Jussi(McCarthy)–
Baines-Gibbs-Kolarov-(Nelsen,Gorkss)
HBA-Pienaar-Cazorla-Bale-(Frei)
Tevez-RVP-Berbatov
October 7 at 9:42 am
tw says:
so what do we think of kags with rooney back now? will he be worse off (rotation and/or playing further back) or better off (he, rvp and rooney looked very dangerous together last week)?
October 7 at 9:43 am
Giggs Boson says:
I think he’ll be worse off, and most likely rotated. Once Young his back, he’ll have even more competition. Now is the time to offload imo.
October 7 at 9:51 am
tw says:
i don’t have him but considering him as i have 1.9 in the bank right now and am looking for a michu replacement after next week. thanks for your thoughts
October 7 at 9:44 am
big oak says:
not worth it
October 7 at 9:45 am
Hay Number 2- "Every day and in every way, I am getting better, and better" says:
I really think the Rooney/RVP combo can only have a negative affect on Kags from a FF perspective. Shame really I am a fan!
But they do say that great players learn to play together so you never know.
October 7 at 9:45 am
Giggs Boson says:
NEW POST
http://www.fantasyfootballscou.....nt-4071608
October 7 at 9:45 am
big oak says:
new post
October 7 at 9:45 am
Hay Number 2- "Every day and in every way, I am getting better, and better" says:
See….I told all you Baines haters to have some faith
lol
October 7 at 9:44 am
MartinUnreal says:
I don’t remember anyone hating Baines…?
October 7 at 9:46 am
Giggs Boson says:
I never doubted him
October 7 at 9:47 am
LeBron says:
Hopefully he will get some BAPS too
October 7 at 9:46 am
MartinUnreal says:
George Bush…Great President? Or GREATEST President?
Heskey…Great player? Or GREATEST player?
October 7 at 9:47 am
Wild Rover says:
Boyce and Fletcher to Kolarov and Berbatov -4?
October 7 at 9:48 am
pogre ogre baby says:
best defender for 4.5 bracket?
A)Lowton
B)Clark
C)Wilson
D)Hughes
E)Cuellar
October 7 at 9:50 am
rvp786 says:
CUELLAR
October 7 at 9:48 am
EL BERBOSSA says:
NEW POST
October 7 at 9:57 am
Natster | The Shuffling says:
Did anyone watch Everton yesterday?
How was Fellaini? Was he playing behind Jelly or deep in MF? Is he still a good FPL prospect?
October 7 at 10:38 am
sniperone7 says:
He looked inept playing too deep and had no bearing on the result, got petulant and lucky not to be sent off. Thinking of dumping him myself.
October 7 at 10:37 am
jimnastics says:
Agreed, with Jelavic on the pitch (and to some extent Mirallas), Fellaini is half the FPL player he was. I’m shipping this GW, holding onto Pienaar.
October 7 at 10:13 am
Intricacy says:
So a slight drop in my overall rankings sees me fall to ~130,000th with a several points lost in both mini-leagues. Hoping to turn that back round in my favour today with 5 of my players still to play, including all of my strikers.
Two free transfers before the next gameweek. How to utilise them?
Begovic, Jaaskelainen
Baines, Clark*, Nelsen*, Hughes, Cuellar
Cazorla, Hazard*, Ben Arfa, Dyer*, Maloney
van Persie, Suarez, Lambert
Those with stars next to them I’m looking to ship out the most.
October 7 at 10:20 am
CoYi says:
Any bets on today’s games people!? I fancy a Utd win with Newcastle missing Colo and Taylor…..