Sky Sports Focus
Filed under: Fantasy Football Games - Posted by: Mark
With our Fantasy Premier League contenders brought into focus earlier this week, we switch attention to our other supported Fantasy pursuit this term, with a glance at the current Scout League rankings in the Sky Sports Game and the latest transfer market activity…
The Scout League
The “Vuvuzela Symphony” plays on and enjoyed a boisterous Gameweek as Chris Tuck not only retained top spot in the Scout League, but climbed to second in the overall rankings with a score of 602. He is now just seven points shy of the summit and being name-dropped on the Fantasy Football Club. Tuck’s outstanding showing has left the chasing pack trailing, with Charles Mouzon’s “Geordie Boys” some 22 points behind on 580, while Gary Paterson’s “Pack Leaders” are back on 574 and 28 behind our leader.
Andy remains the top Scout contributor in the game and is now 32nd on 524 points – back in the ascendancy, then, along with my team which jumped up to 1562 in the world, thanks in the main to Robin Van Persie’s Stamford Bridge returns.
A reminder that if you’re playing the Sky Sports game and have yet to join our league, you can sign up to the FFScout League with this Pin: 8004519. We have a home cinema system, worth £600, available to the winner.
Market Forces
There’s been a big surge in activity in the transfer market this week with the weekend’s injuries no doubt providing a catalyst for change. It’s no surprise to see that Robin Van Persie ousts Juan Mata as the most transferred in player following his performance at Chelsea – the Dutchman goes into this Gameweek as the most popular Captain choice in the game and, just as he does in the FPL, looks unshakable as an option up front. Almost 25% of the transfers made this week have seen Van Persie brought in. Mata’s appeal remains strong with 14% of transfers involving the Spaniard, although he is superseded by two goalkeepers, with Chelsea’s Petr Cech and Stoke’s Asmir Begovic both part of over 20% of the transfers in made over the past seven days.
The need for a new stopper has been caused by the injury to Michel Vorm, who has suffered huge sales this week – he’s been involved in 32% of the transfer out deals. There’s been a general exodus of keepers with Pepe Reina suffering big sales after being kept on the bench at Everton, while patience with Joe Hart is wearing thin – he has been subject of 11% of transfers out this week. Elsewhere, Chelsea’ Fernando Torres is mirroring his continued slide in FPL ownership, with a decline in this market. Over 17% of transfers out involved Torres this week with Van Persie and Jermain Defoe seemingly the most popular replacements.
The Fantasy Football Club
It’s Darren Anderton’s turn to make his way into the Fantasy Football Club studio – we’ve heard his fully fit and should make tonight’s episode. Join Fenners and Merse from 10pm later on Sky Sports 1.
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November 2 at 4:01 pm
stumanchuu says:
So Demel, Cuellar, Guthrie and BA doubtfull / not playing
Thinking of doing Rangel to Cameron and then just hoping Cuellar / BA play ( other 2 benched)
Thoughts welcome thanks
November 2 at 4:01 pm
SillyBilly says:
Thread on the Sunderland Forum SMB saying that Fletcher is a doubt for tomorrow……
November 2 at 4:03 pm
Jonah Takalua says:
That match is going to be so grim
If it’s not last or second last (Norwich and Stoke) on MOTD I’ll eat my own underpants
November 2 at 4:04 pm
GreenWindmill says:
Buggumarked
November 2 at 4:05 pm
Jonah Takalua says:
November 2 at 4:06 pm
isacki - losing makes winning sweeter says:
Buggumarked
November 2 at 4:10 pm
GreenWindmill says:
You buggumarked my buggumarking post? Oh boy, now I’m going to have to buggumark you…
November 2 at 4:04 pm
King Nil Miss ✩ says:
Why am I not surprised to see this post?
November 2 at 4:12 pm
Rodders says:
MO didn’t mention it in his press conf…
November 2 at 4:01 pm
G-G-Granville says:
And understatement of the year goes to Paul Lambert when talking about Benteke
“He’s not the finished article by a long shot”
November 2 at 4:04 pm
heartsattack says:
Do you (or anyone else) know what is going on with Bent? I find it astonishing that he isn’t getting starts.
November 2 at 4:06 pm
denial says:
By the way Lambert’s been going on, it sounds like a case of ‘he doth protest too much.’ They’ve clearly fallen out. Imagine if he was somewhere like Pool – serious FPL option then.
November 2 at 4:07 pm
Count Of Monte Hristo - Heisenberg 1 Gus Fring 0 says:
It’s obviously got personal between Lambert and Bent. And when that happens the manager always has the power and will happily be stubborn to make a point.
November 2 at 4:10 pm
heartsattack says:
Cheers for replies. Beggars can’t be choosers is a phrase Lambert should maybe take on board. I quite like Paul Lambert and loved him as a player but I hope his stubborn attitude with Bent doesn’t indirectly get him the sack.
November 2 at 4:05 pm
Kostja says:
and what does that say about Bent
November 2 at 4:07 pm
GreenWindmill says:
That I made a mistake having him in my team at the start of the season?
November 2 at 4:02 pm
gers23 says:
Anything worth a hit in this team?
Begovic
Ivanovic/Ridgewell/Cuellar
Mata/Yaya/Bale/Mcclean
Rvp/Ba/Berbatov
Mccarthy Dyer Demel Wilson
November 2 at 4:06 pm
Reply Fail says:
Nothing is really worth a hit but you have to get rid of Wilson & Demel some time. Might as well do it this week to field 11 (if you are lucky).
November 2 at 4:10 pm
simsey33 says:
I agree
Ba, Berbatov, Cuellar, Mata all have doubt over them as does Demel.
November 2 at 4:03 pm
floydy_floyd says:
Ba and valencia in for aguero and Nolan?
I’m set on bringing in Valencia and losing aguero.
November 2 at 4:04 pm
Jonah Takalua says:
Aguero should be a fairly big differential I should think and West Ham are not at full strength at the back
Is that for free?
November 2 at 4:14 pm
floydy_floyd says:
I think ba probs has more chance of starting than aguero plus I want Valencia v arsenal!
November 2 at 4:05 pm
Kerrazy says:
do both transfers next week is better then surely? better fixtures, plus Ba wont rise this week anyway.
November 2 at 4:05 pm
kaz says:
i’d wait for another with ba and keep nolan for this week.
November 2 at 4:03 pm
China Mag says:
Mason, you asked about potential rotation risk for Simpson. Its possible that for our easy little run after liverpool, that pardiola will try ferguson at left back and santon at right back, as very attacking full backs with a 4-4-2 diamond. This would be the best way to to utilize the players we have (if pardiola insists on sticking with two up front).
November 2 at 4:05 pm
isacki - losing makes winning sweeter says:
4-4-2 diamond!! That would be a shock! Is Pardew that tactically adventurous?
November 2 at 4:07 pm
China Mag says:
Its the only way that i can see us fitting both dembas in. I’m convinced that we would have played that from the start if we had got debuchy. But simpson is just not good enough attacking. Defenitely worth trying ferguson there I reckon.
November 2 at 4:09 pm
heco87 says:
Seems a bit far fetched to me, personally .. can’t see it happening in the PL unless we’re hit by injuries. Simpson not great going forward but he plays on the same side as Ben Arfa so it doesn’t usually matter so much.
November 2 at 4:12 pm
China Mag says:
But normal 4-4-2 isn’t working. And pardiola seems determined to play with two centre forwards.
November 2 at 4:13 pm
heco87 says:
More likely to go back to how we were playing last season I’d say.
It’s not perfect at the moment, but I don’t think the system we play is a huge problem at the moment … it’s nice to have options anyway.
November 2 at 4:17 pm
isacki - losing makes winning sweeter says:
The 4-4-2 most definitely isn’t working IMO. Outnumbered and outtriangled with only two men in midfield. I think when Anita’s played he’s just been confused TBH, he comes from this amazingly tactical club like Ajax and ends up basically playing for England. The passing in midfield looks so inferior to last season’s that I think you’re trying to bypass midfield completely now, just hoof it to Ba and see what happens.
I think the best thing is to return to 4-3-3, play Ba CF, Cisse as a second striker off him to the left, Barfa right forward. I can understand why Pardew has found it so hard to do that because the pecking order of the strikers seems a very sore point.
November 2 at 4:05 pm
China Mag says:
But i think that santon is worth the little bit extra over simpson anyway. Saylor too when he gets back
November 2 at 4:25 pm
Mason says:
Thank you for the post.
November 2 at 4:03 pm
The Viper says:
Vidic out until christmas! Evans nailed on?
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/n.....as?cc=5739
November 2 at 4:07 pm
denial says:
Yep. Would like Evans in now.
November 2 at 4:04 pm
isacki - losing makes winning sweeter says:
Sometimes when I spend all week agonizing over transfers, benching and captaincy I start to wonder why I bother.
What’s the point of putting so many hours into trying to gain a theoretical point here and a theoretical point there?
That’s when I read this:
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This:
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And this:
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And suddenly I have all the motivation I need.
November 2 at 4:06 pm
heco87 says:
Haha love it.
November 2 at 4:09 pm
Nick says:
Haha brilliant
November 2 at 4:04 pm
hales says:
Here’s my team
Foster (Federici)
Baines, McAuley, Cuellar, Ivanovic, Gorks
Michu, Bale, Pienaar, Nolan, Santi,
Ba, Berb, Jelavic
Was going to trade–
Jelly>Suarez
McAuley>Nelson or Fonte
Limited by price, of course. Otherwise I might drop others.
Good idea? Bad idea?
Any advice much appreciated
November 2 at 4:04 pm
kvtvk says:
Do you think Mata destined to fall if he doesn’t feature today?
Considering Mata -> Valencia with selling price of 9.2, and Cazorla -> Mata when he’s fit.
November 2 at 4:06 pm
Kerrazy says:
not rising, and not falling imo. he’ll keep his price.
November 2 at 4:11 pm
kvtvk says:
Sounds good!
Looks like a better move to do Caz -> Valencia straight, as planned.
Cazorla is -88 at fiso right now. Hoping he can hang on to his price tag till i am ready to sell.
November 2 at 4:05 pm
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Who would you bench from this front 8?
Hazard – Cazorla – Pienaar – Nolan – Sterling
RVP(c) – Defoe(vc) – Giroud
Ta.
November 2 at 4:06 pm
Nick says:
Nolan.
November 2 at 4:07 pm
Confucius says:
sterling
November 2 at 4:07 pm
Chris_White says:
Sterling
November 2 at 4:07 pm
Reply Fail says:
Sterling
November 2 at 4:08 pm
Kostja says:
I know its hard to do, but Giroud
November 2 at 4:12 pm
heartsattack says:
Not so sure. I don’t think it will be quite as easy a match as people expect for man u tomorrow.
November 2 at 4:11 pm
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Hmm, cheers guys!
November 2 at 4:05 pm
Zep - Where's that confounded bridge? says:
For Simsey…
On the understanding that it was indeed Rory Gallagher on his grav…
Love this song…
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November 2 at 4:11 pm
Limpar says:
Love Rory Gallagher!
November 2 at 4:07 pm
Captain Shirokov says:
On the subject of Mata, even if he was fit for this weekend, I’d doubt he’d start seeing as he’s played in the two games against United and Chelsea have a tough game midweek against Shakhtar in the CL.
November 2 at 4:07 pm
Obi Wan Elokobi says:
Good afternoon guys, was just wondering who I should bench out of this lot?
Begovic/Jaas
Baines/Ridgewell/Nelsen/Hangeland/Wilkinson
Hazard/Michu/Sterling/Bale/Nolan
Tevez/Berba/RVP
Currently have Sterling, Hangeland and Nelsen on the bench
November 2 at 4:09 pm
Reply Fail says:
O, look at me, I have 11 fit players…;-) Would keep your bench like that.
November 2 at 4:13 pm
Obi Wan Elokobi says:
Lol privileges of being top 5k in the world
November 2 at 4:10 pm
Fratboy says:
New Post trannies
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November 2 at 4:11 pm
China Mag says:
For all of yous worried that you are spending too much time on this game, thinking that you would be able to do just as well if you didn’t spend hour planning out transfers, etc, since I started my new job at the start of October, where I actually have to work, and can’t spend hours on my team planning spreadsheets, I have dropped from close to 50,000, to closer to 250,000!!
November 2 at 4:11 pm
penguinsofdeath says:
Help me!
Team is:
Jussi / Federici
Baines / Gibbs / Rafael / Huth / Clyne
Michu / Pienaar / Cazorla / Ben Arfa / Nolan
Rooney / Ba / Lambert
Any advice on a change for this week? One free transfer, 1mil in the bank!
November 2 at 4:14 pm
slicks1980 says:
need some help …
rmt
berg , cerny
nelson , cuellar , shawx , simpson , mcaurtney
mata , bale , hazard , michu , sterlin
rvp . teves , pog
should i sell mata or keep him ?
if i sell i would upgrade defense or striker .. ba ?
on wc
November 2 at 4:15 pm
kaz says:
Goalkeeping dilemma: foster or ruddy?
SOT always manage to sneak one in and norwich always manage to concede :angry:
November 2 at 4:19 pm
CarelessGenius says:
Definitely foster. Have u watched Norwich this season?
November 2 at 4:18 pm
ASAP Rocky says:
Should I stick or transfer? Any transfers would be hits. 2.1 in bank.
1) Mata > Bale
2) Keep Mata and play Pienaar or Nelsen this GW.
3) Mata > ?? (Someone else)
Foster (Bego)
Caulker – Cameron – McAuley – (Nelsen) – (Demel)
Dempsey – Michu – Sterling – Mata – (Pienaar)
RVP – Tevez – Jelavic
Thanks
November 2 at 4:18 pm
CarelessGenius says:
Nelson or Gorkss?
Or both?
November 2 at 4:19 pm
ASAP Rocky says:
Nelsen. I like Cameron as well.
November 2 at 4:19 pm
Phaze 1 says:
This is the first week where I’m not sure of which moves to make. My current FL is Tevez, Berba and Ba. I’d like some input on these options Please. I have 2FTs.
1) Ba and Ivanovic –> Rooney and Rafael/Clichy
2) Ba, Ivanovic and Ridgewell –> RVP, Gorkss and Simpson -4
3)Tevez and Ivanovic — > Rooney and 6.5 mil defender
4) Tevez and Ivanovic –> RVP and Simpson
November 2 at 4:21 pm
CarelessGenius says:
Why take Ivan out?
Chelski’s fixtures aren’t terrible.
November 2 at 4:22 pm
ASAP Rocky says:
You plan on keeping Mata I take it. Think he’ll play do you?
Out of these options, i would go with 2. Except someone other than Gorkss. Like Cameron or Caulker.
November 2 at 4:23 pm
ASAP Rocky says:
Or even Nelsen.
November 2 at 4:33 pm
Phaze 1 says:
Gorkss is all I can afford if I follow plan 2. I’m keeping mata as he’s prob only gonna miss 1 week.
November 3 at 7:23 am
redbacks says:
i also have the same FL with tevez ba berba
i am may be just inclined to keep it this way only
wat say ?
November 2 at 4:22 pm
ASAP Rocky says:
How long will Demel be out?
November 2 at 4:25 pm
CarelessGenius says:
Two weeks ish, says Alladyce.
Two weeks + I reckon.
November 2 at 4:24 pm
CarelessGenius says:
If Mata plays, he might have a cameo like Fabregas a couple a seasons ago, against Villa was it? Injured but still came on and ran the game…..
November 2 at 4:32 pm
paulassetnicholson says:
If anyone has any Fantasy League questions or needs help with their team, leave your questions here.
Only comments/questions submitted before 10pm Friday will be answered.
I will give my honest opinion and a detailed answer.
November 2 at 4:32 pm
dasjagermeister says:
I dont know if anyone has noticed but Fulham have only conceded 2 goals at home so far this season and those were to City.
November 2 at 4:48 pm
phil.lfc says:
anyone knows a good site where you can see player/team statistics?
November 2 at 5:19 pm
get_in says:
squawka.com is pretty good
November 2 at 5:03 pm
danmac10 says:
Big dilemma this week!
Howard,
rangel, rafael, baines (demel, harte)
santi, noble, HBA, Morrison, (sterling)
RVP, Ba, Tevez
Not a fan of Cazorla and thinking sterling > kebe & santi > bale (because of poor capital need the 2 changes to get bale). thoughts?
November 2 at 5:10 pm
get_in says:
Pick two: Nelsen (RDG), Riise (EVE), Shawcross (nor)
November 2 at 5:49 pm
Bluemoon says:
Nelson and shawcross