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The Big Numbers – Gameweek 13

A Gameweek tainted by no less than three 0-0 stalemates still saw several protagonists produce strong statistical shifts. Jordi Gomez and Stephane Sessegnon led the way in our ICT Index rankings and are amongst the players picked out in this week’s Big Numbers, our summary of some of the key stats on show from the weekend’s action…

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. Lawrø
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    A) Mata, Sterling, Garrido

    B) Fellaini, P.Hernandez, Enrique

    A or B?

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    1. Voice of the Mysterons
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      A

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  2. Gooders
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Any other opinions? PS3 (or xbox) fans, yes or no on buying the following:

    Bioshock
    God of War 3
    Battlefield 3
    Call of Duty 4
    Assassin's Creed 1, 2, Brotherhood
    Dishonored
    Killzone

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    1. Ivor
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      If it's any CoD, give Modern Warfare 1 a bash - still a cracking game

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      1. Gooders
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah, COD4, that is MW1 isn't it?

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        1. Ivor
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Yep. Got MW1, 2 and 3 myself, still reckon the first is the most enjoyable

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          1. Gooders
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Cheers, heard a fair few say that. Any opinions on the other games?

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            1. Ivor
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Haven't played any of them, heard Assassin's Creed is a good one though, and Bioshock. Wouldn't get both Battlefield and CoD, pretty similar - reckon BF is more for serious gamers though.

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  3. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    The status page should have a new feature, 'FPL accounts deleted/FPL suicides this week*'

    *A suicide is anything over a 16 point hit

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  4. Voice of the Mysterons
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Baines and Tevez or Enrique and Suarez? Which two would you go for?

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  5. Podge
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    American restoration, what a silly program.

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  6. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Value question: Is Gaston worth the extra cash comparing to Punch ?

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      I don't think so, no. Lallana Ramirez and Pucheon are so fluid and inter-changing meaning they will all get similar chances imo. Ramirez takes some fks though.

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    2. nadman89
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      honestly i think gaston is class puncheon is a good player but gaston plays in the hole more likely for goals and assists but i may be wrong too

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      1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah he played second striker practically today...if that continues he's a winner

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    3. FPL Mike the Knight
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      i don't think so while his ptch time looks limited due to coming back from injury. Gaston way well pull away after 3-4 weeks though.

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    4. Parm
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Depends, if you have the cash yes, if not, Punch is fine.

      Punch= 5 mid(Benchable)

      Ramirez- 4/3 mid(Rarely benchable)

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  7. Fantasy-er
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Was this the most collectively bad GW in FPL history?

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    1. Gargamel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Nope, that will have been one of the snowed off ones. Only one or two games went ahead once.

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      1. Fantasy-er
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Oh yea, I remember that only too well!

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      2. Chris_White
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Remember 2 years ago where I was left with Kolo Toure(c) and Coleman. Kolo got sent off...

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        1. Fantasy-er
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          LOL

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        2. Gargamel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Hahaha

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    2. Jonah
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Nah, some snow-weeks can see averages well down into single figures.

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      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Cahill VC week still gives me nightmares... 🙁

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        1. Jonah
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Disgusting. At least it probably contributed to the vice-captain system we have now.

          Whenever it snows, Vice-Captain someone from the early kick-off who you know is going to play!

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      2. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah but that's not worse, that's just all the games were called off. This week all games were played and the majority got sub 30 scores

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  8. Viper
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Berba -> Fletcher done!

    I'll probably end up regretting it but ya have to roll the dice sometimes in this game..

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    1. Fantasy-er
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Strongly considering doing the same. What convinced you?

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      1. Scribe
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Fixtures plus double game week.....Plus Fulham are utter pish away from home

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        1. CravenA
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          You know this because . . .?

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      2. Viper
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Its just basically the fixtures. I wanted to be able to captain a dgwk player so Fletcher with his goal record is the man I chose 🙂

        Berba is dropping tonight & Fletcher is rising so it shouldn't be too hard to do Fletch -> Berba in a few weeks if need be..

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        1. Bad Seed
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Why not just wait until the DGW? You'd be able to afford it then. In the meantime, you'll have Fletcher facing a QPR buoyed by Harry and a resilient Norwich defence.

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          1. Viper
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Because those 2 fixtures are still better than Fulham's plus Berba's price is dropping & Fletcher's is going up so it will be harder to do it then..

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      3. FPL Mike the Knight
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        don't do it, berbs is class, fletcher is Scotish! 😉

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        1. CravenA
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Sensible advice, at last.

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    2. Ivor
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Definitely, could well pay off

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  9. SMOOTH
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    im starting puncheon over ba this week. he looked dangerous and newcastle look toothless

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    1. Jonah
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      The very article that you're posting on suggests that Ba has some good goal threat still, despite the poor form. Guess you'll need to be a member to see how much though.

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      1. SMOOTH
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        i am a member. this article doesnt mention ba. it mentions newcastles lack to attack. where are you reading this

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        1. Jonah
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          In the paragraph on Adam Le Fondre.

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      2. rdpx
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        newcastle are the new QPR.

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    2. Willis.
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Ba won't score at the Britannia.

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  10. Hazardous
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Im i the only one who thinks aguero will be benched for wigan considering he has played 3 games in a weeweek so rest against wigan on the cards?

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  11. Nerdlinger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Will McCarthy replace Fed when he's back fit? I'm hoping so, bur can't see it...

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    1. Hazardous
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Hopefully not

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    2. Jonah
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Real 50/50 that one.

      I'm going to go with "not".

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  12. ivanm
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Help

    A) Long and Wallcot/Mata

    or

    B) Tevez and Morrison

    Thnx

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    1. nadman89
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      B for me

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  13. rdpx
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Thinking about a wildcard....

    what do you think?

    Begovic Tremmel

    Enrique Morrison Garrido O'Brien JEvans

    Sessegnon Bale Silva Fellaini Fetcher/Gomez

    Suarez Fletcher Aguero

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    1. rdpx
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      or Aguero - RVP and Sess - Gomez?

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    2. Hazardous
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      No rvp sterling oh well!

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      1. rdpx
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        thanks for that. very helpful.

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  14. bmb100
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Benching Berba over Morrison, Puncheon and Santi seem reasonable?

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    1. SMOOTH
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      im playing puncheon over ba. puncheon over berba is reasonable for sure

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    2. Wolverine
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Berba over Morrison IMO

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  15. Jeremiah
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Who to captain ?

    a) Suarez
    b) Ba
    c) Fellani
    d) Hazard
    e) Cazorla

    Any advice is appreciated 🙂

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    1. nadman89
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      rvp

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  16. Well you know, Triffic
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    2FT

    Pienaar -> Puncheon
    Ba -> Suarez

    My seasons going down the pan. Fast. :

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    1. Jonah
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Would always advise against getting Suarez on 4 bookings. It's such a difficult one when he's playing so well, but Ba garunteed to keep playing for a while is good enough I think,

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      1. Well you know, Triffic
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah Ba could perform, just that Toon look so dire at the moment, and Stoke away is not the place for them to regain their winning ways. I think I might do it, my rank sucks, nowt to lose!

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        1. Jonah
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Can't be a terrible idea. Sterling has no bad fixtures from now til the wildcard, so it's not a if you'll end up bringing in a terrible player for him when he is suspended.

          Think the time has come for us to give up on Pienaar by the way!

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  17. nadman89
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    not to me , berba always has a shot to score! and hes on pens too i he got 16 points away to arsenal why not a goal away to chelsea im not benching him

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  18. Drip Doctor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    If you are leading your mini league by say, 40ish points, do you think a 12 pt hit to sort out your team for the upcoming weeks could work? I am not going to do it, just curious if anyone has had a similar tactic?

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    1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      No and no.

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    2. nadman89
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      nah , id rather have those 12 pts in my pocket

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    3. Parm
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Just play the game, ignore your opponents team and the points difference between you and your opponents team.

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    4. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Why not? It would still put you 28ish points in front but with a much better team...

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      1. Drip Doctor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        My thoughts aswell. I think it probably would work out.

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    5. Jonah
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      No need to be so philosophical about it. Horses for courses.

      I tend to think good managers don't take hits, partly because they have patience and also because they're less likely to end up in a mess.

      An injury crisis has to be very bad before an 8 point hit is a necessity,

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      1. Drip Doctor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Ha i wish i had your restraint, not a single hit all season!

        Still higher ranked then you though 😉

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        1. Jonah
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          No hits all last season either!

          Well done.

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          1. Drip Doctor
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Blimey. The Ice Man!

            I usually take a hit every other gameweek. Terrible.

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  19. Willis.
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    A) Fellatio -> Sessy

    OR

    B) Ba -> Fletcher?

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    1. Owd Big 'Ed
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Neither. But B is the better option. Still not convinced by Sunderland.

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  20. Owd Big 'Ed
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Puncheon or Lallana?

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    1. Ivor
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      I heard Lallana's the flair pick...

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      1. Scribe
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Punch...he is benchable

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        1. Owd Big 'Ed
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          I'd be rotating with Sterling.

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  21. Wolverine
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Jussi bego
    Rafael demel baines Davies shorey
    Puncheon cazorla Silva Morrison bale
    Rvp ba berba

    0.4m in bank

    Gw14- baines to Enrique
    Gw 15- Morrison to sess
    Gw16/17- ba to long
    Gw18- sess to mata

    Just a rough plan...look ok?

    Keep baines over Enrique and do baines and Morrison to Enrique and sess in gw15?

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    1. Scribe
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Baines is a season keeper imo

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  22. SW6
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    If I'm planning on getting Suarez in after his ban, should I sell Sterling? If I did I'd probably get Puncheon or Frei for flair.

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    1. Wolverine
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Frei isn't flair, it's pointless getting him in

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      1. SW6
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        He'll start on Wednesday.

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        1. Wolverine
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Ok didn't know this. Surely not nailed on long term though?

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    2. Scribe
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      I have Suarez and Sterling....did ok for me last week but looking to ship Sterling soon

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      1. Jeremiah
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Why ship Sterling ?

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        1. Scribe
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Cause I have Suarez and want Enrique....Sterling would be overkill

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  23. woodles
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    advice would be appreciated! 3.4 in bank but want demel out, ba out, silva in, enrique in, and suarez in.
    what order you think i should do the transfers in?? worried about the suarez suspension but ba is on poor form and has stoke away so another 2 likely

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    1. Owd Big 'Ed
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      He got a hat trick there last year...

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      1. woodles
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        newcaslte looking very poor though and stoke home record this season is amazing. cant see any other result but a clean sheet

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    2. Hazardous
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      I would hold ur ft for after spurs game then if saurz not suspended bring him in for soton and captain him then bring in enrique ....silva the one u can get in last ino

      or bring in saurez now if u not worried about 4yc

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  24. ClaireT
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Not done that great the last couple of weeks, so just looking for a bit of advice on how to improve this lot. GW14, I have 1 FT and 0.9 in the bank.

    Schwarzer, Jaaskalinen
    Baines, Nelsen, McCartney, Wilkinson, Cuellar
    Cazorla, Nolan, Sterling, Hazard, Fellaini
    Ba, RVP, Crouch

    Thanks in advance!

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    1. matthewhagon
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Have you captained RVP the last 3 weeks?

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        1. ClaireT
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Not all three, no. Two of them, yes, definately.

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          1. matthewhagon
              11 years, 5 months ago

              A lot of people have suffered with his mini drought, wont be long before he is banging them in again. I like your midfield, im sure you have heard it before but have you thought of getting rid of baines and spreading the funds around?

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              1. ClaireT
                • 14 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                Thanks! Could be a good idea that, with Everton leaking goals at the moment and whatnot. Who would you suggest as a potential replacement for Baines?

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                1. matthewhagon
                    11 years, 5 months ago

                    Stoke have looked good at the back, Kompany is always going to play for city and now that rafa is at chelsea i can see them keeping more clean sheets and finally United, Evans is back now and he is a bargain!!

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        2. Owd Big 'Ed
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Who is expected to rise and fall tonight?

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          1. Scribe
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Berba looks like falling

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          2. सनकी
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            fiso.co.uk

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          3. Piggs Boson
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            RonH's penis.

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        3. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          I doubt there has ever been a time in FPL when a team's front 3 is compromised of a DF, MF and a Striker. That is now the case at Liverpool. Quite astonishing.

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          1. Scribe
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Will Enrique keep playing there?

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            1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              why wouldn't he? I think he is nailed on for the 3rd forward spot

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              1. Scribe
                • 11 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                Cause it's embarrassing for liverpool. But hey...good for fpl

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              2. Jonah
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                -1. Probably the only position where they have anyone fighting for positions.

                Wouldn't have thought he''ll play more than two thirds of the games there from now til the wildcard, which is still a pretty good deal.

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            2. Jonah
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Don't think so. Players like Suso and Assadi haven't had a fair crack of the whip yet in my opinion.

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              1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
                • 14 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                enrique looks 10 times more threatening than either of those. Enrique will keep his place

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                1. Jonah
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  11 years, 5 months ago

                  We seem to have reached an impasse 🙂

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          2. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            comprised* damn autocorrect

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          3. Drip Doctor
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Bertrand, Hazard and Torres?

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            1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Nice!

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              1. Drip Doctor
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                Kolarov has played in a front 3 for City aswell.

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          4. Waldaz
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            On a slightly different note, remember when Bale was a 5m defender? That was fun.

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        4. FPL Touches
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Who to start? Punchy with NOR or Sterling with tot? Team linked if needed 🙂

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          1. Scribe
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Punch by a mile

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        5. Parm
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Bench Ba or Berbatov?

          Ba yeah?

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          1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Neither is benchable

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            1. Parm
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Do I bench Mata, Bale, Fellaini, Sessegnon or Puncheon then?

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              1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
                • 12 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                Puncheon

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          2. Scribe
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Bench Ba and swap Berba for FLetch

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        6. Cantona90
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Pick one to start out of Cuellar, Sterling, Berbatov. Simpson

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          1. berbatron
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Exact same problem! I am starting Berbs

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            1. Cantona90
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              hmm. Normally I would play Cuellar, but Sunderlland look like they're going more attacking at the moment and conceding more as a result. QPR could be reguvinated under Redknapp. I'm thinking Tottenhams defence is worse than Chelsea's, so maybe Sterling. But Berbatov could always work his magic.

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          2. Najoman86
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Berbatov

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        7. DOCLES
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Hard to know whether to bench Puncheon or Morisson?

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          1. rdpx
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Morisson he is playing non attacking MF until Mulumbu is back

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