Yes, we know this week’s battle for the armband is done and dusted. With 86% of the votes cast, Luis Suarez is the undisputable favourite as Liverpool prepare for the visit of Cardiff on Saturday. The Uruguayan is hunting his fifth successive double-figure haul at Anfield and it’ll be a brave, or perhaps desperate, Fantasy manager who goes against the grain. Once again, our midweek regular for members sifts through the statistics to ascertain whether there really is anyone else worth considering:
Any other Chelsea fans about? Who is the answer to our goal scoring problems? And come January, would it really matter if a player we fancy is cup tied? If I'm honest, we won't beat Galatasaray if we continue to play the way we are.
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Walker - got to ditch him even with the decent fixtures?
last few weeks; 9, 8, 2, -1
Next gws: sot, WBA, STO, mun, CPL, swa
my current def: Walker,Gabbidon,Davies,Debuchy,Coleman
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who do i go for?
a) keep Walker
b) merts
c) Jagielka (double everton df)
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It depends if you wand to downgrade and use the funds elsewhere.
Honestly I'd keep him for now. Mertesacker and Jagielka both seem a bit sideways.
But I have no idea what to expect from Tottenham with an interim manager.Open Controls
Evening. Am I grasping at straws in thinking this could be a boon for early Rooney transferers? We made the boring move and for 4 days it looked like we had casually picked another template player and Negredo would be the cool differential. If he's now flagged there could be a scramble for Negredo before Saturday and the 2-1 ownership imbalance could even up a bit.
I picked Rooney because I thought he was the best choice to get the most points, I want to score more points than other owners, I don't want them to own Rooney. This could work out well.Open Controls
Your glass is always half full right? 🙂
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The flipside is that he may actually have an injury.Open Controls
Watching the Youtube vid of Moyes then from watching "Lie to me" and having studied body language then Rooney will play. Moyes is fibbing about the injury.
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What are the chances of Pozuelo starting?
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Good morning DZ. 😀
Team for the weekend.
Howard
Terry,Jagielka,Evans
Hazard,Oscar,Ramsey,Silva
Suarez,Lukaku,Negredo
4m,Ravel,Burner,faye
0.9m in the bank and 0 FT
How does she look?Open ControlsHi and good morning/afternoon/evening.
I'm vexed, and not for the first time this season:
Migs
Williams Fonte Mert
Ramsey Cabaye Oviedo Toure
Suarez Rooney Lukaku
Subs: Lewis Terry Shelvey Burner
4.1M ITB
Already done Aggers to Lukaku and planning on getting in Theo for Oviedo who will probably lose his place when Baines returns.
So do I do Williams to Ward now (-4) to afford that move next week or stick with Williams this week and take the hit next week?
Any advice greatly appreciated.Open ControlsNever take hits for a defender, especially not for one from a promoted side
Open ControlsTake the hit next week if you need to.
Open ControlsWell I need to, so the question is: Is the likelihood of Ashley Williams being able to keep out Everton (I have Lukaku and Oviedo so hope he doesn't) higher than Ward being able to keep out Cabaye (who I also have)?
Do you see my dilemma?Open ControlsNewcastle will probably score. Not worth a hit for a defender unless you're totally sure.
Open ControlsI wish I'd taken a hit to get rid of Terry for Coleman weeks ago, so this rule of "Never take a hit for a defender" is a rule passed down through the aeons that should be discarded. It's accepted wisdom which has been proven wrong time and again.
Thanks for your advice though.Open Controls
Great, so now Rooney probably won`t make it this weekend either? So sick and tired of getting my heavy hitters injured, allowing the template to come closer. The question is, take the hit and get Rooney out for Lukaku, or ride it out and play Ravel?
Open ControlsI think Rooney will start. It was Moyes making it up in order to save his ass if he lost.
Open ControlsRide it out. There are bound to be other rests/rotations/knocks/niggles/ingrowing eyelashes/petulance/fatigue/bolts out of the blue that everyone will be in the same boat come Saturday afternoon.
Open ControlsRide it. Plenty of reason to believe that Rooney will play. In the event that he's actually out, that's what your bench is for.
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RMT/10 and any recommendations if you have them. My FT this week was Kun > Negredo
Krul (Davis)
Baker Distin Chester (Clyne Burner)
Walcott Silva Hazard Ramsey (Pozuelo)
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Good enough. Is Clyne injured? Id play him over Baker.
Open ControlsClyne has spurs and Baker has Stoke though
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9/10
Really nice team for this week. Baker & Chester look okay, but are probably the weakest part of your team. Nothing worth changing for -4 though.Open Controls8/10.
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haha ur team looks great. having a cheap def does not mean bad as ur def rotates pretty well. will look to sell clyne though as he is injuried
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The Rooney question mark is offset by Dyer's injury making Pozuleo more likely so you should be in good shape.
Open ControlsHelp deciding from these options for gameweeks 17 & 18...
A) Bony or Chamakh
B) Ravel or Pablo HernandezOpen ControlsHooper and Sterling 🙂
Open ControlsHooper, I have. Not interested in Sterling.
Open Controlscan i see your team link?
Open ControlsIts my draft league team of a squad of 18 but sure...
Mignolet
Evans/Coleman/Shawcross (hope he is fit)
Walcott (c)/Mirallas/Redmond/Ravel
Hooper/Crouch/Bony
Bench: Schurrle/Terry/Rat/Amalfitano/Vertonghen/Hernandez/DeulofeuOpen Controlsyou should have mentioned it was a draft team league, so I would chose Chamakh and still Sterling or witts but if you're really opposed to that then go for Ravel over Pablo
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Sterling's the best option out of those for the next 6 weeks imo.
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Hooper and Ravel
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You're gonna have both Hooper and Bony or Chamakh.
Talk about greedy on cake..
In all seriousness, all are meh choices. I rather take J Rod / Berba and Whits / SterlingOpen Controlsha! Its a choice of dropping Bony and picking up Chamakh. My rivals have the other options mentioned.
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What website offers draft leagues?
Open ControlsThis was one organized with a group of 7 other mates using the FPL website as a basis for points.
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dzzzz, goood morning from a rainy johannesburg!
Open ControlsGood afternoon, from a freeeeezing Seoul. 🙂
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Morning 🙂
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Good morning from a foggy Bangalore. 😀
Open Controlsi am expecting india to collape in the first hour of play today 🙁
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Good night from freezing Montreal.
Open ControlsGood evening from A chilly New York
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Good afternoon from a blistering Adelaide.
Open Controlsi have noticed i get more responses from a morning then getting a rmt hehe
Open ControlsGoodnight from a reasonably mild Prague.
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Good evening from a snowy Vernon, BC
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Morning from a sunny Nairobi. 🙂
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I don't suppose anyone has the link to the first ever scoutcast? Now that would be fun to listen to.
Open ControlsThoughts on the below team...
Myhill (boruc)
distin dawson mert (olson burner)
ramsey coutinho nasri hazard (janu)
suarez rooney lukaku
have 1FT and 1.4m
A: coutinho or nasri >> wally or silva...if so, which one?
B: boruc >>. xxx (assuming foster doesnt play)
C: save FT
i am thinking of C or B if i get any news on fosterOpen Controlsc
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Open Controlswas planning to get wally next gw...its a tough one, wally vs chel@home, coutinho vs cardiff@home
one is a goal scorer, other one cant finish to save his lifeOpen ControlsI'd still do it this week - Coutinho has been one disappointment after the other in the last few weeks I've owned him
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Probably been asked a thousand times this week to people, but who to replace aguero with?
Negredo?
Rooney?
Other?
Comments much appreciated guys.Open Controls
Rooney if he's fit, Negredo hates playing away and could be a rotation risk over festive period.
Open ControlsWas thinking Rooney, but wanted to do it now in case of any further price rises, i can hang on though to see if Rooney's fit, still be able to afford him.
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Negredo
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Will Negredo allow you to get Wally/Silva/etc in and would you get them this week if you did get him? Otherwise Rooney (waiting on updates obviously)
Open ControlsYes, by getting negredo i could afford wally or sva the following week 🙂 would''t take a 4 point hit though to get them both in this week.
Just gonna wait on the rooney update for now, but it's a good logic to do negredo to fund wally i reckon.Open Controls
Which 3 defenders to play?
Terry (ars), Distin (swa), Dawson (sou), Ward (NEW), Chester (wba).
Absolutely stumped, cheers 😀Open ControlsDistin Dawson Chester
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Distin,Dawson,Chester
Open ControlsTerry, Distin, Ward
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Thanks guys 😀
Open ControlsDistin, Chester and Ward
Open ControlsDistin - Chester - Terry. Spurs and Dawson have so many injuries in their back line. And it's really a toss up between Ward and Chester. But West Brom have been terrible in front of goal recently don't fancy them to score.
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Done with Breaking Bad season 1. gonna start season 2 now. 😀
Open ControlsLucky sod, wish i could erase it all from my memory and start again 🙁
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I hated her so much
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I've not even seen any of them, should i get into breaking bad yeah?
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Suarez have never won Barclays Player of The Month
#surprised
#shocked
If this month he doesn't get it again, it can be a scandal!!Open ControlsIt's only 7 goals and 6 assists in 4 games so far.
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Actually very pleased with Walcott's goals against City. Usually he scores very dull goals, dont get me wrong, a goal is a goal but he scored two pretty nice ones, I expect big things Theo
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Rooney will start this weekend. End!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2526127/David-Moyes-plays-Wayne-Rooney-injury-fears-striker-fit-West-Ham.htmlOpen ControlsProposed transfer plan...
GW18: Terry & Ramsey > M.Olsson & Walcott (-4)
GW19: Luna > Evans
Would give me:
Szczesny (Davis)
Coleman - Evans - Chester/Olsson/Ward (rotation)
Cabaye - Hazard - Silva - Walcott (Ravel)
Lukaku - Rooney - Suarez
Thoughts?Open Controlsgo for it
Open ControlsOnly ditching Ramsey because I only just recently bought him at 7.5
Open ControlsRamsey to Walcott is a good option if you bought him late as you did. Only thing is if Ramsey goes off be prepared for a red arrow as 50% of the league will add those points to their total. Though for the rest of the season I believe Walcott will outscore Ramsey.
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Sounds darn good, i say do it man.
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More people own Gareth Bale than they do Flanagan, Berahino, Nzonzi, Sagbo, Bannan, Fernadinho, Deulofeu, Hooper, Bardsley, Pozuelo, Williamson, Olsson, Sakho, Schurrle, de Guzman, Valencia, Demichelis, Ireland, Rafael and Kolarov to name some.
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My current team :
Guzan
Mert, Walker, Mcauley, Coleman
Hazard, Oscar, Ramsey
Rooney, Suarez, Remy
subs: Gazzinga, Whittingam, Ravel, Zab
1 ft.
Thinking to do Oscar to Nasri this GW
Next week : Ramsey + Zab - Walcott + Ward for -4 or Ravel+Zab+Mcauley - Walcott+ Ward + B Turner for -8
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Hi DZ guys!
Need some advice on who to bench
Coleman, ward, chester, Williams
It has to be williams, right?
Thanks in advance!Open ControlsIt would be Williams on the bench for me
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oh for crying out loud, now Rooney is injured?!
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ugh, Zab..
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I AM FURIOUS!!! I hate fantasy footballl :@:@:@:@:@:
why do all my players get injured?!?!?! Me and my rival have almost the exact team apart from 4 or 5 people, 4 of those people are Moxey, Rooney, Zab, Auguero - what are the chances of that?!?!
asdkasjhdka !!!!! *FUMING!!!*Open Controls
10 years, 5 months agoGeez... just realized that after getting Walcott, my entire starting midfield will play on Monday.
Walcott Ramsey Oscar Hazard
Hoping for a 5-3 game.