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Dugout Discussion February 25

Dugout Discussion – Watford vs West Ham United

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Gameweek 26 rolls on with an “unfashionable” evening encounter that pairs Watford with West Ham at Vicarage Road.

From a Fantasy perspective, this serves as a scouting mission of the Hammers assets ahead of potential investment for the Gameweek 28 blanks.

Slaven Bilic’s side are just one of eight teams that are currently guaranteed to play over that weekend and, as such, are elevated in our thinking ahead of this encounter.

Andy Carroll is again an absentee as he continues to struggle with a groin complaint, leaving Michail Antonio to lead the attack for the visitors. He’ll be under the microscope, along with Robert Snodgrass who tucks into the number 10 role against the Hornets.

For the home side, Fantasy interest is limited given their forthcoming blank, although promising fixtures to follow has us monitoring the continued form of Troy Deeney and M’Baye Niang.

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

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  1. Team Cruel
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    • 8 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    First red arrow in 9 GWs. My season is ruined 🙁

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  2. TorresMagic™
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    • 14 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Last Man Standing Update

    Safety score = 29
    Top score = 65
    LMS average = 37.03

    2 games + lots of autosubs to go.

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  3. MTPockets
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Probably a stupid question but - Phillips hamstring + scan in 4 days. Can we assume anything in terms of severity/recovery of current pain and/or injury?
      i.e. are such scans often a precautionary thing, or generally about narrowing down a definite problem?

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      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Doesn't sound good. Wait for news.

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      2. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Can't be good. Waiting 4 days for all the inflammation to go down.

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      3. MTPockets
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Ok cheers both.

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      4. PvA
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Starting at an OR of around 500,000 - I used the ownership tactic again in the last 8 GWs:

        6 green arrows: 249,000 OR rank rise
        2 red: 20,000 OR drop

        Net rank: 229,000 rise

        The tactic is a bit risky during the blanks, it's harder to know and figure out ownership and everyone will have different plans.
        These numbers include this GW where I got a red and a 5,000 OR drop. The week isn't over and I still have Mane and Kane to play so it could still be a green to make it 7/8 greens.

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        1. tm245
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          What is the tactic?

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          1. b✪mber
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 2 months ago

            owning the highest owned players in the top 10K I think

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          2. PvA
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 2 months ago

            Balancing higher owned and differential players

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            1. tm245
              • 12 Years
              7 years, 2 months ago

              Isn't that what everyone does? I don't follow.

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              1. PvA
                • 7 Years
                7 years, 2 months ago

                Looking at your team, you clearly don't. Nobody even bothers to look at ownership.

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                1. tm245
                  • 12 Years
                  7 years, 2 months ago

                  Unhelpful.

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        2. TorresMagic™
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          • 14 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Do you own McAuley?

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        3. Ridcully
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          I understand the principal, but how exactly do you go about using the ownership tactic? Do you just choose the most owned players or is there more to it than that?

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          1. PvA
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 2 months ago

            It's balancing the higher owned and lesser owned players. If you only get the higher owned players you'd pretty much stay at around the same rank or even drop rank. But if you have good differentials along with the higher owned players to cover base - it can help you climb up

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            1. Ridcully
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 2 months ago

              Okay, thank you.

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        4. Carlton P
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          This again?

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      5. tm245
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Nice to get a green arrow on Saturday when you take a -8. Three attackers left, with their points being all profit now the hit has been deducted.

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        1. TorresMagic™
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          • 14 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Small red with a -4 and 3 left. Hopefully Kane can do something tomorrow.

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          1. tm245
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 2 months ago

            Here's hoping.

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      6. Optimus.
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Joleon Lescott vs his parent club next gameweek should catch out a few

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        1. Professor Abel X
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          • 11 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Hasn't he retired yet?

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      7. Carlton P
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        What to do here regarding gw28 and city dgw?
        Foster Pickford
        Alonso Baines brunt chambers Amat
        Hazard mane Alli eriksen siggy
        Costa Lukaku dio
        A) Alli + Lukaku > King + Kun
        B) Haz + Lukaku > pedro + kun
        C) something else involving kun.

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      8. VFORVANDETA
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        First time enter 20k OR.

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        1. Lav
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Congrats

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          1. VFORVANDETA
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 2 months ago

            Thanks.On 18494.

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        2. TorresMagic™
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          • 14 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Well done.

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        3. Lawrø
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Congrats 😀

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        4. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Congrats- well done

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      9. Lav
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Total hits this season: -28
        ML Ranks: 1 in dead league. 2 in active league.
        OR: 318k

        With this in mind what do I do here? WC? 2.2 ITB

        Foster / Pickford
        Alonso / Coleman / Brunt / Pieters / Ake
        Sanchez / Alli / Eriksen / Stan / de Roon
        Costa / Lukaku / Carroll

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        1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          What is a dead league- no one is paying attention

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          1. Minerva-03
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 2 months ago

            Probably means all other team within the league, aren't actively keeping upto date and transferring each week??

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        2. Minerva-03
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Leave your WC til the main DGW's later in the season... Just go max -4 from now until GW28, getting in guaranteed players for it... It's only the one BGW, have to bear in mind, most people are in the same boat remember! Be diligent

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      10. greghammer95
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        284k to 204k. Keeping the steady rise going. Change in strategy to patience has paid off recently. Was going to do PVA to Baines but decided to hold. Anyone else got some success with patience recently?

        Next week 4 point hit likely to bring in Stones/Sterling/Aguero (stones enabler to get sterling instead of Sane). Roll on DGW.

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        1. Pasqualinho
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Prime benchw*nkery week, though. Expect those current ranks to take a bit of a hit when the autosubs kick in.

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          1. greghammer95
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 2 months ago

            This week more than ever probably. I have 3 points off the bench and then Eriksen, Coutinho and Mane left. Love the Saturday greens though.

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        2. Pooodle
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Macauley has not really been one that has needed patience but definitely my best long-term pick at the minute. Also think Hazard has been underrated around these parts recently and has actually been ticking over fairly nicely. Returns in 6 of the last 9 games isn't bad

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          1. greghammer95
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 2 months ago

            Agree with the Haz comment but most have had Sanchez. But for the blank in 28 he'd be a much more popular option.

            I've wanted to do McAuley to Brunt for weeks.

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        3. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          900k > 100k in 9 GWs without taking any hits.

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          1. greghammer95
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 2 months ago

            Nice one. My rise has been a longer road but will be happy with top 100k this year. Didn't play properly first 10 weeks.

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      11. Pooodle
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        First time in the top 100k all year and almost 1m places climbed in the last 10 weeks. Finally this season is looking up

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        1. Lav
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Wow great job.

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          1. Pooodle
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 2 months ago

            Cheers mate - 103, 63 and 59 points in the last 3 weeks doing very nicely

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        2. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          Congrats

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      12. Annie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        assuming I bring in Kun for Rondon and at least captain him, should I ignore trying to Ibra?

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        TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        New Post

        http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2017/02/25/the-knee-jerk-gameweek-26/

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      14. Vinyl78LP
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Lovren any closer to starting Monday? Will end up with 10 otherwise.

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      15. batmaniac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Foster
        Brunt, Coleman, Maguire
        Haz, sig, erik, phil
        Luk, ibra, Defoe

        Jaku, de roon, yosh

        Defoe => aguero for free

        Straightforward enough after Wednesday... if city go through?

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      16. We Will Klopp you
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Best midfielder under 5.8m is surely king?

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        1. Minerva-03
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 2 months ago

          For Under 5.8 definitely, however, for 5.8 you can acquire snodders.

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      17. Zlat-man
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Had Coleman early, in gw 7,8,9. He gave (2+1+0) = 3
        Shipped out.

        Baines scored (6+7+15=28) in gw 18-20 while Coleman scored (1+6+1=7)

        Shipped in Baines obviously.
        Since 21-27:
        Coleman scored- 55
        Baines scored - 27

        FML!!!

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      18. Carlton P
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        kun plan
        A) Alli + Lukaku > King + kun
        B) eriksen + Lukaku > snoddy + kun
        C) hazard + Lukaku > pedro + kun

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      19. L9
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Philips to siggy?

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