The final instalment in our series of Big Numbers articles focussing on Gameweeks 1-3 is rolled out this evening. After assessing the fortunes of defenders and midfielders, we now turn our attentions to the men up front – Chelsea and Southampton’s summer signings come under assessment, as do Everton’s in-form budget striker and the contrasting fortunes of a pair of Manchester-based front men.
what a way to start a New Thread
Couldn't help it....
What happened to them now? Did they lose to Woking or Doncaster Rovers?
no
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29140959
Net income fell 84% for the year to 30 June to £23.8m, down from £146m a year ago.
Manchester United said that was due in part to last year's profit being boosted by a one-off tax credit, without which it would have made a loss.
The club, majority-owned by the American Glazer family, said revenue increased 19% to £433.2m in the 2013-14 financial year, thanks to improved TV and sponsorship deals.
However, that is now predicted to fall to between £385m and £395m.
Similarly, underlying profits were £130.1m for the year to 30 June and that is now forecast to fall to between £90m and £95m.
Moyes lost them an estimated £50m and their share price is tanking.
lol
I'll laugh as long as Rooney still gets me sum points!
Mods....
Booooooo......
First!!
Fail!! 🙁
Nope
cringe
Wait, will be soon 😉
but no prize...
Hello....
Hey rival
Ure Grav sure cheers me up
That's the way of Argentina, cheer up rivals and then beat them
We Argies are all about sunshine and party....and fine steaks of course!
And winning 😉
Is it me you're looking foooor ?
Yes, r u in the cupboard again?
Sshh
I hope Ramsey and Costa are totally fine, because if so I'm looking good for the weekend with my wildcard still intact!
...................Begovic
.........Ivan - Clyne - Moreno
Cesc - Sterling (c) - Ramsey - Siggy
......Naismith - Rooney - Costa
Gilks; Marney, Chambers, Hutton
Very nice. I'm also thinking sterling captain.
My team is identical!
On a WC - how is this defence looking? Got money to upgrade, but not sure if it's worth it
Bertrand - Coloccini - Pieters (Naylor, Moore)U might have a lot of problem picking the right 3 every week
I know, luxury problem though 😉
this isn't a luxury problem , more often than not you will start 2 , 2, 1 and bench a 8
Can happen with almost any defender though, already done it twice - once for a 4.0 reserve...
Would it not be better to have more options though, rather than being forced to play defenders against top teams where I don't want them to play?
Remember to flush.
I think you'd be better going something like
Moreno, Naylor, coloccini, Chester, Moorethis
Someone else for Chester?
RMUELT.
Neto;
Zúñiga, Naughton, Schwegler;
Cuadrado, Wijnaldum, Vitolo, Townsend;
Higuaín, Icardi, Soriano.
Subs: Irrelevant.Depay a must
this
Icardi, booo.
😯
you need a good bench,a lot of rotation.not sure neto,zuniga,cuadrado,higuain and icardi will start more than 2 games
Is anyone actually keeping mata for QPR?
Don't think so, but I am a bit worried that getting I rid is gonna blow up in my face,
Yeah me too, if he starts that's what will make me cringe!
no
Jovetic to Naismith or Welbeck?
Hey guys,
I am not familiar with work permit regulations. Is Falcao eligible to play vs QPR?he still needs his work permit. won't get held up like Rojo's did (bottle incident) but won't breeze by like Di Maria's did (Di Maria has an Italian passport)
You know for all he is privileged and all that prince Harry seems a nice guy
No royal blood.
Me or him
Him.
What? You think just cause he has full head of red hair and much squarer jaw line similar to a certain service man he isn't really chucks
To the tower
I'll probably meet his old man there 😉
Tempted for Rooney (c)
What about Sterling.
I don't have him 🙁
😯
Yeah, me too. Is a big time gamble though. % play is Costa.
Wesley Sneijder didn't want to stand behind the tall ballboy!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxLLwKnCYAAwPAz.png:large
😆😆
Lol
Superman 😆
Wow, what a yellowy team:
DDG (QPR)
Robertson (WHU) - Baines (wba) - Cahill (SWA)
Hazard (SWA 75%) - Ramsey (MCI 75%) - Sterling (AVL) - JWP (NEW)
Costa (SWA 75%) - Sturridge (AVL 50%) - Naismith (wba)
Subs - Marney Wisdom Bartley
Any of those injuries major problems? 0 FT 0.2 in bankmy gut tells me that Costa is fine..haven't been paying attention enough to Ramsey to know his situation though..
Hi everyone!
Just wondering does anyone here play any of those fantasy games on UEFAs website?
I decided to play all 3 of them this season lol and got really good start at European qualifiers fantasy which made this international break much more interesting.No never heard of them tell me more
Do I smell some sarcasm here? 🙂
if not then just do uefa.comNo sarcasm
I am man utd fan so don't go to that site😀
🙂
All 3 too
Nice, how are you doing at European qualifiers?
104 or 105pts.... Pjanic shouldn't have miss the pen
how is your europa league team?
didn't pick yet. Do you know some bargain option?
didn't pick yet also,players seem expensive even second choices from inter,spurs,etc...
yes... was checking now. No Harry Kane in Spurs or Origi in Lille?
Ba, Depay, Soriano probably will be my front 3not added yet maybe.,was thinking that 3 also but ba at spurs gw2
Only one that is followed here is the UCL one. The Euro Qualifiers looks too complicated - trying to select players from 50 international teams with squads changing all the time sounds like a lot of hard work.
Yea, tbh I have much harder time picking my europa league players.
all 3 also
can't wait for the next int break actually 🙂
Krul
Caulker, PVA, Clyne (Debuchy
Sterling, Di Maria, Siggy, Fab, Sanchez
Balotelli, Costa
Any suggestions?Work permit issues
There is a chance that Falcao will not be available to make his debut against QPR on Sunday as the 28-year-old is yet to gain international clearance to play in England. Every non-EU player must go through a process to gain a work permit and the process is yet to be complete.on the bench at best
Not without a permit.
if he gets one
Jovetić out. Abel Hernandez in? Or Diouf?
Hi guys, need some advice.
My team is:
Courtois, Green,
ShawX, Moreno, Naylor, Alderweireld, Moore
Fabregas, ADM, Eriksen, Rodwell, Boyd
Falcao, Balotelli, Jovetic
Should I do:
ShawX to Wilson
Courtois to Mignolet
Jovetic to Diouf / Ulloa
and invest 3,6 mio extra in midfield?
Anybody heard anything about Powell going to Leicester to play as a "number 10" ?
Don't they play 442 though?
What's the latest on Ramsey? My gut tells me Costa is fine but I didn't follow internationals closely so I'm not sure what the deal is with 'ol Rambo
Both should start
He should be fine. I'd be surprised if he got anything other than 90 mins.
Expected to be fine.
woo thanks guys..I'm looking at a good weekend hopefully then!
Anyone going for James Rodriguez in UCL fantasy?
RM have got two easy games at the start and he should start in his favoured #10 postion.i went with reus and cesc for my two big Mids
reuus out 1 month
Im tempted because he is 2.5m cheaper than Bale but going with Ronaldo & Bale double atm.
Hey Pundit - I think he's quite expensive and hasn't demonstrated much with RM so far.. Ancelotti is still to find his ideal spot in the pitch.. I'd rather go with Kroos..
What do you think of my current team?
Moya - Handanovic
Mbemba - Eliseu - Moreno - Carvajal* - Danilo
Sterling - Pogba - Kroos - Bellarabi - Beñat
Ronaldo - Messi - Jackson
Right lads!
rate this!
DDG (Myhill)
Lovren Cahill Vlaar (Chambers, Dummet)
Sterling Ramsey Cesc Siggy (Henderson)
Costa Rooney Naismith
Waiting to see how Falcao plays in the next 1/2 gameweeks, if he's good, he's in for Rooney
Captain this week: Costa if fit, if not Sterling
I like it. Though I'm not a fan of Henderson. Maybe get some SOU in def?
Yeah i'd say Henderson is probably the weak link but i can see him picking up assists every now and then and maybe even a cheeky goal.. I'll probably shift him out during my WC but for now i think i'll keep him. SOU defence sounds good but no FT left, + next weeks FT could well be Rooney > Falcao
Who is thinking about shaw, he should play this week and with falco loving crosses who will provide them?
no one
I have to say that's part of the reason why
Di Maria
On a WC... Got Costa and Adebayor...
11m to spend... best option for 3rd striker?Balo if Sturridge is out
Falcao
Balo for now imo or free up 1.1 for Aguero
For you Fifa guys, are they still using the TNS in career mode? God it's awful
I think FIFA in general is awful. I'm hoping that FIFA 15 on PS4 is good and that it's just the fact that the PS3 can't handle the game that I can attribute the awfulness to.
I was enjoying the demo.. 😯
I was talking about FIFA 14 on PS3. It's dreadful. Rubberbanding, bugs, gameplay suffers immensely from the smallest amount of lag.
I'm hoping some of these gripes are down to the processing power of the PS3 and that FIFA 14 was just a stopgap until FIFA 15 came out.FIFA 14 was indeed terrible, but I've just been playing FIFA 15 on the ps3 and it was good IMO.
hopefully it's released today in the US, checked this morning and there was no demo yet
Need some advice.
My team is:
Courtois, Green,
ShawX, Moreno, Naylor, Alderweireld, Moore
Fabregas, ADM, Eriksen, Rodwell, Boyd
Falcao, Balotelli, Jovetic
Should I do:
ShawX to Wilson
Courtois to Mignolet
Jovetic to Diouf / Ulloa
and invest 3,6 mio extra in midfield?
Surprised that I am virtually alone in sticking with Mata for one more week. Nothing has suggested he won't play bar pure speculation, he's got good scoring record recently and he's at home vs QPR. I understand why some would shift him but not the overwhelming majority
The crowd is impatient I guess. Don't have him but would def keep for qpr at least. Good luck !
LVG has done nothing but praise him.
I know Rooney is the captain, but LVG goes for results and throws caution and tradition to the wind.
Rooney is not our best striker nor our best #10 and I'd rather see Januzaj wide than him. I could see Rooney being sold next season and him being the one to drop out eventually.
This week though I expect both Rooney and Mata to start.
Does Aguero have the capacity to play Arsenal, Bayern and Chelsea in one week without getting injured? I'm not too sure...
I don't think so but he has to somehow
I have a Sturridge problem you see... 😉 😀
you have a Falcao solution!
😀 On the one hand he is a player I love, but on the other he is in a team that haven't been creating chances... it's certainly an option. I'd prefer to keep Sturridge... 🙁
I'm not worried at all about United. At all.
Realistically it may be one week too early for Falcao..
I love it ;
Ramsey - "I'll be alright"
How refreshingly straightforward from the WelshmanOn a scale of 1-10, how crazy would I be to transfer in di Maria and (c) him?
6
Scaled down from 10 because they are playing QPR. 😉
10 years, 13 days agoLol @ Man United 😉