Gunners too much for 10 man City, Liverpool beat Big Sam but stay in the drop zone and Little Pea shows his class. Here’s the rest of this gameweek’s Scout Notes…
25 October 2010 743 comments
Paul Paul 
Foster/Jussi
Mummy / O’Shea / Konchesky/ Alex/ Jones
Malouda / VDV / Nasri / Brunt/ Davies
Drogba / Tevez / Carroll
O.2 in the bank. Do I somehow bring in Nani or should I simply keep my midfield and change Davies for Adam if my squad goes up 0.2?Open Controls
Think Adam is injured
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can i play 14 players this week please 🙂
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I'm just hoping for 11 fit players
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why would you want to?
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So "everyone baling on Bale" today...-2930 NTI.
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I bet he'll get something at Old Trafford. Right back is a weakish spot in the United team. Bale won't be scared after scoring a hat trick at San Siro!
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Maybe, but Bale didn't do much other than stand on the touchline vs Everton. I'm disillusioned.
Open ControlsHe's been good in away games all season. It is a problem that someone will have to go to fit Fabregas in though, and I want to keep Malouda.
Open ControlsTo me, it comes down to this: I'll have Bale or Arteta this Saturday(unfortunately it'll cost 4 points to do Bale>Arteta). Bale will either score more or less than Arteta.
If he scores more and I have him, then I've made no progress, as he's in 45% of teams. If he scores more and I don't have him, then that's the risk. However, Arteta is in less than 5% of teams and that's a risk worth taking, as there's a very good chance Arteta will have a better week (Everton home to Stoke, Spurs away to Man U). Going forward, Everton's fixtures are brighter than Spurs' (plus no CL distractions).Open Controls
Gargamel, so how you planning to fit Fab in? Malouda--->?
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Attila the Bum, owner of the Wildcard of Woe:
1. is Williamson nailed on to start for Newcastle? if so, for how long? i want to take him out for Simpson but there's no point if williamson's going to play as well, and there are more important transfers.
2. what's your opinion on Carroll? In the early season people on this site said that he was a Kevin Davies kind of charactr who brings in BPs, but he also scores more goals. Now he's doing a bit sh*t for my team and i'm thinking of getting rid if he doesnt produce in the next few weeks
3. How long is Ben arfa out for? At 4.7mil and dropping he could be great value
4. Who the heck is Tiote? u seem to rate him highly and he's bringing in BPs, but from what ive heard he seems to play very defensivelyOpen ControlsArfa broke his leg...think that's his season if i'm not mistaken. Tiote played for Ivory coast in WC ...?
Carrol got 6pts this week...? Problem is when to play/bench him I suppose.Open ControlsDidn't notice him much in world cup, the only Ivory Coast match that i watched was the Brazil one. Carroll's no longer bringing in any BPs, and his goalscoring record is not great any more, 1 goal on saturday but none for ages before that.
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1) Hard to say, Williamson should be ok for another couple of weeks as Campbell is injured and S.Taylor still has to return to fitness. When all three are fit though I would honestly struggle to pick which one will be the regular, so I would stay away from all three.
2) I have been advocating getting rid of him as Hughton appears to have switched to a 4-4-2 which takes the focus off Carroll. Plus there has been the off-field mallarky which may impact him. However he had a very good game against the Hammers so proved me totally wrong. In his price bracket there are few better options.
3) Ben Arfa, not sure I really, really hope to see him in a Newcastle shirt again but he might not. It's a very serious injury but the operation went well. I wouldn't be expecting to see him before February though.
4) Tiote is a fantastic signing for the Toon. He plays as a slightly more defensive Essien, sort of Makelele role. Wins the ball creates room, plays sensible pass sort of player. Brilliant. I just hope we can keep him once the vultures begin circling, Man U for example could really use someone with his industry as Hargreaves is so injury prone. In terms of FPL though the best I reckon he would do is the odd 5/6 pointer, he has a vicious shot but rarely uses it, too defensive for FPLOpen Controls
Very early I know, but I'm going away tomorrow night for a week...
Is this the right team for next weekend?
Any tips?
Krul
Coleman, K Toure, Konchesky
Fabs(c), Malouda, Nani, Adam
Drogba, Tevez, Carroll
(Foster, Elmo, Barton, Stam)
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Bosingwa no longer protected? A Hangeland->Bosingwa on the cards, yes or no?
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what does it mean by being 'protected'?
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Open Controlsmeans that their price value won't change perhaps because they were injured. Bosingwa will go up tonight
Open Controlscool, thanks for the info
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yes
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Here is my team:
Harper Carson
Konch Bosingwa Faye Kelly(ful) O’shea
N’Zog Albrighton VDV Nasri Malouda
Carroll Torres Drogba
I have 1.4 million in the bank.
Here are transfers im thinking of doing:
1) Harper + Torres = Howard + Chemakh/Berb/Hernandez/Tevez
2) Albrighton + Torres = Nani + Chemakh/ Hernandez
3) Malouda + Torres = Fabregas + Tevez/Berbatov/Hernandez
4) Albrighton + Torres = Fabregas + Dembele/ 5.6 mil forward
Or any other options?
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how much did u buy malouda and harper for? if u have the funds do malouda and harper to fabs and krulOpen Controls
Hey guys,
Check out my squad and see options below, opinions badly needed...
Do I..
a) get rid of Bale and bring in Fab
b) get rid of Nani or Malouda and bring in Fab
c) get rid of Albrighton and bring in Nasri
Its a risk but i slightly favour c at the moment as it can be reversed hopefully without losing any value if Nasri's form falls. C would also give me a lot of 'Top 6' coverage.
Hopefully can have a turn of fortune soon as not been greatest season so far!Open Controlsdoes that top 6 include west brom? 😀
Open ControlsYour right it doesn't.....didnt see that one coming. Not been a good season to predict results - too many goal draws and whats this about the premier league having team performances....please return to the good old days of a one-man team 😉
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Current team:
Foster (Stockdale)
Coleman Samba R Johnson (R Taylor Faye)
Arteta Nani Malouda Bale (Adam)
Tevez Drog Carrol
Thinking of WC this week to help upgrade def and others
WC team:
Foster (Stockdale)
Coleman Samba Elmo Simpson Bosingwa
VdV Nani Fabs N’Zog Adam
Tevez Drog Carroll
Yes? No?
will wait to see the extent of Tevez’s injury also before it and if he’s out then bring in someone til he’s back.Open Controlsi don't see a well used WC in that.
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hey guys who do you think i should replace to bring fabs in my team? i need to either bring out:to have funds to transfer in fabregas for either tevez/malouda
oshea to a 4.4 def or less
hart for 5.2m keeper or below
so who should i take out? hart or oshea?Open Controls
What's your immediate thoughts on these 2 free transfers?
Malouda > Fabregas
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Just Horrible looking at A Cole point tally now.
I sold him after a few weeks because - wait for it
- Mainly because he wasnt getting any Bonus points when Chelsea were hammering teams and he never had a history of it in his previous seasons so I felt he was over priced at 7.5mil
He has become even more attacking now which makes it far worse. At times he was in the CF position on Saturday,
Horrible C*nT ! 🙁Open ControlsIn the exactly same spot, what a mistake selling him was. Also sold Elmo at the same time, not the best decision either.
Open ControlsId love the Bos to get a run in the team.
I dont know what to do with my team. Hate looking at Davies & Koncheskey.
Im considering a hit for a new midfielder or defender.Open Controls
not a good bloke at all
Open ControlsHi Db, you do SG--->Fab?
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Please people, i need some reassurance here to not lose the faith with my season.
I currently lie around the 700,000 mark - a lot of bad luck with (C) choices and some diffentials that havent paid off, a nightmare with a initial squad selection (followed by some poor wildcard choices) and one or two rushes of blood to the head with 4 pt hits. I'm genuinely quite disheartened!
Foster (Stockdale [-> when i get the chance])
Konchesky Bosingwa Coleman (Foley Simpson)
Fabregas Malouda Nani VDV (Barton)
Drogba Berbatov Odemwingie
IMO my team will do the goods (it's a long season i know), but 88 points behind my mini-league leader, do i need to be taking more risks?Open ControlsNo, you need to be taking LESS risks. Play it more safe.
Think about who you want to score well, and never care about what your mini league leader does. Take less point hits.
Remember that he's built that 88 point lead in 9 weeks, you have 27 weeks left to catch it up!Open ControlsThanks Gargamel! You're right - i've never been so low in the overall rankings (possibly the 1st season i played) so i've pushed the panic button a few too many times!
I'm well off the pace but just needed reassuring that all is not lost. Will be sticking to my guns and playing the safe approach from here on out. Let's hope caution pays off!Open ControlsOh it will mate.
If you're far behind with 5 gameweeks left then go into panic mode, but stick with the guns you believe in until then.
I think it's a sound team apart form Perch, Foley and Odemwingie.
Cut down on the point hits and don't don't take too big risks with the captain and you'll easily climb the rankings with that team.Open ControlsPerch is gone for Simpson this week + Shawx -> Bosingwa
Foley is my token Wolves Player as i'm a fan - he's cheap and might chip in with the odd assist... but he's also gone once Zubar's fit
and i'm keeping Odemwingie as ive had other priorties! Hopefully he'll come back into the side and start scoring some goals.
The main thing is i'm now happy with the backbone of my team. Thanks for the reassurance and i'm going to adopt a strict no point hit policy until the end of the season (bar injuries and snow hit weekends!)Open Controls
Who have Arsenal got in midweek?
Will Fabregas play?Open Controls
newcastle away.....
wenger stated he would play quite a strong side as players as some of his high profile players need games.
I reckon fabregas might well get a run out. I would wait on bringing in any arsenal players until after this game personallyOpen Controls
i have never considered making transfers this early...
but I am thinking about it
is coleman injured for everton?Open Controls
Who should i drop from GM10?
1) Tevez
2) Berbatov
3) Chamakh
Answers on a postcard.Open ControlsAs in to sell?
If you're selling then Chamakh would be top of the list. But check on Tevez's injury first.
Otherwise, play them all in gw10!Open Controls
what has happened to double gameweeks this year? will there be any at all? becuase DGWs are what makes the FPL game
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Last year was a special one off due to crazy weather and the world cup truncating the season, there'll be loads less this season.
And because of that, I will finish about 50,000th.Open ControlsI presume during the winter months when games get postponed we will start to see double game weeks as fixtures are switched to different dates.
also with the fa cup games being played on saturday's as teams progress they will have to re-schedule weekend premiership games and then there will be double game weeks for those teams.Open Controls
When there are double gameweeks, are they all the way?
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Completely off topic but how useless is the jobcentre! I've just graduated from Uni, signed on becuase i was told it affects your pension in the future if you dont, hoping for some help, pah! I have a degree in product design, and the patronizing women is printing me off jobs for factory stock checker, sales assistant etc.. Not that there's anything wrong with them jobs but i've only just graduated and not willing to give up on my degree. She gave me the whole "theres no reason why you shouldnt be working, you wont get your money if you dont apply for the jobs i refereed you to" line, it felt so good to say stick your money, i dont want it, thats not why i signed up! The look on her face was priceless.
Anyways how did everyone do this GW?Open Controlscrap, dropped under 700,000th for the first time this season, 4 red arrows out of 5 weeks. bad times indeed, i got 43, one under the average for the 2nd week in a row, carroll's assist not being given cost me dearly. also fell massively in minileagues cos everyone else had Hart in goal
Open ControlsHa yeah that sort of bad luck seems to be going around, imagine Drogba doing nothing against Wolves, cheers Didier. I wasnt too peeved about Carroll' assist until i saw Evra' was given, total joke. And dont even get me started on the bonus points..lol
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Just thought, good old Mummy Elmo will be a 6m midfielder next season. Awwww! 😐
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Meh, lets just love him while we can. Martin Olsson last season, 3.8m Defender playing basically as a striker, well of the striker, started this season as a 5m Midfielder. Those were the days.
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Fabs. I might just get him for three weeks WHM NEW wol and then get rid for Malouda again, surely logical? Arsenals fixtures after those three are eve TOT avl, hardly easy those three. And during those Gameweeks Chelsea have SUN bir new, or perhaps just have Fabs for two GW's and then have Malouda which will leave me with the next four fixtures WHM NEW FUL SUN 🙂 Points galore.
Open Controlswho do I play in defence:
Foster.av / Krul.SUN
Toure.wol / elmohamody.new / dann.av / Jones.CHE / Konchesky.bolOpen ControlsKrul
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My team currently is
Foster jussi
A.Cole Elmo Coleman salcido Enrique
Malouda vdv nani Adam nzogbia
Drogba berba carroll
With 3.1 in the bank.
Tossing up between 2 options:
A – berba and nzogbia to odemwingie and fabs
Or
B – malouda to fabs and salcido/Enrique upgrade to Bosingwa
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I`m considering Bosingwa as well, would definitely go for that option if I knew "for sure" he will start games.. because he might be back on the bench once Alex is fit?
As someone already pointed out, the problem if you sell Malouda now, it`s expensive to buy him back..Open Controls
Chelsea fans: How do you think their defence will look like over the next weeks? Will Bosingwa play regularly or will they move Ivanovic back to right back and Alex back in as center half once he is fit? Bosingwa looks interesting for 5.6 Million.
Open ControlsBosingwa will struggle to play more than 3 games ina row IMO. Chelsea's fixtures are bad up to gw 12 and 13 when they have 2 home games but they are separated by 3 days and Bosingwa will not play them both. Terry and Cashley are the only nailed on starters in Chelsea defence, Alex will play in CB when Bosingwa is rested, Ivanovic in RB. When Bos plays, it is yet to be seen who plays in CB out of Ivan and Alex
Open Controlsplus he had like 3 or four shots on target, which could easily have been goals. He's a good bet
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How do you join the fantasy football scout league on the fantasy premier league game?
Open Controls1107-818 That is the league code, enter that in the create/join section of leagues on FPL.
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hey guys who do you think i should replace to bring fabs in my team? i need to either bring out:to have funds to transfer in fabregas for either tevez/malouda
oshea to a 4.4 def or less
hart for 5.2m keeper or below
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Right, I need to get over my GW from hell asap.
Yaya Toure dropping last night has screwed my original plan.
Got two freebies and the options that I can see are...
a) Hart -> Al-Habsi
Shawcross -> Jara
Yaya Toure -> Fabregas (4 point hit)
b) Tevez -> Chicharito
Yaya Toure -> Fabregas (no hit)
Any help appreciated. I'm a broken man.Open Controlswho got more points, Ronaldo 2008-09 or Lampard 2009-10?
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Oh My Lord, How I hate (love) this game!
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A or B A. malouda > fabs B. ferguson & berbs > fabs & odgewinge
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