| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Henderson | CRY | C |
| No Change |  Pickford | EVE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Verbruggen | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Darlow | LEE | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | B, Vs |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Lacroix | CRY | B |
| No Change |  Keane | EVE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | B |
| Up |  Porro | TOT | B |
| Up |  Andersen | FUL | B |
| No Change |  Hill | BOU | B, £ |
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | C |
| Down |  Struijk | LEE | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | B |
| No Change |  Cherki | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | C |
| Up |  Hinshelwood | BHA | B, Vs, £ |
| Up |  Dewsbury-Hall | EVE | A, £ |
| Down |  Ismaila Sarr | CRY | C, Rest |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | B |
| No Change |  Szoboszlai | LIV | A |
| Down |  Gibbs-White | NFO | A, Inj |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | B |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | A |
| Up |  Welbeck | BHA | B |
| Up |  Gyokeres | ARS | A, Vs |
| Down |  Watkins | AVL | B, Rest |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | B |
| No Change |  João Pedro | CHE | B |
Mark A five goal feast at the Britannia Stadium; whatever next? At least Rafael Van der Vaart stuck the script. The Dutchman notched once again in a disappointing 1-1 draw for Spurs, maintaining his record of scoring in every game he’s played at White Hart Lane; a case of “he started so he finished”…
Thanks Kingston. I already have Kyriakos so this may be too heavily into Liverpool?
my team is fabianski/stockdale
Konchesky/Williamson/Gohouri/Ridgewell/Coleman
Van der Vaart/Albrighton/Malouda/Nani/Fabregas
Carroll/Berbatov/Drogba
any ideas on this weeks transfer? or should i store up 2?
was thinking fabianski>carson/green
or malouda>brunt so then i can get torres for berba??
help would be grateful
Can you do Berbatov out for Tevez?
Maybe with a bit of fund-raising elsewhere? (e.g. Ridgewell out for Foley)
Or you could go for Hahnemann this week. Good fixtures for the Wolves coming up.
It's interesting that Keisuke Honda has been linked to Liverpool. He'd be a top signing for 9 million quid. Think that he'll have an argument with Gerrard over free kicks after this effort?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RfWXGAbZOw
Gerrard might be gone to pay for him. 😉
What would be the next 2-3 transfers you guys would do.
My team:
Hart
Cole A (C)/Coleman/Terry
Fabregas/Van der Vaart/Arteta/Barton
Drogba/Odemwingie/Carroll
Subs:Robinson/Albrighton/Foley/Givet
How much do you have in the bank? Ideally, you'd have the option to transfer in players for Barton or Odemwingie depending on fixtures and form.
I have N'Zogbia as my rotating midfielder at 5.5m and Carlton Cole who should be good for the next 4 games at 5.8m. Then it's a case of handling injuries, suspensions when they happen.
That's a good squad of players though.
I can't actually see anyone to move out.....Damnit.
I like that 🙂
like your skip,ive done the same.
terry out ,take your pick of defs but konchesky looks good at 5 mill,personally id also get rid of Hart,get carson/jask/krul,free up 2 mill,add it to the few mill from terry sale and you can turn an allbrighton into a nani(in few weeks),i wudnt rush it,dont take hits,ur in good nick,very similar to me in fact!
jask-cole,coleman,clark(villa)-Vdv,essien,fab,nasri,cahill-drog,carroll----elmo,foley,cambell with cambell > odemwingie or gyan after wknd,,,im up against Soup or man in last 32 of Scout cup,he's in all sorts of poo poo!!
nice, was thinking along those lines
I'm hearing rumours that my Ethers assist was another of the 'ghost' variety!! I hope all yee non-Ethers owners haven't been getting your email on this morning!!! Don't hate, congratulate!!!!!
Please rate my team
J Tweedy (J Corden)
A Cole, G Ramsey, D Dyer, Terry (L Spence)
K Dyer, R Savage, D Rascal, (R Brand)
ALONSO 14 (Diouf) (J Ross)
What's Louie Spence ever done to you?!
Actually, don't answer that.
HAHAHA!!!!!,,,shouldnt Stevie Gerard be in there with the skipper armband and his 16 yr old hooker wrapped around his arm??,,and what about RooRoos?,out with the clap?
There's some NRL player in Australia that had a photograph taken while he was, well, doing 'misdemeanors' with a dog.
The team CEO said;
“It’s a great example of why you shouldn’t be out drinking and having those big drinking sessions”.
Yeah. I'd agree with that!
Right. 2 free transfers for this weekend. Need to address my Van De Vart problem. As in i dont have him and i want him. Love some advice from current or non owners!
Long and short of it is that one of my main rivals has VdV, whereas i have Malouda (both of us have Drog). Im thinking about downgrading Malouda to VdV and then using the money to upgrade Knight to someone like Alex or Kolorov (if fit!). Main concern is that i'm 80ish points behind and we have very few other different players. Do you think i should hold onto Malouda or buckle and get VanDVart?
THANK YOU
Isn't it obvious? If you need to catch up, you need MORE different players. Buying VDV is pointless if it's simply because you want to catch up. Your rival will still get his points too you know? He doesn't stop getting them because you've bought him 😉
That logic only works towards the end of the season. The bottom line is that if Van Der Vaart will score lots of points, you need him in your team regardless of rival teams.
Personally, I would look to switch another player rather than Malouda. But if I were ranking midfielders on a must-have ranking I would place Van Der Vaart above Malouda and below Nani at the top.
Van der Vaart is a more dynamic player than Malouda. He catches the eye more so will attract bonus (except for last night it seems), and carries an equal if not greater goal threat to Malouda at a much cheaper price.
I've had Malouda from the start and wouldn't be buying him at 10m+. While he takes the odd corner, he's not on free kicks or penalties and will only score well when Chelsea dominate the weaker teams. I'm looking for a bumper return against Fulham and Sunderland or will downgrade so I can afford Torres or Tevez.
Totally agree with that. (I also still have Mal)
Cheers chaps, that's kind of what i was thinking. I cant keep Malouda just because my rival doesnt have him. I think VdV will be more consistent (pennas, FKs, bps etc). Only concern is that TOT arent scoring that freely at the moment (in the PL at least; 12 in 14 or something?).
Think i will re-assess after this week. Do you know if you can 'double-carry over' your 2 free; so i used one out of two yesterday, and if i did the same before sat would i still have 2 free next week? Cheers
It keeps carrying over and over and over until you do 2 or more
If Alex and Oshea don;t play I'm down to a defence of one - c'mon Enrique do your stuff.
Meanwhile this Tevez news has really annoyed me.
Tevez should play, I think (hope) it'l just be mind games.
What's with the 'new' tweet? Isn't it exactly the same one that was published last night?
maybe if they print it twice it will double the odds of him playing from 50% to 100%. Its the kind of crazy mind maths that I need right now.
My team
Foster\Carson
Alex\Boswinga\Huth\Coleman\Enrique
Malouda\Fabregas\Bale\Nolan\Parker
Tevez\Berbatov\Carrol
In Bank--1.6
next 2,3 transfers plz???
Watch Nani and Drogba tonight. Those are the two names I would first try and get in your team but you'd need to drop Bosingwa to get Drogba in.
Will need quite a bit of shuffling though.
Right, currently my team is (best XI shown):
Krul (Carson)
O'Shea Coleman Samba (Gohouri and Murphy)
Nani Adam Brunt Cesc (Albrighton)
Tevez Piquionne Drogba
I have two trade options that I reckon look the best way to go. There's the direct route for the team, and theres an all round improvement.
A) Brunt->Gerrard
B) Brunt->Cahill, Gohouri->Alex, O'Shea->Konchesky (last trade is optional)
Thoughts?
There's more money to play with this season with Gerrard playing deeper (therefore not essential), Lampard only just returning from injury and Rooney still sidelined. Torres may be the next 'essential' but we'll know more after the Wigan game.
As a result, don't feel you have to splash the cash. Get a Chelsea defender in at the back and perhaps strengthen one of your keepers. The teams that are doing well now are raking in the sixes and sevens at the back as everyone can afford Cesc, Nani, VDV, etc.
Why are tottenham fans booing the team?
2 years ago they were in relegation zone, is champions league football and beating Inter Milan in one of the games of the season not good enough? :/
It's what happens once fans have tasted glory. They think they deserve the same year after year. They don't realise others teams improve (and get worse) and the whole game runs in cycles. I support Everton and knew we wouldn't get Champions League football year after year so enjoyed it whilst it lasted a few years back, I think Tottenham fans should do the same because based on their league form they will be lucky to get Europa League.
Bale > VDV.
Have the funds for a straight switch, and am thinking of just pulling the trigger. The man is on FPL fire, and looks set to just keep scoring from his Oop role. Forgert Bale, hes Harry's key man, and i see him playing off a lone striker for the rest of the season. The .6m rise would usually put me off, but its getting hard to resist...
do it
Morning all - does anyone know if Simpson is now a guarateed starter for Newcastle? I have Williamson but need to downgrade somemone to bring in VDV for Nasri. So it's either Williamson, Faye or Jones to a cheapie (4.2m max) , or I could do Hernandez to Elmander. Which option looks better? Which cheap defenders seem the best choices?
How did Mr Etherington get that assist? Surely not? It make me so Anger!
+1
It's a lottery...
What are fantasy rules for an assist? It looked tooo big of a deflection to be given no?
It cant be an assist, no f#ckin way
Any chance it will be taken away?
"If during this pass, an opposing player significantly alters the speed or direction of the ball, then no assist is given except if this intervention directly results in an own goal."
Oh my gooodness. This is unnaceptable now. It has ignited fiery passion in my belly now! Also, is Zigic supposed to get an assist?? Or did I not see correctly?
Don't think Zigic touched it - I think it was a defender headed it out to Fahey. The press association immediately gave the assist to Carr, which was bizarre. I've only seen it the once so can't be sure but to give no assist seems correct for that one.
Thanks to Jesus
I watched Zigic closely in the Stoke game and he repeatedly looked to run in behind the Stoke defence only for the Brum players to punt the ball up to him.
It's obvious that his Valencia and Croatia team mates treated him as a skillful footballer playing passes into the channel that they would for a Defoe or Torres, which is completely lost on McLeish and the Birmingham players. They see a 6ft 6 target man and expect him to play like Carroll.
As for your assist question, sorry I've no idea 😉
I would play him like a lamp post also. I would tell him to stand on the 6 yard box and not move.
I emailed them last night. Surely shouldn't stand. Not when I don't have him 😉
Some have sent their obligatory e-mail - be interesting to see what response they get. I've seen similar instances given as assists - so reckon this one will remain.
I do too
I've got the first day off in ages tomorrow so I'm gona grab some beer, put my feet up and enjoy the footie! Hopefully it'll be a happy night for my team...
I've FINALLY finished exams. So I'm all good now for about 2 and a half months. Time for late night football, the Ashes and getting smashed most weekends!
Okay, I have 15.5 days holiday left I think. That means I can have half of the rest of the year off.
I'm thinking next week off, week after on, next two weeks on, next week off, and then whatever. Sound good? or I think I could book 2 days off every week.
Kingston are you still on?
Hey mate, just checked there is a link on totalfpl to join the leagues. So you can join by just clicking the link. I assume that's what happened.
Cheers mate. Must've done I suppose. No big deal just paranoia time!
No worries
I did accidentally press that coming to think about it. Didn't put any team details in tho. Still don't know how it found my fpl team
Kingston, you just need to be logged on to fpl when you click the link and it will join you to the league. Totalfpl doesn't have your details, it just works because you are logged in.
Already have Drog, Torres, Fabs, Nani, VDV who I feel are all key or at least I want to keep them in my squad. I am also trying to find a way to squeeze Tevez in without getting rid of any of them. Would mean doing the following transfers over a period of 2-3 weeks:
OUT
Ameobi, Arteta, N'Zogbia, Fabianski, Konchesky, Carr
IN
Tevez, Ferguson, Albrighton, Carson, Foley, Bardsley
Would leave me with:
Krul, Carson
Simpson, Coleman, Jones, Foley, Bardsley,
Nani, Fabs, VDV, Albrighton, Ferguson
Drogba, Tevez, Torres
Would obviously play a 4-3-3/3-4-3 every week depending on DEF/MID players fixtures.
Thoughts?
Don't lose N'Zog. He wants out of Wigan so will play like a demon till someone bites.
Only other option if I want Tevez in is to get rid of Torres, will see how he performs over the next 3 though. But if I do want to get ALL of the big 6 mentioned above there is no other way than to downgrade Arteta, N'Zog and switch a few defenders.
So who do we know rate as the 'essentials' for each team in the midfield and forwards?
For me, it's Nani, Tevez, Drogba and VDV. Thoughts?
Just Nani and Drogba for me...
I'm going with Nani and VDV, simply because of their price - theres no real reason not to have them
Drogba/Tevez are doing well but not 'essential' like C.Ronaldo a few years back
+1 Cesc will shortly be so too once he stops worrying about how many games his 23 year old body has gone through (the horror).
what's the deal with Nasri? Is he out of the game tonight??
Had VdV on my bench (Grrrrrrr!) So hopefully, Nasri will miss out, (or score 2!)
Matt Ethers; what a player, assist machine!!! (wink, wink!!)
as stated above; hate the game not the player!!!
i.e. i need the points, pppppplease dont be emailing FPL Towers!!!!
Re: Assists. Why don't the FPL get their act together? Are they judging the games by listening to the radio?
I was docked 3 pts for the Yaya Toure non-assist earlier in the week.
This GW I've got Ethers in my team and face another nerve-racking wait.
The only rule they could implement to be completely consistent would be any opposition touch means no assist. Personally I feel this is the only fair way to do this as, although a tad strict, at least means everyone is in the same boat and so can't feel hard done by.
Having said that FPL should definitely keep the assist on Etherington 😉
I don't care the slightest about this assist in particular but I would never ever e-mail the FPL towers to tell them NOT to give an assist.
I care about my own points, and that's about it.
FPL towers must be getting fed up of receiving emails about assists. They'll have to take on extra staff to deal with this!
Incidentally, does anyone know who runs the FPL? What company runs the web site? It seems to run pretty good, I've never experienced any crashes or lock ups.
@ Super Dunny
VDV is an essential in my book now, as per my thinking above.
I thought he looked very average last night, seemed like he was struggling to get out of first gear. Maybe he is 'essential' when Spurs are at home...
i didnt had drogba and nor could afford him...wht should i do??
Yes, get him in. Get him back up to 5.5m!
I've never emailed FPL Towers; have many of yee? Do yee think it makes a difference??
I have, but no I don't think it makes any difference. They do their own thing. Whatever that is
I e-mailed them once when I had a poor week and really wanted a Gareth Bale assist. They sent me a nice answer and Bale was then awarded the assist.
course they did, did they stick an extra 50 points on your score as well as a sweetener? It's a machine, they won't change anything once it's happened. My mate did 14 transfers once and missed the WC key, just hit confirm transfers - he wrote to them pleading for them to undo his error and execute his wildcard but it's big business, they told him to stick it where the sun shineth not.
Bale out is surely a must now for anyone looking to gain some mini league ground...
It is amazing that a player who has only scored more than 5 points once this season is in 45% of teams. Bit of a quirk.
Or a large part of those 45% don’t really play the game regularly
They remember last year and can't let go. NO player is essential for the season.
I think that if he was classified as a defender he'd be a bargain. Not that he'd have scored any more points if that was the case.
I think you're being a bit harsh. The majority of people pick players they like or rate. Bale is having a fantastic season and will be in the running for player of the year - but just not in fantasy terms.
Sorry, please rate my team, as I realised the incorrect team news was mischievously posted and was just able to make changes in time…
J Tweedy (Green)
A Cole, D Traore, J Corden, Terry (A Ferdinand)
K Henry, R Savage, D Rascal,(R Brand)
ALONSO 14 (C) (Diouf) (J Ross)
Need advice.
Who would tou choose:
Tevez+Dempsey or Torres+Etherington
or basicly Tevez ot Torres?
I prefer Tevez. I still need more reassurance that Torres is back to his best.
What a horrible start to the day reading that Captain Tevez might not play
It's been like that for a few gameweeks now - but he still seems to play more often than not, so I wouldn't worry too much.
