| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Kelleher | BRE | C |
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Martinez | AVL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Darlow | LEE | C, Vs, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B |
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Hill | BOU | A, £ |
| Up |  Thiaw | NEW | B |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | A, OoP |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | B |
| No Change |  Muñoz | CRY | C |
| No Change |  Kayode | BRE | B |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Rodon | LEE | B, Vs, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| Up |  Palmer | CHE | C |
| Up |  Gordon | NEW | B |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | A |
| Down |  Semenyo | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Dango Ouattara | BRE | B |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Ismaila Sarr | CRY | B |
| No Change |  Rice | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Tavernier | BOU | B, £ |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| No Change |  Stach | LEE | B, Vs, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | B |
| No Change |  Ekitiké | LIV | B |
| No Change |  João Pedro | CHE | A |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | B |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | C, Vs |
Mark Sunderland have the cheek to expose Chelsea frailties in front of the Stamford Bridge crowd, while Arsenal record a second away win in the space of four days, as Fabregas returns to the scoresheet and the Bonus Points. Here’s Sunday’s Scout Notes…
havce 2 freebie this week:
foster carson
konchesky alex dann shawX coleman
fabs malouda vdv nani nzog
drogba varney carroll
which transfers should i make?
a) malouda>emerton
varney>tevez
b) malouda>jarvis
konchesky>vidic
c) malouda>jarvis
konchesky>vidic
varney>gyan
4 pt hit
I like c can you leave 1 to next week to avoid hits
take the 4 point hit but i would say u would be better off gettin rid of alex rather than konchesky as despite liverpools recent bad form they now won't play United,Arsenal,Chelsea or City til gameweek 25 the two toughest matches are spurs away and villa at home while chelsea have quite a tough run coming up and Konchesky is guarenteed a place at the minute but alex may be left out a lot of the time when ancelotti play's bosingwa or ferreira right back and plays ivanovic centre which we could see in a lot of chelsea's home matches which is where they are most likely to pick up a clean sheet
I know I'm pretty late with this...but did anyone hear Andy Gray yesterday going mental about how Sunderland beating Chelsea at home meant that the PL was the best league in the world, anywhere else it would have been a home banker but this is what makes the league so great and unpredictable?
I couldn't really follow his logic there. Don't good teams sometimes lose everywhere? Chelsea hadn't even conceded a goal at home before yesterday- that suggests to me that their home results are very predictable...they will win far more often than not.
I'm completely with you - It's poor logic. I've seen it on here as well, nothing in that result says that the league is better than any other league.
The league IS of course better than basically any other league, but it's certainly not because of the odd freak result
I don't know why it has to be a competition. After Fulham and Man U drew 2-2 this season he was saying how this made the Premier League better than the World Cup, because the game was (apparently) better than any WC game. I know he has to big it all up as part of his job, but what next?
"You'd only see a tackle like that on English soil, even though he is African!"
"What a freekick, so much better than the dinner I had at the hotel last night!"
It reminds me of a Puyol (I think) goal, where he heads it in from a corner and Clive Tyldelsey said "after all that, it's a very English goal that breaks the deadlock!".
Hahaha. Great post. Made me laugh.
Never really understood why it has to be a competition either, but then again I'm not from England so I don't completely understand the feelings they have about their league.
Then again, I don't love any other league even as half as much as the Premier League, even if I do try to watch football from all parts of the world from now and then.
I think it was just such an odd case that Chelsea has won all home games without conceding and Sunderland hadn't won away from home all season so on paper it was a banker for Chelsea.
But yeah, perhaps still a bit OTT.
Here's one to throw into the scout melting pot.
Malouda - could he become the ultimate differential, you would have thought that after the performances he ha s been putting in, people (myself included) will want to ship his rather expensive ass out of there team however have a nagging feeling that he might just come good. Will Chelsea be transformed into relegastion fodder? Absolutely not, no chance, so results have to change at some point and malouda will no doubt be involved. Will he pull a bale on us? He has the talent to surely?
He'd need to be sold by about 1million managers to become a differential.
Been meaning to for a while. Think it's finally time.
Probably not with 41% ownership Tommyg.
Could pull a Bale, in fact quite likely too, but in the time spent waiting for that mega week you'll lose ground.
Ive always said Malouda, Cole and Drogs is way too much coverage. I offloaded Malouda some time back and that was a week or 2 longer than intended due to other transfers.
do we think hernandez will start at the weekend?
Does it matter. He is useless.
it matters mister cos i have him!
Get rid. Pronto.
don't wanna take a hit though
Unlikely with Roonster back. He might start with Rooney, but I wouldn't want to bet on it.
Is Rooney definitely looking good for a start?
According to Phelan yeah. He's been training well and will have all this week to build fitness too. If my hits weren't going so badly recently i'd have drog out for wayne in a flash.
Two nice home games, so Rooney is tempting. But it might be too soon for me, I'd rather see how he settles. Might do Drogba>Torres for a bit.
Will be nice to see Rooney and RvP added to the Drog/Tevez bigname striker options, could do with some variation.
For me Rooney and Nani is probably to much Utd coverage for now. Although I can see it paying off if Rooney hits the ground running
Don't be fooled by the "coverage" way of thinking Qubit.
Judge Rooney as a single player and not in relation to Nani. Do you think he'll be good then buy him regardless of Nani. I'll personally monitor the situation but I think I'll wait.
Perhaps coverage is the wrong word, i really mean with Rooney back and probably needing to find form along with Utd not currently demolishing teams (although perhaps this will change with Rooney back) id prefer not to have both
Plus who knows how his return will affect Nani's output, like you say, really needs monitoring.
Although in some ways given current results i think more of a spread is probably not an unwise thing currently (at least until the usual teams really find some form)
Yeah I understand. Getting him in would be a gamble but he obviously has the potential to score HUGE.
I'm also losing faith with Drogba. He's hailed as an essential but basically he's the priciest player in the game and he has malaria. Blah.
Ahh, now you've highlighted for me what is the biggest issue currently in fpl. Drogba is clearly not right at the moment
My plan was to swap him out for Torres (not on great form, but better fixtures and maybe coming into some form) but he might be injured now.
Dunno what is the best answer to be honest. Have even considered just ditching him for Elmander for a few games and then get him back.
Mak-Gold, it depends on your bank funds. For me, I have nearly the same front 7 as u, ie Fab, Nani, Vdv, Adams, Drog, Tevez, Odem.
I have gone with the staples in the big teams like K. Toure, A Cole & Konchesky. Playing 3 at the back, I prefer the 3 def to be guaranteed starters, so that defenders are not auto-sub in to meet the 3 def rule. Hope that helps!
Apart from Internationals?
Looking at Berbatov's lack of consistency up-front, do you think Macheda will get a start against Wigan this week?
So, Rooney-Hernandez combo for Man U?
Don't see anything to suggest why Hernandez would start above Berba. I think Rooney's return might be just what Berba needs, more chances, one goal, confidence back, with less onus on him to be the main man he might play with more freedom. Hernandez has had one good game in the Prem and is more likely the impact sub of the two.
Plus I may be mistaken but Chicarito could be flying somewhere distant, whilst Berbs will be sitting comfortably at home midweek.
Rooney-Macheda would make more sense...However, Berbatov will start next to Rooney. Hernandez has been dreadful!
Carroll - Injury Doubt
Elmo - Looks like benchfodder
Tevez - Argentina friendly back in time?
Alex - Injury Doubt
They are stacking up for me...
my worries are
carroll
hernandez
elmo
drogba
mignolet
Why are you worried about the top scoring forward?
I transfered out Mignolet for Krul this week who got me 7 points unless Craig Gordon brakes his arm again I can't see him getting back in the team, I have had Elmohamady since gameweek 1 and now Sunderland finally have a good run of fixtures coming up he get's dropped to the bench which is quite frustrating because i'm sure he could rack up a lot of points but i'm going too keep him for another week or two and see if he regains his place, Hernandez will only be a sub most games and is not worth having why not take a punt on Asamoah Gyan who is around the same price , and there is no need to worry about the other two they will bring in points
Tevez will skip the friendly!
Why did fulham sign uber-croak Adam Johnson? Dempsey is no longer play OOP because of this...I rate Johnson, but surely it's time for him to drop a division?
Just to let you all know, I seem to have got a bit of a sore throat, so I'm pulling out of the midweek international!
That's all i needed another doubt for the weekend then! FFS.
I need to get rid of O'Shea en Elmo.
Any suggestions please. I have 10.5 for 2 defenders.
Man City fixtures are looking good, Man U also.
Already have Simpson & Foley 🙂
Do you think Kolarov is a sure starter from now on?
who shall it start this week?
squad is:
cech, carson
terry, vidic, toure, konchesky, coleman
vdv, nani, downing, n'zogbia, adam
tevez, berbatov, odemwingie
thinking of going with
cech
terry toure konchesky
vdv nani(c) downing n'zogbia adam
tevez odemwingie
what do u guys think? i want to play vidic, but wigan might score and reckon its better to start n'zogbia over vidic? should i have 3 or 4 defenders? please have ur say
thanks
And if Vidic scores?
which is the better option?
1. Tevez->Elmander
Ether -> Nani and 1.8mil. then i'll downgrade Faye for money to get back Tevez for berbatov.
2. Berbatov->Elmander
Ether->Nani and 0.0 in the bank.
Any other thoughts?
Has anyone actually been watching Malouda recently? How's he been playing? Thinking it's time to get rid...but with his impending replacement (VdV) not having the best of fixtures...i've got this nagging desire to keep Malouds in the anticipation his (and chelsea's) form picks up
Get on board the Anelka train! That's the ticket!
If you don't have Drogs, fair enough. You'll need some Chelsea coverage but Malouda has been annoyingly bad over the last month culminating with the 58min subbing yesterday.
yeah...agreed. he's been killing me while all my rivals have had VdV. I have got Drogba...but part of me thinks that now i've struggled through Chelski's bad (goal scoring at least) form, they might be coming through the other end?
I'd only need a 15 pointer against Brum or Newc and keeping Malouda would be worth it...?!
although his form is not good atm, the only two players I would get for him this week are Fabregas or Nani.
already got those two...! you think leave him then...?
(UN)OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:-
Respect board abbreviations. Stop calling Mummy 'elmo'.
Elmo not to be be confused with 'Elmander'.
Copy and paste.
What about this elmo?
http://www.itsjust4me.com/prodimages/Elmo.gif
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walcott and o'shea out
park and vidic in
discuss.............
but will for their next run of easy fixtures!
Right then boys which one of Steinsson or Bardsley would you choose? I think Steinsson should come back into the team after suspension (anyone know if that is the case or not?) and i can't imagine Bruce messing around with the team too much after THAT performance yesterday so they shoulod both with fairly secure in their respective teams.
Sunderland have kept lots of clean sheets this season. Bolton haven't. You know what to do...
wildcard team.. used my wildcard to upgrade my defense and play the fixtures.. so how does this look?
Robinson Al Habsi
A.Cole Vidic Bramble Coleman Simpson
Fabregas Nani VDV Nzogbia Jarvis
Drogba Carroll Elmander
left with 0.9 in the bank..
Robinson and Al habsi are good for the season.. Bramble and simpson rotate perfectly.. can ust that 0.9 to upgrade jarvis to brunt and elmander to davies(penalties).. any other obvious players i'm missing?
Well well well, I turn my back for five minutes and Chelsea get a hammering by the 5under1and. There was a nice article in the Sunday Times yesterday about how unpredictable this season is, good to see its not just that I'm crap on FPL. Humbuggers to it all.
You should have seen it on here yesterday, carnage.
All these weddings and moving house and such is depriving me of some A class slagging, had to come into the office today so finally get the internet again!
How the feck did we ever survive without it? I mean this was the level of porn available for much of mankinds history
http://worldhistoryatyhs.wikispaces.com/file/view/venus_of_willendorf.jpg/39908490/venus_of_willendorf.jpg
(dont worry it's safe for work)
Top shelf.
The moniker is in light of Steve Bruce and his merry band of yoof keeping the title race alive. Danny Welbeck can actually play football.. who knew?
I think even Danny Welbeck must have been suprised. How did little Jamsie take it? Did he take refuge in Black Ops or did he face the firing squad with a cigarette in his mouth and some fine last words?
You have to give it to Jamsiep, he handled it better than most other "big three fans" on here usually do.
He basically wanted the whole squad and backroom staff fired, but that's a noble approach after losing 0-3 at home to Sunderland.
Fair play to the lad, he didn't go hiding then. Feel like I've missed out though, I'll just have to abuse him whenever the apelike creatures at vodafone bother putting down their mickeys and transfer my broadband up to the new commuter hellhole I have landed in.
Heheh, he did indeed handle it well, however the precursor to it was some unbelievable levels of villainy when Utd were 2-0 down against the Villa. He put the heckles up about 20 Utd fans with the usual wum squad and talked about a casual stroll to a 6 point lead at the top. Cue an angry lynch mob awaiting his arrival after yesterdays game! Good on him though, he was here to take the hits, unlike a few gooners i could mention 😉
Aye there are a couple of very vocal Gooners who leave little dust clouds whenever they lose. A few were gracious enough but I dont want grace, I wanted to hear ChillPills excuse for why Newcastle outplayed them. 🙂
I can imagine he was pretty outrageous during that Villa match though, smug would not have been a smug enough word...
He surely looks athletic enough. To me it looked even yesterday as if he still has MUCH to work on though - both mentally and with his finishing - but I look forward to following him.
Shame my highly legal stream was so blurry I couldn't really tell which one was young Henderson, as I would have liked to watch him closer as well.
He reminds me a lot of Carrick but with a better engine. I'd bet my last dollar if the rumours are true that he's on his way to OT, that Carrick will be out at the same time.
It's time Fergie cut his losses with a few of them lads, Carrick, Berbatov etc have been too disappointing for too long. They are not players that should be in a title challenging side
The rumours about him going to United have really been so persistent that I think there is something to them.
Carrick with a better engine sounds like a real player to me. Hopefully he's also more athletic, I always feel like Carrick can't really make his body do what other good inner midfielders do. He looks 'stiff'.
Oi Just seen your new moniker! Booo.
Can anyone justify having Drogba at his price and hope that he eventually finds form? Otherwise it could be Drogba->Elmander and then pushing the cash into bumping up a couple of my bargain basement defenders...
btw - team is:
Foster, Krul
Elmo, Simpson, Jara, Dann, Coleman
VDV, Nani, Bale, Fabregas, Adam
Tevez, Drogba, Carroll
Oh please have a long term injury carroll so i can justify giving you the boot for elmander
Malouda was taken off after 59 mins. Was this because he was playing poorly, a tactical move, or was he injured?
I'm keeping Malouda. The Bale/VdV bandwagon won't last...
Think I’m gonna strengthen my defence, Elmo to Zac Knight, wana get a bit of those favourable Bolton fixtures coming up
Good?
Stop calling Mummy ‘elmo’
And no it's not good friend, you can't rely on Bolton for cs's.
Elmo
Ahmed Al-Muhammadi or Ahmed Elmohamady as he is registered with FL under was first nicknamed Mummy because he was listed as "Al-Muhammadi". Since he later changed it to "Elmohamady" I think it is acceptable that the nickname Elmo is used as it fits with the now correct last name of said player.
Having a few issues with my team at the moment.
Overloaded on expensive defenders, which isn't too bad if they keep clean sheets...
Thinking:
Tevez out - Gyan
Ivanovic out - Alcaraz/Simpson (any cheap defender)
Etherington out - Fabregas / Lampard
Probably over the next two or three GWs, so the latter sub would be dependent upon form + fitness
Glad i got rid of Drogba and Malouda a few weeks ago, seems to have been the only thing that has worked for me.
What do you reckon..?
Elmander or Odemwingie in for Hernandez? Odem gives me enough cash to also upgrade a defender (Mummy) to Alex/Ferdinand. Elmander leaves me enough to get a 5.8 defender. I definitely need to strenghten by defence, currently have Boateng, Mummy, Faye, Jones, Williamson.
Elmo. 😉
This week:
Konchesky/Elmo -> Huth/Simpson
Barton -> Jarvis
How does that look and what combo of the first transfer would you pick?
Elmo to simpson 🙂
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When would you want to play Simpson? Can you go Elmo > Bardsley?
I was working with what i was given. Yeah theres better option than simpson but price added into the equation and simpson gets the shout ahead of the red card liability that is huth lol
Transfer options this week...
a) Malouda -> Nani (no hit)
b) Tevez & Barton -> Nani & Elmander (4 point hit)
c) Malouda & Tevez -> Nani & Rooney (4 point hit)
d) Something involving getting rid of Gareth Bale]
Thoughts?
Will Fabregas get a yellow card against Spurs and lead him to miss Aston Villa match?
So just bench him for a week and get ready for the hatrick after. 🙂
Arteta & Jones/Elmo out
A Young * Baines in
yay or nay?
