| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up |  Raya Martin | ARS | C, Vs |
| Down |  Donnarumma | MCI | B |
| Up |  Pickford | EVE | C |
| Up |  Roefs | SUN | A |
| Down |  Verbruggen | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Darlow | LEE | B, £ |
| No Change |  Henderson | CRY | B |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | B, Vs |
| Down |  O’Reilly | MCI | A |
| Up |  Keane | EVE | B |
| Up |  van Dijk | LIV | B |
| Up |  Ballard | SUN | C |
| No Change |  Lacroix | CRY | A |
| Down |  van Hecke | BHA | A |
| Down |  Struijk | LEE | B, £ |
| Down |  Hill | BOU | C, £ |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | C |
| Up |  Rice | ARS | C, Vs |
| Up |  Wilson | FUL | B |
| Up |  Szoboszlai | LIV | A |
| No Change |  Ismaila Sarr | CRY | C, Rest |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | B |
| Up |  Gibbs-White | NFO | A, VsX |
| Up |  Dewsbury-Hall | EVE | B, £ |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | C, £ |
| Down |  Palmer | CHE | C |
| Down |  Tavernier | BOU | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| Up |  Thiago | BRE | A |
| Up |  Bowen | WHU | A |
| Up |  Watkins | AVL | A |
| Down |  Welbeck | BHA | B |
| Down |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | C |
| Down |  João Pedro | CHE | C |
Mark Roberto Manicini’s City side cruise past the banana skin thrown down by Mark Hughes and his Fulham outfit at the Cottage. Up at Ewood meanwhile, it’s another setback for Gerard Houllier as Villa are kept at bay by a resolute Rovers following a couple of Morten Gamst Pedersen strikes. Here’s the notes from Sunday’s events…
Hmmm. Tough decisions to make.
Do I hang on to Drogba hoping he comes good, or just buy Tevez already and go without Drogba for the next few weeks (possibly until second wildcard in Jan).
Id imagine if Drogba has one or two more blanks, his price will plummet and it wont cost me much more to get him back at some point.
Rivals all have Drogba and Malouda (as do I)
Diff to say. May policy of not taking hits is not paying off. 3 weeks ago i planned on bringing KDavies in for his kind run of fixtures. Carroll was going to get the chop but then he started scoring and I did not have the balls to drop tevez/drogba.
Things would have looked a lot diff if I did Drogba-->Kdavies and not alex-->ACole. Disaster.
On Drogba - He could/should have had 3 goals vs Birm.
*my policy
James - Nice steady ranking. I notice you are not scared to take hits. You did the Alex-->kolarov trade that i should have done. Nice.
You think it's worth to do ACole-->Kolarov this week? maybe also ferg-->lee for 4pt hit?
I havent taken many hits Inalize, although lately they have paid off well!
Didnt watch the Chelsea game but kinda figured that for Foster to get 3 bonus Drogba/Malouda must have been OK. Heard it was 22 shots to 1. Thats just unlucky (but awesome that they have dropped points).
If I were you I'd just do Elmo->Kolarov perhaps (wait and see if Elmo starts - if he doesnt he should be your first order of business). Difficult call though!
I really want Tevez, but for who? I'm loathe to sell Drogba, especially since both rivals have him and I know how he can burn you. Big game player too.
Thanks! goeie môre
That's the problem at the moment. In hindsight Tevez/Elmander or kDavies/Carroll was the way to go for the last couple of games.
Most though have either Carrol or a bolton striker.
Well Carroll is a season keeper, I never look at his position in my team.
Drogba was another who I thought would be a season keeper, but Tevez is doing the business.
Elmander has such good form and fixtures that ignoring him (or Kevin Davies) is difficult!
This seems like a job for... CAPTAIN HINDSIGHT!
Well, my advice weeks ago was to sell Drogs. The problem for most of the owners who've kept him appears to be twofold.
Sacred to drop him invariably meant they were too sacred to captain anyone else either, as the Drogba owner fears nothing more than not captaining him the week he and Chelsea go ballistic.
So they've probably had close to 2 months of poor captain's scores whilst people who gambled on ditching him to go with form have been forced to find alternative captains, which by and large has yielded better results.
I imagine most who still have and continued to captain Drogba every week have seen their mini league leads and world rankings suffer too. Which is probably why they are now wondering whether to sell.
Drogba does appear to be coming into some form again, but his fixtures remain tough for a while yet.
I think that if you've stuck it out this long you may as well stick with Drogs now as he and Chelsea will come good again. And you'll be wanting him back the moment he scores again anyway.
Exactly. I had to let one of malouda or Drogba go. Malouda's head rolled.
I kept him and Malouda, and the rest of my team has carried me along just fine (apart from 1 or 2 bad weeks).
I will keep them the whole season barring injury, Im just that stubborn 🙂
They will indeed come good again, of course. Tough fixtures, yes, but they have an exceptional record against top opposition
Nurse Camzy if you're out there, can you help give the kiss of life to my team with some of your superb advice?
I don't know what to do and am at my wits end.
Please help Camzy please.............
Dump Berba. ASAP.
You are not Camzy. However, yes Berb was a silly move in hindsight. Did no want to go with the crowd on Elmander.
Never mind eh 🙂
Elmander is a joke and will soon fade as will Bolton as a whole. Thanks but no thanks.
Who says I'm not Camsy? You can be whoever you want on FFS. You should know.
the penny has finally dropped that i am rubbish at this game
Ask Camzy nicely and I'm sure you will get the help you need. 🙂
You had one good season so you can't be rubbish.
TM/MT - good going. Pity about Foster/Givet.
cheers
That's FPL for you. Just back from bike ride so off to shower.
Got lucky ma man. Finished that season like a train, ended up 2nd in the ffs midseason league. Was around 500k at xmas then got a good run! Dont see it happening again! But i will take that as encouragment tho, cheers
Good runs are easy to start with the right players.
what ya guys think of me squad?
cech carson
vidic terry toure konchesky coleman
vdv nani downing n'zogbia adam
tevez odemwingie berbatov
this week did berbs to elmander
what other trades shall i do? don't mind a point hit or two
thinking of also getting rid of terry to a cheaper chelsea defender or maybe a cheaper option from another team with good fixtures such as blackburn or bolton?
what trades should i do??
Hey guys
I want to get rid of Elmohamady, whos a good defender that costs 5 or less??
Watchlist on home page.
Good morning lads,
What do we consider a true differential? 10% or less ownership? 15%? What's about the right line to be considered a differential.
Not going to trade unles I really need to, so will have 2 freebies in GW16 and plan to do:
Cech -> Foster
A Cole -> Kolarov
Leaves 4.1 in the bank (+/- price changes) and I can then do Etherington -> VDV in GW18 after Tottenham have played LIV, bir, CHE.
After this gameweek, Chelsea have a shocking run: EVE, tot, MUN, ars, BOL, AVL.
I'm also a ACole owner. Got the Alex-->? trsfr wrong. Should have been kolarov.
Think I'm doing Mummy -->Kolarov this week & then the week after ACole is toast. Unless of course Mummy starts tonite....
You call that shocking? Don't see too many clean sheets for those 6 teams in those matches.
So you think Chelsea will keep clean sheets in those 6 games?
thats not what he (MT) said, but seeing as you're selling chelsea defenders I say its a good move.
chelsea attackers may yet come good
The 1st & last look like clean sheets to me. The Bolton bubble could have burst by then. Games 2-4 are the tricky ones. Everton trouble Chelsea so you have a point. The biggest factor is Terry out rather than the teams they are playing.
How was the shower?
See for yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebhBDmOwrfw
As a Never had Drogba player, I am interested to find out how long those who do intend to keep him?
He's staying in my team. He was unlucky not to get 4 or 5 at birmingham. Keeper had a blinder. The Drogba Resurgence will come soon and I'm not missing out on those points when it does!
Ive still got him (currently 1500 odd so hasnt particularly hurt me) as ive had other things to deal with.
I could get rid this week and that was certainly my plan, but i may hang on a little longer, think chelsea and drogba were a little unlucky not to get something vs brum.
You've never had a Drogba?
You have not lived until you have had a Drogba.
2 more GW's for him and Chelsea to seek redemption.
I think Ancellotti may walk though.
Was away for first two GWs and felt I'd missed the boat after that. May consider him GW20 if Chelsea hasn't imploded.
Originally planned to drop Drogba and Malouda after gw5 when it was obvious their output would decrease. Bottled the Drogba bit though when his price kept going up and up.
Should have done it as things have turned out, but that's this game in a nutshell - coulda shoulda woulda 🙂
I'm certainly enjoying the game more this year, could be the FFS factor. Captain choices still my major downfall, HayHo! 🙂
It's my first full season and soooo much different to dabbling in the 2nd half of last season when I basically couldn't give a shit what happened. But now having got so high up it's murder. I don't like the feeling tbh. It's like a pressure which I'd rather not have. 🙂
Hey Katie, did you see the Pats Colts game last night?
What a finish, but not good for my stress levels though! Glad the Pats managed to hold on this time as it was begining to look like last year's game when we also lead 31-14 going into the 4th qtr and choked it away.
I can't lie Tevez is making me itch. Think I'll hold onto him though, too good a player not to score goals eventually. Then everyone will want him back.
I also think he is a big game player and there are some big games coming up
Depends how fast he's falling ...
What should i do??
Schwarzer (Carson)
A Cole- Coleman- Elmo- (Jara)- (Alcaraz)
Fab- VDV- Nani- Nzog- Albrighton
Torres- Tevez- Varney
a- Cole-> Kolarov/ Varney-> Elamander (4 point hit- 1.9 remaining)
b- Cole-> Vidic/ Alcaraz-> Kolarov (4 point hit .4 remaining)
c- Something completely different (if so what???)
my team for the week
Cech
Coleman toure vidic
Nani vdv bale dempsy
Gyan carrol torres
B.ferg jara tamas carson as subs
Any suggestions people?....
Save yourself some money with the keeper when you have a free trade. Alittle too much WBA there.
Just keep checking Gyan is fit. I'm not convinced by Torres myself but if he kicks on will be big point earner.
Can anyone shed any light on Abdoulay Faye. He hasn't played for a coupleof games now and isn't listed as injured. Is he just unfavoured? Thoughts please.
Why there's no 1 bps for Blackburn match?
dont u guys think drogba might hit it at newcastle. Their backline is quite dodgy at times especially with coldicini suspended so either stven taylor/ sol campbell is in.
Krul isnt as good as foster as well.
its only a matter of time before drogba comes good, form is temporary, class is permanent etc
after yesterday im suddenly a bit happier with my drogba, tevez, carroll front line
im hoping chung lee is enough bolton cover and big kev and johan dont hurt me too much!
thought of you when i read that tosey...that's such sh*t luck. picking up a deadleg AFTER the deadline...esp when you only brought him in short term.
Thanks for all the advice with VdV by the way...decided to go with him in the end.
lucky u did, its tough when ur playing catch up as unsure who to bring in as u need to think about what your rivals r doing
kolarovs in for me this week barring any injury news or gyan being ruled out for longterm
same for me.
Going to do Elmo -> Kolorov (hoping no Champs/Europa league injuries)
It was you saying that you would prefer to have VdV than Malouda for the long term that did it for me. + the fact that i still have Drogba. It's not going to help me catch up that much...but might just stop me from falling further behind! Sounds like Gyan just has a dead leg? should be good for Wolves's generous defence!
I have 61 points, way more than average but still I'm looking at a red arrow because I don't have Tevez. Sheez.
Still got Coleman and Gordon to come though, 🙂 So 0-0 will do. At your level you probably need at least ten points more than average to maintain position.
61 isn't average for the top 10K.
ok malouda has to go, wanted to get rid at wknd but was told it would be foolish, with chelsea's form dipping and their tough run of games i have drogba to cover any chelsea attacking points
who to replace him with, my midfield as it stands is
fabregas, VDV, nani, malouda and albrighton
keep for newcastle game then get MGP
I got 77 points this week. And Coleman is my last player tonight. Saturday night I was out having a beer and I transferred out Drogba and in Elmander.. Am I sick? I have had Drogs since the 1 week, and am soooo tired of his lack of goals now.. but it has to come one day for him?
But elmander is facing blackpool at home in what I expect to be an orgie of goals.
should I consider a four point hit to bring Kolarov in? I'm afraid his price will increase before next gameweek..
Guy I work with, ever seen a worse use of a wildcard?! 😀
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/tranhist.mc?FPL|transfer_history_cb=849706&id=849706
Hmmm, just got Gyan in this week so will be annoying if he misses the game tonight. On the other hand, if he does (and Elmo doesn't play) then I'll have 9 point Varney off the bench.
I just know that Elmo will come on for 1 minute. 🙁
Thats it Marknlard, positive early morning motivational thinking. 🙂
i got simpson coming in with 0 if gyan doesnt play!!
So you did Drog>Gyan as well. What a pisser!
yep luckily drog didnt do anything really
hopefully its just a rumour and he will play, could also mean elmo starting if welbeck upfront alone
Bah, I'm not sure I like either of those outcomes with Varney waiting to come on. Stupid bench.
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Steve-Bruce-wants-to-put-an-end-to-Sunderland-s-roller-coaster-results-article633847.html
It is only the mirror...but looks like Bent might be back for a straight swap for Gyan.
you never know though...hope Gyan plays for you
Shows the importance of getting your bench right.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/tranhist.mc?FPL|transfer_history_cb=849706&id=849706
Better?
Bah, anyway he played his wc wk 4 and only made 2 transfers, Rooney and Milner! 😀
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/entryhist.mc?id=849706
Hmm that is pretty poor stuff.
Cheers Marky! Don't know what happened with my link.
No. 🙂
2 trades are ok lol.
Inalize: Elmo->? (even if he starts tonight, I cant stand rotation risks)
Konchesky
Bramble
Distin
??
Dankie
Konch's cross was nice on Sat...Liverpool starting to shore up a bit more...i've got him anyway...!
ok if i keep malouda for newcastle, then malouda out and MGP in, jara out and kolarov in, and gohouri out and konchesky in leaving me with
foster alhabsi
konchesky kolarov coleman bardsley simpson
MGP VDV nani fabregas albrighton
drogba carroll tevez
look ok
Just cann't sit around and wait anymore, Drogba out for Tevez and now I have one more free transfer maybe Bale our for VDV ? or Malouda out for Nani?? what do you guys think?
We are gathered here today to witness the transfer of Didier Drogba and Gareth Bale out for Carlos Tevez and Rafael Van Der Vaart.
Carlos and Rafael have shown their love for fantasy football players.
if there is any reason why this transfer should not be made, speak now or forever hold your breath....
Bale-VDV is free, Drogba-Tevez is the 4pt. 🙂
No, still have 1 free transfer to spend. If they both not from the same team I would go for Both Bale and VDV, but things are not easy. 🙁
I don't normally knee jerk but Drogba is annoying me. What would you rather have?
a) Drogba, Kolarov, Another def under 6.5m
b) Tevez, Vidic, Kolarov
I'd be tempted to keep Drogba if he's the only Chels attacking coverage you have. Watching highlights of the Brum game it looks like he's finding some form again...could have had 3 on another day (Foster's save from his header for instance was ridiculous...!). Seems a shame to have kept him during his malaria spell, only to ditch him as he nears getting better...?
Warky... That's great insight that you could have shared with me yesterday 😉
I assume you joined the Elmander revolution DM? Dont think that's a bad shout...(alhto obviosuly a shame you missed this week). Bolton scoring a lot of goals at the moment, and he's involved in almost all of them).
You can always get Drogs back if you need him...just dont make that impossible would be my advice.
Haha yeah, that is guaranteed to back fire.
64 with Foster on the bench & staying away from VDV, could have been a great week 🙁
I'm just so tempted to get rid of Drogs for Elmander. OK, Didier will score soon but he takes so much cash... I could improve GK, DEF & MID by getting rid & Bolton ain't gonna stop scoring all of a sudden.
Drogs -> Elmander
Barton -> VDV
Alcaraz -> Kolarov
4pt hit would leave me with:
Foster Hahnemann
Bosingwa Konchesky Kolarov JEnrique Jones
Nani Fabs Adam VDV Malouda
Elmander Carroll Tevez
Yes or no?
(I will wait for European games though :))
Kolarov getting a lot of love today?
Played well, Man City keep plenty of clean sheets, he is very attacking and takes corners too.
I read he had a great game. Is he a rotation risk? Is he why Boateng didn't play?
Some help choosing the best transfer option would be greatly appreciated.
My team:
Carson Mignolet
Jones Konchesky Enrique Tamas Coleman
Fabregas Nani Bale VdV Barton
Drogba Tevez Carroll
£1.6m in the bank.
I'm thinking one of the following...
a) Mignolet -> £5.6m or less keeper
b) Enrique -> Kolorov
c) Carroll -> Davies / Elmander
Not keen on breaking up my front 3 but dont want to miss out on the Bolton form / fixtures.
Defence / keepers is obviously in need of some work so am leaning towards a or b.
Anyone know why Givet only played 45mins? Injured?
My only defender from a team who kept a clean sheet and he gets subbed at HT and scores 1! :-/
Someone said he ran into the referee & got injured. I have him also. 🙁 Might need him next week or else I might have to buy another defender.
