| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Sels | NFO | B |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Muñoz | CRY | A, Sus |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | B, Vs |
| No Change |  de Ligt | MUN | B, Inj |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | B |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | B |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A, £ |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | B |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| No Change |  Gakpo | LIV | B, Vs, Rest |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| Up |  Schade | BRE | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | A, £ |
| Down |  Fernández | CHE | B |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | A, Vs |
| Up |  Thiago | BRE | A |
| Down |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| No Change |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| No Change |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
Mark With week by week statistics available on our test servers (soon to be rolled out to our Members), I thought it would be a good time to demonstrate some of the analysis this affords Fantasy Managers by examining some of the key player statistics from the weekend.
Breaking things down by position, the statistics offer valuable insight on the weekend’s performers, in addition to revealing the potential on offer by some new potential targets…
Would like to get Elmander like most, but it means getting rid of carrol or taking a 4 point hit, is it worth it?
I could do with Coleman being benched tonight. any chance?
anyone else noticed arsenals fixtures up until gwk 23 (wildcard time)
avl FUL mun STK CHE wig bir MCY
maybe get rid of fabregas until wildcard? or is that mad?
Fabs will soon be fixture-proof like last season. If you've got him, keep him.
I'm keeping him. It's probably as good a time as any to be playing Man United and Chelsea, especially if Terry's still out then, as neither are looking that solid at the back at the moment.
Not to bad. I can see Ars scorin in all of them.
he's playing ok isnt he? who would you get instead?
well gerrards fixtures (if fit) from gwk17-22 are
new FUL blp WOL BOL
i expect he'll outscore fab in those 5
No way Pedro.
very interesting point....
i may try and treble up, konchesky gerrard torres on for gwk 17
You're not a Liverpool fan by any chance?
If Lampard was fit, then possibly... As it is, no, keep him unless you're desperate for the funds elsewhere.
A 4 point hit to take out DD is completely mental IMHO.
He looked brilliant on Saturday and was very unlucky not to score - he'll bang in the points before long. Keep him.
+1 - also don't forget Newcastle may well be missing both their first choice centre backs for the Chelsea game this weekend, I'm tempted to ignore the form and captain Drogba for a nice little differential.
http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/November/Mancini-has-sympathy-for-players-out-of-the-side
It would seem from the above report, Mancini still favors Boateng as his first choice RB(Zabaleta might have something to say about that), it should also mean Kolarov wont be losing his place to Boateng at LB
If i read this at 11.27 on sat morning i would have taken boateng out for Kolarov. 🙁
Think I can get away with saving my transfer this week?
Jussi
Kolarov Toure Coleman
Fabs VDV Nani Arteta N'Zog
Drogba Carroll
Foster, Odemwingie, Jara, Konchesky.
I reckon so, im thinking the same.
Foster,
Vidic, Bosingwa, Coleman
Favs, Bale, NANI, Malouda, Brunt
Carrol, Drogba
Hannenmen, Jara, Simpson, Odemwingi
Although Brunt to Lee is tempting me .
Brunt > N'Zogbia would be a better move for you IMO.
I think so.
You can do so much more good with 2 frees than with 2 lots of 1...I'm going to try and hold out this week so I'm encouraging others to try and do the same!
I'll also be playing Foster over JJ...
cud i get sum help from u lads plz. this is my team. foster, jaask , o.shea, bosinwa, coleman, onuoha, simpson , nani, lee, cahill, brunt, nolan, drogba, davies, jones. i got 6 mil to spend wat shud be my next move . cheers lads
anceottis response to one of the questions...we have a game tomoro night anyone want to ask me about that haha....
think all is not rosey in there...similar to mourinho grant was romans little spy and hes doing the same this time.
What was/is the press conf about?
well its the pre game cl press conference, rumour was he called the lma to talk about his position, he says they called him to ask weather he was considering his position which he said no..
usual other crap press boys fishing for a reaction didnt give much away. but all does not seem quite as rosey. dont know
Excellent article. Highlights several facts that I could never have guessed or worked out myself.
Care to tell me? 😉
anyone heard anything about mummy starting or not?
guess not
thought people were knowledgeable on here! 😀
For those of (like me) who have had a bad week on FF something to cheer you up. (if you're a Star Wars fan?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDKiQfBs9lo&feature=player_embedded#!
Thinking of selling Carroll for Elmander this week.
Should I wait until after the CL games, or do it today to capitalise on his rapidly rising price?
😀
In all seriousness though. Personally I'd wait a but and keep an eye on the price rises each day. Leave it as late as you can.
enrique> onuah/bramble
or
carroll>elmander
team is linked
elmander will score big this week, but id worry about losing carroll
sunderland away usually let goals in (apart from stamford bridge)
Here's a dilemma, who to drop from my front 8 this week:
A ) Fabregas (ast)
B ) Nani (BLA)
C ) VDV (LIV)
D ) Nzogbia (whu)
E ) Jarvis (SUN)
F ) Drogba (new)
G ) Elmander (BLP)
H ) Carroll (CHE)
Told ya it was tough!
Zoggo or Carroll.
I'd go Carroll as West Ham look like conceding at least 2 every match.
Same as me!
Im benching Carroll or N Zogbia. Currently Carroll.
i've got a similar-ish choice to make (Lee instead of Jarvis and Tevez instead of Elmander).
Think it'll be one of Carroll or Nzogbia for me.
jarvis
Well it obviously has to be one of Jarvis, N'Zogbia or Carroll and I wouldn't bench N'Zogbia against the Spammers....
Carroll's form then wins it for me... Jarvis and Wolves haven't exactly set the world alight in terms of scoring goals...
It's a tough decision, no doubt. I'd just be a lot more worried with one of Carroll or N'Zogbia on the bench than Jarvis
Cheers, I see what u mean, on form Jarvis is the one to drop, suppose I'm looking to play him as I only got him last week and he did sod all, I'm just looking for some returns from him. I just felt maybe with newcastles generally poor form at home (minus Villa & Sunderland) that u might bounce back and with there injury problems they may spend a lot of time on the back foot.
The way I'd look at it, is if Carroll doesn't do much, is it the end of the world? No. Because about 50% of people have him and pretty much everyone will be in the same boat.... And if he scores and gets some BPs, there are a million players getting those points and you have them stuck on the bench.
Playing Carroll is definitely the 'safer' option.
Screw the safe option!Go for the one you think will score more. 🙂
Afternoon.
Keeping Drogba looks a must now with Newcastles woes at the back.
Tevez to do nothing! 😛
I hope you are right. I'd like to have Tevez in my team, but it would cause too much of a disruption.
Il get him week after next.
No Harper, Collocini, Williamson or Barton.
Looking good for a few Chelsea goals this weekend.
Tempted to throw the arm band to Drogs this week anyway.
+1
Im a changed man!:P
Nah I probably wont actually do it but "im tempted".
Looking to keep him now as the news moves fast.
Also can get Tevez & Kolarov in for free after Stoke.
And here was me expecting to read an article about contraception – imagine my pleasant surprise!
vdv stats suggest he is just getting lucky at the mo?
imo he was pretty woeful in the last gane, bar his key contributions. I'm not sure whether that is a good or a bad thing. It could be argued that him playing so sh*te and still coming out with the goods means that good things should follow week after week.
extremely lucky imo.
im guessing you guys dont own him
thinking of finally taking malouda out this week but there aint many options of who to put in bearing in mind i got Vdv/nani/fab + jarvis atm. any suggestions ?
Who to drop this weekend?
Jarvis
Adam
Carroll
so after todays game sunderland hav faced last years top10. so on paper their fixtures are gonna be brilliant.
Pretty much.
scout tweet suggests gyan may not play tonight, would this increase the likelihood of Mummy starting ?
I suppose they COULD move Welbeck into the middle and play Mummy on the right.
Isn't Bent back though?
not sure. It also says Bent is back doesnt it? Could be a straight swap?
Henderrrson-son-son, he's a midfield magician. Etc
They'd be pretty crazy to change the Chelsea conquering team, so I can't see Elmo starting.
Hope you're right.
1 minute again would be super duper.
What do you think of the left back Gang as the main 4 defenders
A.Cole Evra Kolarov Konchesky ?
heading towards this (already have cole and evra) and sounds good to me. Simpson playing the descent cheapie.
very good but wouldnt this leave you with a weak midfield and strike force
I need like at least five sites confirming Gyans injury. I hope this is just speculation
carroll to tevez
nzog to vdv i have the funds
4 point hit
Any week other than this one and I'd say it's worth it.
Carroll at home against a depleted Chelsea and N'Zog against West Ham looks at least as good as the fixtures that Tevez and VDV have this week.
Long-term it's sound though.
so save my transfer and do it next week?, surely carroll is due a blip, just cant afford to not have vdv in my side right now hes cost me against my rivals in my mini league but surely hes going have a blip, extremely lucky to have so many points saturday
Anyone seen the guy with the current highest score this week? He shot up close to 400,000 places from last week. Magical
guess it shows pretty much anyone can still win the FPL lol
If anyone cares here is the response I got from the FPL towers when asking about a rule clarification of when an assist is given for handball in the penalty area and when not.
"Nolan chested the ball before handballing. As Lee was not in control of the ball or aiming a pass when the handball was made, no assist was given for this goal. In contrast, Torres kicked the ball and the ball directly hit the defender's hand, so an assist was awarded."
Fair enough really, I was really clutching at straws for that one. Although Torres didn't really kick the ball directly onto the hand, it hit somebody else on the way.
Havent been on here recently, have they said anything about the varney assist not given yet?
It says in their own match report he got the assist. crazy.
Perhaps you should have also asked them to give Torres the goal for the penalty as he shouldn't have been so gracious as to give it to Kuyt.
I guess you are right, that makes it a stupid idea.
I didnt see the Torres assist, but Nolan's wasnt an assist.
Similarly VdV would have been given an assist for the penalty (wtf was Fabregas thinking!!!???) if he hadnt taken it anyway.
Why wouldnnt VDV get an assist anyway? What differece does it make who takes the PK? Shouldnt it be an assist regardless who takes the kick?
Only just took a close look at your pic to recognise it!
I used to go to uni with them. They sat behind me in lectures, and (though you wouldn't think it from the music) they were very giggly. They sounded like Coldplay at the time, it was a a couple of years before they got their sound.
Oh really. That's a good story.
They still sound a bit like Coldplay on some of their poor tracks imo. They certainly have taken that route since The Back Room, which is by far and away their best record imo.
Didn't love the latest one really, although Papillon is a real hit.
You should try to make them join your mini league.
Not sure if they play FF- though I think one of them's a Forest fan! Remember seeing them and they did one song called Release (a bside to Munich, I think, in the UK only) which was totally different to the rest of the set and really stood out. That was when they started getting their sound.
I think I already know the answer to this but for some reassurance.
Play Konchesky, (or Jara ha!) or do -4 and get Kolorov in for Alcaraz? I don't see a Liverpool or Manc clean sheet i don't think so unless Kolorov scores, assists or bps then no gain (or break even) is made.
I got Elmander in for Piquionne on Saturday eve using the money i saved getting in Ferdinand over Vidic last week so my team is:
Foster
ACole | Ferdinand | Konchesky
Nani | VDV | Fabregas | Jarvis
Drogba | Elmander | Carroll
Gilks, Alcaraz, Barton, Jara
Leave it.
Good side for the weekend, although you're only 1 injury away from having to play Jara.
BumperGraham Graham Hunter :
Inter need to beat Twente this week. If not then RB out. Inter have begun project to recruit Guardiola at end of season if possible.
🙂
You think Guardiola would cut it at Inter? I reckon he'd be out in half a season after failing miserably to take control of the dressing room and then probably end up coaching Besiktas or Olympiakos for the following years.
Dont know mate.Id never move if i were him. Golden generation at Barca.
Yeah. Probably the easiest team in the world to work with as well, everybody seems to be pulling in the same direction and being generally nice to eachother and not getting into much trouble.
Riijkard hard a far more troublesome group for example, although of similar quality.
Anyone still harbouring their Wild Card like myself?
Feeling a bit twitchy this past week or two but I'm sitting on nearly 800 points and my team has never once screamed 'overhaul' to me.
Team for this coming gameweek:
VDS
A.Cole/Hughes/Coleman
Arteta/Nani(c)/Fabs/VDV/Dempsey
Chamakh/Piquionne
Subs: Hahnemann/Caroll/Konchesky/Elmo
There's a few there I would prefer to get rid of i.e. Elmo, Arteta etc but I feel it's not a desperate situaion.
Agree or disagree?
The way Chamakh played on Saturday RVP will be ousting him pretty quickly. If Chamakh could finish properly with his feet Arsenal would have had the game wrapped up by half-time.
Lol I know!
He's had a few decent gameweeks though. If he could finish his dinner he'd be a big big point scorer.
Every week I look to take him out but he always seems to be the lesser of two evils in my team. Even this week Elmo seems a bigger short term problem.
I have 1 free transfer and 0.7 in the bank as well as the aforementioned WC.
Similar to Gargs, if anyone cares:
FPL response regarding Varney's assist -
"Varney was not awarded an assist for the second Blackpool goal as the ball came off Hahnemann's gloves, not Varney's head, before falling for Harewood."
Any thoughts?
WTF!!
their own match report....
http://www.premierleague.com/page/MatchReports/0,,12306~51839,00.html
"Hahnemann came out to claim a David Vaughan corner but missed the ball and Varney headed down.
Harewood was on hand to stab towards goal and the ball found its way across the line despite the last-ditch efforts of Matt Jarvis."
yeah, i've watched it - it is clearly an assist. Hahnemann would have had to knocked it sideways for it to come off his gloves to Harewood 🙁
That's outrageous, I thought he clearly headed it although I didn't look at it closely.
So annoying when they make these blatantly wrong calls and then won't change them.
Dodgy. I've seen plenty of those given!
For instance 'keeper parries' usually result in assists, do they not? So player A takes a shot, keeper saves it but into the path of player B, who scores. Player A gets the assist. I'd feel robbed (altho I must say I havent seen the goal)
ha - maybe they'll do an Etherington and give it really late! or maybe i'm just being greedy over three extra points.
maybe its slightly sad to complain, but there is degenerate gambling money riding on mini-leagues. whats the email address?
Sometimes they change things very late, but this one sounds unlikely.
I remember one a few years ago when Arteta played a through ball, Bramble tried to knock it back to the keeper but it was woefully short...the Everton striker ran on and knocked it in.
Arteta was awarded the assist because he was aiming for the through ball anyway before Bramble played it back...cost ke a mini-league and cash. Not happy!
