no idea why you would bench Fabregas over Malouda, but hey.

carroll on the bench

surely bench carroll out of that lot? Thats what I'm doing in a similar situation

Carroll or N'Zog, I am captaining Drogba this week as I feel him and Chelsea are really going to turn the screw against Newcastle who will be a lot weaker defensivley without Tiote and Collocini, Wigan are going to be without Rodallega which will effect N'Zogbia's points return I think and Wigan are away from home also Scott Parker will be back and I think West Ham will win that one, Fabregas was fantastic against Spurs and even if Arsenal had of drawn i'm sure he would have picked up all 3 bonus points he would also have had a goal had it not been for a great save from Gomes, he looks like he's coming into form and Villa are weak in central midfield at the minute do not bench Fab, Carroll could score against a weak Chelsea defence I think this one could be 4 or 5-1 to Chelsea , anyway probably go for N'Zogbia even though West Ham were terrible on Saturday and N'Zogbia played very well against United

Fair point mate, but I get the feeling that Chelsea may put Newcastle to the sword. And by all accounts Malouda has been playing pretty well, although of course this hasn't translated into fantasy points.

Yes I like that. Don't sell Drog.

i wonder what position they were in based on those points tho?

this year is a tighter affair then in the past!

Except with none of the top teams turning the screws and going clear, 22 is a very handy tally.

plan 2 is save transfer this week, then downgrade Drogba

You've got a good team. It's similar to mine, same backbone.

There's an obvious difference in the defenses that we can get though because of team value. Hopefully, next year, you can build a better team value.

Nothing wrong with what you have.

RVP is the future!!!

*till he breaks down*

I only saw the highlights of the Brum-Chelsea game, but were it not for a miraculous goalkeeping display from Foster, plus the help of the woodwork, Drogba could have had a hatful.

If I was a Drogba owner, I would think twice about selling him now, especially when you look at their run of games from GW20 onwards. I can't see a player of his class, nor a team with Chelsea's strength, not getting their shit together soon.

Bramble - 33-1.

Tim Cahill I would choose. Everton will win I think, if Gyan plays maybe he isn't a bad bet. Is Darren Bent playing, he's not is he I don't think. If neither are playing then maybe Welbeck.

What about Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby?

Too many mediocre autobiographies.

And where are 'My Father and Other Working Class Heroes" and "Brilliant Orange"?

That's how football usually works, yep.

Nope,
Newcastle - Aston Villa 6:0, Aston Villa - West Ham 3:0, West Ham - Tottenham 1:0, Tottenham - Arsenal 3:2, Arsenal - Mcity 3:0, MCity - Chelsea 1:0.
To sum up, Newcastle - Chelsea 16:2!!!

alex is gna hve surgery...bring in hangeland fr alex

Jara

No defender in that price bracket fits all those criterian.

Givet's not too bad at 4.3 with an okay Blackburn run

Givet.

But I'd go for Simpson. Your 3.9m defender isn't supposed to play, and what usually happens with them, is that they come in if your regular players pick up injuries, so pick a decent team regardless of fixtures, and Newcastle are better than Wolves.

Anelka 80
Malouda 0
Kalou 90
Bosingwa 80

Urgent eh?

Well, for what its worth I think Malouda might get rested. He's played a lot recently.

I think the other 3 will all start.

what about ashley cole?

I think so. He is on 75% for a rise and has got 25% today already, so possibly even tomorrow.

probably

id have both atm...

u have to remember carroll is fixture proof and dont put it past him to score against chelsea

Ditched.
Today.
For Elmander.

haha

my captains elmander

stoke have a much better defensive record atm then fulham

I need Coleman and Elmo to score -6 between them to win my H2H!

Stranger things have happened.....although none that spring to mind immediately.

Elmo is far more likely to come on for 1 point than Bos.
Play Bos over Elmo or think about transferring out Williamson if he gets the expected 3 match ban.

Elmo to Kolarov would sort you out a treat.
If you can't afford the K-Man then how about Cahill?

Either way, play Cashley, Distin and Mr Newbie.

Seen that before, brilliant !

IMHO, If you're playing for team's value - no, if you're playing for points - yes.

Was in exactly the same boat and made that move myself today.

Elmander could well rise a further 0.5-0.8 by Christmas so you'll get plenty of value in time for your January wildcard.

Not sure who's team is in your link!

I'm personally looking to get your front three (Tevez in for Berbatov).

Look, Elmander has better fixtures coming up, but Carroll's had just as good a season. I think Elmander will outperform Carroll in the next couple of weeks, but maybe not by a great deal (he's not going to get 15 point hauls every week)

Could easily be much of a muchness, but Elmander would be, what, .7m more expensive (as you'd sell Carroll for 5.5m).

I don't think it's a necessity, and you may have more pertinant transfers elsewhere. If not, though, it's not a bad transfer.

I'm thinking about doing the exact same thing. If you're looking at comparing fixtures from now to Christmas, then there's only one winner.

But then, Carroll is a really big game player, so I'm not sure...

I'm sticking.

I really don't think Bolton can keep it up. They have one great fixture coming up, but after that, it's not that great.

Losing all that value on Carroll is tough, and he's not exactly doing badly at the moment. I'd rather make changes to my defense.

Seems a good shout to me hasn't berb got like 19 points since his hatrick?

Good moves. But I'm not sure this is the week to make them.

Stoke away is tough.

Does this mean Onouha will go CB and Elmo could come in as an actual RB?

This will surely mean a start for Elmo tonight.... if Bramble is out for 5-6 weeks, then Onouha will be played at CB as Mensah out for a while too. Bardsley would shift back to right back and Richardson back to left back. Elmo's starting spot could be back on track...

You only have Cole of big value, how about Drogba to free up cash for all round upgrades?

Er.....yes? I mean no.

Do I not like that.

Looks like point chasing.

That's what I did Sat night. Couldn't drop tevez or drog so carroll had to go. Only time will tell if it was the right decision.

Carroll is scoring good weekly points Drogba has done nothing much for two months. Is this some FFS wide wind up for outsiders that I've missed out on?