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Time once again for our Members to lose themselves in some weekly OPTA stats, as we investigate some of the standout numbers and performers from Gameweek 17.
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Damn.
I am so envious I was not able to post "First".
Any ideas what team I should pick that will be the best 'til the end of the season? It's just I am about to kill myself out of sheer depression due to this event.
booooo
down with members!!
It's such a shame that Kompany is listed as a midfielder in this game; he's been one of if not the best CB this season!
Defoe and Rooney ahead of Drogba in the Watchlist. Righto.
(apologies for re-post but this is ridiculous!)
Oh behave. What times exactly? I know Drog has not been great but he looked more menacing in 45 minutes at Spurs than Roon and Defoe have done all season!
http://www.fancydressandpartyshop.com/images/products/lennon-specs-blue.jpg
Drogba has been awful for 10 weeks or so. He was ok vs spurs second half but that's it.
aaahh... my eeyes!
I am probably the least biased fan on here! Would you rather Roon or Defoe this week then?
😆 I saw the little debate on Monday. 🙂
AP calls it every week so he was bound to come up trumps eventually! In hindsight, it wasn't that surprising given Arsenal's ball retention approach.
Good shout AP to be fair. I assume there is no chance Berb will play this week?
Chelsea 2 United 0. Fact.
there are reasons for this
who is that blonde tevez is in the papers with his arm round? yikes
nah she's fatter and more ugly and has a rather disturbing penchant for a tracksuit top
Why is Kolarov so high on the watchlist when he isn't even in the predicted squad for this week? Something i'm missing here?
Ok this is doing my nut. Do I have to go into the members area to view the ticker now yeah?
No its coming up on mine fine
I don't know what's going on. What browser do you use til? I didn't get to read the article and it seems to be gone now.
Browser? Us Huns read FFScout by smoke signal.
*Firefox
Yeah same? Do you use adblock? Sorry now I'm just trying to eliminate things.
No I dont think so, sometimes though it just doesnt appear for a little bit and I simply reload. They said they were going to be messing around with the team values on it so maybe its just that.
you can view my ticker right here baby
Daft question...where is the watchlist?
AP - you will be pleased
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/dec/15/manchester-united-anderson-new-contract
great news, he has alot to learn still, but has all of the ingredients for a fine CAM, get him doing some shooting practice 7 days a week and we'll be laughin'.
He does look a good prospect, need to see more of him though. He seems to have the most potential of your younger players (>23)
He's in good form at the moment, but he looked decent a couple of years ago before disappearing off the radar. Got to get that consistency going.
He had a bad injury in that time (cruciate, I think), out for a few months. Also, off-field antics that Fergie doesn't like (hookers, if you believe the Anderson -son -son chant) meant he wasn't flavour of the month for a while.
Need big help of u guys!
My team:
Schwarzer (Gilks)
Evra/Kolarov/Bosingwa (Jara/Dunn)
Nani/Bale/Kuyt/Depmsey/Nzogbia
Elmander/Rooney (Odemwingie)
Have 2 free subs, so was thinking...
Schwarzer > Robinson, Bosingwa > Samba, Dempsey > Fabregas or whom else?
what r ur thought on this?
Just out of curiosity, how much do you think Messi would cost if he were in FPL?
14 probably like Ronaldo used to.
guaranteed (C) every week, I would pay 15 for that, especially this season
He's doing alright, he's no Routledge though.
Who's the only outfield player to play for 6 PL clubs without scoring a PL goal?
Yeah but it is his awesome 'silks' and 'tekkers' not to mention his flawless distribution.
I probably shouldn't have wasted that question there when we were obviously talking about Routledge. It's a good qu.
It is that, ask it again later and I'll look brainy when I know the answer 😉
hey dude I seem to remember you tipping the toon to win 3-1 on sunday , did you have anything on it ? i did think at the time that you were losing the plot :p, should have known better
Ha I do have my moments! No I just backed the win which was fine enough.
I just thought it was a bit daft with all the 'Torres is going to rip Newcastle apart' hysteria that was going on.
i was expecting the correct score prediction, carroll to score anytime, suicidal bookies scenario. i was gutted as I had torres as my captain also didn't want Pardew to get let off so lightly.
See if you can crack the code ^^ 😉
is that we he cost at the start of a season or what he rose to? does he have the record for highest points in a season?
Thats what he cost at the start, he used to get mental amounts of points - although I still hold a grudge for him getting sent off, the winker.
Aren't Messi and Ronaldo about 30m easch in Spanish FF?
Oh could you imagine that if they rotated well? Them two up front and everyone else from Getafe or Zaragoza
According to some City fans he is coming to them next season.
I saw he was 'linked' to Inter Milan - seriously who in their right mind would leave Barcelona for a team managed by Rafa?
Rafa has a good rep in Spain and fair enough he achieved quite a lot there.
Fair enough indeed, but surely even the Spanish know that Liverpool made him more than a little mental? Besides he plays the worlds dullest football, I know a Liverpool fan who actually just gave up watching football and concentrated solely on rugby league because of Rafa's 'style'
Transfers In
Fernando Torres
Alberto Aquilani
Robbie Keane
Javier Mascherano
Glen Johnson
Ryan Babel
Xabi Alonso
Dirk Kuyt
Albert Riera
Peter Crouch
Andrea Dossena
Lucas Leiva
Jermaine Pennant
Martin Skrtel
Craig Bellamy
Jose Reina
Luis Garcia
Dan Agger
Mohammed Sissoko
Fernando Morientes
Yossi Benayoun
Diego Cavalieri
Alvaro Arbeloa
Sebastian Leto
Jose Miguel Gonzalez Rey (Josemi)
Gabriel Paletta
Jonjo Shelvey
Sotirios Kyrgiakos
David Ngog
Mark Gonzalez
Scott Carson
Mikel San Jose
David Martin
Antonio Barragan
Besian Idrizaj
Jack Hobbs
Alex Cooper
Alexander Kacaniklic
Gerardo Bruna
Charles Itandje
Paul Anderson
Danny Guthrie
Chris Buchtmann
Philipp Degen
Hakan Duyan
Lauri Dalla Valle
Peter Gulacsi
Adam Hammill
John Flanagan
Daniel Ayala
Damien Plessis
Vincent Lucas Weijl
Nikola Saric
Emmanuel Mendy
Vitor Flora
Jakub Sokolik
Jamie Stephens
Maxi Rodriguez
Kristjan Gauti Emilsson
Dave Moli
Antonio Nunez
Mauricio Pellegrino
Nicolaj Beier Kohlert
Chris Mavinga
Boudewijn Zenden
Victor Palsson
Jan Kromkamp
Calum Woods
Lee Peltier
Craig Lindfield
Stephen Darby
Danny O'Donnell
Ramon Calliste
Steve Irwin
Martin Kelly
Ronald Huth
Jordy Brouwer
Francisco Manuel Duran
Emiliano Insua
Ray Putterill
Martin Hansen
Jay Spearing
Dave Roberts
David Mannix
Ryan Flynn
Robbie Threlfall
Paul Willis
Miki Roque
Ryan Crowther
Mihail Alexandrov
Dani Pacheco
Marvin Pourie
Fabio Aurelio
Nikolay Mihaylov
Jay Smith
Gary Mackay Steven
Andras Simon
Krisztian Nemeth
Mark Smyth
Andriy Voronin
Nabir El Zhar
Robbie Fowler
Ryan Wilkie
Godwin Antwi
Transfers Out
Player
Xabi Alonso
Robbie Keane
Peter Crouch
Mohammed Sissoko
Michael Owen
Craig Bellamy
Milan Baros
Djibril Cisse
Scott Carson
John Arne Riise
Luis Garcia
Andrea Dossena
El Hadji Diouf
Chris Kirkland
Alvaro Arbeloa
Mark Gonzalez
Fernando Morientes
Florent Sinama-Pongolle
Mikel San Jose
Danny Murphy
Danny Guthrie
Antonio Nunez
Djimi Traore
Alou Diarra
Andriy Voronin
Jan Kromkamp
Stephen Warnock
Antonio Barragan
Neil Mellor
Darren Potter
Paul Anderson
Chris Buchtmann
Danny O'Donnell
Besian Idrizaj
Jack Hobbs
Robbie Foy
David Mannix
Ryan Flynn
Robbie Threlfall
Miki Roque
Godwin Antwi
Sebastian Leto
Vitor Flora
Dave Roberts
Robbie Fowler
Calum Woods
Paul Willis
Ramon Calliste
Gary Mackay Steven
Marvin Pourie
Ronald Huth
Ryan Wilkie
Ryan Crowther
Ray Putterill
Hakan Duyan
Mark Smyth
Jay Smith
David Martin
Jerzy Dudek
John Welsh
Anthony Le Tallec
Steve Finnan
Harry Kewell
Salif Diao
Bruno Cheyrou
Gregory Vignal
Igor Biscan
Markus Babbel
Stephane Henchoz
Vladimir Smicer
Sami Hyypia
Jon Otsemobor
Patrice Luzi
Jose Miguel Gonzalez Rey (Josemi)
Craig Lindfield
Adam Hammill
Carl Medjani
Paul Harrison
Richie Partridge
Zak Whitbread
Lee Peltier
Gabriel Paletta
Jermaine Pennant
Fabio Aurelio
Boudewijn Zenden
David Raven
Mauricio Pellegrino
Dietmar Hamann
The Peter Crouch of posts.
hahahahahahaha is that genuine?!
amazing
Pretty incredible that he was allowed to spend so much money
I remember reading that he has some clause in his sponsorship contract that means he has to go to Milan every two months or so, for some reason.
And of course, every time he goes, people hear about it and immediately start spreading 'Messi to Inter' rumours.
True story, so I'm told.
Need big help of u guys!
My team:
Schwarzer (Gilks)
Evra/Kolarov/Bosingwa (Jara/Dunn)
Nani/Bale/Kuyt/Depmsey/Nzogbia
Elmander/Rooney (Odemwingie)
Have 2 free subs, so was thinking…
Schwarzer > Robinson, Bosingwa > Samba, Dempsey > Fabregas or whom else?
what r ur thought on this?
If your captain doesn't play in Gameweek 1 it goes to the player who has the highest score... since they are the highest "form" player.
So make a cheapie player, who won't play, captain and then your highest scorer gets the captaincy.
This only works in Gameweek 1. You need to set your Captain selection to "Form" and NOT "value".
does that work????
Not that i know a great deal about Arsenal but i think he will. Perfect warm up for the Chelsea game, i can see him playing for an hour at least
Fairly high I suspect.
The only worry would be that Arsene is trying to not make the same mistakes and avoid re-injury so might be OVER OVER cautious....but for me he has worked him in slowly enough and Chamakh's poor peformance on Monday will probably convince Arsene to give him a start...
Might be worried about Stoke kicking him though, toughie....
I wouldnt be buying him just yet, too riksy! Start him if you have him though!
you guys think he will start huh? I am looking for a replacement for Piquionne and was going to wait and see on RVP this weekend
Hi Guys,
What's the story on Kyrgiakos?!
Looking to invest some of my cash in my shambles of a defence, and a Cathcart to Kyro upgrade looks appealing for Liverpool's 3 home fix's in the next 4.....
Liverpool are pretty strong at home, which is tempting me....but is his place secure?! Does anyone REALLY know when Agger-Do is likey to be back?
Any information would be much appreciated!
Thanks, J
i'm going skrtel or konch
No one knows for sure just now. If you want to play it safe get Konchesky
so if VDV returns next week is everyone getting him back in??
VDV shud be good against blackpool
People saying that the ground could be frozen so fixture may be called off. Personally I don't think it will but best keep an eye on it.
it will b off if the forecast is correct from tomorrow
Got a link or source to confirm this, or is it just guesswork? Lots of people seem very confident it's going to be off...
From what i've seen the weather will be fine till Saturday so i guess there could be an issue on Sunday morning with ice/snow
it's educated guesswork based on the weather forecast saying it is getting very very cold after today, and knowing what happened a fortnight ago with the united game
part of me hopes it is off too as i have no players from either 😛 so maybe if i say it is off over and over it will come true
who knows...
That game was called off after about a week of subzero temps, this is totally different. I'd like it to be off as well, only got Bale involved, but I really think it's gonna be on.
It annoys me when people say "the game is going to be off" when they mean "I think the game is going to be off".
i did qualify my statement
I'm tempted to get him back but all my midfielder have good games this week, i'm finding it hard to include Carroll at the moment! Secretly hoping for an injury to Nani, would make my team selection a lot easier and everyone has him to it wouldn't make much difference (just test the strength of your bench!)
Correct choices here??
Foster (Carson)
Vidic Kolarov Konchesky P.Jones (Coleman)
Nani Nasri Bale (VdV* Ferguson)
Rooney Tevez Carroll
*Out for now.
Still got free transfer and 2.6 in the bank, any changes need making?!
id prbly drop vidic and play VDV if hes fit
Tevez is buggering up your preparations a little. Tevez to Torres looks the most popular move should the Tevez saga not resolve itself suitably by Friday.
Think that's where your free transfer may be heading.
You've got to see how Torres gets on tonight before considering that move i think.
Hi Guys,
2 or 3 transfers for me this week-end. So I need a bit of advice on my plans!
I have been looking at the 3-5 next fixtures and I think that TORRES might be a strong captain option for a number of them and a fine differential.
I have thinking of selling ELMANDER who has not sorted in 3 and who has tougher fixtures coming in.
So ELMANDER->TORRES
Now the tricky things are starting...WHERE IS THE MONEY?
To fund the move, I want to sell MALOUDA because Lamps is back, which will continue to put pressure on Malouda's rotation risk. I also have Drogba so I keep some exposure to Chelsea.
To replace Malouda, I need to go for cheap, ie. below 5.5m.
My thinking is YAYA TOURE who looks like a great deal given fixtures, form and his advanced position on the pitch.
So MALOUDA->YAYA TOURE
I am 0.7m short and I need to free up some cash. So I will probably do G CAHILL->BARDSLEY. Bolton have tougher fixtures and it would be mad not to have some exposure to Sunderland's fixtures given both fixtures and form.
So my question to you guys is:
1/ Does it all make sense? Is Torres + Yaya + Bardsley > Elmander + Malouda + G Cahill?
2/ Would it be wiser to keep G Cahill and get a very cheap midfielder like Ferguson/Cleverley instead of Yaya?
Thanks a lot for your help
!
Is there a reader's digest version of this post?
Seems like a lot of bother just to bring in a very out of form Torres. Do you have 2 free transfers, or just the one? I'd say not worth an 8pt hit, possibly worth a 4 point hit if you want to gamble on Torres.
Lots of big hitters in your team (nice score btw), so I'd say you can afford to take the gamble on Torres. I'd do your original idea of Elm, Mal and Cahill to Torres, Yaya and Bardsley.
Does it all make sense?
no. noones gonna bother their arse. be succinct
I think the first option looks very good. Sunderland has great fixtures and Bardsley will almost certainly get more points than G Cahill.
Hockey dont really tickle my fancy, but this goal is quite cheeky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3vG3ZTxQ68
Class goal
😀 Was a bit good wasnt it? Cheeky bugger
is there anywhere you can check ronaldo's points history on fpl? just interested...
Got two free transfers.. my team is
Gordon (Krul)
Ivanovic Kolarov Samba (Vidic Coleman)
Nasri Nani Bale Nzogbia (Jarvis)
Drogba Trevez Carroll
Wanna use just one this week and leave two for next week.. do i do
1.coleman to konchesky(and bench ivanovic)
OR
2.Jarvis to Brunt(and bench bale incase match cancelled)
Or do i have other priorities?
Play Bale,if the game is off just make sure your subs are in the right places.
looks like elmo will be back starting for sunderland....http://www.safc.com/news/20101215/bruce-hints-at-elmo-role_2256213_2244982
true but not if you still have him and have been benching him for a few weeks
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1338852/Goalkeeper-hangs-fiance-affair-John-Terrys-brother.html
God the Terry's are a lovely family, aren't they?
no
takes two to do the bed tango though (preferably more)
still an utter tragedy
he's obviously a dirty bastard. invited to stay the night and fires into the guys missus. He could have told her to beat it if she came onto him (which I doubt)
wuill u get a grip- very few men can say no, especially if theyre good looking, or if his marriage is already fooked, which it is.
sorry, my mistake, thought it was john,.
statement retracted
Looks like being a c*nt runs in the family with the terrys
least gareth barry didn't kill himself
Disagree there RBJ, speculated circumstance aside you cant stay round a mate and colleagues house and ride his missus - not proper form at all. (Unless its one of those car key in a bowl jobs)
no i agree, i took it back- i thought it was john terry jsut rode someone's missus he half knew, then read it properly wouldnt do it on a mate myself, no chance.
i didn't realise he had a brother who also plays football shags people he shouldn't
Awful stuff, poor fecker. The bloody Mail just love stories like this though, they revel in personal tragedy and scandal. Horrible paper.
Malouda -> Pedersen
or
Nani -> Pedersen
Should I go for it, considering the 0.3 money loss?
Or would you propose some other midfielder for this GW?
wouldnt worry too much about just one single GW mate. Malouda OUT is the way to go though. No reason to get rid of Nani. I'm not convinced with Pedersen. Considering him, but currently Brunt's ahead of him.
My team is
Robinson (Carson)
Konchesky Coleman Enrique (Simpson Stearman)
Nani Nasri Nzogbia Cahill (Jarvis)
Elmander Torres Drogba
need to upgrade my def
got 3.8 in the bank. And who to bench?
Is fabs a big doubt to start? Just wondered why nasri was trouncing him in the captain poll...
Everyone benching Nani this week then? Except out very own blinkered AP.
what?! course i'm not benching him
Why bench him? He's been a revelation this season.
I'd play him before Albrighton and Milijas if I had your team Si.
No, Cahill is benched for me. Chelsea 1 (Drogs, Lamps assist), Utd 1 (Rooney, Nani assist).
