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Tuesday’s Dugout Discussion

1 February 2011 2657 comments
Mark Mark
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You can almost taste the romance of a Gameweek under floodlights. A midweek Fantasy deadline is upon us which presents the usual opportunity to sneak some last minute squad tweaks, armed with “actual real-life” teamsheets.

There are four matches tonight at the Emirates, Old Trafford, the Stadium of Light and the Hawthorns. Should you wish to gain the advantage of some early insight into the lineups from those games then the best place to source the information is our Dugout Discussion Chatroom.

We’ve opened it up nice and early to accommodate all your nighttime natterings.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. Jafalad
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    Mr Vidic: fantasy fine dining at its very best.

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    1. Christina.
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      14 years, 11 months ago

      Morning Jafa!

      I need advice: What should have been an easy rooney-->tevez this week has now trned into a "nightmare"....

      Do I give berba or Rooney the "golden handshake"?

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      1. Jafalad
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        Good evening, Inze.

        Hmmm...has Roonio turned the corner you reckon?

        How bad is the Tevez injury?

        Can we say Berba is a season keeper?

        If you had waited till g27, you could have indulged in some luxurious fantasy fine dining and had none of these problemos 😉

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        1. Bojaninho
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 11 months ago

          tevez should be fit for tomorrow and im giving berba the boot for bent this week anyway i think since they have tough/away games coming.

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          1. Jafalad
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 11 months ago

            Fair point, Bojan. Still see Berba notching a few with his 25 goal target to aim for. I think the ideal forward right now looks like:

            Berba RVP Tevez.

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          2. Christina.
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 11 months ago

            Bojan - when are we going to know more about the Ars/Spurs re scheduling of gw 28?

            Bent could be an inspired move. Not a bonus darling though...

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            1. Bojaninho
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 11 months ago

              agree jafald but it worries me with away games and in the tough games saf has dropped him. he tends to get his goals in bunches.
              bent has the fixtures on paper but im not sure who is on pens at villa, presuming young.

              who will you guys bench in GW27?

              no idea about ars-spurs yet, has me worried cause im lookin at 5 players out that week at the moment.

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              1. Christina.
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 11 months ago

                One of Tevez/Nani/Rooney or Berba is going to have to warm my bench in gw 27.

                Not to worry, will prob be some injuries or confirmed rotation to solve the problem!

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              2. Jafalad
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 11 months ago

                27 is when I crack open the champagne 🙂

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        2. Christina.
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          14 years, 11 months ago

          Not sure if Rooney has turned ths corner, but it seems it's best to stick with the ManU striker that's on penos and has the best form(for the moment!)

          No idea about the tevez injury.

          I dont think any striker is a "season keeper". They go thru ups and downs and the problem is to get lucky and get them when they are on the up and sell when they are down.(I missed rvp with a week!)

          Haha, nah Im happy I WC last week. Worked out fine last week and this week so far. Will try and roll 2 free trades for gw 27/28.

          Watch your back in SouthernX.....

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          1. Jafalad
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 11 months ago

            Lolage. You "24ers" definitely found a pot of gold 🙂

            However, I comfort myself with the happy thought that you needed to play your WC because:

            a. you were doing badly

            b. you'd slipped down the rankings

            It stands to reason that you will keep on making the same old mistakes and end up no better off!

            Mmmmm...

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            1. Christina.
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 11 months ago

              None of the above.

              c. I felt gw 24 was a potential high scoring double gw with nice fixtures. It turned out I was correct. It was also possible to set up your team to allready have some decent double gw players for gw 27.

              So far so good.

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              1. Jafalad
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 11 months ago

                ...and of course it set you up for the rest of the season!!!!

                Well played fella!

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                1. Christina.
                  • 15 Years
                  14 years, 11 months ago

                  No, I won't say that.

                  Just looked at some of the posters on FFS that started off so well...Granville...and a couple of others....

                  It just feels nice to not do the chasing in my mini league for a change! I will enjoy it while it lasts!

                  Cheers pal.

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  2. M@sTeR
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    the scout pick for berba and rooney is poor.

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    1. Jafalad
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      14 years, 11 months ago

      Easy to say now. I guess that's why you are The Master.

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  3. altecmayank
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    Spurs are a much better team than what they've been in a long time. Two things, where do they get their money from? They always seem to be after expensive players, who you would think would be beyond their finances. The next thing, will they keep a hold of Bale in the summer? I wrote an earlier post in this thread shortly after the summer expressing my surprise that Liverpool had kept a hold of Torres. Can Spurs now do the same with Bale with Inter Milan, Man City, and Barcelona interested?

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    1. Gold Monster
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      The Champions League monies have helped this season to a large extent I would think.

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    2. Gaz Downright
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      1. A decade of sound finances orchestrated by ENIC.
      2. Inter is a muppet club. Have had a couple of fine years following the match fixing scandals that left all the other Seria A top teams in tatters. They are just a hype. City: Won't sell to a rival. Barca: pay up. It will cost you the 2nd biggest fee of all time.

      Good morning 🙂

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  4. donners
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    Lampard or Rooney for my WC this week?

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  5. Mr Smith
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    Would someone be a luv and greasmonkey me:

    http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=165978

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    1. Dub
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      67/307 54.3% Bench=189 13.7%

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      1. Dub
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        167/307 54.3% Bench=189 13.7%

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        1. Bubbles
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 11 months ago

          What does it mean btw? How good your captain choices are, and bench points I presume?

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          1. Dub
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 11 months ago

            Yep, 167 is the total points his captain picks have scored, 307 is the total points of his highest scoring player each week. 60% seems to be excellent, over 50% very good, most are high 40%'s.

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            1. Bubbles
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 11 months ago

              Ah right. If it can be done by just looking at my team (on work pc, so can't install it) could you please? Ta.

              http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/entryhist.mc?id=1726

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              1. Namtab Nomolos
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 11 months ago

                I'd like to apologise.

                This week I've not only let myself down, I've let my team and my captain's percentage down.

                I shall endeavour to make up for it in GW 27, but secretly hope this week's % goes down even more as that would mean I'd get players scoring double figures tonight 😉

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              2. Dub
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 16 Years
                14 years, 11 months ago

                160/290 55.1% Bench=235 18.1%

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                1. Namtab Nomolos
                  • 15 Years
                  14 years, 11 months ago

                  That bench % is really quite high. Either a really strong squad or v. annoying

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                  1. Bubbles
                    • 16 Years
                    14 years, 11 months ago

                    Cheers guys. Quite surprised by the captains, went through a spell of loads of rubbish ones in a row a couple of months ago.

                    Yeah, I do try and pick 15 good players but it does mean I get stupid points on the bench. N'Zog this week for example! Cheers!

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              3. Namtab Nomolos
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 11 months ago

                You've got (c)=160/290 55.1% Bench=235 18.1% with 5 perfect capt. choices (4 of them in recent weeks)

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      2. Mr Smith
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        14 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks Dub, that was actually better than i thought it would!

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    2. donners
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      # (c)=167/307 54.3% Bench=189 13.7%

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      1. Dub
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        • 16 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        First!

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        1. donners
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 11 months ago

          Round 1 to you sir!

          Just installed the script there, gotta say it's pretty ugly. Transfer screen is a joke. Good to have on hand though.

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          1. xentar
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 11 months ago

            You can manually edit the script. Just do a search for the names below and change the value from true to false.

            var showTransferPlayerInfo = false;
            var showTransferTeamInfo = false;

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            1. donners
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 11 months ago

              Ya good idea, might have a play with it.

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          2. Dub
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 11 months ago

            I haven't had it that long myself, not yet sure if it's anything more than 'interesting' but it's good enough.

            Agree about the transfer screen, it's a bit of a mess!

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  6. piers
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Phew. Dodged a bullet with Malouda's 10 min cameo plus assist which made him a net zero point transfer for Nasri. Now I'm thinking he might be a casualty of the Torres move. Anybody have any thoughts on how might Chelsea line up next time around? Still 4-3-3?

    My best guess is that they might line-up with Torres (R), Drogs (C) and Anelka (L) up top with Essien, Lampard and Ramires behind.

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    1. jimnastics
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      Yep seems the obvious thing to me, with Malouda coming for Anelka every now and then. Stuggle to see Malouda being a first team regular now.

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  7. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Morning all.

    So, Jafalad, you and I are both wildcarding from Saturday afternoon. Well, last night threw me up some unexpected curveballs.

    Was going to get rid of Vidic for Rafael but now begining to wonder if keeping Vids isn't the better plan?

    Was also planning to dump VdV for Modric but now Mods is out for the double gameweek I'll either have to keep now or downgrade to Lennon.

    And now considering waving bye bye to Berbs and Tevez and saying hello to Van Persie and Rooney for the run in.

    How's your draft wildcard team looking?

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    1. Christina.
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      Nomar - I was thinking of getting rid of rooney -->Tevez prior to last night.

      I have rvp/Rooney/berba at the moment and now considering berba ---> tevez.

      Gw26 (ManC vs Wba) is worrying me.

      Thoughts?

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      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        Hard one as both Rooney and Tevez have nice games in GW26 before the Manchester derby.

        I'm using the Wildcard to set my team up beyond GW27 though and when you look at their respective run ins Utd have a much nicer slate of match ups. So, I'd take Rooney.

        One Utd striker is enough though, so Berbs for Tevez is a good shout. Also should put you in a good position to get Torres if he starts firing on all cylinders.

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  8. Zero Fuchs Given
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    i already have fabs and rvp on my team and i'd like to triple up for GW27 by buying either djourou or walcott. who's a better pick? thanks in advance!

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    1. piers
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      Hard to say. Neither 100% to start though looking at Arsenal's defence I'd plump for Djourou. Don't forget that the Arse aren't playing in GW28 so you'll have to bench all 3 or flog one or more of them.

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      1. Zero Fuchs Given
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        cheers. i'm totally aware of the GW28 blanks for arsenal and even birmingham. the strength of the bench is crucial in these circumstances

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  9. Kingston
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Bbc live text said elmo got fouled for richardsons goal from the free kick. Shouldnt he have got an assist?

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    1. xentar
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      No assists for free kicks, only pens.

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      1. Kingston
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        Has that changed in last couple of years? Im sure they used to be given

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        1. Christina.
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          14 years, 11 months ago

          Alonso used to get assists if he roled the ball to Stevie G to slot home a free kick, but that's all I can recall.

          Doubt it was ever given for the player being fouled.

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          1. Kingston
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 11 months ago

            I must be losing it. Just ignore me

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  10. Zero Fuchs Given
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    anyone fancy jerome thomas (WB) as a differential for gw27? i've had my eyes on walcott for gw27 but there are so many bargain alternatives out there...

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    1. Tommytour
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      Was going Brunt but im also fancying Thomas instead now!

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  11. cookster
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Quick question for you this morning please gents: Which is better for next 6 or so gameweeks:

    tevez, rvp, campbell (current lineup) or bent, rvp, odemwingie?

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    1. Zero Fuchs Given
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      the second because wedgie has a double at home.

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  12. cucumber
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Wish we still had the likes of mascherano to sort torres out on sunday..

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    1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      dan likes this

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    2. Voronin
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      Erm we do have Poulsen, Lucas et all!! In all honesty I hope Gerrard & co keep him quiet and Suarez shows him how it's done.

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    3. xentar
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      We got Suarez now to bite him 😉

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  13. sweper
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    What do you think about the Arsenal players in GW 27?

    They play Barcelona 16 feb, 4 days after the Stoke game.

    RVP will surely rest? And fabs?

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    1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      highly likely

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  14. Murmuring
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    I've pulled the trigger and played my wild card. Can anyone rate this please:

    Foster, Gordon
    Vidic, Djourou, Dawson, Kelly, Simpson
    Fabs, Nani, VdV, Adam, Nolan
    Tevez, Van Persie, Odemwingie

    Plan would be to have two transfers to get rid of Dawson and Djourou for GW28 but maybe it is better to buy other players for these positions. Anyone help?

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    1. Voronin
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      Very samey but very good.

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    2. Gaz Downright
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      First and foremost: do not plan on future transfers, always ends in tears...

      Got an alternative for Simpson maybe? And Tevez I am not sure about anymore.

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    3. Cathal Cantona
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      Is spurs v arsneal in 28 defientlty nto happening or when do we get confirmation???

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      1. Gaz Downright
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        • 15 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        Check the fixture list of any of the Spurs or Gooners

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      2. Namtab Nomolos
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2011/02/01/scout-report-fernando-torres-to-chelsea/comment-page-6/#comment-1340876

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  15. Gaz Downright
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    • 15 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Will the real Tim Cahill please stand up? Please stand up. Please stand up!

    Is he back for the weekend you reckon?

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    1. hibster
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      been answered already

      moyes said will give him a rest

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      1. Gaz Downright
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        cheers mate.

        and duly told straight. been feeling the information imbalance of late. can somebody hand me a grapevine?

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  16. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Torres and Rooney both fell last night just as they become more desirable! Bet they rise again soon.

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    1. Voronin
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      With 5-6 strikers instead of 2 in the running the prices may stay down. Everybody cannot have everybody.

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      1. Namtab Nomolos
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        Looking at it I think these short gameweeks are good for price changes, as all the transfers get condensed into 2 or 3 days, so more thresholds are passed.

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    2. Namtab Nomolos
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      My rival was one of those that sold Rooney (last 2 weeks not much) for Berbatov (this week not much). I think the imminent price drop was the trigger 🙂

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  17. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 16 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Prior, what a cheat.

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  18. Granville
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Wildcard Modric out for 10 days. When your luck is out at this game there is just nothing you can do. Amazing.

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      First 🙂

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        I know how are you feeling Granny I was in similar position like you and the best thing to do is not to curse your luck. If you continue moaning it seems like it is going in the opposite way. Its something connected to the "Muprhy laws" I think. Its a bad luck but look on the bright side, see the problem and solve it.

        Cheers,

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        1. Granville
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 11 months ago

          It's just funny that's all. Appendicitis! Modric was a last minute change to my wildcard team for the Bolton game next week. Hopefully he will be available after that game.

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    2. Namtab Nomolos
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      I've realised that WC now to save 2 free for GW 28 preperation is not going to work because in the whole of GW 26 including the international fixtures I know I'm going to want/need to make a transfer, so I'd lose my free one anyway.

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    3. Demí
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      which begs the question.

      why get modric, when he has never been a great fantasy option, and you'll end up having to get rid for gw 28 as arse-tott is canceled

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      1. Granville
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        It's all in hand, well it was.
        Modric is 7.2m and a BP whore and the only way to catch my mini league leader is with a differential or two. Not going to go VDV like everyone else. He is there for the dgw.

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  19. kieran0426
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Toying with my wildcard team.

    Robinson,

    Bardsley, Djourou ,Kelly ,Coleman
    Lampard,Van der Vaart, Fabregas, Nani,
    Tevez,Van Persie

    Stockdale, Campbell,Ferguson, Clark

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    1. Namtab Nomolos
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      I'm starting to feel sick when I see Bardsley's name now. 55 points in the last 10 games after I chose not to buy him but my rival did.

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  20. hibster
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    with drogba & torres up front is lamps now more or less desirable?

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      I watched the last game and Lamps had a great game. He will be good fantasy option if you are chasing. His output will increase. We saw it starting last game.

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    2. Mulder
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      Lampard could have bagged a hatrick yesterday. Hard to say what Torres will do for his output. Will probably know more after Sunday. Also will be hard for Ancelotti to bench Anelka after yesterdays game. He was exceptional... dont think ive ever seen him play that well.

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  21. Gaz Downright
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    • 15 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Scouting for a Nasri replacement for gw26 only. Got 10.7 to spend.

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  22. tosey
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    modric out has made the vdv tevez captaincy decision easier, vdv it is, more chance of bps

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      For GW 26?

      Aren't you concerned of Tot deep in form. No Bale, no Modric, they will struggle.

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    2. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      It's not going to help VDV's output, or is that your point?

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      1. tosey
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        i think it will

        i think with no bale and modric harry may play crouch with vdv off him

        also as said with neither of those 2 the chance of bps for him is bigger

        and bolton look shocking at the back recently

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  23. George Agdgdgwngo
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Morning All.

    My oppenent played his WC last GW and bascially copied my team! he has a 20 point lead, so i need to use mine wisely.

    This is my team:-

    Foster, Begovic
    Coleman, Rafeal, Simpson, R Johnson, Kolarov
    VDV, Nani, Fab, Adam, Brunt
    Van Persie, Berb, Tevez

    This is his:-

    Gordon, Myhill
    Coleman, Rafeal, Kelly, Hangeland, Dawson
    VDV, Nani, Fab, Adam, Walcott
    Carroll, Berb, Tevez

    I was thinking of going for Rooney instead of Berb, or even Bent, any other ideas?

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      I had the same problem last year chasing my friend he had the lead and was copying my team especially my midfield. At the end I overtook his lead even he was 120pts 12 games till the end upfront. The best differential is captain, He can not copy that. So don't care about his team that much, concentrate on your points and you will come upfront and after he will care about differentials.

      P.S. I must admit last year I sold Fabregas and Rooney for Lamps and Tevez. He copied but was one GW late. I bought them simply cause I fancy them for points. So relax and concentrate on the captaincy.

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      1. George Agdgdgwngo
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 11 months ago

        So your saying stick with my team?

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  24. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 16 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    New Post

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  25. Roger
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Greasemonkey me up please:

    http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/entryhist.mc?id=14

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  26. Sarri-ball
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Best swap for this gw? using wildcard after this wkend so just this weeks fixures are important.

    Hanglaand-Baines

    or

    Albrighton-VDV (Means benching Adam?

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