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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.0m	105.2%	Very Likely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	98.9%	Likely
Truffert	BOU	4.7m	95.0%	Maybe
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	92.0%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	90.0%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	75.9%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.4m	75.3%	Unlikely
Doku	MCI	6.5m	74.8%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.0m	73.7%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.6m	68.7%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.0m	66.2%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	63.8%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	59.6%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	60.0%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	58.8%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	58.2%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	57.1%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	55.9%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	55.1%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.5m	55.2%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.0m	53.1%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	52.2%	Unlikely
Rayan	BOU	5.4m	49.4%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	48.7%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.9m	48.2%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	47.7%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	47.6%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	7.6m	47.6%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	46.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.5m	46.1%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	46.2%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	44.1%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	43.2%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.0m	42.4%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.4m	39.2%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	40.0%	Unlikely
Dowman	ARS	4.2m	39.1%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	7.3m	39.4%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	38.4%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	38.2%	Unlikely

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Wieffer	BHA	4.9m	104.0%	Very Likely
Raúl	FUL	6.0m	102.5%	Very Likely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	102.0%	Very Likely
Semenyo	MCI	8.1m	96.4%	Maybe
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	97.3%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.2%	Maybe
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	94.6%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	93.3%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	91.6%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.7m	91.2%	Unlikely
Hill	BOU	4.2m	91.1%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	90.6%	Unlikely
Martinez	AVL	5.1m	88.5%	Unlikely
Johnstone	WOL	4.4m	87.5%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	87.0%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	85.2%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	5.9m	85.6%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	84.7%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	84.3%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.2m	83.4%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	83.4%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	6.7m	82.8%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	5.7m	80.2%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	78.9%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	78.0%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	77.5%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.4m	76.7%	Unlikely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.4m	76.5%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	75.7%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	73.9%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	72.5%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.6m	70.5%	Unlikely
Gonzalez	WOL	4.3m	69.8%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.4m	69.2%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	67.8%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	67.0%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.3m	66.4%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.4m	61.4%	Unlikely
Gunn	NFO	4.0m	61.8%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	60.9%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	A, Vs
Up	Pickford	EVE	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B
Up	Leno	FUL	B, Vs
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B
No Change	Keane	EVE	C, Vs
Up	Bassey	FUL	B, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B
No Change	Porro	TOT	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	B, £
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C

Last updated: 14 May, 2026 11:18pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
Up	Saka	ARS	B, Vs
Down	Cherki	MCI	B, Rest
Up	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	A, Vs, £
Down	Wilson	FUL	C, Vs
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B
No Change	Hinshelwood	BHA	A, £
Up	Fernández	CHE	C

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No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Thiago	BRE	C
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
Up	Gyokeres	ARS	B, Vs
Down	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	B

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[sbu_large_image] Fixtures

2 February 2011 500 comments

johnfinlay

Chelsea are reportedly locked in talks regarding the scheduling of their FA Cup fourth round replay with Everton following the 1-1 at Goodison Park on Saturday. There are currently two options which Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, the FA and the Premier League are discussing. Both solutions cause issues for us Fantasy Managers.

The first of these would be to stage the replay on February 15 which would prompt Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Fulham on Monday February 14 to be rescheduled, almost definitely back into the weekend on the Saturday or Sunday but a further postponement and a blank gameweek 27 for the two clubs isn’t entirely out of the question.

The second, and most likely solution, would be to hold the fourth round replay on February 19, which is also the same day as the fifth round of the competition. If Chelsea beat Everton on this date, then their fifth round tie against Reading will take place on March 1 or 2, meaning that the Premier League clash with Manchester United in Gameweek 28 would be postponed. This seems the most probable outcome with the BBC website already listing it on this day, Everton’s official site shows it as TBC, while in Chelsea‘s official post-match report from Saturday they say…

“…and so it is back to the Bridge, likely to be on Saturday, February 19.”

In the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) game, a Chelsea Gameweek (either GW27 or GW28) could possibly be blanked with Fulham or Manchester United also set to miss out. It’s the United fixture which looks the most probable to go, as long as Chelsea are victorious in their replay of course. That would leave Chelsea with a blank in Gameweek 28 and United with just one fixture – away at Wigan.

This is a poser for us; a potential nightmare for the Premier League. If the Chelsea vs United game on March 1 is rearranged then the next possible slot for it would be at the end of the season in May, due to an already hectic schedule, bogged-down by Champion’s League fixtures. The two sides already have a fixture on May 7 at Old Trafford, and the next obvious slot would be the following midweek. This would set up a potentially decisive couple of days if, as expected, the two sides are still fighting it out come the end of the season. In FPL terms we could find ourselves with a Man United and Chelsea (double) Double Gameweek on GW 36; a mind boggling scenario which could ultimately prove decisive in our Fantasy seasons.

In the short term, the prospect of a blank for Chelsea doesn’t bode well for Fantasy Managers; it’s a major frustration given Fernando Torres’s recent arrival and the signs that Frank Lampard is back to his best following his 12 FPL point haul last night. Chelsea remain a highly owned team with Ashley Cole (26.6%), Florent Malouda (24.6%), Didier Drogba (22.3%) John Terry (14.9%) and Petr Cech (9.4%) all darlings of the game. This complicated situation could also hinder those Fantasy Managers with United and Fulham players in their ranks of course.

We can only await an official announcement.

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pompeyfan
15 years, 3 months ago
If someone could find the time to do the greasemonkey thing for me that would be very much appreciated.
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1. More Cowbell
  15 years, 3 months ago
  # (c)=155/288 53.8% Bench=144 10.6%
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  1. pompeyfan
    15 years, 3 months ago
    cheers dude. Not bad I guess.
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George Agdgdgwngo
15 years, 3 months ago
worth doubling up on the everton defence?
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1. stilicho
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Probably not, even with the DGW they don't look like keeping cleanies.
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2. Guybrush Threepwood
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Their last clean sheet was nearly 2 months ago, so no.
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bantamdave
15 years, 3 months ago
Looks like re-scheduling of FA Cup Replays may cause more confusion in Man.City http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Chelsea-Manchester-United-March-1-Premier-League-match-could-be-delayed-depending-on-FA-Cup-results-article687409.html

The situation for Manchester City is even more confusing.

They have a Europa League trip to Greece during the week their replay with Notts County should be played.

It leaves little alternative other than to play the tie on fifth round weekend, with the winners facing Aston Villa on March 1 or 2.

That in itself would mean another shift in fixtures for Fulham, who are presently due to visit City on February 28.

Read more: http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Chelsea-Manchester-United-March-1-Premier-League-match-could-be-delayed-depending-on-FA-Cup-results-article687409.html#ixzz1CoD4WcaY
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1. A-Team
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Beat me to it...
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2. Gargamel
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Oh dear
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  1. tosey
    15 years, 3 months ago
    garg this is all good news, the more changes to the fixtures the better
    
    yes it wreaks havoc with long term planning but if u use thsi site u have a massive advantage over your opponents that dont
    
    i stand to win around £700 this season and as far as im aware none of my rivals use this site, thats probably why i scooped £800 last year 🙂
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    1. Gargamel
      15 years, 3 months ago
      I still don't like it, I feel I might lose out on what might have been good choices from the beginning because of fishy cup replays here and there.
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3. FPL Daniel
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Why simply they don't change the rule to play overtime and penalties, not repeated game.
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  1. tosey
    15 years, 3 months ago
    because then the likes of exeter who played utd over 2 legs, notts county who now get a payday at eastlands etc wouldnt make money
    
    too much goes to the prem these days anyway to take away cup replays would be a nail in the coffin for a lot of them financially
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A-Team
15 years, 3 months ago
Not wishing to confuse the issue any further but the Man City v Notts County replay wont be played until 5th Round day either and assuming City get through they play Villa in the next round.

City have midweek commitments with the Europa League so to fit the FA tie in there could be Premier League postponements for Villa, City & their respective opponents at some stage as well.

If you take into the account the possibility of a draw between City and Villa then the chaos caused isn't really worth thinking about.
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1. PFOR
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Now, THAT, is annoying.
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2. arfa
  15 years, 3 months ago
  christ this game is supposed to be a little "keep me outta the pub hobby" with all this fixture lark its becoming hard work!
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  1. Churchill
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Landlord will be miffed.
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    1. arfa
      15 years, 3 months ago
      🙂
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3. Andy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I fully expect that City v Fulham would be rescheduled into the weekend and there wouldn't be much of a problem at all.
  
  The only "surprising" thing is that Chelsea seemingly want the weekend FA Cup replay (rather than pulling their Fulham game into the weekend previous) to go ahead so that their United game could be called off. It's all a bit conspiratorial.
  
  Maybe I'll be proved wrong, but I expect City will be more accomodating (like the teams were last season). However, you are correct. However, it wouldn't affect Villa in the slightest.
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David Davros
15 years, 3 months ago
What the hell is this Greasemoneky thing everyone is talking about?

These fixtures are a nightmare! I'm still trying to weigh up whether to use my WC this week or next!
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1. PFOR
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I've hit the button 🙁
  
  I need these fixtures sorted by Friday night 🙁
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  1. David Davros
    15 years, 3 months ago
    I took a 4 point hit last night.
    
    Figures i will make the early changes for the value and if it goes wrong then i can just WC this week, if not then i should be set up to use it next week.
    
    Tempted to just roll with the fact i'll only field 10 in GW 28. Worse things have happened!
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2. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 3 months ago
  If you use Firefox download this
  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/
  Then this
  http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/34047
  
  Very useful indeed, for more than the captaincy/bench percentages.
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  1. Attila the Bum
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Particularly for wildcarders I might add.
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    1. David Davros
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Cheers, but i don't know anything about it?!
      
      What is it supposed to do?
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      1. In Like Flynn.
        15 years, 3 months ago
        It's supposed to take over the world, you're quite safe as long as you don't open it.
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        David Davros
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Skynet?
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        In Like Flynn.
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Even more deadly, it gets you to believe in it in no time. ( Like a bird on your doorstep with big tits selling God) You know you've tried before to no avail,but what the hell(so to speak).
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        David Davros
        15 years, 3 months ago
        While that's really very funny (NOT), seriously, what is it?
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        Coot
        15 years, 3 months ago
        check out the http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/34047 link
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    2. In Like Flynn.
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Hi Attila sorry missed your reply to my replies child required feeding. Read it, still funny.
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Pack The Ripper
15 years, 3 months ago
Terry to Cole to free up funds as part of my WC a good move? Maybe go for Luiz down the line...
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1. Blyth Spartans
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Cole is more expensive than terry
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ArcticJunkie
15 years, 3 months ago
H2H who will take this GW?

Myself (40) with Foster, Adam, Tevez, Hangeland still to play. If Tevez doesn't feature then i'll have N'Zogbia coming off the bench.

Rival (30) with Hart, Zabeleta, Williamson, VDV, Elmander and Suarez still to play.
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1. stilicho
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Which complete guess would you prefer?
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  1. ArcticJunkie
    15 years, 3 months ago
    You're clever? yes, it's a complete guess. But I was looking for some opinions on who has the best chance considering the players still left to play.
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    1. stilicho
      15 years, 3 months ago
      No I'm pretty thick, but if you acknowledge it's a complete guess then you already know both opinions.
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Gargamel
15 years, 3 months ago
Why do the FA insist on replays anyway? Nobody ever likes them, there are already too many games each season. Just play it out instead.
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1. PFOR
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Agreed. Although replays are there for the smaller clubs.
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  1. tosey
    15 years, 3 months ago
    +1
    
    a replay can keep a lower league club going for a year or two
    
    theres more to footy than the prem
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2. David Davros
  15 years, 3 months ago
  It's getting a bit ridiculous isn't it.
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3. Scroobius Mac
  15 years, 3 months ago
  They could have the option before the game if both teams agree not to want a replay then don't have one and play it out. Protects the revenue for the smaller clubs and limits the fixtures for prem teams/teams chasing promotion/avoiding relegation in other leagues.
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  1. David Davros
    15 years, 3 months ago
    It needs to be consistent throughout, imo. I can't see an optional thing working. Surely the away team would always opt for a replay anyway?
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JoeWasEre
15 years, 3 months ago
What did Fabregas say in the tunnel at half time yesterday?
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1. arfa
  15 years, 3 months ago
  "have Barca phoned yet"
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  1. JoeWasEre
    15 years, 3 months ago
    "Gimme that pizza and/or soup" ?
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2. Johnny Unitas
  15 years, 3 months ago
  "El caso del diablo!" Which in Spanish means, "a whales vagina", nonsensical really, not sure he can be punished for it
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  1. JoeWasEre
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Not nice.
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    1. Johnny Unitas
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Not an "Anchorman" fan then huh?
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    2. arfa
      15 years, 3 months ago
      have you ever tried a Wales vag?
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  2. David Davros
    15 years, 3 months ago
    If i knew how to post that laughing smiley i would have posted that. Instead you get my waffle. The sentiment is the same i suppose.
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    1. PFOR
      15 years, 3 months ago
      : lol :
      
      (Without the spaces obvioously)
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  3. Gargamel
    15 years, 3 months ago
    My Spanish isn't great but surely El caso del diablo can't mean "a whales vagina"?
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    1. Gargamel
      15 years, 3 months ago
      I guess I missed some funny reference now 😳
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      1. Johnny Unitas
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Ha, it's Will Ferrell's character "Ron Burgundy" spoofing to get in a lady's pants, he says how "San Diago" as in San Diego came from the German word "a whale's vagina", classic
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  4. Blyth Spartans
    15 years, 3 months ago
    He really is an intolerable prick that little man isnt he?! If bellamy, barton e.t.c approached the ref in such a manner id be willing to bet they'd be more severely punished. I know he isnt that much older than wilshere really but as a very talented 'senior' member of the squad he will inevitably look up to him and you can already see his terrible attitude towards the game rubbing off on him. Both horrid petulent bad sportsman.
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3. Fabregas88
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I said : Ref, my team will come back to win this match at FT. The off-side goal will not affect the result of this match.
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Jonah
15 years, 3 months ago
Gameweeks 27 and 28 are starting to look absolutey crucial!

27 - As we all know, the Double Gameweek heaven, where teams such as Birmingham, Arsenal, Spurs and West Brom have fixtures that are simply to die for!

28 - A possible "no games" bonanza, where Man United, Arsenal, Tottenham, (and Wigan) have nothing on!

Those could be two weeks with big, big swings to be gained.
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1. Andy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  There is no risk at all to United or Wigan having a blank gameweek in GW28 (besides weather).
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  1. Screaming Midget
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Yeah Man U would just have the single game away to Wigan, as opposed to the double.
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  2. Jonah
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Thanks Andy, nice to see there are some pros around to calm me down when I get over-excited!
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Shorty89
15 years, 3 months ago
Sorry to ask again - got the graveyard slot.

Could someone greasemonkey me please? Link in my name. 🙂 Thanks
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1. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 3 months ago
  # (c)=158/301 52.4% Bench=249 17.8%
  
  So you pick the right skipper slightly more often than not, and you leave decent amounts of points on your bench.
  Not too bad though.
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  1. Shorty89
    15 years, 3 months ago
    I'm looking at you Bardsley and Coleman.... Cheers Attila.
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  2. In Like Flynn.
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Can you send me that in Braille.
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Rasping Drive
15 years, 3 months ago
Hoping Clint goes mental tonight and sticks another brace away.

Andy, Angela Surf City, cracking song with a chorus more rousing that something erm very rousing indeed.
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1. Johnny Unitas
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I was really really, I say really really impressed with Andy Johnson the other day, his pace and general annoyance to the Spurs defenders was overwhelming, great to see him back.
  
  Generally a bit off topic to your post then RD!
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  1. PlayPercentage
    15 years, 3 months ago
    before he was injured, a couple of seasons back, Andy J. had a reputation for "going down in the box too easily". He won quite a few a penalties during the season.
    But did he take the Fulham penalties back then?
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  2. Rasping Drive
    15 years, 3 months ago
    No probs, Johnny, didn't see the game but I'll take your word for it 🙂
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5teve8ould
15 years, 3 months ago
Having just watched the highlights from last night, I feel both fab & colemans assists seem generous. In both cases the touch made by the defender seemed reasonably significant. Thoughts??
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1. Nomar
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Haven't seen Coleman's but I think the Fabs one is similar to Adam's assist the other week against Man Utd.
  
  I think they will rule that the lob from Fabs was going to reach Arshavin anyway, the defender's header didn't significantly alter that fact.
  
  Personally, I have Fabs but I'd love them to take the assist away as my rival captained him last night and I had Berbs as my skipper. So, I'd be quite glad to see his 13 pt lead on me reduced to 7!
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Fratboy
15 years, 3 months ago
I would really appreciate anyone's help on this!!

Al-Habsi (Stockdale)

Coleman, Elmohamady, Hangeland, (Gohouri), (Perch)

Nani, Dempsey, Fabregas, VDV (Downing)

Berbatov, Torres, Campbell

Here's the facts:

-no money in the bank
-both WC's already used
- have 2 free transfers
-I know I need to get rid of Stockdale and Dempsey after this next game

Any ideas? Don't wanna take any more than a 4 point hit if necessary...

Thanks in advance to anyone who was nice enough to read and reply!
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1. Fratboy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  oh and ignore the brackets
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2. Nomar
  15 years, 3 months ago
  This week you can play Al-Habsi so leave your keepers alone this week. But, take out Stockdale next week and get Foster or Szczesny in for the DGW.
  
  Downing to Adam and Perch to Djourou is a move you can make this week.
  
  That gives you 3 extra DGW players over the next 2 weeks without any points hits.
  
  If you are OK with taking a 4 pt hit then get RVP for Berbs next week (keep Berbs for Wolves away as he should do some business there, but next week against Man City he'll probably be usesless).
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Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
15 years, 3 months ago
That Citeh thing up above is wrong - they are playing Aris Salonika on the 15th., so will be free but tired to play Notts. County on the 19th., as arranged. However, what this is doing to the FA Cup doesn't bear thinking about ...
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1. Andy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  The City thing above is right.
  
  The point being that they would have had their replay on February 15th if they weren't playing Aris, so there is a knock-on effect.
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  1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
    15 years, 3 months ago
    But that had happened already, Andy ...
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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Chelsea vs Everton as well
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      1. FPL Daniel
        15 years, 3 months ago
        So what bring all the games
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      2. Andy
        15 years, 3 months ago
        I really don't get what you're trying to say Michael, that is exactly what this article is about.
        
        The crux is this: The FA wanted replays to be played on Feb 15th but Man City can't and Chelsea don't want to. Hence, at the moment, they are playing on the 19th and the potential for mayhem down the line.
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        Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
        15 years, 3 months ago
        OK. I'm just saying that the BBC did have both those fixtures up before. I haven't tried to contradict you - I'm just trying to get these things sorted ...
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        Andy
        15 years, 3 months ago
        We know the BBC had those fixtures up before, my point is by saying "that Man City thing above is wrong" I can't work out for the life of me what you are trying to dispell and say is wrong.
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        12Herman
        15 years, 3 months ago
        No good news my friend: Malvasia Toscana and Trebbiano Toscano are no longer allowed in the Chianti Classico recipe.
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FPL Daniel
15 years, 3 months ago
Looking forward for all those risks and 4 point hit upcoming. So exciting 🙂 🙂
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1. arfa
  15 years, 3 months ago
  its hard work trying to sort through this lot,my season could crumble if i dont pay attention
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jvc9
15 years, 3 months ago
Team is linked. I have two transfers any suggestion would be appreciated thanks!!!
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1. FPL Daniel
  15 years, 3 months ago
  http://www.anybodytomanage.myfplteam.4me.co.uk
  
  Go here it will give you great advice, honestly
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  1. PFOR
    15 years, 3 months ago
    😆
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George Agdgdgwngo
15 years, 3 months ago
i've been looking at the ticker and all this talk of Begovic rotation well with Foster? i just can't see it. surely Gordon is much better?
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1. FPL Daniel
  15 years, 3 months ago
  0.2 more expensive and Begovic has better GW 28
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  1. juanito
    15 years, 3 months ago
    +1 Look at Birmingham fixtures - the only week you should bench Foster is 28, in my opinion.
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2. Nibbsy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Yep going for Gordon myself. Partly because I want to keep Huth though and rather not double on Stoke.
  
  Also considering Chesney.
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3. tosey
  15 years, 3 months ago
  george im going with 3 brum and 3 stoke defs
  
  im then switching the 3 stoke defs to 3 sunderland defs between gwks 31 and 32
  
  line your ticker with
  
  stoke
  brum
  sunderland
  
  youll see what i mean
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  1. George Agdgdgwngo
    15 years, 3 months ago
    not sure i could go with 3 of one team!
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4. stilicho
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Yep totally agree, got flamed for saying so last night though! Admittedly only by RBJ so that doesn't really count.
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RapidViennetta
15 years, 3 months ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNu7P7MmdPs&feature=player_embedded
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Brian (Not the Messiah)
15 years, 3 months ago
what do you guys think will happen to nolans attacking potential now that carrol isnt there?

also is bale a good choice for gw 27? thinking of lampard-> bale for that

current w/c team is:
Robinson,Foster
Walker,Coleman,Djourou,Jara,Kelly
Lampard,Fabregas,Nani,Van der Vaart,Adam
Berbatov,Odemwingie,Van Persie
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1. Fratboy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  honestly I think Newcastle will lose the next few without him...
  
  Will Lampard back on pens I'd say keep hold
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2. juanito
  15 years, 3 months ago
  In my opinion, Nolan is a great option. He gets his FPL points from goals, and Newcastle still has Ameobi and Best who can both be great supporters of Nolan's goals. Plus Ireland may provide assists for Nolan. Nolan also has the double coming up in 27 and in general has decent fixtures till the end of the season. Lampard is expensive - that money can be used on other more proven players
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Attila the Bum
15 years, 3 months ago
Ok folk who wanna know what the Greasemonkey goodness is about. Here is a very short breakdown of a couple of the benefits.
It provides a percentage of how good you are at getting the captaincy and bench lineup right.
When on the transfer screen instead of seeing under your players merely

Tevez
11.1

It gives you
Tevez
Paid 10.7
Sells for 11.1
Costs 11.5
Started at 10.5
Form 4
Value form 0.4
Razza rating 488 (not sure what his rating is based on to be honest)

So as you see that is very handy when doing transfers particularly a wildcard as you see instantly the amount of loss/profit on each player if you sell them.

The captaincy/bench thing gives you a set of numbers like this:
# (c)=128/305 41.9% Bench=128 9.8%

Best explained by Torres Magic thus:
(c) a/b c% Bench = d, e%

a = captain points total
b = highest weekly scorer total
c = (a/b)x 100
d = total bench points
e = (d/total score or similiar) x 100

The programme also gives you more detailed player history, splitting into home and away fixtures and giving you an average PPG for home or away.

It probably does f*ck loads more than this, I've only had it a couple of days and I find it extremely useful.
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1. David Davros
  15 years, 3 months ago
  ledge
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  1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
    15 years, 3 months ago
    window?
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2. juanito
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Is it free?
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  1. Attila the Bum
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Yes, it works on Firefox, see the top of the page for instructions on how to get it.
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3. jms
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Another nice feature is that when you click on the "i" next to the player's name all of the info is in one "box" (history, future fixtures, etc.) instead of in separate boxes. For a lazy person like me, it is very handy.
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  1. Attila the Bum
    15 years, 3 months ago
    True, it is a very handy little greasy monkey all round. I like it.
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    1. Demí
      15 years, 3 months ago
      quick game of fifa ?
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      1. Attila the Bum
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Nah going to actually try and get some boring accounts out of the way this afternoon. FIFA waaaaay to tempting to keep playing. 🙂
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        Demí
        15 years, 3 months ago
        fair enough dude 😉
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disparate dan - a reasonabl…
15 years, 3 months ago
This would set up a potentially decisive couple of days if, as expected, the two sides are still fighting it out come the end of the season. In FPL terms we could find ourselves with a Man United and Chelsea (double) Double Gameweek on GW 36; a mind boggling scenario which could ultimately prove decisive in our Fantasy seasons.

WOW
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George Agdgdgwngo
15 years, 3 months ago
After the Gordon / Begovic debate above i'm now planning this:-

Foster, Gordon
Coleman, Rafeal, Simpson, R Johnson, C. Clark / Carr
VDV, Nani, Fab, Adam, Barton
Van Persie, Rooney, Tevez

Think I may go for Carr instead of Clark GW 27, any other suggestions?
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Fratboy
15 years, 3 months ago
Rooney, Tevez or RVP for GW26?
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1. PFOR
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Orc.
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  1. Fratboy
    15 years, 3 months ago
    lotr?
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2. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Tevez fo'shizz!
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hillbillypete
15 years, 3 months ago
Coleman owners...did he pick up and injury last night or was it a tactical sub?

lookin to get him in finally
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RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
15 years, 3 months ago
Response from FPL on the two dodgy assists last night, most pertinent point is that they obviously changed direction, unless UP, isn't a direction anymore (mind you, football is a joke, so maybe the FA think the laws of physics don't apply to them, along with the laws of common sense) YOU NEED TO READ FROM THE BOTTOM UP

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Hi there,

i strongly disagree with you, Coleman's pass not only went up in the air, it went laterally too. Fabregas's also went up in the air, hence, changing direction. You seriously think it didnt change direction?! The football field is a three dimensional playing area, both passes changed direction. This is a major mistake, and you guys are wrong, and aren't rewarding people that play this game with clear rules. I think you guys just don't want to go back and do the admin to change it. You're basically giving people that play this game semi-seriously a big two fingers with all of these stupid decisions.

You should have more pride in what you do.

thanks for coming back to me.

Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 13:52:45 +0000
From: support@mail.fantasy.premierleague.com
To:
Subject: Re: Feb 1st , Coleman and Fabregas assist COULDNt be assists

Hi there

Both assists were awarded as the ball did not signficantly change direction after the defenders' touches.

The Press Association provide all the data for our games, and we will
pass your comments on to them.

However as it states in the rules:

"Neither we nor the Press Association will enter into any correspondence
relating to the allocation of points to players."

Regards
FPL

On 02/02/11 00:00,

Hi folks,

both passes went high up in the air, changed direction, then down again, then the goals were scored.

Come on, these can't be assists yet they're still up on the site.

Can you take a look at the replays at least?

Thanks
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1. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 3 months ago
  While I agree on Colemans being dodgy I think Fabregas's should have been awarded (I have both players)
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2. Granville
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Wasn't there a Carroll assist that wasn't given because Skrtel got the merest of flicks on it. How is that changing direction but the Coleman one, in particular, not.
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  1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
    15 years, 3 months ago
    well, therein lies my point, there's no clear rules, and again, UP seems to not be a direection. These peopela re complete knobs, and lazy at that. Fact is if they watched the replay, or ever played football, theyd understand that inches are important as hell, and make the difference between getting possession, and losing it. I made the point its their admin aswell.
    
    Everybody in football, (fantasy and FA, seems to be giving big f**k you's to the fans 🙂
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    1. Caine & Co.
      15 years, 3 months ago
      The rules are blurry, your right about that. But both Coleman and Fabregas tried to assist the goalscorer and the defenders weren't able to clear it. Yes, they changed direction but there is a difference to that Nani accidently 'assist' to Park which weren't given (rightly).
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      1. stilicho
        15 years, 3 months ago
        It all hinges on the word "significantly", and FPL's definition of that word seems to be inconsistent, but all laws are full of words like "reasonable" "proportional" "appropriate" that only get slowly defined through years and years of case law - and that's when people's lives are at stake and vast amounts of money is spent on lawyers. This is a free game on the internet.
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        stilicho
        15 years, 3 months ago
        FWIW shefki intent is not mentioned in the rules as written, so an assist being "accidental" is just as valid as a deliberate one.
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      2. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
        15 years, 3 months ago
        In reference to that Nani one, how would charlie adam's assist have stood last week? it was clear the ball was not aimed at campbell but just going into the box. after the deflection, it ended up by campbell. Confusing. I think the judges get a lot wrong.
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        stilicho
        15 years, 3 months ago
        intent is irrelevant.
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        RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
        15 years, 3 months ago
        i think the point here gents is simple. The fact its free game on the internet means they CAN make it a clear cut rule, not the other way around.
        
        I really think they try to award any points they can to keep the traffic up on this site and therefor ad revenues. Shower of K unts, i think it wiull stay like this, but i can still email them and tell them theyre a fooking joke.
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        stilicho
        15 years, 3 months ago
        How could they make it simple RBJ? The only way I can see is to say that any deflection means it isn't an assist, deflections can be spotted pretty much 100% of the time. The moment the rules require a judgement on something subjective like intent or the significance of a deflection there will always be more than one way to interpret it and hence argument...
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        RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
        15 years, 3 months ago
        well, you just said it right there. if theres a deflection, the player passing it didnt pass it good enough, so no assist.
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        stilicho
        15 years, 3 months ago
        OK gotcha, would certainly make things simpler.
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        Caine & Co.
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Yeah that one was very contradictory. I was worried that it would go away because I have Adam.
        
        But seriously, it would have been ridiculous if Fabregas hadn't got that assist.
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        stilicho
        15 years, 3 months ago
        So in your opinion a fair assist rule would be one in which FPL have to make a judgement on what the passing player was thinking at the time he passed it. Imagine the arguments.
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        Caine & Co.
        15 years, 3 months ago
        I'm not saying what a fair rule would be like. I'm just saying that Coleman and Fabregas deserved their assists yesterday and people who disagree are nitpickers.
        
        I think it's almost impossible that a written rule would serve the purpose perfectly. Sometimes a deflection denies an assist but sometimes it's not significant. There will be cases where common sense needs to be used instead of a written rule.
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3. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
  15 years, 3 months ago
  But Charlie Adams one stood last week and that was EXACTLY the same.
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Granville
15 years, 3 months ago
Coleman still has the assist as does Fabregas.
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1. hillbillypete
  15 years, 3 months ago
  was his sub as tactical one last night?
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  1. Granville
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Not a clue mate you need to ask David.
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2. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Does Modric still have his appendix? 😉
  Bad luck there.
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  1. Granville
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Cheers for the sympathy, but I've been told it's my own fault for getting him in the first place.
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    1. Namtab Nomolos
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Maybe if you e-mail FPL you can try and get his appendix re-instated.
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    2. Attila the Bum
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Haha! Love the Puritanical sentiments you get on here,
      "of course its your fault, did you not know that anyones appendix could go at any time? I only sign players who have had their appendix removed, and their tonsils too. Just in case"
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      1. Attila the Bum
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Though I must say getting Modric was a lot less baffling than Jamsie P getting Lennon! What was all that about?! Really hope it doesn't pay off, he'll be insufferable if it does.
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    3. Seanigula
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Jenas has been awarded an assist for driving him to the hospital
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PFOR
15 years, 3 months ago
Just curious, because I haven't had Foster all season (don't ask), just wondering if most only have Foster in their WC team because they got him at 4.5?

Is he worth getting in at 5.2 do you think?
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1. andy85wsm
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I'm not sure if I'd get him at 5.2. But yeah I'm keeping because I've had him all season and hes served me well
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2. hillbillypete
  15 years, 3 months ago
  nah, go for cheapie arsenal
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  1. PFOR
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Those two doubles are very tempting though. And I already have Djourou. Hmm, thanks I'll consider.
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3. jimnastics
  15 years, 3 months ago
  After lots of umming and ahhing, I decided that he's such a safe option to fallback on practically any gameweek, he's still worth it at 5.2m. All the other options I looked at were either more /too expensive, or had varying levels of uncertainty around their place in the side.
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  1. PFOR
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Exactly what I was thinking. He'll probably leave for Gordon eventually when Sunderland's fixture ease up.
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    1. juanito
      15 years, 3 months ago
      I would buy him even at 5.5 - biggest reason being that Brum have the easiest remaining schedule
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      1. Clintymints
        15 years, 3 months ago
        i had foster from the start and sold when he was about 5 cause of the shi^ty fixtures
        
        I'll prob get him back in the coming weeks since gordons fixtures are getting crap
        
        5.2 is still a grand price for him
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4. tosey
  15 years, 3 months ago
  ive paid 5.2 for foster
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Clintymints
15 years, 3 months ago
this is all a bug bunch of gayballs

cup replays can fck right off!

although ive still my wildcard to use if it all goes arseways
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1. Namtab Nomolos
  15 years, 3 months ago
  As long as Everton knock them out it should be okay. It's all Chelsea's fault for needlessly calling off the game a day in advance anyway.
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Pack The Ripper
15 years, 3 months ago
Thoughts on my wild card team?

Foster, Kingston
Kolarov, Djourou, Rafael, Terry, Simpson
YaYa, Adam, VDV, Fabregas, Nani
Berbatov, Tevez, Carroll
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1. Clintymints
  15 years, 3 months ago
  my initial concerns would be, Terry, Yaya and Possibly Kolarov and slightly Djourou
  
  bout it
  
  Getting impatient with Carroll on my bench week in week out, odem looks lively every single time he plays
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2. Namtab Nomolos
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I'm almost ready to kick Kolarov out and buy Elmo again, just to prove a point (and get more points). It's like a bad joke, but it's true.
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  1. Namtab Nomolos
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Actually I've been ready for a while but still haven't played my WC. Not that Elmo is the best choice but he's still much more productive than Kolarov 🙁
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    1. Clintymints
      15 years, 3 months ago
      i still have kolarov too
      
      played him over coleman this week
      
      i may keep em i may sell, not really interested in many other folk
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3. Seanigula
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Skip -Kingson Djourou Simpson Carrol
  Get- Begovic BIR Def Huth Odemw
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