| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | B, Vs, Rest |
| No Change |  Kelleher | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Martinez | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Petrovic | BOU | A |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Hill | BOU | A, £ |
| Up |  O’Reilly | MCI | A, OoP |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Muñoz | CRY | B |
| No Change |  Kayode | BRE | C, Vs, Inj |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | C, Vs |
| Up |  Ballard | SUN | B |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Salah | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Dango Ouattara | BRE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Ismaila Sarr | CRY | B |
| No Change |  Rice | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Rayan | BOU | B |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Ekitiké | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | B |
| No Change |  Kroupi | BOU | C, Rest, £ |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | C |
Paul Saturday may have seen the eight home teams scored 25 goals between them, but yesterday saw the two remaining hosts fire blanks. Fernando Torres’ Chelsea debut failed to live up to the hype as the Liverpool revival continues to gather speed, and Birmingham climb out of the drop zone with a crucial bottom-of-the-table win at Upton Park.
Hi everyone,
Not sure what to do with my team, possibly have a few injuries and missing players in gw28? any pointers?
Thanks in advance 🙂
Morning chaps.
Anyone interested in sharing their most hated players, feel welcome to comment.
http://elmasqueunblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/daily-discussion-most-abhorrent-player.html
Cech, Ivanovic, JT, Cashley etc would currently be high on list. Arghhh...
Norman Whiteside(spit when you say the name) for his career ending assault on Chris Ramsey in the 1983 FA cup Final.
I FF terms, or in nobhead terms?
JT, Gerrard (maybe), Nani, Mascherano, Aquilani, and anyone who shouts a lot.
k. dyer
Tevez, for hypocrisy and greed ...
Cashley, Terry, Diouf, Roy Keane, Fabregas, Bendtner (for being such a twit), Marcus Bent (for being so bloody useless at the Valley), and any player who dives.
Maybe you should have asked us who we thought WASN'T a nob...
No it wouldn't.
Ah... see what you've done there.
Bad luck yesterday, young fella. Very poor tactics from your boss to throw his £50m new toy into such an important game.
Even worse tactics to then take him off, and so giving the Liverpool fans exactly what they wanted.
Torres looked incredibly nervous, although that was just probably because he was worried about being hit by a brick or a seat.
Torres looked as much use as Stephen Hawking's skipping rope out there.
Like a rabbit in the headlights.
Barton
What has happened to Essien, si?! He used to be one of the best midfielders in the world but has been a nothing player for months now... We badly missed Ramires in midfield yesterday.
Oh, and Darren Fletcher is my least favourite. He's a seriously nasty piece of work.
I tried to make that point about Ramires all night yesterday but didn't get any support. He naturally adds that drive and ball movement in midfield that you can't get from most players.
Agreed. You were so right about him and I was so wrong!
I think Mikel's booking after 3 seconds restricted the team a bit. It meant that Essien and the full backs couldn't push on too much or else we'd have been very vulnerable on the counter attack with just two CBs and a booked Mikel left to defend.
I like most players, but I dislike Terry. And Sergio Busquets.
why Cech?
Ha I've posted a very predictable defence of a certain chap, liking the blog though Si, keep it up
Arggh, really screwing at deciding to go doujrou instead of walcott in my wc team (already have fabs and rvp) His injury's thrown my plans right into dissarray. Looks like will have to bring huth in although loathed to do so now he's already romped home this week
who do you think i shud captain for gw 27---
RVP or walcott?
I know there would be a poll..but i don't think im gunna be bale to vote..
thoughts pls..?
*able
Do Spurs and Arsenal definitely have a blank in GW28? If so, when is their game going to be played?
Nobody knows yet, it may yet get played in 28 or any time till the end of the season.I expect when it's announced someone will mention it in passing. 🙂
One way or the other, it's going to cost me 4 points at least, I suspect! 🙂
Just heard on radio 5 live that rvp isn't playing the international friendly this week because he has the flu.
Morning team;
2 free transfers this week. Was originally planning to just do:
Nzogbia -> Brunt, then have 2 for GW28.
But with Djourou and VDV now looking like doubts i might make two this week instead. How does:
Djourou -> Enrique
Nzogbia -> Brunt
sound?
(VDV, Berba, Coleman on bench)
Hey warky...
Instead of Enrique what about Huth, or Sagna, Or Johnson?
shud i bench hangeland for gw 27???
in that way who should i bring on..coleman/bardsley??
Man Utd lost their unbeaten recored last week and I think they will lose their unbeaten home record this week........Carlos on fire at the moment and will be even more determined at OT so bench the Argie at your peril.....also Mr. Fabregas to come good this week and is therefore carrying my armband.....
Djourou to get the chop replaced with Kelly or a DGW.......hmmmmmmmmm......decesions decisions........
:Carlos on fire"...really?he scored hat-trick ag. the team which has conceded most goals in the pl this season and 2 of them are from penalty spot...
citeh don't have the courage to come to ot n win they will be happy with a 0-0 draw so no chance that they are going to beat us and u better shut up mate...
He scored in the game before too. Not saying he's on fire but I'd fancy him to have an impact at OT. Especially with Rio out.
My team plans have gone to pot.
Currently:
Hart (Stockdale)
R Johnson, Rafael, Coleman (Walker, Hangeland)
Fabs, Adam, Nani, VDV (Zogs)
Odem, Tevez, RVP.
1.4 in the bank. No free transfers. Suggestions from anybody? I'm still playing catch up in my league but have started to do better over the past few weeks.
How about Walcott?
Depending on how much you stand to lose on VDV, other option is of course the Zog whose fixtures are dire.
Can't quite afford Walcott (by like .2).
The plan was to do Zogs > Bentley/Barton/Nolan this week but Djorou and VDV's injuries mean that that might not be as good of a move.
Unless I do Hangeland > Huth (Or another 5.5 or less defender) and Zogs > Walcott but thats an 8 pt hit and leaves me with 5 people not playing the following week.
http://www.epltalk.com/breaking-interpol-investigating-arsenalnewcastle-draw-29124 proabably old news on here I know but strangfe all the same
Morning guys, i took abit of a hammering this weekend what with having no tevez! Still i sit at the top of my mini league with a 24 point lead. Just wanted to get some opinions on team selection and transfers for gameweek 27. My current squad is
hart stockdale
coleman kelly bosingwa rio djourou
vdv adam cesc cahill nani
rvp berbatov keane
cheers
If only there was a replacement for Rio in the same defence for cheaper but with greater attacking potential.
Sometimes, my secretary reminds me of my wife.
I was unbuttoning her blouse the other day during our lunch break when she said: "Remember, you have a wife."
Pretty good. 🙂
I don;t think we will be any closer to knowing about VDV's injury all week. I'm tempted to bench him. Its either him or Tevez or Nani. This is a tough week for decisions. I still can't bring myself to bench Tevez. My balls are simply not big enough.
Try holding back for a week.
Also maybe wait on some injury news.
what do you think the score will be Jonty, United vs City?
I keep seeing wild card teams with about 6 DGW players who won't be playing in GW28.
Am I missing something?
Coleman or Huth ?
Both have doubles in next 3 gameweeks.
Both = 8 games in 3 weeks then.
Haha - are people just relying on points hits to get a full team out in GW28?
8DGWers this week, 9 if VDV goes
a full 11 GW28 with 2 doubles if chelsea/united is on
planned transfers to have 4 DGWers in GW29 for everton/birmingham
no hits
best I could do.
Not here. See WC team below -one transfer to get full XI. 7 possibly 8 DGWers for 27. Will prob also do Odem - Saha GW29 to have 4 DGWers for that one.
I'm running with a similar plan to Fuzzy.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I remember reading that it is still very propable that ars-tot will be played in gw28.
I don't remember what the fa cup results should be that it won't happen - replays maybe?
Not very probable since they haven't announced it as a possibility yet. If they pencilled it in then it would be likely. The fact they haven't makes is more uncertain.
Morning Gents - Wild Card v.2
Please feel free to let rip:
Szczesny Bergovic
Kolorov Huth Coleman Kelly R Johnson
Fabs Adam VDV Meireles Cahill
RVP Tevez Odem
Plan to Fabs to Nani GW28
All comments gratefully received, cheers
Ben Foster owners... Asimir Begovic is your friend in GW28 🙂
FourFourTwo FourFourTwo
NEW NEWS: Cesc Fabregas pulls out of Spain squad to play Colombia due to a stomach bug
Why do they even bother with friendlies at this stage of the season? Especially after the winter with so many cancelled games to catch up on. 😕
Because it is (in my opinion) the corrupt dealings of FIFA forcing compromised officials to pay back favours to all and sundry in a bent sport.
Is there a single person on the entire earth excited about these international friendlies?
Unless there's someone doing what that Brazilian coach did (give rubbish players caps to boost their transfer value and then receive a kickback) then there can't be.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Arsene has learned well from Fergie-san
make that 4 players i dont have to worry about during the week.
Brilliant news.
My current team is:
Sczczeny/Al-Habsi
R Johnson/Hangeland/Samba/Coleman/Elmohamady
Nani/Fabregas/Adam/VDV/Nolan
RVP/Berbatov/Vela
I have 2 transfers available to me this week. But I’m not opposed to using points to get another one.
Given the injuries (VDV doubtful) and that Wenger may rotate his squad, what are your suggestions?
I wanted to get Koscielny is as he’s probably going to play both games (especially if Djourou has a knock). . . but would have to sacrifice one of the other gooners in the team i.e. RVP or Fabs
I was also considering Dawson from Spurs.
Thoughts please?
Wouldn't bother with Koscielny as majority of Arsenal's CS have come when Djourou has played this season - look what happended when he went off injured on Saturday! Certainly not worth it for Fabs or RVP!
Perhaps Hangeland to Huth. Also don't like Nolan with Barton now on Pens and no Carroll for knock-downs to feed off of. Perhaps consider Barton/Brunt/Thomas.
Great ideas. Thanks very much.
I'm thinking of starting to make an indy game for xbox/Windows Phone 7. Any ideas for something fun but simple? Want to start slow.
I have a game idea, its called "Peaceful Birds"
Sounds like a pool party at Hugh Hefner's house....
hahahah, awesome. Maybe I should do a parody. Crapman.
Oh, wait, I had an idea ages ago for my friend when he was making a Speccy game. It was called Crack Attack, and you had to go out mugging/stealing etc to get money for your next hit, and then to your dealer before the time expires.]
Each level you need more crack and faster.
Lost my H2H by 1point when Lolarov had his second assist taken away. I hadn’t seen the incident but was ready to kick off given they have allowed some shocking assists to stand this season and not awarded others. But after I watched it last night and saw it wasn’t actually him I resigned myself to defeat!
On another matter, I had initially thought Kevin Nolan as a pretty good option for the double gameweek. However, with the penalties now seemingly taken off him, Barton seems like a stronger option now. Obviously Nolan could still do well but I just wondered other peoples thoughts on the matter. I don’t recall Nolan missing a penalty so not really sure why he is not on them now. He has taken them with Barton on the pitch before, it is a strange one.
I was just going to say the same thing! Still might bring in Nolan though. Penalties aside he's still scored well this season. Also, not sure about Barton's penalty taking style... too casual for my liking!
Horrible isn't it. You almost want him to miss so that he learns to take them properly! I remember when he took a couple for Citeh he just sprinted up to the ball and marmalised it down the middle. At least if you miss when you blast it you've given it some.
Carroll used to hold Barton back for Nolan as part of his rent.
Don't get me started on "losing h2h by 1 point after assist gets awarded/taken away 24 hours later"!
Haha, sorry ina - Didn't mean to touch a nerve! Still, I'd rather be in your position and lose every single H2H game going.
It is a strange one, there was no publicised reason for Nolan to be taken off them, however I can't argue with Barton taking them given the result. 🙂
I think Newcastle could shift their formation again in light of all the mounting striker injuries, expect to see Nolan deeper in a 4-4-2. However if Lovenkrands, Best or Ranger get injured we could see him pushed up into either an OOP makeshift striker or behind the front man like he was at the start of the season in a 4-5-1.
Short term I would pick Joey Barton, but keep an eye on the shifting styles at Newcastle - if Nolan ends up OOP he'd be worth getting.
Cheers Attila! Thats what worries with the possibility of ditching Nolan already because he may be right up there in the 4-5-1. And hes always goalhanging at corners so could get the touch there.
Plus, he has the single most annoying/pathetic goal celebration around so he is bound to rub it in if I sell him.
Where's an Attila when you need one?
Barca 16 league wins on the bounce - Incredible. Messi and Ronaldo having their own private battle to see who can reach 50goals for the season first..
Choose one:
barton, nolan, bentley
Barton 100% on penalty duty? Need more people's opinion on this.
Alright chaps, bit off topic, but what name sounds better for a juice/smoothie bar: Joove or rejuve? Answers would be appreciated.
PS. England team is looking shocking!
Juicers
Juicebucks?
Start selling fame moustaches too and call it.
Joove-N-Tash
*Fake
Joove and rejuve are standrd juice bar names that have no 'stickiness' if you pardon the pun.
I would go for something like "Juicy Lucy's"
You can have that for free.
Yeah agree with horse here - instead of a modern meaningless name go for something more personal. Juicy Lucy's is a very good shout.
You been to Clowns/Jesters in Southampton? They already own that one so you can't give it away for free!
Hope you are not planning on coming to Africa with your Juicy Lucy's.
The place is full of them.
The JUICE MOOSE 🙂
The LOOSE MOOSE! 😉
haha- no I havent Jesters in Southampton or south africa, but they obv had the same idea.
yeah, the The Juice Moose could work Atilla. (it would prob be called the moose for short)
I dont think people really go in for juice bars/ smoothies in UK, they seem a rip off - that'll be £4.50 for a litre of blended frozen blackberries. i may be out of touch though
Cheers guys. Appreciated.
Rejuiceamate,if it fails the name works for a sex shop as well.No expensive rebranding. 🙂
I don't know if anyone has seen this, but some developments about that Rosicky/Dowd/Interpol thing here:
http://twitter.com/LaurensJulien
Boooooom.
Fair and square. 🙂
It just means Dowd was being a crap ref of his own accord, rather than getting paid for it. 😉
I'm glad someone else finally agrees with me about that Barton tackle too.
Should be held up as an example on how to tackle properly. Brilliant challenge.
It was a crap, and dangerous, tackle.
Are you kidding me MMW?! If his foot was any lower he'd have hit magma. Brilliant challenge that he was 100% entitled to go in for.
http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/abou-diaby-sent-off-newcastle-8410426/
Apparently they've moved their investigations on to Johnny Evans now...
hi there!
i don't know what to do now with this vdv and djorou injuries...
foster ; robinson
rafael ; djorou ; walker ; kelly ; coleman
fabs ; vdv ; cahill ; nani ; adam
rvp ; berba ; odem
1,7 in the bank
who should i move??? (cannot move rvp;vdv;nani because of the lost of money...)
You not playing for team value, but for points. Djourou obv has to go. Get huth.
Can't imagine why you would consider selling rvp?...
Bench vdv if it breaks your heart to sell him. I can see Walcot/Arshavin scoring big in the double.
Djourou to Huth? Gives you a DGWer with goal threat and the extra player you need for GW28.
Guys
Any advice on my team
FOSTER (BERGOVIC)
Kelly SIMPSON DJOUROU (Coleman, Rafael)
FAB BRUNT Nani ADAM VDV
Tevez VP (Berbatov)
Potential 8-6 DGW players (Dj and VDV doubts)
I have 2 frees with 1 mill in the bank
I cant do DJ -> Huth as iam 0.1 short. Any ideas on how i can max my team out.
