| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Sanchez | CHE | B |
| No Change |  Pickford | EVE | B |
| No Change |  Henderson | CRY | C |
| Up |  Petrovic | BOU | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Verbruggen | BHA | C |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Chalobah | CHE | B |
| No Change |  Senesi | BOU | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | B |
| No Change |  Lacroix | CRY | C |
| No Change |  Tarkowski | EVE | B |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | B |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | C |
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| Up |  Rice | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Fernández | CHE | A |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | B |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | A |
| No Change |  Wirtz | LIV | A |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A, Inj |
| No Change |  Ndiaye | EVE | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | A, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | B |
| No Change |  Ekitiké | LIV | B |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | A |
| Down |  Watkins | AVL | B, Inj |
| Up |  Kroupi | BOU | B, Vs, £ |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | C, VsX |
Mark Tottenham’s stunning victory in Milan riled Gennaro Gattuso to the point of head-butting a 59-year-old and completely overshadowed Newcastle’s fine 2-0 win at St Andrews. Well almost. European matches make lovely distractions but it’s events on a damp evening in Birmingham that really matter to us Fantasy Managers…
“This was only the second time Tevez and Dzeko had played together and they need time to gel. They need more games together”
going without tevez for the rest of the season, brave or stupid?
It's definitely brave. Is Defoe staying long?
defoes out this week, was a punt for the double that hasnt worked out so far
looking at defoe/vdv to rooney/meireles this week
I have Rooney but would rather have Tevez for 28/29, if I'm honest. Don't think I'm going to have that option, though - unless 'that' fixture returns to GW28.
Not keen on Tevez for next 2 games at least Tosey? If Chelsea beat Everton Saturday in the FA Cup, I'm certainly bringing him in for Berbs. Then getting rid of Kuyt for T Cahill the following week.
well the option is tevez this week and do tevez to rooney gwk30 for a hit. just have a feeling rooney is guna find some form so may just go for him now as wigan away isnt hardest game and he loves playing liverpool
Rooney would be a better shout than Tevez if Man Utd keep their double. The future is a bit cloudy at the moment but the weekend should make things a bit clearer.
Morning team. On a quiet-ish morning i was wondering whether i could ask for some help.
I’m currently tied for top spot in my main mini league. The other guy uses this site + is getting help of some of my more knowledgeable mates as they don’t want me to win again. Left this week i’ve got Huth, Brunt & RVP as captain vs. His Dawson and Fab as captain.
Anyway the one advantage i think i’ve got is that i have a WC left. I’ve just go NO IDEA as to when to use it...dont want to wait too long so that’s it’s not effective, but also worried about not having it as back up!?
Anyone else got theirs left? Even if not, when would you like it for if you did?
Thanks in advance
warky use it to load up on chelsea players for their likely two double weeks, id love to have a wildcard left to be able to do this as no1 else will have alot of chelsea coverage withou ttaking hits
tosey you're a star. thank you...i knew if anyone had the future mapped out, you would! Do you know roughly when they're going to be? Think Lampard & a def looking like the best option at the moment?
i havent looked at the fixture list yet, if i do ill start mapping out a plan and it could be pointless, after the everton game this weekend im sure theyll announce the date of one at some point next week (unless birmingham draw in cup and then they may wait to see the outcome of that)
thats def a way of closing a gap
Cheers. Let's hope Chelsea finish the season like they started....! I'll have a look at the fixtures.
the chelsea plan isn't a bad one. Personally I'm saving my WC for the final 5 or 6 game run in. Possible champs league resting, FA cup resting, and a completely fresh team tailor made for the last handful of games.
R Van Persie to score in 90 minutes and Arsenal to win the match 5/1 - £35
Arsenal to win
3/1 - £15
RETURNS £270
I had a dream last night we beat barce and Van Persie scored, my dreams are usually scarily spot on! Does anyone think this is a stupid bet though?
I do. I cant see Arsenal getting anything out of this game.
Barce have been struggling away, and as long as we're full strength i reckon we have a good shout!
We'll get spanked when we go there though..
I'm gonna do it anyway, cross your fingers for me ;]
Will do mate, but i think your betting with the heart not the head. good luck though.
Tonight's UCL captain-Walcott or Messi??(Or Srna?)
messi obviosuly....i am captaining riise since i don't have a player from barca-arsenal game.
BREAKING NEWS:
Todays lunch is the rest of the cheese sauce and steamed broccolli I made last night (and is sublime), and I also roasted a chicken, so I have rocket salad with my favorite dressing and a chicken breast.
mmm rocket salad and chicken breast sounds good... what is your dressing of choice?
looks like i logged on just in time. Today Im going to eat my shoe. I benched a DGWer cause I thought I was clever. Kelly started, Simpson on bench. 2 cleanies. REALLY?!?!?! 2?!?!?!
You couldnt just make me feel foolish with one? Im sure I will be waiting six years before newcastle get back to back away cleanies. Gutted.
I'd of played Simpson over Kelly this GW all day.
Not that that helps x
Captain Hindsight to the rescue. Where were you last week when seemingly everyone advised kelly? 🙂
I did the same stupid thing... 12 points just rotting on my bench. Will more than likely see me out of the cup as well.
Does anyone else want Adam to get booked v Wolves?
CHE & bbrn is the two worst fixtures to miss and i have enough in my squad to leave him benched for these games. his fixtures (excluding GW38) are pretty good.
ive bin thinkin the same, plus joey barton who i hgave to alternate with adam has 2 nice fixtures
Saying that he scored well against man u. I'd prefer him not to get booked so I can field 11 this week but it shouldn't make much difference as all my rivals have him too.
Wolves is in GW28
Hm, according to Arsenal calendar, there is only one option to play against Tottenham in GW 28. And that would happen if there is no need for replay against Leyton Orient in FA cup (scheduled for March 2), which is highly likely...
Then again, this would mean that Arsenal would have no mid-week break until March 12, playing Wednesday-Saturday for entire month. I doubt that Wenger would go for this...
What do you reckon, lads?
My thoughts are on the previous thread:
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2011/02/15/tuesday-dugout-discussion-3/comment-page-12/#comment-1398119
For me the favourite has to be March 15th.
Nice way of celebrating the goal at the WC Roger. I agree, I gave up on Ars - Tot playing GW 28. I think 90% it is off.
Wayne Mark Rooney. Respect.
32nd Yes!!!
Thoughts on Gyan??
Morning all.
I reckon Arsenal gona beat Barcelona tonight. 2 - 1. Puyol missing. RVP in great form. Maxwell wont be able to live with Walcott and Fabregas is fit compared to last year.
If they keep their heads in the 2nd leg they may even have a chance going through in their current form.
I dont think they are anywhere near as good as Barcelona but with it being knockout game over 2 legs Arsenal have a chance.
I doubt Wenger will do the obvious tactic of what other teams have done this year who have played well against Barcelona have done and defend deep, give up posession and force them inside.
Gona be must see . If Arsenal do manage to turn them over they will prob be the first team to beat Barcelona playing possession football against them.
I'll give you a friendly bet:
Arsenal will lose by more than 3.
I hope for Ars win. I think it depends on Song. Can he compete with Xavi? That is the key. The teams that have done well against Barsa have managed to stop Xavi. He is the key IMO. Without Puyol and Abidal on the left, Walcot could have a field day. IT depends on Ars at this moment. IT depends on their game. RVP, Walcot, Fabs even Nasri with the minutes that he will get.
I expect great game tonight, a lot better than Milan game. That game was so boring.
i just hope barca win because i want utd -barca final that's why and also coz i hate arsenal more than i hate barca 😛
I hope Arsenal can go through. Then we can beat them in the final!
Interesting article for any Utd fans (we've been linked with this guy this morning). Sounds like Germany are going to be even better at the next International championship 😕
http://www.just-football.com/2011/02/good-player-guide-15-mario-goetze-borussia-dortmund/
have we got any lip readers in the house who can tell me what joe jordan said to gattuso?
it was probably on Wikipedia last night
Probably something disgraceful. Rino is an honourable man unlike Jordan 😉
rino is a player that i liked (even though he played for the Gers). reminded me of myself. limited ability but ran about like a headless chicken. Oh and i used to punch the ground too when i was gettin turned inside out.
by the way, have any of you seen barca's away record in the knock out stages. it's been on sky sports all morning. i don't think they have won a game.
didnt mean to send this!
Anyhow Nani on the bench 🙁 Fabs as captain over RVP 🙁
Does anyone else think investing in Villa and Everton players might not be such a great optino afterall?
Fabs is not a bad choice, yet, the second game could change everything.
Your right about that, surely Fabs will score big soon?
Anyhow it will all be ok when Matty Jarvis turns over WBA on sunday..
I've done exactly the same and still done OK this week- moved up a place in one of my leagues, narrowed the gap in another to 1 point of top (admittidly both still a lot of players to play, he has RVP cap, me Fabs)
I hope RVP gets rested vs Stoke and Fabs has a stormer
Dont mind Rvp being rested as long as Fabregas outscores Walcott by 20pts it's cool.
We need some sort of tab here for everytime someone on here says "Fabs will come good/explode soon".
Every week he's supposedly going to break out but it never happens.
Face it. Its not happening. He's not on pens so the best you'll get is an assist or two and the obligatory Fab bonus point(s) to make his score respectable.
Just not worth £11.9m. I wildcarded out for Walcott. Van Persie is the Arsenal points king now.
I wish mine had been that good. 🙁
Yaya worth in the team or transfer him out ?
Who to consider at that price ?
Have you looked at the fixtures at all?
Arsenal to win 3-0 tonight. You heard it here first.
Anyone going with T Cahill + A young until the end of the season?
Or is Bent/Villa def + Cahill a better option?
i'm not sure about Young right now, there was big hype to get him in the last few weeks but he has failed to really live up to this..
Both Villa and Everton concern me in that they aren't actually that good, 30 points at this stage of the season does not lie.
I'd still have one Villa and one Everton i reckon, probably two for Everton for the double but they are so hard to predict
Bent looks a good bet. That will make it possible to cover my mini league leader that has Rvp/Berba/Bent. Im just worried tevez fires a blank over the next 2 games and villa score big vs BBurn & Bolton.
That's why I was thinking I need some villa cover. Cant sell tevez/rvp/berba at the moment though.
That leaves A young & Walker as possibilities.
More likely Tevez scores big than A.Villa (let alone Bent).
Mark, or anyone, just a couple of ideas about the members area...
Any chance that the season ticker can include details of unscheduled fixtures for each team? So possibly at the end, a tab after GWK 38 with the details of each match yet to be arranged for each club?
Secondly, is there any chance of including pass completion rate for players and teams in the Opta Stats section? I don't know the details of your agreement with Opta, so it maybe the case that you have no say on what statistics they provide the site with, but if possible then having access to pass completion rates (which Opta surely do calculate) would be very helpful. Perhaps not so much from a fantasty perspective, but just in general.
Ta.
I was thinking exactly the same thing about unscheduled fixtures on the season ticker – as that was on the ticker last season and is a useful thing to bear in mind
Right, do any neutrals think Arsenal have a chance tonight? I really cant see past a Barca win.
Obviously they have a chance, they are an excellent side and are in a much better position than they were when for the games last season.
Song and Wilshere need to have big games in the middle of midfield, as do Koscielny/Djourou at the back - both of whom I actually think are terrific centre backs.
I'm an Arsenal fan, and despite most people writing us off, I genuinely think we have a chance tonight. No doubt we'll create chances and RVP is on fire so I think we'll definitely score. Agree with Jamesiep - key to us winning is how we cope with their attacking talents, i.e Messi/Villa (Koscielny/Djourou) and Xavi/Iniesta (Song/Wilshere)
Yeah i think these two legs can make wilshere. if he can stand his ground and play his game against Buesquets and Xavi then he could be massive.
I think they can do it. I think Barcelona haven't won an away game in the Champions League under Guardiola, and any team with the forward players Arsenal have has a real chance.
Fair arguement. I agree Arsenals front line is good, but I still think Barca will be too strong for them in every postition. regardless though - will be a cracking game.
Urgh should be a comma between have and has.
Oh and I'm not a 100% on the Barca away game thing, I'm sure I saw something by OPTAJoe on that this morning, it could be away legs in the knock out phase or something.
Its just one game. Anything can happen
it will all depend on song/wilshere how they cope up with xavi and sergio in mid and arsenal 2 cb's who i think are not good enough to play for the top 4 club altho they have done well this season...they will have to play the best game of their carrer to stop barca from scoring which i can't see them doing....
having said that i will not be surprised if arsenal win today by a goal but to win against barca over 2 legs is almost IMPOSSIBLE 😕 ...
Whats with the 😕
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Inter did it last year.
In milan inter were miles ahead of barca that day and fight trough the second leg even when barca got the referee on their side (once again in quarter-finals...).
Blimey VDV surely isn't still flagged? I'm not complaining so long as his value doesn't drop, but FPL are a bit off the ball.
Really enjoyed this article.
http://twofootedtackle.com/my-favourite-xi/my-favourite-xi-theo-delaney/
Hmm trying to post a link to an article on Mario Goetze as it's getting eaten by the spam filter. Boohiss.
Yes indeed Boom. Rumour is he was the transfer Fergie tried to seal in Jan, but couldn't, so will have to wait till the summer. Google "good player guide Mario Goetze" for an interesting article.
Not that the 'good player' bit of that may cause inherent bias in the search matter.
😕
Ahhhhhhhh 😕 is good. 🙂 err I mean 😕
All i'm looking for from you is objectivity Attilla. If not, feck off with your geordie pie n chips 😀
😆 Anyhoo this is from a twitter I just recieved (linking an article that appears to have plagiarised the Mirror)
Alex Ferguson's interest in bringing Borussia Dortmund teenager Mario Gotze to Manchester United has intensified. The 18-year-old has cemented his place in the German side’s first team this season and his four Bundesliga goals have helped them to the top of the table. United boss Fergie has had scouts watch the attacking midfielder in action, according to German newspaper Das Bild , but have yet to make an official bid. In light of the academy graduate Gotze’s impressive form, Dortmund have raised his fee from £12m to a staggering £20m.
Serious money, that. Özil went for 14M or something I think.
Looked a great player when I've watched Dortmund though. They seem to have an abundance of talented players there right now.
Even Goetze’s agent Volker Struth was happy for him to spurn lucrative offers from abroad to extend his Dortmund contract until 2014. “We think it’s best for the boy,” said Struth. “He is only 18 years old and lives with his parents a few miles from the stadium. His departure is almost impossible.” 🙁
Arsenal H/T / F/T @ 13/2 with Hills looks tempting. It's a two legged match so everyone thinking that Barca will go through, makes this bet a viable option as Barca will still have the home 2nd leg.
If Arsenal are going to beat them tonight, they will likely take the lead which could well be early on making the bet a goer.
It's too big a price in my opinion.
I can't see past a draw tonight and Barca win in Nou Camp.
Although if Walcott, Fabregas, RVP, Wilshere especially are on form, who knows.
I'm 5 points up in the members cup, with a lot of the same players as my opponent.
Basically it boils down to my Huth and Walcott vs his VDV and Brunt. Place your bets now!
Will Smalling play both games for united this week?
yes he should and no they might not have two games if chelsea win their cup tie at home against everton.
so boring when theres a 2week break between gameweeks
You can say that again! 🙂
+1, add to that the fact I lost my country's topseat (Switzerland) because of BIR/NEW... frustrating
just checked ur rank, fair play, did notice tho that im only 12pts behind you yet about 700 places! didnt realise it was that tight!
Yeah... just 😉 it will be tough to stay in there but it's a nice target I suppose
top 1k is my target, it looks like i dont have any chance of winning my minileague now and anm miles ahead of 3rd place
ill make a tidy profit again so just want top 1k now for personal target
Don't give up. Your opponent is sliding big time... He was 10th overall 8 weeks ago now he's 16th!!! At that rate you'll easily beat him in 732 more game weeks!!!
I agree mate.
does anyone have a view on the Man Utd right back situation. Is O'Shea in or is Ferguson going to start playing Rafael...?? Its a double game week next week, and they are both attractive cheapees.
