| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Sus |
| Up |  Kelleher | BRE | C, Vs |
| Down |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C, Inj |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | C |
| Up |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Up |  Marc Guehi | CRY | A |
| Up |  van den Berg | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | C |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| Up |  Szoboszlai | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Schade | BRE | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| Up |  Ekitiké | LIV | B |
| Down |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| Down |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
Paul Chelsea’s poor form continues as they crash out the FA Cup in round four, leaving Europe as their only real crack at silverware this season. Birmingham keep up their great cup form, Stoke blow away Brighton and an unimpressive Man United XI see off a Crawley side that will no doubt be patronised as “plucky” in many of this morning’s broadsheets.
Anyone care to comment,
My team is linked I haven't made a transfer and have one free, I can rest VDV, VP and Fabs, and still just get 11 for this game week, the only person on the bench I can afford to get rid of is Fabs as his price didn't increase too much
I'm tempted not to bother making a sub this week , I have Vidic and Nani for Man utd cover but I have to play all my defenders anyone have a good idea if I should just do noting?
I think you have a solid team. You should save the transfer. I don't really see any pressing needs.
Lost on last page...
gw28 VDV to T Cahill, but do I then for gw29
A. Berbs to Tevez (for City home to Wigan)
B. Bring back VDV for Kuyt
Liverpool away to West Ham so worth keeping Kuyt another week surely?
How long is Rio out for?
Meh. All aboard the Koscielny bandwagon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42cjGa3jLqo
I'm not feeling Utd defenders for the double.... Vidic and Evra are so expensive and Rafael isn't at all guaranteed to play.
I'll probably do RVP > Rooney, and have Nani (c).
won't you lose a load on RVP, I want to make the same move but too afraid of the points loss as RVP seems like a keeper in the long term
hmmm. I'm thinking Fabregas & Odem out for O'Hara & Rooney myself. Only problem is getting Fabregas back but maybe RVP will suffice
I'm guessing O'Hara is ineligible for GW29 right?
Where did you hear that Rafael is injured??
Just watching that video, he was absolutely all over Messi, especially in the second half.
I reckon he'll go on to become a serious centre back, one of the best in the league. He reads the game well, is quick and is very competent in possession. He just needs to get a little stronger to be properly competitive in the Premier League.
who for the armband this week?? nani,tevez or rooney? tricky one
Nani for me anyway
I'd go for Tevez. He has reached god-like status in FPL this season. Nobody who is without him is doing well.
This guy is doing ok without him
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=1234018&event=27
Carlos Alberto Tevez born Carlos Alberto Matinez.
I have the same (as millions of others do) predicament. Nani has an immense return for his goals/assists...but...chelsea away. I can see him doing something at wigan, but not so much at the bridge. Tevez against fulham, i'd fancy him for a goal. I have opted for tevez, only coz chelsea away is a shi**y place for most.
David Luiz is going to eat Man Utd attack alive. And then quickly run over to sky one to star in The Simpsons.
Don't think i can afford Watson but i'll have to have a look in the morning. My handband is on Mitchell 'scattergun' Johnson at the mo
Us lot in the Midlands really aren't gaining a good reputation are we...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1358815/West-Bromwich-1-Wolves-1-Derby-marred-fans-throw-seats-smoke-bomb.html
Just to ask - what's this about Rafael being injured?
That is Alan P in your gravatar isn't it?
Rafael went off injured against crawley and Darren Fletcher had to play at RB.
Yep!! LOL
From one of my favourite scenes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlhQ3iC54QM
So Rafael: he's not injured, injured?
Has anyone here ever broke their hand before?
The Prestige was good.
As Taz was looking for a new football shirt on the previous page: Back in 1974, the German TV programme "Das aktuelle Sportstudio" had a surreal report about how the Bundesliga's kits might be made that little bit more exciting.
The first part of the piece shows a disgruntled Günter Netzer staring at existing first-team shirts. But after 45 seconds, a fashion expert and his team of helpers are invited to display some radical new designs - using the medium of interpretative dance. The new kits never caught on, but, y'know, they really should have done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jrPchJ8tR4
Holy Moly, how hi were u to be finding clips like that man!
hey boys, i need yer experience. i’m looking for the new nike france shirt or the away shirt with nasri written on the back. i cant seem to find it anyway.
That kit is really nice isn't it.
dont know if you've realised but the men's shirt isnt there and u cant add a nasri to the back
Hey taz if ur still here http://www.football-shirts.co.uk/france-shirt.html
buy it, then get it printed.
have u tried nike.com?
it would cost alot more if i did that, yes nike.com do do it but its way overpriced. saw a website called uksoccershop selling the shirts for £30 with names, but no nasri, i sent an email asking if they could do a nasri one, no reply yet
do that uksoccershop and you can customise it yourself
hey guys, has anyone watched that vid of ronaldo (fat one) scoring the goals for brazil on bbc? if so can ya link it up or tell me the name of the song. its kinda of like a spanish guitar song, thats quite fast. if anyone can help i would very much appreciate it
So demanding tonight Taz 😉
was it the one where he scored 2 goals against Germany in the final ?
Woah!!! '(fat one)'
Steady on. Thats the great man himself youre talking about there.
i know i felt bad saying it however thats how some people here recognise him. usually call him the original ronaldo. football will be different from now on. i have now realised he is brazil's maradona wihtout the cheating on the pitch
Yeah hes pretty much the mike tyson, tiger woods, roger federer of football in his prime. Simply better than anyone else around him.
This isn't what you are looking for I don't think, but it's a good one of the formerly not fat Ronaldo( great Elvis tune)
errrr? is there supposed to be a link or something?
yeh i saw that one. here's another good footy vid. (even better elvis song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr3ooL3Zvvc
Has anyone here ever broken their hand before?
How long did it take you to fully recover? I have had cast off for a week now and still can't make a fist
Your doctor must be a bit a cowboy taking your cast off when youre still clearly suffering. Which country are you in? Oh wait, can you reveal that? What with the whole witness protection thing e.t.c
If you mean the hand on the end of my arm then no. If you meant emotionally breaking my farm hard then errm also no. I havent even got a farm.
Anyone using their wildcard for GW28?
judge a man by his questions, rather than his answers.
hey guys.. what does it mean by top home bowler cricket bet?
I have 10 active players this week (although 3 Man Utd DGW players) with one free transfer.
I think Cesc --> Cahill is the obvious transer.
I don't think that I want to transfer out any of my Ars/Tot players (VDV, RVP and Djourou).
Just bring in Cahill and hope everyone plays?
I`m in same situation, and doing the same...
contemplating playing berbatov in the DGW this coming weekend
Is this a mad move given his lack of playing time and goals in the last few weeks
What other striker should i consider in his place
Thanks for your help
Noticed that TotalFPL has Cahill now on 41% rather than over 100 with protection. Did the site set him back to 0 based on the date his protection ended? Don't normally see that... am I missing something?
That's it pretty much. CTC has him around 50%.
Odemstronzo has to go, but who for Rooney (DGW) or Tevez????
Thanks!
Nani tends to fill his boots at home. Likewise Carlito. Interesting call chaps.
Jafa - what do you think of my "masterplan" of doing Stockdale-->VDS this week?
Gives me a double gw player that rotates perfeclty well Home/Away with Foster until gw38.
My h2h opponent is playing Begovic(like most). I have shawx to cover a possible Stoke CS.
Two problems as I see it:
Utd don't keep too many cleenies.
Added to this, VDS becomes poor value but more significantly, prohibits flashing the cash elsewhere on more point-inducing players.
Thirdly, you should be picking the best team out there not determined by who your opponent has.
Naughty, naughty.
Hehe, true. Just a thought.
Ok, next question:
A young + Gyan OR
Richardson + Bent
probably from gw 32-->
Prefer the latter with reservations.
With your gk situation: why not put my back 7 in there? You've been copying my team all year, so you may as well keep the standard up! 😉
You are of no use to me so early in the morning(SA)!
BTW, ManU 10 CS. Only City/Chelsea have kept more. Chelsea has not scored in their last 2 prem league games...Hmmm, VDS might not be a bad pick. At least he gets 2 bites at the "cherry".
VDS at what, 4 ppg? Hardly great value.
RJ, Kolarov, Walker, Kelly, Coleman sets you up for the season.
Kelly/Coleman I have and Walker is on my shopping list. Not to sure If I would want to walk down the aisle with Mr Kolarov again. Foster is enough Birm defence for me thks.
Djourou has been good to me.
Cheers pal.
Now now, don't get Paul all worked up and horny.
Which is better?
a) Djourou -> Walker
b) Stockdale & Fabs -> VDS & Cahill (4 point hit)
a) means i can potentially field 10 and have 2 doubles in GW28 and 2 doubles in GW29 before my 1 free transfer that week
b) means i can potentially field 11 and have 3 doubles in GW28 and 3 doubles in GW29 before my 1 free transfer that week
jinswick, don't read any response from Jafalad. He dislikes VDS.
Haha, just read them after I posted this... I'm very undecided - given my lack of starters and doublers for GW28/29 I'm swaying towards b) above. Losing Fabs is an issue for me (especially as an Arsenal fan), but with Nasri and Walcott both viable options i may just do Adam -> one of them around GW30
which of the 2 above would you go for Inalize?
Look Cahill I think everyone will do, so that's prob a given especially with fixtures for everton.
I agree with jafa, that Manu prob won't keep many CS away from home but what are your other options? A cheap keeper. But if the keeper does not keep a CS then you lose -2 on the trsfr.
I'm still not sure and busy playing with my team at the moment. Maybe I go back to my original thought of not playing a keeper this week and spending my 2 free transfer on changing my midfield.
Big Q is who will score more: a keeper or a midfielder. Im trying to think longterm, and saying I'm never going to play my reserve keeper after this week, but my 2 midfielders that im bringing in will play from now until gw 38.
Look at it this way: You can never guarantee your newly transferred keeper will keep a clean sheet, and you're not going to use transfers you don't have to on your keeper. But what you can do is plan your keeper combo for the remainder of the season with a fair degree of confidence that a goalie who's currently first choice will probably play every game...
And therefore you don't have to redeem the 4 points immediately, but look at it over the whole season.
I think what I like about b) is that for 4 points I effectively have 3 starters (VDS x2 and Cahill) vs none (Stockdale & Fabs). Add to the mix that VDS and Foster rotate perfectly to the end of the season and I think it's a decent move. Even if they only get 2 points each (unlikely be that bad) then i'll be +2 points net of the hit.
Being without Fabs is a risk, but if i decide to get him back in I could do it in a couple of weeks.
Got 3 BIR players, 3 ARS and VDV. My head is spinning. Is this my best overall rank that I would reach, before the slide down ?
Thanks Teddy. Got 2 free transfers and thinking
Carr -> Coleman
Fab -> Cahil
That gives me 10 playing with VDV, RVP, and Djourou on bench. Or else I can take a 4 point hit to field 11 players, which I can do by doing RVP -> Rooney
Don't sell rvp.
u r right Inalize, I will lose a lot as I got him at 9.6.
Alternatively,
Carr -> Coleman
Fab -> Cahil
Ferguson -> Arteta
3 mio in bank.
That is trippling up on Everton midfield, but can switch one to Nasri in the next few weeks.
Not just that, rvp is the striker in form. Ride the wave while it lasts.
You needs some Arsenal attacking cover and seling Fabs + rvp will be suicide IMO.
Teddy / jinswick / bhargi, what you guys reckon:
Gyan + A young OR
Bent + Ricardson for gw 32-->
b) just because with only 3 striker spots Bent is a better bet than Gyan. And I reckon Bent is a better Villa option than Young. Although of course Gyan's probably better than Richardson. I think Richardson's a decent punt though. How do his fixtures compare to O'Hara's?
good morning. afraid ive succumbed to PET syndrome (post-early transfer syndrome). a roll of the dice im sure will be mocked by the masses.
2 free transfers made: Rvp/fabs out, cahill/rooney in.
GW28 Myhill (for his one and only appearance)
Huth, Coleman, Kelly, Simpson
Nani(C), Cahill, Adam
Rooney, Berbatov, Tevez
(Szczesny, Brunt, VDV, Carr)
GW29 RVP back if still healthy for either Berbs or rooney. 14 DGWers from GWs 27-29 with no hits, having used 2nd WC in GW25. enough in bank to drop brunt for nasri by GW30.
Did i pass?
Unless I mis-read, but no plan to get Cesc back in? Bold move. I'd go for Berba->RVP for the GW29 trade by the way. Does Arsenal's draw yesterday affect any EPL games? Because it might result in Arsenal getting another DGW at the expense of a week.
i think when nasri is fit he represents better value for the money than cesc does. I have been pretty faithful to having fabs in all season, and he may blow up one of these weeks, but while nasri is healthy he has outscored fabs.
oh and i think i read earlier the replay with leyton orient would not effect the EPL fixtures.
Yeah I suppose the league would get priority over FA cup. Good point about Nasri. But Cesc is just a darling in the eyes (BP in the last 4 out of 5 games) and to me, that justifies keeping him.
nasri has missed 4 of the last 5, coincidence? Nasri when in the squad is just as effective as fabs when it comes to points scored per game. I love fabs too, but hes just too damn expensive in a season where cheaper options are just as consistent.
I'm with you, fuzzo. I do love having Fab, but Nasri is the cheaper and potentially higher point scoring option. Plus this blank GW gives a good opportunity to remove Fab and get Nasri back in (wouldn't normally waste a transfer on a sideways move between team-mates).
If helps I am also considering doing RVP and Fabs out for Cahill and Rooney. Then RVP back next GW. But then I will have bencing headache every week, so I hope for a GW 28 yellow for Adam 😉 . I think I might go with that plan but instead selling RVP selling Odemwingie even he has a game. In the future I will probably have to sell him for a hit surely cause he is waste of space.
The ultimate dilemma nowadays is Fabregas vs Rooney. Nobody knows the real answer IMO.
WBA fixtures are horrible pretty much till the end of the season. I cant get rid of brunt fast enough, he will be bench fodder until i do. So if i had odemwingie id be looking to get rid soon.
Anyone know when the Fantasy Cricket deadlines are? I brough Tait in this morning and he's not playing. Could I have waited until the team news came out or is the deadline too early? Doesn't seem to say anything on the site...
i think jamsiep did his tranfers yesterday after the toss,so i think deadline is before the start of the match...still i'm not sure tho...
Wow that's a relief!! Sky Sports just completely screwed the teams up then... they had Tait missing out with Hastings playing, and looking at the Kenya team they got one of their players wrong as well. Phew 🙂
David Gower's now apologising for the mistakes 😛
BBC's out as well ... must have been a bum team list
Is anyone to fussed about United coverage for this week?
Wigan are playing well lately so that won't be easy and as bad as Chelsea are surely it won't be a points fest although i said that about the Manchester Derby and Nani messed me up.
At the minute i have just Nani, if anything i'll bring in a defender or maybe Rooney.
I've got Vidic and Nani. I'm unsure about Vidic, he won't get many points over the next 3 games (Wigan, Chelsea and Liverpool). Even if you did get Man Utd coverage, they've got a tough game next week as well as the Chelsea game. I don't think it's totally neccesary.
This is what is putting me off, Berba is value option but these are not games i fancy him to be scoring in.
I think your last 10 or so words answers your question. It's not worth it and there's better value out there (Bent, even Sturridge if you want)
I have to have Rooney. 2 games it means at least 4 points. And I will have 10 players instead so its no brainier bringing him in.
im all in on united for the double. Im not sure the investment will pay off but here's my thinking. We have all geared our squads to DGWers over the past several weeks. Some have payed off, some havent. Some people have two or 3 brum players, in some cases multiple blackpool, stoke etc. Some thought brunt was a great play with 2 easy home fixtures, some thought a guy like simpson should be benched with 2 road fixtures vs an option like kelly. (this would be me) Point being, you never know, but what is a certainty is thats its 2 games, twice as much time to do damage, and united are top of the table, a team more reliable to expect fantasy returns than most of the league. So why not take a risk if youre willing to have multiple players from a much less successful team. I apologize fo rnot stating this better, Im still a lil crocked.
Why am I considering putting a $10 flutter on FC Copenhagen to beat Chelsea at $6.25? I must be losing my mind.
Actually, it might work out...
Nahhhh FC are pretty much defensive. Less then 2.5 goals is the real bet IMO. IT could be draw at the most. I can't see it FC wining.
