| 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 |
| No Change |  Petrovic | BOU | B |
| Up |  Darlow | LEE | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Hill | BOU | A, £ |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | A, Inj, OoP |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | C, Vs, Inj |
| No Change |  Muñoz | CRY | B |
| No Change |  Kayode | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | C |
| No Change |  Ballard | SUN | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Salah | LIV | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | A, Vs, Inj |
| No Change |  Dango Ouattara | BRE | B, Vs |
| Down |  Rogers | AVL | B |
| No Change |  Ismaila Sarr | CRY | C |
| No Change |  Rice | ARS | B, Inj |
| Up |  Tavernier | BOU | B |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Up |  Stach | LEE | A, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Ekitiké | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | B |
| Up |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | C |
| No Change |  Kroupi | BOU | C, Rest, £ |
Andy Roy Hodgson “supersized” his team to counter the Potteries air raid but saw his lofty selection undone by a Rory Delap header. The diminutive Carlos Vela demonstrated his “big” talent to come to Hodgson’s rescue, as the Baggies earned a point and were only denied all three by a miraculous late display by Asmir Begovic between the sticks. Here is the run-down on last night’s action from the Britannia…
Odem > Sturridge
Meireles > Cahill
RVP > Zigic
8pts hit - Worth it?
I'mjust not sure on Cahill, after coming back from the Asian Cup, doesn't look like he was before but others are good choices but why you getting rid of VP??
My prediction for "the big fight" tonight:
They combatants stand ready, separated only by 20 yards of turf; Wayne “Elbow Hammer” Rooney and Ashley “BB” Cole. The noise of the crowd envelopes the stadium, growing steadily to a crescendo. The warriors are unmoved, totally focused on their opponent. They’ve trained long and hard for this night, and finally it has arrived.
“What is that ting?” Cole asks his trainer.
“Is-a no worries,“ Anceloti replies “only one man waxes his balls on this pitch, and is-a not him!”
Cole nods, mollified that he is facing nothing more than an animal.
“Wayne kill?” Rooney asks his trainer.
“Yes, that’s right. Wayne kill.” Sir Alex replies.
The referee waves the trainers away and raises his whistle to his lips, the crowd falling silent in anticipation. A slight pause, before a single shrill blast echoes across the pitch, spurring the players into action.
Rooney grunts and begins to lumber forward. Cole immediately drops to one knee, scooping up his trusty .22 air rifle, know to all in the Chelsea dressing room as “The Impregnator”. As Rooney sprints forward he works the gun, sliding the well lubricated mechanism back with practised ease. He slips a pellet inside, his now oily fingers gliding along the shaft of the barrel.
Rooney is still accelerating as Cole triumphantly stands, but the distance is too great, and its almost too easy for the Londoner a he raises his weapon, stroking the trigger gently as he prepares to fire.
But what’s this? A bare honey standing in the crowd behind Rooney? Its only a moment’s distraction for Cole but its enough. Rooney bellows triumphantly as he surges forward, his body knocking the gun aside, his elbow pistoning forward to strike Cole just behind the right ear. Ashley crumples to the ground, the depressed fracture of his skull sending shards of bone deep into his brain.
Rooney stumbles to a halt, and raising his airs high into the air, roars in triumph. He turns to the crowd, but as he does so a lighted cigarette butt arcs across the stadium, hitting him square in the eye. He howls in pain, temporarily blinded as the silver arc of a sword blade flashes out. His head flies from his shoulders and blood fountains up, staining his shirt a darker red.
“There can be only one.” murmurs Joey Barton as he begins to quicken.
hahahahaha could have put it better myself. very well written 🙂
Too much reading
wow
One of the best posts I've read! Brilliant stuff, particularly the ending 🙂
Its the only logical conclusion 😉
I had to sign in to say I approve this message 🙂 3 Bonus points for this!
Great stuff B&B! Is should be made as the next Nike ad 🙂
My team at the moment is
Hart, Szczesny(bench)
Luiz, Baines, Coleman, Jiranek, Bardsley(Bench)
Meireles, Nani, Dempsey, Adam(Bench), Walcott(Bench)
Rooney, Berbatov, Tevez
Looking to play a 4-3-3 with possibly the following changes
Meireles > Cahill/Arteta
Berbatov > Zigic
Any thoughts guys????
I've got a similar team, and am not sure what to do with Meireles this week. Arteta's a guy I've got my eye on, but I'm definitely not sold on him. I might look at Nasri, but with Fabs, Walcott and RVP out I don't know what to expect from Arsenal.
I've also got Berbatov, who I want to get rid of, and Zigic is definitely a guy on my radar.
I'll be interested to see what people recommend to you - it might well give me some ideas!
Everton DGW and upcomming fixtures swaying me there way although had thought about Nasri.
Tonights cup game defo going to be interesting
Anyone think there is a hint that Tevez could be jaded come Saturday against Wigan if he plays full 90 - extra time even - against Villa in the cup tomorrow?
It's not a replay, so there won't be extra time.
Can anyone update me as to the injury status of any of these guys?!
Fabregas
Van Persie
Meireles
Van der Vaart
Barton
Rested for Sun plays against Barsa
Doubtfull for Barsa
Who knows plus fixtures awful,
Back from Duabi should play 60min
History for tight injuries for new players is like back next week but actually ... (Carroll)- we won't know before the deadline doubtful, but won't play.
Anyone considering Baines as captain for GW29?
So if RVP is out Fabregas becomes worth investment again. Typical.
Surely play at the weekend. Wenger said "1 or 2 games" which presumably meant the cup final and orient.
Certainly seems to me he will play to give the team a boost.
It would be a real kick in the teeth if he finally cut loose with a pen or few set pieces and obviously less competition for bps
It would be truly awful if he did do that. I've had him basically all season, when fit, other than the Chelsea game, and for him to score big again just after I've taken him out would be heartbreaking.
Can't see him getting back in my side for the rest of the season though. I'm planning on rotating Rooney/RVP/Tevez/Rooney for my three striker slots, with mid-priced midfielders like Arteta/Cahill/Nasri/Malouda/VDV/Nani and O'Hara + Adam.
Rooney/RVP/Tevez/Rooney and 3 striker slots? There's not much rotation going on there! I trust you meant Torres 😉
I think Nasri would be better value
I hate this GW!!!
Gameweeks come and gameweeks go.
What're you gonna do about it; that's what I'd like to know
Only Lamps penalty or Che win could make me happy. I am mad for my O'hara/ Barton decision, but that is luck what we can do. I also made mistake with my WC picking Berbatov and that forced me to bench Walcot and VDV when they scored points and not having Begovic this GW. All that risk for that silly Bulgarian. He has never scored for me this season and I had him more than 10weeks in my team.
The main problem is that I am loosing ground to this player. I don't like his team, cause is a good one. I was 30 pts upfront before this GW but know bleurgh... http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=186301&event=28 He also has cash to do RVP - Torres IMO
Any advice against him. I think with DVD and Cahill I have a chance but will see.
simpson lampard and martins ?
or
R johnson, cahill and zigic?
my team is currently
Robinson
Vidic, coleman, huth, walker
silva, young, nani, adam
tevez, saha
the 3 i would be changinf for the above would be murphy, mireles, rvp
The first one is risky to me but you gotta take risks in this game....
I would prefer the second option
Fellaini hat-trick to see everyone make a crazy transfer 😛
I would love it, love it, if that happened.
I can't see it though.
Tevez Captain?
Think a lot will go that way.
I think Lamps and Torres could be good shouts this week, as could Tevez and Nasri.
Nasri too. There isn't one double gameweek player I'd trust with the armband this week, sadly.
Maybe Arteta as you might get lucky and get an Everton pen. Baines could end up with 4 pts total from the 2 games.
Hard to think any of them have the potential to outscore Tevez, Torres or Nasri though.
CRICKET
28 off of 63 balls...I thought it was a 1 day game and not a test match!?
Using my Wildcard this week. Injury and uncertainty make this as good a time as any to use it. So, what should i do??? My teams is:
Coleman Djourou Rafeal Kolarov Kelly
Van Der Vaart A.Young Nani D.Silva Meireles
Sturridge Van Persie Odemwingie
What should I do?
Few comments:
Rafael seems to have dropped to the bench.
Kelly has a torn muscle.
Meireles is also injured, and his fixtures have just got very difficult.
Odem has difficult fixtures
DSilva looks like rotation risk again.
As your last chance for a major change without cost,a good long look at fixtures and ability to rotate your players.Also players who play every week rather than a cheap risky one.
Foster Szczesny
Coleman Luiz Kolorov Djourou Walker
Young Cahill Nasri Nani Bentley
Saha Tevez Torres
Wildcard Team?
Looks good,what cost? Too lazy to count.
At least they are looking like putting up a half decent total. I need my horde of Sri Lankan batsmen to actually have the chance to get some runs!
Perfect scenario would be these two batting for a while longer, then Murali taking some wickets at the death as they go for it a bit more.
Anyone else worried about Chelski scoring 6 against Blackpool and Lamps being involved in all of them mmmmmm
Brunt
Odem
RVP
Barton
Which two would you get out? I really want rid of brunt and odem, but being pegged back because of the bloody injuries to the other two!
Wait for few days for injury update if you are not bothered with price drop of 0.1
Malinga is going to clean up when he comes back on. Bleurgh.
Brunt for Fellaini/Arteta + 4pt hit?
Other ideas?
Cheers
Who would you get out first?
Rafael
Barton
Meireles
Berbatov
RVP
Good for BPs as well.
Isn't Roger Johnson injured after the Carling Cup final? Keep an eye on that one
I swear he said that he'd torn his calf in his interview immediately after the game.
yeah he said he felt his calf go, but there was no way he was coming off.
I can't find anything to confirm that.
I can confirm he said that after the game.
Chance RVP will be back for the West Brom match? If so I might keep him it will be tough against Sunderland anyway.
That's not what Beckford said.
Does anyone think Berba will play tonight?
How about Rafael?
Quick yes/no answers would be appreciated, just testing something!
CRICKET
102 off 31 overs *yawns*
No wickets for Murail so far *groans*
Malinga taking another wicket (as Jamsiep predicted) *shakes fist*
Zippadee aayy
This week is already a classic example of DGW Fever kicking in again.
Everton: away to Newcastle, which now seems more difficult than it did 2-3 weeks ago, and we all know how shaky Everton's defence has been, so not counting on defensive returns on that one, which leads to attacking points. Newcastle have certainly tightended up under Pardew, not a "he's been raped just then" in sight for his defenders, so I would predict a 1-1 affair, with maybe Everton sneaking the win at 1-2. Which means, Coleman/Baines/Saha/Cahill/Arteta/Beckford all have a shot at some points, fine.
Then, they are at home to Birmingham, not a bad shout for a cleanie here I would of thought, with limited returns in attack I would of thought, a 1-0 affair if I ever saw one, with Brums being tight at the back, and still buoyant (depending on how they go at the weekend against a wounded West Brom side).
So, in conclusion, I see returns for defenders, or players classed as defenders, enter Baines and Coleman. Where Cahill is an injury doubt, and Arteta has just returned an assist, I think peoole are coming down with a bad case of the DGW Fever, if Cahill wasn't injured, and Everton didn't have two fixtures, would you ever consider Arteta? No, so, if you are choosing him on fixtures alone, are the fixtures good enough to choose him over a Chelsea midfielder, a Villa midfielder? I just don't think so.
Cahill on the other hand may only play 1 of the DGW games, and if it is at home to Birmingham, I don't see that being high scoring, so I would prefer Young or Downing or Lampard if funds allow (and they should with Fabregas most likely out), all have good fixtures and Young and Downing in particular have form.
Saha and Beckford, Saha is just too much of a risk, and Beckford, not sure he will have those returns with Tim Cahill playing 90 minutes, but will he play 90? which leads me back to my original point, nothing is certain or guaranteed or worth the risk in my opinion, and Baines and Coleman are the way to go for Everton coverage this week.
Sound advice. Tevez or Torres (or Lamps) captain this gw then?
Torres if I had him, Tevez for me as I don't!
Dont understand the thought process here. Lets not buy Saha for 7 odd million, bearin in mind he scored 4 goals 2 weeks ago, but lets plumb for 11.8m worth of dogsh*t torres who is yet to score this year. Mehh!
You're missing the bigger picture though.
If Everton and Reading draw the replay is 8th March, so the Everton Birmingham game is OFF so no DGW and everyone goes harrumph.
yes, should of mentioned that, funnily enough though with the risers in the past few days, so many are already on board the Arteta/Cahill bus, which is utter madness
Good post JU and I agree with the predicted scores and the probability that Everton players will not produce huge returns if their potential dgw goes ahead. But for me the failsafe of bringing someone like Baines, Cahill, Arteta or Saha in now is the fixtures they have after the double - two home fixtures against FUL and AVL. Barring injury of course, you would be happy enough to hold onto your Everton player for those fixtures with reasonable expectations of a nice return. So in this case the dgw isn't a case of a one-week 'all or nothing' gamble.
Good post Johnny.
Everton did look more like their old self at weekend and Arteta in particular. Ashley Young is performing really well in his more advanced roll and Nasri at home to Sunderland also tempting.
Lampards would be straight in if I had the choice but need to make an additional change which i don't want to do although I reckon he could score really big against Blackpool....
Is tonight's score going to be added to February's leaderboard? I have a monthly bet with my friends and I am not sure if the month of February is already "closed"...because Che-Man Utd belongs to the gameweek that started in February...does my question make sense?
Yeah, it will count towards the February scores.
are you 100% sure Jamsiep?
Yes. The only thing that matters is when the gameweek started, and this one started in February.
Cool thanks
In case you wanted any more confirmation, this is 100% correct.
Lol I actually typed this out well before 11.25 but couldn't post it.
Obviously unnecessary by this point!
Will count.
I'm liking my Feb stats.
Too little too late though#
February: 286 (17,219)
A:
Foster
JohnsonR Coleman kolarov/djourou
Cahill nani vdv ayoung
Berb tevez saha
B.
Foster
Coleman JohnsonR kolarov/djourou
Nani nasri Cahill vdv ayoung
Berb tevez
A OR B ?? ~
test
Link not working Elf.
is it now
Ground breaking, I like it.
Do you like it or being sarcastic? I can never tell.
Its still at very basic level at the moment and its being updated all day every day.
Everything I saw is tinged with sarcasm - prob doesn't work well on a forum though.., in fact doesn't work great in real life but hey.
I like the concept and you have all the right topics and sections. I guess it could become a good place of reference to go to look at some of the better/more considered posts.
I like the pro-activeness of you doing something about it instead of whining about cricket or RMTs or whatever.
The thing is where do I log on first, here or there? and if here, why would i go there?
The ideal solution is maybe this site adopt your format, but Mark must have considered that and concluded this format, while not perfect, works best?
Everything I *say
Hi Back on the horse,
Can i just say thank you for having a look over the site.
The sarcasm within the site, is probably my personality shining through.
The comment about the concept of a reference point for good/longer post is the whole idea of the site, how many times do good posts, as such go to waste as they are lost on prev pages from a week ago.
I just want people to understand im not trying to discredit this site, as you can see i have numerous references to fantasy football scout on the site and i want it to be used as a supplement to this site for longer, bigger more in depth articles.
I want the site to link through to all other useful fantasy football sites so it can be like a first port of call, as all other sites can be accessed via the site.
I agree ffs does work best for most people, but also the forum format works for people too, i know it does for me.
Any one else have anything constructive for me, please bare in mind it is in the very early stage of development.
Thank you in advance
only read the Everything I *say comment after I posted, i thought you meant i was being sarcastic in my posts as its not the first time i have heard this.
Not to your team mate no.
Team is on the welcome page, I thought would be suffice as other peeps link to their site and have team within the site.
Also, my two cents for tonight, Chelsea win, 2-1, Torres and Drogba, with a Rooney goal at some point, just see it as perfectly set up for Chelsea to make their mark on the title race, they can't win in my view, but they can certainly hinder United from doing so, and from Chelsea's point of view, what could be better when they can't win outright?
Torres to score and be the most sought after player for the weekend!
He'll be the most sought after player even if he doesn't score....
he needs a goal I feel, once he has one, he has the support to get a load, if he doesn't do well tonight, I wouldn't touch him for the weekend, albeit that of course he can turn it on vs Blackpool
If Chelsea would rather Arsenal win the title than MU, then something is seriously wrong in football right now. Either that, or you have no idea what you're talking about.
Well they aren't going to throw a game against United so that Arsenal can win are they? United have been their main and some would say only competition for the title in the last decade, they will have further motivation to beat them tonight is all I am saying
torres in for odem or lampard in for brunt? Which should i do this week for my free transfer? Not convinced by any brum or evertom midfielders/forward for the dgw.
I'd presonally do torres for odem as it looks like he might have lost his place. Vela will start next game. At least with brunt you know he's guaranteed starter and can take him out next week after he'll be inevitably suspended for picking up his 10th booking
cheers man good point, want to ship the two of them but dont think its worth a hit,they'll both be gone in the nxt few wks anyway. Gyan coming in from gw33 onwards.
