| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up |  Donnarumma | MCI | C |
| Up |  Verbruggen | BHA | C, Vs |
| Down |  Raya Martin | ARS | A |
| Up |  Darlow | LEE | B, Vs, £ |
| Up |  Petrovic | BOU | B |
| Up |  Henderson | CRY | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up |  O’Reilly | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | A |
| Up |  van Hecke | BHA | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Hill | BOU | B, £ |
| Up |  Struijk | LEE | B, Vs, £ |
| Up |  Lacroix | CRY | A |
| Down |  van Dijk | LIV | C |
| Down |  Thiaw | NEW | C, Rest |
| No Change |  Kayode | BRE | B |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| Up |  Semenyo | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Palmer | CHE | C |
| Up |  Tavernier | BOU | C, £ |
| Up |  Ismaila Sarr | CRY | A |
| No Change |  Gordon | NEW | A, OoP |
| No Change |  Rice | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Down |  Szoboszlai | LIV | B |
| Down |  Wilson | FUL | A |
| Up |  Hinshelwood | BHA | B, Vs, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | C |
| Up |  João Pedro | CHE | A |
| Up |  Welbeck | BHA | A, Vs |
| Up |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | B |
| Down |  Thiago | BRE | B |
Mark A senseless dismissal for Robin Van Persie. A seething response from Arsene Wenger. A public apology from Cesc Fabregas. Beyond all the noise, it’s difficult to deny the quality of Lionel Messi and Barcelona, as Arsenal were again beaten in the Nou Camp to end another Champions League campaign.
“Great support from the arsenal fans. I take full blame for the result tonight. One of the worst moments of my life. I apologise.”
I'm thinking of bring in Welbeck for Saha which allows me to remove Walcott for Lampard. To do this I'll have to take a 4 point hit because otherwise my money won't stretch.
Team's linked above.
tasty shot from Welbeck at the weekend and he hit great form before the injury. Re 4 pt hit, it depends whether you think lamps will score 4 more than the alternative who would have to play.
I'm more concerned over his price rise which will occur, these two transfers leave me with 0 in the bank.
My other option is to take Nani out (loosing 1 mil) but have Carroll upfront. Quite a bit riskier but it does have potential.
I'm 159 points behind the leader. How do I close the gap?
take a few chances, pick different players from him or her and hope for the best. you coulds also get their log in details and make 100 transferes, but thet wuould be cheating
I like Herman; balls-out diffentials.
you've got to be in it to win it, eh.
Shoot for the moon and all that.
i made up 100 pts in 4 or 5 weeks but the person i'm platying against is a bit of a tube at the game. he knew he was losing it so he cut me a deal when i was 50 behind. Said we would split the winnings. its winner takes all. wish i didn't now! I'm 10 behind him
The leader has a fair lead over 2nd. I wonder if he can hold out for the season. Prob not- still a fair way to go yet.
Pray
WICKET ALERT
piyush chawla gets a wicket caught by hbj singh
Jamsiep will be happy 😉
CRICKET
Casual.
My once-good, now filed-with-holes team:
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=1955252
The guy I'm 86 points behind and trying to chase:
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=41337
Am willing to take a few 4pt hits over the next few weeks to make some quick changes and get chasing. Could do with some differentials as we have very similar teams.
What would you do?
Wait nine days before making any decisions.
Except that one..
I agree. Lampard is on one of those runs. He will be a juggernaught of points. Depending on injuries I'm contemplating a 4pt hit to get him in .
I'll probably ditch Nani and another mid for Lamps/OHara.
You have an easier choice than me. I'd ditch Nasri and Berbs for Lamps and cheap striker if I was you.
Are you getting him in for or after the City game?
not sure yet. May do a gradual transfer cheap with him coming in the following week.
But as he is captain material that week a bold 4pt move to get him in may not be a bad thing. I see Chelsea performing well against a defensively minded city side, with Lampard likely to settle things in the absence of Torres and Drogba's goals.
The smart people this week already got him in....I'm keen to be at least half as smart as them and get him in soon.
For reference, some players I'm eyeing:
DEF: Cahill, Hangeland/Hughes, Luiz, Baines (he has Coleman).
MID: Lampard, O'Hara/Jarvis, Silva.
FOR: Rooney, Suarez, Carroll, Sturridge.
Not in reference to your email, but Im eyeing
def:Luiz
mid:lamps/adam(I sold him)
Fwd: defoe/welbeck/zamora
Realised i still have a wild card left. An doing decently and dont see the need of too many changes but should i still use it? Is there a better time?
I might use mine this week if RVP is back - team is a bit of a shambles but i wanted to save it for GW 33 which is just after i go travelling, so i could set it up for that.
The way RvP was hobbling last night I see him out for a week or two. Rushed back imo.
If you're happy with how you're doing then don't use it. There could always come one of those weeks where a few of your player get injured/suspended and then you'll be in much greater need for it.
Keep him defo, won't miss that much pl.
Depends if he play bolton game. If not I might be doing Nani-->Lamps.
I would get rid IMO.
That injury would atleast keep him out for the next premiership game. Also i think, with valencia back, and also park coming back. Nani may get reduced pitch time when he does return, regardless of the fact that he's our most potent attacking force.
In summary Valencia should be back to full match fitness by the time nani returns, and this could see nani move to the left, where he would be less effective.
Besides it's the time of the season to take a few risks now. live a little
hmm good arguement, but i would have to disagree
like you said nani is uniteds most potent attacking threat, and they arent cruising many games these days, they need him back when they can get him
i see nani surviving most games too
his competition for places are
a guy coming back from long term injury, have to be slowly settled in and
an old man, giggsy cant play every game and is more likely an impact sub when all 4 are fully fit
as for park, he is used in the opposite tactic to nani, so they should share a lot of game time, one hard working on 1 wing the other attack minded on the wing 2.
so the way i see it nani will play most games with the others sharing
obviously nani will be rested the odd game, but in the run in, very few IMO
It's easy to say the result wouldn't have been any different last night if RVP wasn't sent off.
Ultimately if Arsenal scored one more, or conceded one less they would have gone through (or to extra time). I would fancy their chances of doing either of those much more with 11 men and RVP on the pitch.
You can say based on what you saw last night that it never looked likely but you're basing that on the second half that you saw - without RVP.
I'm not saying i think Arsenal would have gone through - the likelihood is that they wouldn't. But it's impossible to say with any confidence because you can't comment on the game you didn't watch based on the game you did watch. Of course we saw 56 minutes of Arsenal create nothing, but it would have only taken one goal - Arsenal were basically robbed of the possibility with the sending off.
dont forget the disallowed 'offside' messi goal in the first leg.
It's not relevant to the point i made though is it?
Barcelona were by far the better team over the two games - no question that they deserved to go through imo.
I just don't agree with the logic of saying the sending off didn't make a difference
"Arsenal were basically robbed of the possibility... "
that possibility wouldnt even exist if the messi goal wasnt wrongly disallowed.
Tenuous at best. You've obviously missed the point i was making because similarly if that Messi goal had stood then a different game would have played out - one we didn't see so can't comment on.
But while we're there don't forget the penalty that Barca should have had for the Diaby foul last night.
Massive difference anyway imo, that is an innocent mistake, thought he was offside when he wasnt. The sending off he weighed up what he did and dished out a punishment based on that - it's much more calculated, but they were all poor decisions.
the sending off was a very poor decision obviously, but it wouldnt have been such an issue if rvp just got a yellow for it (i.e. if he wasnt already on a yellow). and guess why he already was on a yellow? all his fault.
I don't even care if them Chelsea rent-boys win the CL as long as 1 English team smashes Barca to bits.
so that he could go for 10 runs in an over and ruin his economy rate during this dangerous powerplay.
no thanks
CRICKET
I just I had been clever thinking up a website called WICKET LEAKS. com but someone got there first.
damn this overpopulated planet. 6 billion is just ridiculous
If Chawla plays one more match for India, i am changing my nationality
Il throw it out there,
how would you reform social welfare to incentivize work?
(i kno there are some eco heads out there 😉 )
Reduce welfare payments by 90% overnight. Within a couple of months it'll all sort itself out.
hmm i like it J99, but they might kick me out of the job interview
You wish it would pal. In Africa they have NO welfare payments, and they havent been sorted for..well, ever.
Work incentive is cultural. The best examples are USA, Hong Kong/Singapore and 'new' china.
All come about from the same conditions. Freedom, which implies individuality and leads to self-esteem which leads to ambition and work ethic.
We had it in this country once to but socialism gripped us 100 years ago and has been choking us ever since.
Oh dear...
Some really clever people use this forum... unfortunately none of them are online right now.
Any news on Ziggy Smalls?
It's still hairy.
I would really love another wildcard right about now to get a great team with Lampard in.
Surely you can do that without a WC? Or is that the reason your team is not linked...?
I can do it without a WC. But with the other players i want to get in, Van Persie, Carroll, Luiz etc.. it will stretch over a couple of weeks.
Who do you have at the moment? Who do you want to get in?
Currently
Foster Begovic
Baines Kolarov Coleman Kelly Walker
Silva Arteta Nani Adam Young
Rooney Tevez Zigic
To
Foster Begovic
LUIZ Kolarov DJOUROU Kelly Walker
LAMPS VDV Nani Adam YAYA
Rooney VAN PERSIE CARROLL
why not do tevez, silva to rvp, vdv this week. baines, arteta to luiz, lamps in gw32. Wait until gw34 for carroll, he's not even starting yet and fixtures suck till then.
nani > vdv. who's joining me?
4 anyway, maybe 8
after back to back 12 pointers I may as well go all out with a 56 pointer, can't get much worse 😛
zaheer khan never disappoints
good to know that Im not last in Forward Thinking.
sooo close
Who was first you or demi? Your multiple gravatars are malfunctioning my simple mind.
Does he play for Bolton ?
I was thinking of getting Bale in for Etherington, but with Bale's fitness still a doubt am considering O'Hara. Would also free up some cash for some planned future moves. Wolves fixtures also look quite good. Does this seem a good move?
Sure3, Wolves players are a good investment imo, I fancy them to put a strong finish to the season and stay up. I like the look of O'Hara, Milijas and Elokobi, in that order.
people seem to be proposing silly transfers! i.e.
VDV: we dont know if he is fit!
Torres: possibly the most out of form player!
Luis (possibly): Chelsea cant keep clean sheets and he looks good for a few cards.
Carroll: NO guarantee of starting
Get a grip people
in my opinion obv
vdv: obviously we'll know after milan game
torres: agreed
luiz: chelsea can keep clean sheets, have great fixtures and he seems to have goals/assists/bps in him and is cup tied for europe
carroll: agreed, looks good from gw34 if starting though
So it's the much hyped second game of Everton and Birmingham's DGW. Birmingham had a disappointing result for their first game.
I have a possible 5 players playing tonight. Jealousy will get you nowhere.
You've gone bigtime on the defences. wonder what score you are looking for. I have 4 including my captain. Coleman probably wont start though.
I think you have over-estimated the amount of thought that goes into my team. I hadn't even considered that they play each other.
0-0 would work, unless Saha decides he wants another 5 goals, which would also be fine.
I imagine it will be 1-1 with none of my players scoring or assisting.
1-0 Everton please, Baines goal.
4 for me.
Foster, Johnson def
Coleman, Zigic maybe
5 for me too - foster, baines, coleman, bentley, saha.
Bit of cover for attack and defence from both teams, four 2's and a 1 here we come then.
Any need to get Lamps in this week? Can it wait till GW32?
he is in form so no reason why he cant perform against city
Is spurs game not televised tonight?
bale or ohara? or any midifleds 7.2 or less i have nani lamps adam and young
Bale doubtfull for CL.
O Hara 4 the season IMO
Whose bringing VDV back then? Or are you sick of the doubt and injuries?
i probably am. it was either fabs or vdv so now rvp is back and fabs is doubtful again it has to be vdv.
If he gets through the next 7 days unscathed then I'm thinking of getting VdV back. And Adam, too.
A lot depends on the Man Utd Arsenal cup game this weekend though. If there's no Arsenal or Man Utd games in gw30 then most people's transfer plans will change. Otherwise, Rooney and Van Persie will be high on peoples' radar this gw.
That's why its weird that Rooney is going up in price tonight, loads of people transferring him in today.
What do we reckon my priority is? Getting rid of injuries (Adam, Barton, Nani) or getting rid of Odemwingie and other dead weight?
I really wanted to do Nani to O'hara and Odem to RVP, but I'm .3m short.
Will Adam not be back for the next GW?
That said it is always leaving injured players on your bench and making other changes in case someone else is injured or rotated
Its a parody:
Manager Arsene Wenger watched his team’s most glamorous route to disappointment pulled from their grasp during their 3-1 defeat at the Camp Nou, ensuring fans will have to rely on domestic failure for the rest of the season.
“Losing in the Champions League final is the dream of every Arsenal fan,” said Wenger after the game.
“But now we will have to focus on our mission to lose every domestic competition in order to make up for tonight’s slightly premature disappointment.”
“I am sure our fans are distraught, but myself and the players will be working hard until the end of the season to bring them the thrill of falling at the final hurdle yet again.”
“Hopefully we can take the league challenge all the way to the final game before we capitulate, and there’s still the FA Cup to lose.”
Good afternoon gents, hope you're all well 🙂
Right, even though i'm 200+ ahead of my rival who absolutely hammered me this GW (23-71 to be precise) I have 3 to play tonight to his none in the hope that Coleman and Zigic play a decent part. Hoping for a 0-0 to be honest, fetch me some dignity in my score this GW 😉
GW30: free transfer Berbatov > Rooney
How's this look gents?
Foster
Djourou Coleman Vidic Huth
A.Young Meireles Arteta
Rooney Zigic Tevez
Gordon Barton Kolarov Nani
WTF i just noticed clark got his 10th yellow. FFS now he wont play home to wolves. get outta my team ya muppet
If India win this without too many fireworks from the batsmen surely Zaheer Khan bags the MOTM award?
any score above 50 gives the motm to the batsman. cricket is largely biased towards batsmen, unfortunately.
Downing or VDV will be my captain next GW.
