Another Injury Scare For Van Persie?

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Darlow

O’Reilly
Senesi
van Hecke

Semenyo
Bruno Fernandes
Tavernier
Palmer

João Pedro
Calvert-Lewin
Haaland

Verbruggen
Struijk
Hill
Groß

GW33 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Haaland	MCI	14.4m	103.4%	Very Likely
Bowen	WHU	7.6m	84.7%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	86.3%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	82.8%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.7m	79.9%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	82.2%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	79.0%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	72.9%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	75.2%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	75.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	74.4%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	72.4%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	72.3%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	68.9%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	70.7%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.3m	63.5%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	68.0%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	67.6%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	66.6%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	62.1%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	61.1%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	61.0%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	57.9%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	58.9%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.4m	58.1%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	59.6%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	55.2%	Unlikely
Mavropanos	WHU	4.4m	51.6%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	49.6%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	49.1%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	50.4%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	48.9%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	48.4%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	49.1%	Unlikely
Scott	BOU	5.0m	44.5%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	48.8%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	47.3%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	45.7%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.5m	43.7%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	44.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	98.2%	Maybe
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	97.8%	Maybe
Merino	ARS	5.4m	96.3%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.3%	Maybe
Travers	EVE	4.3m	92.1%	Unlikely
Angel	WOL	4.7m	84.6%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	91.9%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	90.9%	Unlikely
Potts	WHU	4.4m	89.7%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	90.2%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	84.9%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	84.7%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	83.3%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	83.0%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	82.6%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.0m	77.7%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.4m	76.4%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	81.5%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	80.4%	Unlikely
Fabianski	WHU	4.5m	79.5%	Unlikely
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	79.2%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	77.4%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	76.6%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	73.0%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.2m	67.4%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	71.5%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	69.2%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	68.7%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	65.5%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	65.7%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	63.6%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	62.6%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	61.1%	Unlikely
Milambo	BRE	5.2m	58.9%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	57.6%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	59.8%	Unlikely
Merrick	CHE	4.0m	57.1%	Unlikely
N.Gonzalez	MCI	5.9m	57.7%	Unlikely
Chiesa	LIV	6.3m	56.7%	Unlikely
Ndoye	NFO	5.5m	55.4%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	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

Last updated: 10 Apr, 2026 9:57am

	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

Last updated: 7 Apr, 2026 3:02pm

	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, £

Last updated: 10 Apr, 2026 10:24am

	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

Last updated: 7 Apr, 2026 3:01pm

GW33 Chip Poll

[sbu_large_image] Injuries

29 March 2011 586 comments

Mark

Robin Van Persie has handed Fantasy Managers another potential injury scare after being substituted with a suspected knock for Holland in their Euro 2012 qualifier with Hungary.

The Arsenal striker was replaced by Ruud van Nistelrooy at half-time after appearing to suffer a problem late on in the first-half having given Holland the lead in their 5-3 win.

Details of the situation remain sketchy – some reports suggest that Van Persie may have suffered another blow to his knee, others state that the knock is an ankle problem. It’s entirely possible that Van Persie was simply withdrawn as a precaution. We can only await further news from the Dutch or Arsenal camps.

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SuperDorrans
15 years, 21 days ago
Going to try and not log into my team until Friday................

It isn't the nicest to look at the moment.
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1. RMT's Professor
  15 years, 21 days ago
  It's not too bad!
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  1. Fratboy
    15 years, 21 days ago
    lol you guys are gonna be bezzies now 🙂
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    1. SuperDorrans
      15 years, 21 days ago
      Honestly the first Baggie other than me I've ever seen on this site!
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      1. Fratboy
        15 years, 21 days ago
        🙂 good times
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      2. Jonah
        15 years, 21 days ago
        Haha. Sorry to sound cryptic, but don't get your hopes up.
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Sess!
15 years, 21 days ago
RVP news is an expected downer but finally broke my betting hoodoo after a bad run. Had a tenner on holland (-1), spain (-1), ghana (+1) and urguay (+1), brings back a tidy ton with the one and only gyan doing the business 🙂
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1. Fratboy
  15 years, 21 days ago
  congrats mate! I put a tenner on Gyan anytime and RVP anytime scorer, went mental when Gyan scored hahaha
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  1. RMT's Professor
    15 years, 21 days ago
    What odds did you get on Gyan?
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    1. Fratboy
      15 years, 21 days ago
      5/2, I think, haven't checked it yet if I'm honest, probably put Muntari anytime 😛
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      1. Fratboy
        15 years, 21 days ago
        yeah 5/2 with RVP at 13/10, only £26 but still happy 🙂
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        RMT's Professor
        15 years, 21 days ago
        Not bad, Gyan looks a cracking player!
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        SuperDorrans
        15 years, 21 days ago
        You think we'll stay up this season?!
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        RMT's Professor
        15 years, 21 days ago
        I'm a man of my stats and betfair makes it about 68% that we'll stay up.
        Personally, I think a lot hinges on whether we get prevent any key injuries to the creative midfielders. We need Brunt and Thomas to have strong ends to the season and I think we'll be safe. But it might be close.. What do you think?
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        SuperDorrans
        15 years, 21 days ago
        Yeah, Brunt has been totally off form since Christmas now and needs to pick up. Thomas is fine, I still think Dorrans has a huge part to play, and in the games I've seen him play under Hodgson the signs are good that he'll play him in his best position more advanced where he can express himself a lot more.
        
        We really need to make the most of our home games, a win on Saturday would go a long way for me as I don't see us getting much against Chelsea at home.
        
        Still going with Wolves, Wigan and Blackpool to be relegated!
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        PFOR
        15 years, 21 days ago
        Wolves? Nahh
        
        Although the Kevin Doyle injury could be crucial. I fancy them for at least a draw against Newcastle and afterwards the fixtures are excellent.
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        SackWenger
        15 years, 21 days ago
        Either the odds, the stake or the return is wrong. Unless you split your stake unevenly and did two singles.
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  2. Sess!
    15 years, 21 days ago
    Cheers mate, been a horrible run so glad finally got a bit of luck. Happy days to you too 🙂
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mullenlad
15 years, 21 days ago
Anyone considering Welbeck for gameweek 32?
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1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  15 years, 21 days ago
  Me.
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2. Sess!
  15 years, 21 days ago
  Already in the team. Fancy us to have a decent finish to the season
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3. Fratboy
  15 years, 21 days ago
  definitely
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4. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
  15 years, 21 days ago
  Yep yeppers
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5. PFOR
  15 years, 21 days ago
  Of course
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Fratboy
15 years, 21 days ago
Wish this was broadcast tonight!

http://footyroom.com/netherlands-5-3-hungary-2011-03/

Kuyt's lob at the end was a peach, presents a tempting knee jerk...

7 goals in his last 4 games is damn impressive....
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1. RMT's Professor
  15 years, 21 days ago
  What a beaut! He was pretty poor last season, compared to the previous year but has started to show the form of season 08-09 in the last few months. Not sure Liverpool's fixtures are tempting enough though.
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  1. Fratboy
    15 years, 21 days ago
    real shame, if I could afford a one week punt I would, but it wouldn't be a sensible choice.
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    1. RMT's Professor
      15 years, 21 days ago
      Yeah sometimes it makes me think whether the game would be better with 2 free transfers a week. It would probably make a bigger gap between the players who pay and attention and those that don't.
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2. Sess!
  15 years, 21 days ago
  Absolute lovely finish
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  1. HuttonDressedasLahm
    15 years, 21 days ago
    Lucky finish, it was a cross!!
    
    I like Schneider's 1-2 with the defender 😉 but a lovely finish too.
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    1. Fratboy
      15 years, 21 days ago
      still debating that too, I'm not sure, but I too enjoyed that lovely through ball from the defender haha
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    2. RMT's Professor
      15 years, 21 days ago
      Ah, I see what you mean thought I'm still unsure if he meant it or not
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Sess!
15 years, 21 days ago
Looks like Van Persie injury isn't serious.....thankfully!

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/900275/relief-for-arsenal-over-robin-van-persie-injury-with-netherlands?cc=5739
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1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
  15 years, 21 days ago
  i alreay have him, but i wouldnt have been too disappointed had he not made it to be honest- im pretty sure a couple of rivals had brough him already. could have worked out for me
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  1. Sess!
    15 years, 21 days ago
    True. Think every man and his dog will have him come saturday
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  2. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    15 years, 21 days ago
    Oh man alive i hope he's out
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RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
15 years, 21 days ago
attila, found somehting possibly useful
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1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
  15 years, 21 days ago
  http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Monetize-Your-Twitter-Account
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Fratboy
15 years, 21 days ago
RBJ, signed your petition, worthy cause.
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1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
  15 years, 21 days ago
  good man. facebook it would you? and ask yoru mates to on there
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Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
15 years, 21 days ago
Chamakh back in!!!!?!???
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njfsdkffslkf
15 years, 21 days ago
Apple RBJ - long thread .

I never said the reason he improved was solely down to psychological intervention. His main issue was lack of confidence , he also had percieved himself to be far slowly than he was , had extreme self doubt, lacked aggression etc etc.

Simple interventions can help these things and of course he improved as a player. I never said he was a 100%. It was the beginning of his intervention. The professor im talking about never said it either (that it was 100%) merely he was very weak mentally and when they fixed this he took off. And no Bowe actually got worse as he got older till 23,

I think you really are underestimating mental side of things. A whole body of work goes into it. Neil Jenkins the welsh kicker many would say he was a natural and never bothered with the mental side of things.
He talked at lenght since he was a kid he based his technique for goal kicking on trigger words based on self talk to help him settle calm, concentrate and focus. His entire career kicking on this. He says it himself.

Here is stuff on Bowe where he says some of it himself.
But obviously wont go into much details for obvious reasons

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article6917306.ece

Regarding the physiology paper analogy, a paper which never considers confounding factors would never be published in the first place. Its the basis to peer reviewed work. So that argument doesnt hold water on this issue and is frankly irrelevant. Im not talking about mere opinions im talking about years of evidence based research. Its just alot of the sport is way behind the research. In 50 years this will be different

RBJ - shrinks are quacks with regards to sport psychology. Its a very young field and shrinks are ppl who work in it. Im saying people who are top level are generally speaking mentally tough. Those who arent can be massively improved upon if are weak.
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1. njfsdkffslkf
  15 years, 21 days ago
  Shrinks arent ppl who work in it*
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  1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
    15 years, 21 days ago
    you know by shrinks i meant sports psychologists.
    
    maybe tommy bowe benefitted db, but the move and the new club were more important. I think the coach at the Ospreys ( who i atually dont rate- holley) would have helped him too, and assholes like jerry collins, and wingers like shane wiliams , who was nearly thirty when tommy joined.
    
    there's definitely merit in it DB, and it helps some more than others, and i believe the mental side plays a HUGE part in things. HOWEVER, that mental side comes from within...most of it anyway. As freud said (alot of his stuff is rubbish mind...) " the greeatest shrink is yourself " - or words to that effect.
    
    Im sure the guy had an impact on tommy , maybe helped him alot, but pout it lie this- had he not been there, i still think tommy's move to the ospreys would have got him to where he is today, along with the good irish management team that the irfu borught in and continues to bring in the past 5 years (eddie aside)
    
    turning off now mate, ill check back in the morning/afternoon just in case you and apple get back.
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    1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
      15 years, 21 days ago
      ps- i think the ospreys are shite by the way, well, not euro standard anyway... but still, he was somewhere with good players from around the world and wasnt surrounded by hardworking dross in ulster.
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      1. njfsdkffslkf
        15 years, 21 days ago
        I think the move, the new environment , the intervention all played apart.
        
        Hard to ascertain which was the main proportion. But mental side of things is more important than percieved .
        Ive moved away from that side of things now myself but i reckon in the coming decades it will become as accepted and common as taking water to re hydrate.
        
        Once more evidence comes its hard to dismiss (not that your dismissing but alot of the players and supporters as a whole do). On rugby Munster did a Massive amount of this in the last decade. Worked and were lectured by parts of there back room team and they went into great detail about it. Just not very well known in mainstream culture
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    2. hibster
      15 years, 21 days ago
      bit harsh on jerry collins - look at how he turned out for the second team down in cornwall when the coach jokingly asked him & toned hi sgame down to their level rather than just battering them all
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      1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
        15 years, 21 days ago
        fair enough hibbert
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bhargi
15 years, 21 days ago
RVP and Terry up 0.1. Bentley down 0.1
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1. Jack Frost
  15 years, 21 days ago
  thanks Bhargi, you saving up for Lampard. Lots of cash.
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  1. bhargi
    15 years, 21 days ago
    Yes, will get him for the double GW. But too confused at the moment, with so many possibilities. Don't want to let go either of Nasri, VDV or Young.
    What are you thinking ? Excellent rank mate.
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cullieh
15 years, 21 days ago
how does one know which player value went up? i went onto FF and price rise for this week. there was quioe a few. how do you know it was terry and rvp,and bentley down.thanks in advance!
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cullieh
15 years, 21 days ago
quiet*
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1. Horizontal
  15 years, 21 days ago
  http://totalfpl.com/
  
  click on "Updates"
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2. donners
  15 years, 21 days ago
  quite*
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cullieh
15 years, 21 days ago
oh cool.thankyou. 😉
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1. Horizontal
  15 years, 21 days ago
  My pleasure. Really.
  
  I wish the admins would add some new FAQs to the FAQs list here:
  
  http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/fantasy-football-faq-and-glossary/
  
  How do I track price rises and falls?
  
  Who is injured and for how long?
  
  When is the next podcast and how do I download/listen to it?
  
  Where do I find the upcoming fixtures?
  
  I reckon it would save a lot of people a lot of time.
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  1. Boom!!!
    15 years, 21 days ago
    How do I track price rises and falls?
    this question is only asked by people who are playing the game for the 1st time and the people who are here can answer this without any problem...
    Who is injured and for how long?
    u can see this by clicking on injuries and bans section with links...
    When is the next podcast and how do I download/listen to it?
    i'm sure they don't set the exact date or time when will they do the podcast...they will do it only when they will have some free time...
    
    Where do I find the upcoming fixtures?
    A.people on here can help and if u are playing this game u should know the upcoming fixtures and andy usually helps people whenever he is here with the change in the fixtures...
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Ini
15 years, 21 days ago
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/900275/relief-for-arsenal-over-robin-van-persie-injury-with-netherlands?cc=5901

Posted 2 hours ago. Hope it turns out to be true. van Marwijk says that RvP should be able to play this weekend.
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1. Ini
  15 years, 21 days ago
  ..as the tweets said. Fail
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2. zøphar
  15 years, 21 days ago
  that really means nothing until Arsenal get him back and have their own examinations.. With games against Liverpool and Tottenham coming up soon, RVP might not be risked in a "winnable" fixture
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Jinswick
15 years, 21 days ago
So is the general consensus that Berba will start on the pitch or the bench at the w/e?
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1. Seanigula
  15 years, 21 days ago
  not sure anyone can even guess...the tougher game is their CL match a few days later...only SAF knows how he's gonna rotate
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2. $hahriyar
  15 years, 21 days ago
  I'm pretty confident that berbs will start this week, no internationals plus chicarito had a bit of traveling to odo.
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Seanigula
15 years, 21 days ago
Dempsey played a full 90 minutes for the US tonight and made it through uninjured. US 0 Paraguay 1
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Anti-Ipswich
15 years, 21 days ago
I don't get why Tim Cahill is so high up on the Watchlist. He pulled out of the Australian squad due to a (groin?) injury. Still can't believe we beat Germany though, I've never been prouder to be Australian.
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1. TorresMagic™
  15 years, 21 days ago
  I would rather beat Germany when it counts than in a friendly vs a team missing Ozil etc. World Cup showed the gulf between the 2 teams.
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2. Mark
  15 years, 21 days ago
  Were pretty certain that Cahill missed the Germany game with his foot injury and that it had been agreed with Everton that he would sit out as a precaution.
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Denis Tueart on the wing
15 years, 21 days ago
Is TEVEZ definately crocked? On the City webside yesterday it was announced that they were hopeful that he would return for L/pool game on 11th!!
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1. Denis Tueart on the wing
  15 years, 21 days ago
  ANY NEWS ANYBODY ?
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  1. Valar(Keith)
    15 years, 21 days ago
    i thought tevez and yaya declared themselves fit a week ago.. check the tweets around then
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    1. Valar(Keith)
      15 years, 21 days ago
      http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1414728_yaya_toure_and_carlos_tevez_in_fitness_boost_for_manchester_city
      
      here you go
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    2. Denis Tueart on the wing
      15 years, 21 days ago
      I saw that but just looked at this
      http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/What-the-papers-say/2011/March/There-may-be-trouble-ahead . What do you think?
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      1. Bigo1
        15 years, 21 days ago
        Yeah, he was seen partying in Argentina this week end too. My guess is that he will not even come back to England this week; he did the same thing last year in March
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Mak_Gold
15 years, 21 days ago
Do you think it is necessary to have Fabs if someone already has Nasri and RVP(assuming he makes it)?
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1. Jinswick
  15 years, 21 days ago
  In a word, no.
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2. TorresMagic™
  15 years, 21 days ago
  I have all 3 atm but doubt I will after this week unless all play.
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3. Nomar
  15 years, 21 days ago
  Overkill, mate.
  
  Of those 3 I'd say Fabs and RVP are the only 2 you need.
  
  If van Persie is crocked then most of his points will go to Fabs. IMO, Walcott, when fit, is a better option if you want a 3rd Arsenal attacking player.
  
  Nasri seems to work best when Fabs and Van Persie are both out. Least, that's how it looks to me anyways.
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Random_Guy
15 years, 21 days ago
Socceroos 2-1 Germany away.
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The Artist
15 years, 21 days ago
just listened to the 606 podcast after the england-ghana game.

alan green is a disgrace. his disparaging comments about capello's post-match interview were completely unnecessary and unnecessarily harsh on capello who was perfectly coherent in his english responses.

is green being told by the english media barons to take any opportunity to knock capello?

as the man himself would say, green is absolute tosh.
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1. Scoredelario
  15 years, 21 days ago
  Agree. People say they don't understand capello, but personally I don't find his interviews hard to understand if I listen carefully. To be honest, I think a lot of people would find him easier to understand than someone British with a very strong regional accent who talks too fast.
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Scoredelario
15 years, 21 days ago
Fpl question (shock)

Does anyone think fpl would be more fun if the players were slightly more expensive (or the transfer budget a bit lower) it seems a bit too easy to have a team full of superstars, meaning loads of people have similar teams, and spotting a bargain is often pointless since you'd be left with money in the bank.

I'd prefer it if the initial budget was between 90 or maybe 95 mil (or if player prices were increased accordingly)

I think this would give an edge to serious players, which is surely a good thing since we'd mostly rather a game of skill than chance
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1. Christina.
  15 years, 21 days ago
  no
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2. Boom!!!
  15 years, 21 days ago
  no
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3. Nomar
  15 years, 21 days ago
  So the casual player who never changes his team never has to worry about price rises. But the one who does manage his team weekly then suffers because he has to take players out when injured, loss of form etc and then can't buy replacements cos his budget is too small?
  
  Yeah, sounds real fair to me.
  
  Look, I don't really think there's much wrong with FPL as it is.
  
  Fact is, some people will get lucky with their teams even though they don't spend a lot of time on it. Others will spend ages over their teams and still make poor choices and/or have rotten luck.
  
  Some people on here need to accept that spending loads of time on their team doesn't entitle you to have a good overall score.
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Here I am
15 years, 21 days ago
Do you think SAF will support Berbatov to win golden boots thus make him a starter?

Any comments?

Thanks.

P/s: I still have him for this GW & if does not start, to look for a new striker maybe Torres.
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SackWenger
15 years, 21 days ago
I think it's a shame that we can now, with reasonable accuracy, know when players prices are going to rise and fall. I too use those websites, but I remember a time when you didn't know when a transfer price would change, or at least hadn't heard of CTC etc, which could tempt you to transfer early and then find the player gets injured. Despite the possible negatives, the game was better then. We now have a little too much knowledge.

I also think they should cap the number of times a player can be transferred in during a particular gameweek, tempting people to have to sign them early or miss the boat. Those who get on the bandwagon early could profit more from taking the early risk. As it stands, you take a gamble and it might pay off, but then everyone buys that player the following week. My way could give you 4 or 5 weeks gain over league rivals, unless they transfer early.

Still a great game though and ramble over.
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1. Denis Tueart on the wing
  15 years, 21 days ago
  cack
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  1. SackWenger
    15 years, 21 days ago
    You obviously need all the help you can get.
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2. Marknlard
  15 years, 21 days ago
  I agree we shouldn't know the price changes, but limiting the number of transfers for a player is a pretty bad idea.
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keith
15 years, 21 days ago
Transferred out Nani for Lamps last week after his injury and reports he would be out for a while. Main rival has him Should I get him back in?
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1. Kings of Lyon ★
  15 years, 21 days ago
  If your chasing then no i wouldnt i can see Valencia taking alot of Nanis points. But if your holding the lead I think it may be wise to have him as a 'blocker' I toyed with the idea of getting rid but all my rivals have him and im defending leads so no harm in keeping.
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  1. keith
    15 years, 21 days ago
    Good point I had a 100 pt lead until a last week when the guy behind me brought in Luiz and Adam now down to 50 pts only and feeling nervous!
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    1. Kings of Lyon ★
      15 years, 21 days ago
      Unfortunately your mate had a cracking week last week. and hes got Kol and tev this week, who i think will do well but after that citys fixtures are naff... I think your in a strong postition and wouldnt really want to remove anyone from your midfield. It your call on Nani, your ahead of him for a reason 😉
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      1. Bigo1
        15 years, 21 days ago
        Dont think Tevez will play mate
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Goose
15 years, 21 days ago
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Kings of Lyon ★
15 years, 21 days ago
Tosey (if your here ) - I blame you for RVPs injury 🙂 Yup .... you
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1. tosey
  15 years, 21 days ago
  haha well there was always a chance itd happen, jus shame it isnt more conclusive either way
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  1. Kings of Lyon ★
    15 years, 21 days ago
    Yeah true, but you asked for it a few times so its your fault 🙂 Yeah wish it was more conclusive and Wenger always keeps his cards close to his chest. Would be good if we knew what Cesc was doing with RVP bit of inside info 😉
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    1. tosey
      15 years, 21 days ago
      well a lad ive got a pound a point bet with (and am 239pts clear of) has taken a 4pt hit already so im guessing that involves rvp in so an injury makes me another £4 - every little helps!
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BoobyZ
15 years, 21 days ago
Please god please let RVP be crocked and I shall be redeemed 🙁
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tosey
15 years, 21 days ago
so looks like its a waiting game with van persie then

if hes out ill be going

nani/bent to gyan/fabs
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1. keith
  15 years, 21 days ago
  It was only a knock to his thigh he should be fine, but then it is Glasslegs...
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  1. tosey
    15 years, 21 days ago
    just wonder whether wenger will see it as a risk chucking him back into a game that they should have enough to win without him
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    1. Fratboy
      15 years, 21 days ago
      and lets not forget Blackburn are quite a physical side, so if there is any doubt he'll more than likely be rested as caution.
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    2. keith
      15 years, 21 days ago
      Agree but this is all that is left for them and he has Arshavin returning from Russia Nasri has played 180 mins in 3 days and Fabs and Walcott not fully match fit. I think he will play him if he can.
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Fratboy
15 years, 21 days ago
From someone's post earlier:

"Mancini is hopeful that captain Carlos Tévez will have recovered from a groin injury in time for the Liverpool game on April 11"

No Sunderland game? Doesn't sound likely does it?
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1. Marknlard
  15 years, 21 days ago
  This changes everything- I'm going to cross my fingers that Tevez is fit and RvP is injured, but if Tevez doesn't make it I'll have to cross my fingers that RvP is ok, as I'll do the old switcheroony.
  
  If it's the latter, then I've wasted some finger crossing. I bet we don't know either for sure before the deadline either.
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  1. tosey
    15 years, 21 days ago
    yeh this rvp injury has thrown things up in the air for me a bit too
    
    glad ive got 2 freebies this week but looking like ill have to bring in someone like gyan who id rather have for next week
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    1. Connor's Calling
      15 years, 21 days ago
      you thinking Gyan as well tosey?
      thought he looked excellent last night. despite his missed chances. He just seems a handful for defenders whenever the ball is played into him.
      (If RvP is fit, then currently juggling with:
      A. Dawson/Luiz/Carr/Rooney/Welbeck
      or
      B. Terry/Luiz/R.Johnson/Gyan/Carroll
      leaning towards B i think
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      1. tosey
        15 years, 21 days ago
        if rvp is fit i wont be touching gyan at all
        
        if rvp isnt fit ill go for gyan and fabs
        
        guna have a good look today at a little transfer plan if rvp is out this weekend then after wengers press conference go with one of them
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        Connor's Calling
        15 years, 21 days ago
        you've had Gyan before from memory havent you? Did he sting you that badly!? (he got injured i remember rightly?). Spose torres/bent have good fixtures - so no room for Gyan.
        any view on A or B above? (on WC this week)
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        tosey
        15 years, 21 days ago
        can u do A but with gyan/carroll instead of rooney welbeck?
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        Connor's Calling
        15 years, 21 days ago
        i can do yeah...but do you like doubling up on Chels defence for next 3 weeks? (i see doubling up on brum/stoke has worked well for you?)
        I can then get daws for his double if i want
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        tosey
        15 years, 21 days ago
        i wouldnt spend that much on one teams defence, brum n stoke r cheap, chelseas arent
        
        dont think id ever want 2 defenders that id paid more than 5.5m for but thats just personal preference
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