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Follow the Leader- Gameweek Thirty-Six

13 May 2011 1054 comments
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The race to be crowned champion of the Fantasy Football Scout league has really stepped up this week; we now have four of the overall Fantasy Premier League (FPL) top ten, with the world number 9 and 10 joining up at the end of gameweek 36. Chris McGurn, meanwhile, has increased his lead to four points at the top of the FPL rankings as, with only two gameweeks remaining, he looks to emulate Jon Reeson and become both the FFScout and world’s number one:

Chris McGurn

Morons FC

Fantasy Football Scout Ranking #1 Overall FPL Ranking #1

Last Week’s Score 56 pts
Frank Lampard made way for Rafael Van der Vaart in the only change, with the Dutchman joined by Yaya Toure and David Silva as Chris’ double gameweek contingent. While Van der Vaart returned just 8 FPL points with the captain’s armband, the City pair made amends, bringing home a 19 pt haul. Ashley Young picked up 9 pts for his home performance against Wigan and Robin Van Persie managed 6 pts with yet another goal. Charlie Adam and Ben Foster helped matters along, with 5 pts each.

Gameweek 37 Preview
John Terry and David Luiz face Newcastle at home, with perhaps some concern over the latter’s game time, following a dodgy performance and possibly injury at Old Trafford last weekend. Wayne Rooney goes to Blackburn looking to fire Man United to the league title, Van der Vaart faces a difficult trip to Liverpool, Leighton Baines is off to West Brom, Van Persie and Young square up at the Emirates, while Silva and Toure host Stoke next midweek, with Man City looking to steal third place from under Arsenal’s noses.

Kevin Havelock

Beyond Havoc

Fantasy Football Scout Ranking #2 Overall FPL Ranking #4

Last Week’s Score 52 pts
Kevin’s one change was Charlie Adam out for Yaya Toure, which gave him an incredible six double gameweek players. While Toure, Jolean Lescott and Aleksander Kolarov picked up 19 pts between them, the Spurs trio of Van der Vaart (captain), Gareth Bale and Michael Dawson harvested 14. Dirk Kuyt continued his great run of form, picking up 8 pts, while Van Persie chipped in with 6.

Gameweek 36 Preview
There’s some thinking to over potential transfers: Gareth Bale is out, Andy Carroll’s fitness is uncertain and David Luiz may not start for Chelsea. For those likely to see game time, Ashley Cole and Florent Malouda host Newcastle, Van Persie is at home to Aston Villa, Kuyt goes head to head with Van der Vaart at Anfield and the Man City trio take on Stoke at Eastlands.

Yasir Naim

Bearded Ladies

Fantasy Football Ranking #3, Overall FPL Ranking #9

Last Week’s Score 51pts
Our first new entry in the Top 5, Yasir made two transfers for a four point hit in gameweek 36, as Nani and Clint Dempsey went out for Luka Modric and David Silva respectively. Another of our managers to captain Van der Vaart for a paltry 8pts, he did see Modric grab 9pts, while the City double gameweek players -Silva and Kolarov- returned 9 between them. Ashley Young popped up with 9 and Van Persie 6, while Peter Odemwingie’s fifth goal on the trot brought home 6 pts.

Gameweek 37 Preview
All thee forwards are at home: Didier Drogba lines up at home against Newcastle, Van Persie faces Ashley Young’s Villa and Odemwingie takes on Everton. Van der Vaart and Modric have a difficult game at Anfield, while Charlie Adam could come into play, with a home game against Bolton. Silva and Kolarov top the week off, with the Eastlands game against Stoke.

Richard Zajdlic

Yott

Fantasy Football Ranking #4, Overall FPL Ranking #10

Last Week’s Score pts
Richard is our second and final new entry in the Top 5. He’ll be glad to see the back of gameweek 36 after a lowly score of 43, after opting for just two double gameweek players. Captain Van der Vaart and David Silva both picked up 8pts, Van Persie’s goal at Stoke brought home 6pts, Ben Foster grabbed 5pts for a brilliant display at Newcastle and Charles N’Zogbia picked up 9pts at Aston Villa.

Gameweek 37 Preview
There’s some interesting midfield choices available here, with N’Zogbia, Jamie O’Hara and Charlie Adam all available for selection. With their teams battling relegation, the trio all have huge weekends ahead. Up front, Van Persie and Drogba have plum home ties with Villa and Newcastle respectively, while Rooney goes to Ewood Park looking for the title. Van der Vaart goes to Liverpool while Silva hosts Stoke.

Patrick Tyrrell

Scalachis Allstars

Fantasy Football Scout Ranking #5, Overall FPL Ranking #12

Last Week’s Score 55 Pts
Just the two double gameweek players for Patrick last week, with Yaya Toure and captain Van der Vaart mustering 19 pts between them. Van Persie and Odemwingie kept up their brillian goalscoring runs to bring home 6 pts apiece, while Joey Barton and Frank Lampard picked up 8 and 7 pts respectively.

Gameweek 37 Preview
Lampard looks a strong captain choice at home to Barton’s Newcastle, while Charlie Adam faces Bolton desperately needing three league points. Leighton Baines travels to Odemwingie’s West Brom, Van Persie hosts Villa, Van der Vaart is at Liverpool while Toure squares up to Stoke at home. Will Patrick keep faith in Kevin Davies or will this be the week he moves the misfiring Bolton man on?

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  1. bmb100
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Just checking out N'Zogbia's stats. Almost all his big hauls are away from home, so may not do as well tommorow as expected especially if not fully fit.

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    1. Scoredelario
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      People are getting a bit over excited about him I think. But I don't want to argue the case too much in case I'm wrong. Not signing him, but that's partly because I have 6.9 mil in the bank!

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  2. applebonkers
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    • 16 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    bothroyd anytime scorer looks decent odds imo, 21/10 on paddy, probably better elsewhere

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    1. Science Boy
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Who takes pens for Cardiff and Reading?

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      1. jamsiep
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Harte takes them for Reading, not sure about Cardiff though.

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      2. applebonkers
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        • 16 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        bothroyd http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/9439039.stm
        whittingham http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/9399340.stm
        and ian harte

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        1. applebonkers
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          • 16 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          and long has taken them too

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          1. jamsiep
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            Long missed one in that game against Notts Forest though, and Harte has taken them all since.

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            1. jamsiep
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 10 months ago

              Might have a little flutter on Harte first scorer @ 11/1.

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              1. applebonkers
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                • 16 Years
                14 years, 10 months ago

                anytime imo. the odds will still be decent and less risk

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      3. Science Boy
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        14 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks lads

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  3. Button Phobic
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    14 years, 10 months ago

    Bent > Suarez
    or
    Arshavin > Kuyt

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    1. Button Phobic
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Current team
      Hart
      Luis Baines Huth
      VDV Nani Silva Young Arshavin
      Bent RVP

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  4. jguti14
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    vdv or yaya on the bench?

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    1. Park the bus
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Yaya... VDV will definitely play and takes all set pieces.

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  5. RMT's Professor
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    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Hi guys, numbers have just been updated at http://www.ratemyteam.co.uk taking into account all of today's team news.

    Check out who we think is the best captain pick this week also: http://ratemyteam.co.uk/bestofweek.php

    Hopefully, some of you will have found the site useful in the last 6 weeks or so. As the season is coming to an end very soon, if you have any ideas for how you think the site could be improved for next season, just let us know. Email is admin "at" ratemyteam.co.uk. Cheers.

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    1. Scoredelario
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Thanks mate.

      I'm thinking the website needs a bit more info about where the numbers come from, or at least if, over time, they've been shown to he quite accurate predictions.

      Right now when we look at it, the first thing we wonder is "can we trust these numbers?", and there's nothing to reassure us that we can, except our own instinct.

      That said, I'm sure a lot of effort's gone into he site and it's fun to use as a bit of fun, but I'm not ready to use it to make transfer decisions!

      Another idea would be a tool to judge if a transfer hit is worth it, and over how many games you'd expect tube points back.

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      1. Scoredelario
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        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        *the points

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      2. RMT's Professor
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        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks for the feedback scored. I definitely want to make it easier to see how the transfers improve your team, so we'll be trying to add that this summer. We'll also look into how we explain things on the site. At the moment we just have the about page: http://ratemyteam.co.uk/about.php
        and we'll try and make that more useful.
        Cheers 🙂

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        1. Scoredelario
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          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          Okey doke thanks! Personally I've got pretty simplistic methods of putting numbers to players' values and teams' fixture difficulties (both attacking and defensive) but I'm interested to know how you combine these contrasting bits of data into 1 value and predict a score from it (along with injuries, rotation etc)

          it seems that a tiny change to just one variable in your chosen formulae will often have a huge affect on the projections. So it's intriguing to know how you balance it.

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    2. FPL Daniel
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      14 years, 10 months ago

      Cheers,

      2.88 Ward. How did u get that number? I actually fancy him for even more.

      And Luiz 3.3?

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      1. RMT's Professor
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        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah, he might need boosting. Was going to look at that a bit further. I have him at about 75% to start so, if you think he's more likely to play then boost him for the moment. His expected goals might need boosting too, so watch 2.88, as it might go up.

        Luiz 3.3, I make him about 67% to start because Alex could come in. So, he's about 22% to not play at all, so he's actually around 3.3/0.78=4.2 expected points given he takes part.

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        1. Scoredelario
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          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          So the problem with assigning a percentage to a player starting is that if we assume he either plays 0 or 90 mins and we have a fit sub, we don't always want to know the 0.67 value, but sometimes the 1.0 value for him supposing he plays.

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          1. RMT's Professor
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            • 15 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            Yeah exactly. Working out how to present that information has been quite hard to work out because I personally think it would over-complicate the site, when usually expected points is good enough. However, I am planning on adding the ability to check expected points GIVEN that they take part next season but need to work out how best to present that information.

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            1. Scoredelario
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              • 15 Years
              14 years, 10 months ago

              Ok thanks for answers, good luck with what looks like a very challenging task!

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    3. jimski
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      14 years, 10 months ago

      Hi there - I do look at the site. Just wondering how much you take into account rotation, etc.?

      Also, looking at your own team, what are you personally doing about the Silva/Yaya problem this week?

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      1. Scoredelario
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        They have rooney down as the 4th highest scorer for the last 2 games which suggests either rotation hasn't been fully factored in, or they know something we don't about ferguson's selection for gw38

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      2. RMT's Professor
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        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        We do take rotation into account, so for example in the last Utd game, it was quite predictable that he would play his strongest possible team against Chelsea. One of the reasons Rooney is high is because Ferguson has come out and said he'll play a strong team against Blackburn. Also, Blackpool is a very good fixture on the last day and I think Rooney's likely to play just to keep him fresh because the Champions league final is 2 weeks from the Blackburn game.

        With Silva, we have him at about 88% to start- could be too high. I'm definitely keeping him this week and Yaya.

        Hope that helps! 🙂

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        1. Scoredelario
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          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          Im reassured by your confidence in silva and luiz starting!

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      3. RMT's Professor
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        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Though, in general correctly analysing rotation risks does make it more difficult at this stage of the season.

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  6. Roger Milla
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    14 years, 10 months ago

    Play DJ Campbell or A. Young for this GW?

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    1. RMT's Professor
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Toughie, Young's a very good player to put on the bench but DJ's got the much better fixture. I think you should bench Young.

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      1. Jack Frost
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Zidane...... a useful, improving site, more information is always better. Ironically, I like it for confirming the weakest players. good luck to you all.

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        1. RMT's Professor
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          14 years, 10 months ago

          Cheers Jack!

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  7. jimski
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    14 years, 10 months ago

    Who would you bench from:
    Silva VDV Adam O'Hara N'Zog
    RVP Bent Odem

    ???

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  8. Button Phobic
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Current team
    Hart
    Luis Baines Huth
    VDV Nani Silva Young Arshavin
    Bent RVP

    Bent > Suarez
    or
    Arshavin > Kuyt

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  9. Mak_Gold
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Silva->Kuyt,VdV->N'Zog for a 4 pt. hit and start Luiz hoping he will play?Or Silva->N'Zog/Maxi,Luiz->Baines and start an out of form VdV??

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    • Bobby
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Isn't there a chance that Yaya or Silva may be rested this week?

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    • Bobby
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      And is N'Zog injured? Says so on the FPL site?

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    • Bobby
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      sorry just read the silva/yaya debate above. Ignore that question!

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    • seanie3
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Foster,

      Baines, Luiz, Djourou (Cahill, Foley)
      VDV, Kuyt, Yaya, Silva (Barton)
      RVP(c), Rooney, Carroll

      Help with my team please, 2 transfers (1 for a -4 point hit) who should I get in and are my subs correct.

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    • Tibbs
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Suggestions on skipper choice gents?

      Kuyt?
      RVP?
      Hernandez?
      Odem?

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      1. RMT's Professor
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        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        RVP then Kuyt then Odem

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