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The ScoutCast – Episode 52 – Self-Deprivation

19 May 2011 910 comments
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We were all set to call this episode ‘Lolorov part 2 – to be continued next season’, but during the recording, something rather more fitting cropped up.

The final podcast of the season is with us to reveal that “deprivation” is the key word when it comes to Mark’s season finale. When Sunday rolls around and the hardcore (I include myself in this) are watching the season finale in glorious HD, Mark is set to be consigned to follow the action via a mobile phone. An old boy is 99 not out and our host is booked in to party along with the Werthers originals and rich tea biscuit dunking. Not the season climax our Mark had in mind.

Even so, Mark could still be smiling. It’s the last gameweek of the season and our rivalry comes down to a precarious 7-point gap in my favour. I’ve been ahead since gameweek 21, surely it would be ridiculous to lose it in this final week? I trust you’ll all be routing for #teamgranville come Sunday.

Listen in and sense my discomfort as we start the build up Sunday’s games, complete with the usual sprinkling of regulars and meaningless banter.

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  1. The Devil Wears Prada
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    hello everyone

    i am clueless as to what to do with my teams this week. my gut says to leave it, but you never know. my team is:

    foster (mignolet)
    djourou, ivan, luiz (huth, coleman)
    adam, n'zog, kuyt, lamps, vdv
    rvp, suarez (odem)

    because odem is questionable, i was thinking odem and ivan to tevez and flanagan (or any 4.5 def). and if i did get tevez, who do i bench from adam, znog, kuyt, lamps and vdv (although he's a doubt as well)?

    cheers

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    1. Blue Teets
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      In case you didn't know... You NEED to have Berba in your team. Tevez got two at the Reebok last year also..

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      1. The Devil Wears Prada
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        i think tevez is a better option than berba, especially since i think saf will rest a lot of players.

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

      suarez to tevez, bench odem. problem solved.

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      1. The Devil Wears Prada
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        i have been thinking that as well, but suarez has been in fine form, and it wouldn't feel right to trade him. that could also be said about odem, but because he is questionable, i am more willing to transfer him out.

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    3. Paul Psychic Octopus
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      14 years, 10 months ago

      Keep your transfer over until the next game week

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  2. Dan
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    3 games on Fifa online tonight and my opponent has quit in every single one of them, the one just quit when I went 3-1 up in like the 60th minute, pretty pathetic.

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    1. Attila the Bum
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      I had one (before the PSN crash) going mental at me, he was 2-0 up, I pulled it back to 2-2 then with 10mins to go I scored a screamer from distance. He sent about 8 messages (he kept pausing it) calling me a jammy prick, pure flukey, lucky bastard etc etc so I scored another and he quit straight away.
      Lulz at him.

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      1. Boom!!!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Lulz at u as well..

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        1. Attila the Bum
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          Lulz at you too, Lulz for everybody!

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      2. Dan
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        You really do get some dicks online. I was beating one the other day 7-1 and my connection cut out around 85 minutes so I lost 3-0. He then sent me messages like 'haha, your shit, easy win' and stuff like that, as if he actually won.

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        1. Attila the Bum
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          😆 Now that is pretty funny.

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          1. Dan
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            If it counted everytime you don't finish the match my DNF would probably be about 50%. I rarely go 3 games in a row without someone quitting on me, shocking.

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            1. Attila the Bum
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 10 months ago

              It's really annoying. It's got to the stage when we're doing the Pro Clubs thing that we play shit for the first 5 mins. If they quit after 5min at least we get the 3-0 default win.

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        2. TommyK
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          Yeah, sorry I think that was me....... 😳

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        3. Boom!!!
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          lol...

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

      if your opponents quits or loses connection, it still counts as a win on your record, no?

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      1. Attila the Bum
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Only after 5 mins gametime.

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  3. TeddiPonza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Who to bench? (only one)

    Lamps, Young, Silva, Toure, N Zog
    Van Persie, Tevez, Berbatov?

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    1. Dan
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Toure

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    2. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      yaya

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    3. Manamongst
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Silva

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  4. Attila the Bum
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    My dreamteam for the final week, if I had a wildcard this is what I'd go for.

    Cudicini
    R.Taylor, Hangeland, Baines
    Adam, Gibson, Zogs, VDV (if fit)
    Berbatov, Ba, Ameobi

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      45 points 😉

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      1. Attila the Bum
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        • 15 Years
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        For Ameobi alone.

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        1. Boom!!!
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          ameobi berba

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    2. PFOR
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      No Orc?

      Like it otherwise.

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      1. Boom!!!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        who is orc?

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

          The twat from Argentina.

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          1. Boom!!!
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            harsh...

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

              I didn't give him the name, I just found it funny when someone posted it before.

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      2. Attila the Bum
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Nope, think the other three would do better. Wish it was my actual team.

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  5. Blyth Spartans
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    So would you guys say fletcher is the best budget forward option?

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    1. Attila the Bum
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      He's a good pick, personally as I'm biased I'd say Ameobi, Ba is worth considering too.

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    2. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      him along with ameobi and ba imo...

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      1. Attila the Bum
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Get out of my head Boom.

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    3. Dan
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Depends, if you think Wolves will beat Blackburn convincingly then yes of course. I personally don't think they will so wouldn't go for him. All on preference, I'd rather have Sturridge of Bolton this week though, playing against his old team.

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    4. Blyth Spartans
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      14 years, 10 months ago

      Cheers guys my team is this:

      Foster
      Vidic baines terry
      Lampard adam VDV nzogbia
      RVP(c) odemwingie sturridge

      Begovic yaya r.johnson walker

      2.5m exactly in the bank

      Do you think any changes are needed? I cant afford to swap odem or sturridge out for berbatov without taking a point hit, and other than berbatov im not really that interested in anyone else. Should i just do nothing?

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      1. Attila the Bum
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Cant see Vidic playing, look at an alternative there. If you swap for R.Taylor it will free enough cash to get Berbatov for Odemwingie.

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        1. Blyth Spartans
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          Cheers for the advice man. Does anyone else have an opinion on my team? Id love to hear it believe me! Im 172 places outside of the top 1000 and im desperate to get into triple figures.

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          1. Boom!!!
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            yeah atb advice is good other option is sturridge/odem to berba and lamps/vdv(if ruled out) to wolves/l'pool/villa mid...

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            1. Blyth Spartans
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 10 months ago

              I dont want to start the gameweek -4 so im restricted to one transfer. Give me a punt player, someone youve got a hunch about e.t.c and i may just go with them!

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

                seems a point hit is necessary to do any moves...unless you just want to upgrade foster.

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                1. Blyth Spartans
                  • 15 Years
                  14 years, 10 months ago

                  Im thinking odem or sturridge out for fletcher perhaps. Probably odem if he isnt fit. What do you think of that?

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

                    I am in the same boat with odem and sturridge. I think they both could do well. I need to take a hit to get berbs in for one of them, but my reasoning is that if I (c) berbs, and he does well, it's worth the 4 pts.

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              2. Boom!!!
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 10 months ago

                IF u don't want to take a hit to get berba?then one of these 3 strikers worth a punt this week:
                ameobi-playing at home against brom and on pens and newcastle are very decent at home and there was a tweet that west brom may not play best 11....
                ba -west ham playing for pride and he is in good form and could have scored atleast 3 against wigan last gw and sunderland season is already over imo and they have no form at all so he should do well...
                owen-he will be playing possibly his last game for manutd and he will want to go out on a high(i.e.by scoring a goal atleast) and will play just behind berba so he is not a bad option against leaky b'pool defence...

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                1. Blyth Spartans
                  • 15 Years
                  14 years, 10 months ago

                  Owen is the perfect choice for me but im just not sure he'll play so i kind of ruled him out of the reckoning straight away. Do you think hes very likely to play?

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                  1. Boom!!!
                    • 15 Years
                    14 years, 10 months ago

                    yeah he will start for sure because as i said that could well be his last game in a manutd shirt and i don't think he will make the champs league subs bench either so he should start but i am not sure he can play full 90 mins these days but worth a punt if u are not interested in taking hit...

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                  2. Blyth Spartans
                    • 15 Years
                    14 years, 10 months ago

                    I know its unlikely but il hold out hope that some word gets out from the united camp that owen is starting before the deadline on sunday, and if not il just plump for fletcher.

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

          agree, or even dawson or a more expensive defender might still free up enough for berbs. if you get berbs, will you (c) him? RVP might not be a bad choice as well.

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  6. Munsoned
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Ryan Taylor was taking kicks for Newcastle last week, right? Seems like a decent defender choice this week to free up some cash.

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    1. Attila the Bum
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Yep, he's OOP (either CM or RM) and on free kicks and corners. Worth a shot if you fancy a wild punt.

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      1. Boom!!!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        pity that he is playing for newcastle not against them 😛

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

        might be the answer i was looking for. Need to free up some cash to get berbs, and thinking of getting rid of huth or luiz to do that.

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    2. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      right.

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  7. Joey Millions
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Whats the good word on Huth?

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  8. Drip Doctor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV9_X7fzzg8

    What do people think, it's growing on me.

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  9. The Devil Wears Prada
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    who should i bench from: adam, vdv, lamps, kuyt, nzog, rvp, tevez, suarez?

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    1. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Lampard

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    2. The Devil Wears Prada
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      as of right now, i have kuyt on my bench.

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    3. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      vdv/lamps

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      1. The Devil Wears Prada
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        i have vdv on just in case he does play, because surely he can do something against birmingham at home? and why do you think lamps?

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        1. andy85wsm
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          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          Because he thinks he'll score the least amount of points out of those players you listed.

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          1. The Devil Wears Prada
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            obviously.. but there must be a reason that he thinks that. is it because its a tough game against everton away? i think its kuyt because since carroll is coming back, he wont get as much done.

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          2. Oi! Shadders!
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            *fewest

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        2. Boom!!!
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          vdv because i expect b'gham to fight and spurs have not done well against small teams at home this season...lamps coz everton do well against big teams and chelsea have already have 2nd spot so they don't have any incentive...

          p.s.u should just pray vdv is ruled out to make ur decision easier on who to bench 😉

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          1. The Devil Wears Prada
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            i know lol, i'm praying for vdv to not play

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          2. Boom!!!
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            have

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

          VAG-- hi saw you made two moves? good luck. Do you know if the new amount in your bank becomes visible to all of us after your two moves?. or do we just see the old "zero" in the bank amount from last week. I am not in any competition with you, btw, just curious.

          I don't think the real amounts are visible until after the deadline or everyone could tell a persons exact moves. thanks.

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          1. The Devil Wears Prada
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            ya i dont think your transfers or your new bank amount become visible until the gameweek starts.

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

              You are right we don't know a specific transfer's name, but we do know how many transfers a player makes- in your case two. Is your bank account now different than 110.4 team value and zero in the bank. ? thanks, watching the NHL game tonight.

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

                VAG, I mean 110.5 and zero balance.

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          2. andy85wsm
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            • 15 Years
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            You can see the balance change after making transfers. as well as the number made. You just can't see what transfers were done.

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            1. Jack Frost
              • 15 Years
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              Oracle, so we can see the delta in balances if we recorded it before the transfers were made and then deduce the amount spent on the unknown (unnamed) player(s)? So that makes it a cinch to find out pretty certainly who came in?

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              1. andy85wsm
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                Well, if you knew what balance they had before and then what they have after transfers you could hazard a guess yeah.

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  10. Hungover 96
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Already did my last free transfer, but worth taking any 4-point hits? Already won my mini-league (well, 180 point lead... good as), so just playing for honour/last chance saloon.

    Foster (Begovic)
    Smalling, Luiz, Kolarov (Walker, Coleman)
    Kuyt, N'Zogbia, Adam, VDV (Young)
    Odemwingie, Berbatov (C), VP

    Also, not sure on Foster this week, but fancy Wigan to put a performance in.

    Appreciate any feedback!

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      good team and no need to take hits imo...

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

      What is the deal on Begovic, might play him over Foster. Gotta believe Bir back four will tighten up a small bit and do anything to block shots.

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  11. Twelve years a slave
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Nobody seems to be wanting Arsenal players

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      what arsenal players?every man and his dog has rvp and he is enough arsenal cover...

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    2. andy85wsm
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      RVP is enough.

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

    I come on here in the morning (now) and then sometimes in the evening (HK time) and get 2 very different streams of usernames to chat with..

    It's funny how different the 'consensus' is between the two timeframes.

    You've got a group who insist you should take loads of hits, another group saying hits are a bad idea in the last gw.

    You've got a group saying Nani out and a group saying Nani in.

    Etc. etc. I think it shows that a herd mentality, even by people who take this game seriously, can be very luring, and not always lead to the most sensible decision..

    I'm really going to think very hard before I take advice on here in the future!

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    1. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      TAKE HITS

      GET NANI!

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

        Haha. I got nani last week when absolutely nobody was recommending it - now I'm thinking it might have been a mistake.

        Also I'm very much in the 'no hits in the last week' group! Unless i hear news that a few of my players broke their legs, it'll be one transfer for me..

        The problem with me is I'm generally a person who goes against the popular opinion, just for the sake of it - Wengeresque - So when good recommendations DO come around (i.e. Nzogbia last week) I'm a bit too quick to ignore them.. I thought - another injury doubt? No thanks!

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

          Im in the Nani 'will' start group, i think he will do well this week..

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

            That was my thinking when I bought him! Just getting a bit worried because Fergie is a surprise merchant!

            The worry I have is that he's leading barcelona to assume Nani won't start, only to throw him in there. I think barcelona will be training & planning with valencia and park in their minds.

            But even if this is the case, I guess he could start against Blackpool to maintain the deceit.

            I also think 6 days is a longer gap than in previous seasons (when champs league was midweek) so it's not as certain as people make out that a complete reserve team will play.

            I wouldn't be THAT surprised to see a strong team, minus giggs and 1 or 2 others.

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            1. andy85wsm
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              • 15 Years
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              It's shorter than usual I think. If I recall correctly the PL ends then a week and a half later the final used to be.

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              1. Scoredelario
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 15 Years
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                Well i remember they rested loads 2 years ago and i think it was a 3day gap.

                Purely based on my questionable memory.

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    2. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      maybe because of the difference in time zone 😉

      u can do well with hits and without hits as well as theseteams shows:
      http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=448058
      http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/entryhist.mc?id=177744

      if u think that a certain player will do well by taking a hit then u should do it specially in a dgw...
      the people u are talking about(jafakate/lad 😉 and inalize) have only taken one or 2 hits all season so there planning from the start was not to take hits and they think of long term transfers etc and those who take hits basically play the game week by week...

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

        Well I'm definitely not an anti - hits man.

        In double gameweek period (and actually anytime you have 5-6 weeks to get your 4 points back) I'm all for hits.

        Most of the season I think the misconception is that hits are bad... but in gw38 I think the misconception is that hits are still the same thing as earlier in the season.

        They're a LOT LOT more difficult to justify with only 1 game to get your 4 points back.

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        1. Scoredelario
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
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          Example (forgetting dgws):

          in gw33 you take a hit.

          Your new player needs to do better than the player who wouldve started instead, by an avera of 4/6 = 0.66 points per game. Very much possible

          In gw38 you take a hit

          He needs to do better by FOUR points in 1 week. I.e an average of 4 points per gw.

          0.66 points better per game - very very very possible
          4 points better per game - requires a lot of luck

          Many people don't acknowledge this!

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          1. Boom!!!
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            u are taking this game too seriusly man atm 😉 many have given up or are too far ahead/behind this season so they are taking hits for fun...then there are others who have 2 of odem/drog /roo/sturridge and with doubts on the first 3 and some of them are chasing a big lead and tevez and berba fighting for the golden boot and almost guranteed to start/pens and they are good differentials this week since many top teams will not have both of them without a hit and if they both score it will improve their rankings overall and in their mini-leagues no matter what...

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            1. Boom!!!
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 10 months ago

              in short,u need to have of one them in ur team this gw coz u just cannot ignore them and some people cannot do that without taking hits that is why they are taking hits...

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

              Haha I'm a maths geek at heart and with all that stuff behind me I like to try and make these kind of games as geeky as possible!

              It does seem like people make big mistakes mathematically/ logically speaking even when they're trying hard! the problem is these errors can pay off dramatically now and then so they gain approval.

              I used to work in a betting shop and people would lose 20 quid a week for 10 weeks then win 100, and act like geniuses! We obviously bigged them up!

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              1. Boom!!!
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 10 months ago

                yeah u need to be lucky for sure and the best feeling u can have is when u transfer out a player and he don't do well at all and the transfer in player for a hit justifies ur hit 🙂

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              2. Boom!!!
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 10 months ago

                so scored, u are not taking a hit this week? 😛

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                1. Scoredelario
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 15 Years
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                  Haha, if I did it would be quite funny!

                  Only if there a re few broken legs revealed between now and sunday!

                  To be honest I'm lucky enough to have balotelli plus cash, so need for a hit.

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  13. Viper
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Carroll -> Berba (no hit)

    OR

    Carroll -> Tevez
    Luiz -> Ward (possibly oop) 4pt hit..

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

      Could also do Silva/VDV -> 6.6 mid either instead of Luiz -> Ward..

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      1. andy85wsm
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        • 15 Years
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        In this case I'd probably do Caroll to berbs,

        who are your other 2 strikers?

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

          RVP & Odem (standard)

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          1. andy85wsm
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            • 15 Years
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            Can't afford to get Berbs/Tevez/RVP I guess?

            If not, I'd just stick with the Caroll to Berbs.

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

              The only way i could do that is by taking an 8 pt hit and doing Lamps -> 7.7 mid!

              Im tempted by Tevez & Ward (If Doyle is confirmed out)..

              Just worried rival will go for Tevez, don't want to be losing a mini league on the last day!ha

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              1. Viper
                • 16 Years
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                Carroll/(Odem if out) -> Tevez & Lamps -> Nani (4 pt hit)....tempting but that makes Lamps a differential for my rival

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              2. andy85wsm
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                • 15 Years
                14 years, 10 months ago

                Well Ward is definitely an option. I'm playing him. Even if Doyle is back I don't see why Mick would change his team after it's done well the last 2 games.

                I think Tevez will score more than Berbs this week

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

                  Your making it very tempting to go through with that, i'll sleep on it, cheers for the input!

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  14. andy85wsm
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    lol - just checked my mates team.

    5 transfers this week, 20 million in the bank.

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      maxi strikes again 😉

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      1. andy85wsm
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        ?

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        1. Boom!!!
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          maybe someone hacked his account like the new poster maxi says that he has hacked his friend's account 😉

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          1. andy85wsm
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            Nah it will just be him doing it himself.

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

        come on boom let's have a 'deep' tactical conversation (above). I love this quiet period on the forum so I can be a geek!

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

      Wow, so he sold all his high price players for Ward, Amoebi, DJ, etc. Shazam! Oracle, did you happen to see my question to you above? thanks.

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      1. andy85wsm
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah guess that's who he bought. He's only 4th, he'll just use this as an excuse for why he didn't do well

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

          You think that's bad...

          My mate who has been talking himself up all season, fell 50 points behind and then last week he 'forgot' to touch his team - Same team, same captain, same subs order...

          He told me AFTER the man city game that he 'forgot' and that he was really annoyed because he was going to sign Nzogbia and tevez, and captain nzogbia.

          Talk about an elaborate excuse. Kills my gloating rights somewhat though!

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

            Scored ......on hits...... my SWAG was a 15% chance of making a 4 pt hit payoff in one week. Probably closer to 12%. Just used what actually happened over a few game weeks. So of 20 possible defenders only three (who you don't already have) would pay off in one week with a score of 7 or more. Of Mids about the same, if you use 2 points as the base and perhaps 3 if you have any kind of bench strenght- Ferguson sometimes scores 3.

            You have to subtract the real "out of the box" players who no one in their right mind would pick, but get a fluke high score. Emerton, etc.

            Hits are fine over a few weeks to reshape your team, or if you can't field 11 (that too is probably over two weeks at least).

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

              Yep that's my thought too... hits pay off over the long term but rarely short term (but when they do, everyone remembers!)

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

              BTW jack I'm please someone else has the geek approach to this game.

              I have a spreadsheet... What a confession!

              I have a defenders sheet... Where fixtures are rated according purely to opposing teams' goals scored over this season and last (higher weight to this season)... with a 1.5x increase for home teams (1.5 goals more scored at home on average)

              An attacking sheet which is the same but for goals conceded

              The key number in each sheet for each team is the total 'fixture score' for the next six games.

              The interesting thing is it can be a great idea to buy an attacker for a team, at the same time as a bad time to buy a defender for the same team, and vice versa.

              Also ranked players' value based on minutes played, points scored, and cost - But this doesn't acconut for good/ bad luck/ fixtures so probably the sample size is too small! Also this season where value is less important, due to expensive players doing badly, it's not that useful.

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

                Good points. If I was playing for a lot of money I would create my own "cheat sheets" on hits.
                The data is there for the evaluation.

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

                  I haven't got much money at stake but I plan to next season i think. This is my trial run although I only started getting this sad a few months ago and actually went downhill a bit haha.

                  Anyway i'm off for an hour.

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  15. Captain Remorse
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    I lead my Country by 3 points.

    EXPECTED ATTACK:

    Me: Dempsey, Nani, Kuyt, N'Zog, Adam
    Drogba, RVP (Odemwingie)

    2nd: Y. Toure, Nani, Kuyt, N'Zog, Adam
    Suarez, RVP, Campbell

    Please Ancelotti at least START Drogba this week and I promise I will never talk badly about you again!

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      what is ur transfer for this week?

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      1. Captain Remorse
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Etherington to N'Zogbia and I expect my competitor to bring in N.Zog too.

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        1. Boom!!!
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          nah i don't think he will do that because he has walters who is fit and in decent form...my guess will be suarez to berba/tevez

          p.s.u choked last week 😛

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          1. Captain Remorse
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            Actually I was in England on vacation for 2 weeks, so I did not put in enough time to think about my team.

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            1. Boom!!!
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 10 months ago

              good luck 🙂

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

              Sorry mate, but that's like saying I went to canada so I couldn't concentrate on maple syrup.

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              1. Captain Remorse
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 10 months ago

                LOL!

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

            Yes, probably Suarez to Berbs, but he could do Nzog,....... that's all he has cash for and your rival RARELY makes a move, wow that is some restraint on number of transfers 29 all year.

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

              btw jack i sent you a slow reply above.

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

                Thanks, agree completely with you..

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

      just to let you know, it's easier if you just say

      Dempsey + Drogba
      v
      Yaya + suarez+ campbell

      Also... is odemwingie out injured, or are you just mental?! 😛

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      1. Captain Remorse
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Yes, I am following news on Odem closely.

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  16. SuperDromedary
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    De Gea to Man U...

    http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-Manchester-United-have-had-a-16million-bid-for-Atletico-Madrid-goalkeeper-David-de-Gea-accepted-and-been-granted-permission-to-talk-to-the-player-article738273.html

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  17. Reed_Rothchild
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Would you start Foster or Begovic?

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      foster imo.

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

      No I wouldn't

      God I'm funny.

      But I think foster only because begovic might face an onslaught of desperation.

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  18. Blyth Spartans
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    A quick poll. Do you think owen will start against blackpool?

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

      yes.

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  19. Blyth Spartans
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    What has alex ferguson actually said regarding his starting line-up for sunday?

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

      The only thing I heard him say is that he knows he has to play a strong team against blackpool out of respect to the other relegation battlers.

      That's obviously why we're all thinking about the likes of owen, berbatov and gibson..

      Because we all know fergie is full of S**T!

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      1. Blyth Spartans
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        I think he might just play berba up top on his own with a five man midfield so im wary about putting owen in but il definitely consider him over the next couple of days, cheers for your advice mate.

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

        Do you think your spreadsheet has helped you quite a bit Scored?

        One thing a lot of people talk about is having cheap keepers and defenders and rotating them. I think that strategy sounds good but is a load of bollocks. For example, Foster, if you rotated him early on depending on fixtures you would have missed out on a lot of points as he did so well vs the stronger teams.

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

          sorry been away for half an hr...i think it's helped a bit for sure. I dno't believe in a fixed strategy for defenders/ attackers prices.

          I think you have to think about individual players and their merits. This season a lot of defenders have done badly so it is a season where the 'cheap defenders' strategy gained popularity.

          If we return to an era where chelsea and united etc keep clean sheets very often, and suppose someone like baines is in one of these teams and also getting attacking returns... How on earth can we rule players out because of our pricing strategy?

          We can only make estmiates about how many points a player will get, whether he's a defender or an attacker, and decide from that how much we think he's worth paying for.

          Whether my spreadsheet has worked can't be answered yet because i only made it a few weeks ago, but this season is my first and I'm doing pretty average - 10,000ish. Hoping for an improvement next season!

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  20. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    ....

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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      .....

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  21. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    What changes would you recommend to this team?

    Foster Begovic
    Coleman Walker Carr Huth Luiz
    Lampard N'Zogbia Adam Nani VDV
    RVP Odemwingie Suarez

    1 free, 2.9 in bank.

    Thanks in advance.

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      ROOKIE ALERT!!!
      can u afford odem to berba?

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      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Can you do maths rookie?

        9.0 - 5.8 = 3.2 😕

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        1. Boom!!!
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          i didn't have ur link and give me a break i have not slept last night...
          suarez to tevez/berba then and pray vdv is fit...ur team looks good so need to take hit...

          p.s. how is ur prize league atm?

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          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 10 months ago

            Fair enough. Time to go back to work. 🙁

            http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/table.mc?id=128776

            Fat lady is nowhere in sight though. 🙁

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

              you only have to hear her!

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            2. Boom!!!
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 10 months ago

              if u lose with that much lead than u should quit 😉
              ur teams are quite similar and it could well come down to kuyt vs nani,dawson vs walker and who both of u decides to bench from ur front 8 and i think he will do roo to tevez/berba as well unless he take an 8 pt hit and manage to get both in... so best is to wait and see if he do his transfer before the deadline and then u can guess whether he got berba or tevez...

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  22. Beadling Boy
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Mignolet (Habsi)
    Ivanovic, Smalling, Kolarov (Simpson, Djourou)
    Adam, VDV, Kuyt, Nani, YToure
    RVP, Tevez (Carroll)

    Who should I captain, y'all? Tevez, RVP, or someone else on my team? Any other suggestions going into the last GW?

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      tevez imo...only pray that is all...

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

      Well, if you're chasing a big lead I see nani as a possibility to score LOADS of points - clearly a big gamble though as he could equally do nothing.

      If you're defending a lead, RVP is a safe bet especially if your opponent has him too. He seems to be about the steadiest performer, regardless of fixtures, by some way... And arsenal will play a full team, while fulham's priority is to avoid yellow cards!

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      1. Beadling Boy
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Thank you for the hot tips, scored!

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

    Let me repeat something i wrote above when about 4 people are online (Now there are 2 people online instead)

    If you take a hit with 6 gws remaining... your new player's returns need to exceed the player who would've otherwise started by:

    4/6 = 0.666 points per gw

    If you take a hit now... he needs to exceed the replaced player's score by:

    4/1 = 4 points per gw.

    That's why I strongly object to taking hits right now. It's much much less likely to pay off.

    Jack Frost, who is 20 somethingth in the world (and therefore always correct ;)) , supported me on this, saying by his reckoning an average hit has about a 12% chance of paying off over 1 gameweek.

    I will be preaching this all day!!

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      bookmarked 😉

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

        Why? You can't prove it wrong!

        You can only say that something happened which I rate as a 12% chance!

        I also rate it as a 12% chance that I'll live past the age of 90... Will you bookmark this and quote it at my funeral?

        😉

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        1. Boom!!!
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 10 months ago

          😛
          where is my countrymen zophar(who is ranked 10th 😉 ) to say that hits are worth sometimes if not all the times ...

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

            dont think you read qwhat i typed... i said in gw38 theyre not worth it

            with 5+ weeks lef they are worth it!

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            1. Boom!!!
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 10 months ago

              yeah 👿 now put it to bed scored...just see the point bstoz1234 made about this week...

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            2. Boom!!!
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 10 months ago

              suppose if u are 12-18 points behind and u have almost similar mid and def and u know ur rival will captain rvp and has odem and he brought in berba for roo as his free transfer...u have rooney,odem,rvp as ur front 3... will u not be tempted to bring in both berba and tevez for a hit and captain one of them so that u can have a chance of chasing him,eh?

              anyways,i am off to bed...see u later 😉

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

      I agree players take point hits too frequently...but this gw seems to be different...if you can't afford one of the watchlist favorites, then you have to free up some cash somewhere else. I think it especially makes sense if one of the transfers is your gw captain.

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      1. Boom!!!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        +1.

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

        if tevez and berbatov started with -4 pts would they still be watchilist favourites?

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

    Just persuaded myself to captain van persie:

    Fulham's priority: No red/ yellow cards -> Europe + europa money

    Arsenal's priority: Win and hope city drop points -> 3rd place + loads of money + longer holiday.

    Van Persie - Mr consistent
    Arsenal - Best away team in the league

    When fulham would arguably be happier with 0-5 + no yellow cards than 1-1 + 3 yellow cards, I think it's quite safe to back against them!

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      where is fulham in the fair play table?is it that close between them and the teams below ?

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      1. Boom!!!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 10 months ago

        premier league website fair play table is till 35 games atm and fulham were 2nd and there is a gap between them and 5th place b'pool and worth noticing is that it is not all about cards...behaviour towards ref/officials matters as well so they can still get away with it 😉
        http://www.premierleague.com/page/FairPlayTable/0,,12306,00.html

        p.s.agree tho rvp is the safest choice if u are leading and wants to play safe because as u said rvp is mr.consistent even tho arsenal are not in form atm...

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

      you may have a point(or a few). Not feeling that comfortable captaining any of tevez, berbs, or VDV. RVP may be the alternative.

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

        there was a time this season when i captained RVP automatically. No reason to change from that now (and it worked out well in most cases). It is tough to not get caught up in the tevez/berbs hype..

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  25. Dave1966
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Drogba and Yaya to Berbatov and Nani is that move worth it or not.

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      only drog to berba imo...

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  26. Billy Ketsu
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Hmmm. So who is likely to score more this week -

    A) Lampard, Tevez, Ameobi
    B) Nzog, Tevez, Berbatov ( - 4)?

    I've got Rooney, Hoilett and Lamps. Rooney won't play, Hoilett will maybe play 60 minutes and score 1 point. Lampard will probably play but it's a dead match and Everton are in decent form and strong at home. Maybe a handful of points at best from those 3.
    With two free transfers and a 4 point hit though I could get a decent midfielder with something to play for and both Tevez and Berbatov. A couple of goals from each of those would mount up to a reasonable score and be worth the hit...so I guess you have to consider more than just the one player you bring in if you're taking a hit.

    I still haven't decided what I'll do, though.

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      option A...i think ameobi has as much of doing well this week as berba/tevez and he is on pens as well so i don't think it is worth a hit to get both berba and tevez in ....

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  27. ManofKent
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Worth a wild punt on DJ Campbell?

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 10 months ago

      no...there are better options like ba,fletcher and ameobi this week imo...

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

        I see the appeal of Fletcher, but not the other two.

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

      based on your rankings, sure, why the hell not. try to get the biggest differential out there. Maybe even (c) him.

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

        A good week might see me coming third in both my mini-leagues. Not great but it's been a fun first season, and next year I won't be doing the stupid points hits 🙂

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  28. bhargi
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Scored,
    u there. Read above u worked at a betting shop.
    I work as a trader. I love the maths to. My friends kick me as I do too many calculations around the fantasy game.

    and I AM NOT gonna take a hit this week.

    Just Drogba -> Tevez.

    We are in the same time zone too. You would see me more with Jafa/Inalize/TM in our mornings
    🙂

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

      good discussion you and Boom had above. Cheers

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

        what are your move(s) this week? Drogs>tevez(c)?

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

          oops you said that above. Tough choice on (c) this week.

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

            Yes, it is a tough choice. But Tevez (c) for me. Captain poll shows Berba leading however. I am leading mini league by 38, so keeping fingers crossed. Also wanna stay in the top 1k.

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

          yes

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

            as discussed above, you may want to consider (c) RVP. btw, we are right next to each other in the overall rankings 🙂

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

      hi bhargi still around? Was a way for a few minutes.

      Yep... Well when a game is based on who gets the highest number, surely there has to be some maths involved somewhere to find the best strategy!

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  29. Mr Sarcastic
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Little morning quiz

    a) modric + berba + 4 points
    b) modric + tevez + 4 points
    c) berba + tevez

    Protecting tiny lead and rival has modric and won't be able to get tevez + berba without a hit...

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  30. Orion
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Who to drop, Rooney or Drogba? Or Both for -4?

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

      Rooney out.

      Drogba has a reasonable chance of playing so just keep him imo. Even in the worst case scenario where he gets one point, think of it as 5 points because you didn't lose 4 to sell him.

      Would you be too unhappy 5 points for drogba? Maybe a bit, but it's not the end of the world.

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