| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Sus |
| Up |  Kelleher | BRE | C, Vs |
| Down |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C, Inj |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | C |
| Up |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Up |  Marc Guehi | CRY | A |
| Up |  van den Berg | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | C |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| Up |  Szoboszlai | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Schade | BRE | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| Up |  Ekitiké | LIV | B |
| Down |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| Down |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
Paul Carlos Tevez takes a break. Cesc Fabregas is fit and may feature in Arsenal’s weekend friendly. Steve Kean finally signs a striker, though may see his skipper depart for North London. Alan Pardew is determined to freeze out Joey Barton and Joe Cole’s name blinks on the QPR radar. Here’s this morning’s Scribbles, folks:
Given
Clichy Kompany Enrique A.Cole
NZogbia Downing Barton
Suarez Zamora Van Persie
SUBS : Al-Habsi,Simpson,Hoolahan,Moses
The obvious stand out being Barton, but im unsure on Given aswell i may try and get Reina in
Thoughts?
You is the spending the too much of the money in thee defence, yes? I is recommending to yous that you spendeth the less in this area, yes? Goodbye Clichy and Cole, say 'ello to ma little friend, n'est pas? Et I have no of the love for ze Amora...
Oh dear, Supermario has just crept into my team on the sly. How did he manage that the cheeky fecker? Looks like i'm in for an interesting start to the season.
Oh well, all aboard the Ballotelli Bus. Until tomorrow when i'll change him to Suarez due to some titbit of a rumour that he'll start GW1....or something.
Haha, i'm loving all this. I wonder if i've had every listed player in my team at one point yet?
Weirdest story of the day
QPR boss Neil Warnock is considering using Keiron Dyer as an alternate right-back.
http://www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk/london-sport/london-qpr/2011/08/04/dyer-could-rival-orr-for-rangers-right-back-berth-82029-29177917/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Now av changed to this…whts ur take?
Given(Ruddy)
G.Johnson,Hughes,Kompany(DE Laet,Orr)
VDV,Nzog,Brunt,Etherington(N.Dyer)
RVP,Rooney,K.Davies
Awful, you haven't just ignored fixtures, it looks like you've gone out of your way to get players with bad ones
A) Lamps, O'Hara and Rodallega
B) N'Zog, Taraabt and Drogba
Going round and round in circles on this one - thoughts??
A. ALL THE WAY! not buying this taraabt love AT ALL!
2 answers - 50:50 split so far - at least i feel better about not being able to make a decision!
I'm with you. He was initially in my team, but one of the few QPR games I saw last year was vs Derby, and Savage man marked him out of the game...an ageing Savage... bye bye Adel.
a) Statistically insignificant, anyone can be marked out of a game or have a bad day
b) No-one expects consistency from AT, more some explosive games and some damp squibs
thanks - interesting...just as i was persuading myself to go with A!
why do you reckon B?
Lapms has more deff possition this year
Think lampard will occasionally be playing a deeper role and with Villa's opening fixtures, nzog should get points. Not sure with taarabt to be fair but again QPR have decent fixtures and he is their captain. Think both are good options , personally would go with B.
B
Correction, neither.
Cech. Ruddy.
Kompany. Hughes. Enrique. De Laet. Orr
Silva. N'Zogbia. Sinclair. Moses. Sessegnon
Rooney. Bent. Rodallega.
Silva to Malouda following GW 1
And Bent to RVP following GW 3.
Can anyone give me a pointer or two please? Ta!
Hi Guys
Another pain in the ass but can you RMT please cheers
Given (Kenny)
Hangeland A.cole Samba (Foley, Simpson)
Silva Bale O'Hara Kuyt (Reo Coker)
Zamora Aguero Rodallega
Thanks
RMT please guys
Given Ruddy
Clichy Hughes Fiugeroa (orr simpson)
Downing Taarabt Watson Benayoun (Murphy)
Rooney Bent Aguero
1 m in the bank ... need opinion
Is there any offical word on Enrique to liverpool?
Also Cant desided Between
Nzogbia or Downing
I've decided to shift my team round a little, mainly inspired by this message from Az
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2011/08/04/scout-scribbles-carlos-on-vacation/comment-page-4/#comment-1786985
Given
S.Taylor Ivanovic Kompany
Formica Duff VDV Moses Yaya
Rooney(c) Bent
Ruddy Saha De Laet Brown
Got 0.5mil to change someone to a Chelsea player before GW2, I too think they will struggle against Stoke.
What y'all think?
So the basis of his advice is stop posting RMTs and ignore everyone's advice, so the first thing you do is.......
hehe, just ribbin' ya 😉
I think you have one too many gambles for my liking.
I have been edging towards picking the strongest team I can GW1 and leaving room for manouvre to pick up the bargains when they present themselves.
Too much uncertainty at the moment to get a reliable feel for how things will pan out. The start of the season is always random!
hahaha, yeah good point 😛
This is almost a pre-season guide team, I'm gonna follow this through for now. My main changes have come from taking out the newly-promoted players, realised I can't rely on them too heavily to begin with.
Formica, doing pretty well for now.
Saha is in to cover Everton's incredible run of fixtures, just a hope of being a superb differential to be honest!
Duff, he's been playing well for a while now, think he'll stick in a couple and covers me nicely for their fixtures 🙂
VDV has injuries i believe? Yaya will be pushed back, less of a goal threat, replace with Silva, top two are solid. Steven Taylor of Newcastle? reckon he'll keep many clean sheets? I'm not sure they will personally...
As far as I know VDV was taken off as a precaution, he'll be fine, if I get word of anything he's gone for Kuyt. Yaya will do something, you'll see 😉
Steven has been getting forward a lot, looking more for attacking points rather than defensive! I agree, don't think Newcastle are gonna be keeping many clean sheets, think he'll have to help push up.
Your play over the year will get you a good ranking not getting the right players on day 1. I am a firm believer in keeping it safe at the start and wait until later to take gambles.
Later in the season they will be more educated gambles than they are now. This game can't be won in the first few gameweeks but can be lost.
Formica is a top, top, top of the table player
I've been saying this for some time. Fomica is smooth.
😯
i hope this proves there is an element of shin in every bicycle kick
Who cares, as long as it goes in the back of the net. Nobody can say that it wasn't intended!
Not like if someone falls over and it goes in off their arse, then they claim they meant to do that.
that's what i'm saying, it's virtually impossible to hit a bicycle without using your shin. they're awesome goals and it's ridiculous to claim they aren't on the basis that the shin was involved. it's biomechanically impossible to just use your instep
Team 1
Given
Riise Kompany Enrique A.Cole
NZogbia Downing O'Hara
Suarez Zamora Van Persie
SUBS : Al-Habsi,Simpson,Hoolahan,Moses
OR
Team 2
Cech
Hughes Kompany A.Cole Enrique
N'Zogbia Downing Moses
Van Persie Suarez Zamora
SUBS : Al-Habsi,O'Hara,Simpson,Hoolahan
So Cech + Hughes or Given + Riise then?
Woudl have been easier...
team 2
Yeah i suppose it would of lol
I was thinking maybe getting a cheaper GK than cech and someone cheaper than cole, If i got Reina and Evra instead of them 2 would that be better because it would leave me with £1million left over but chelsea have got some easy fixtures
Anyone else drunk as a shit staring at their computer screen, dribbling? I'm not, but I think there are people out there who are...YOU in particular.
Re: Release date of FPL website
Dear FPL Towers,
I would like to complain in the strongest terms about the release date of the FPL website. Your timing has put all of us fantasy football fans in a very difficult position.
Your early release date in July has left us with far too much time before the start of the season. There are still 9 days to go and I have already almost worn out my mouse in tinkering with my FPL team and clicking through "RMT" posts on your (excellent, btw) partner website Fantasy Football Scout.
Next season I hope you will be more considerate and plan a much later release date so we can avoid similar problems.
Sincerely,
Piers Distantly
The Manor
Screaming Lord Sutch Lane
Wallow Bottom
Planet Zanussi
Can someone help me please
I want to put Ramsy in. Hes attacking and takes alot of shots but will he play first game.
We have to remember he is wales captain. Doesnt Arsen Wenger have an obligation to play him with Fabregas & Nasris commitment looking unlikely
please help
Yes he is the welsh captain. Your point, the key word in that was "WELSH".
Do you need help putting Ramsey in your team or what exactly? If you want to know if he is going to play no one here is going to know only Wenger could tell you that and even he probably doesn't know for sure who will be available to play in midfield in a weeks time.
Ha, and he calls himself 'The Oracle'... pffft!
"Doesnt Arsen Wenger have an obligation to play him with Fabregas & Nasris commitment looking unlikely"
The clue is in the question. Yes he is the Wales captain but that won't guarantee him a start. Wales are a shockingly bad team anyway. Obligation will not over rule talent. I'd rather wait a few weeks to see who Wenger fields before taking that sort of risk with him.
i have made a team based on the first few fixtures and i actually think it is rather good.
Given - Kenny
Luiz - Kompany - Simpson - Orr - Enrique (assuming Liverpool)
Silva - Murphy - Albrighton - Moses - Benayoun (assuming AVB keeps faith)
Suarez - Bent - Rodallega
Now all those players have a great start to the season, have the potential to be good scorers for their teams and most importantly i stil have 5 Million left in the bank (which will never stay there of course)
It does assume a bit but i think it looks good so far!
thought son who will start more regularly downing or adam?
Anyone thinking of going with Malouda AND Benayoun, or is one likely to play at the expense of the other?
Malouda plays exclusively on the left, Benayoun on the right or in the centre (at the tip of the diamond if Chelsea play that formation).
I wouldn't want both of them, but there's no reason why they shouldn't play in the same team.
Am I missing something (and feel free to shoot me down), but why is everyone choosing V.Kompany? I know he is the top picked DF, and im not saying he is bad, because he isn't, but I don't know why he is the top pick?
It's really 6 if you discount the punctuation
exactly... couldnt agree more
I think Richards is a far better investment... Plays when hes fit, not subbed in preseason games and can assist
Relatively cheap, club captain, nailed on in the best defence in the league last year.
Looks like Orr's place is now set in stone:
http://www.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/west-london-sport/qpr/2011/08/04/qpr-could-use-dyer-in-defence-warnock-64767-29178126/
Wow. Uxbridge has a newspaper, who knew?
QUESTION: Is anyone expecting Aguero to start vs Swansea?
Thats funy... I asked a pro the other day. His reply was "If you spent all that money, wouldn't you want to show your players off, even if it was Slough town?!"
I dont know what you want to read into that? I think the question you should be asking is, how well do you think he will perform. I say do it.
Well I have a feeling he'll score a couple if he starts.
David Dunn. Hmmm.
Trick me once, shame on you. Trick me twice, shame on me.
He ruins my GW1 every year! 😀
he's been in my side twice this week. set-pieces and not quite having the legs to play a more all-round or defensive role is what's tempting me
do not get him! He will get injured randomly and then the manager will keep stating that he could be back for the following week and he never is
I'm a rovers fan, and I'll tell you not to go anywhere near Dunn.
His injury record is catastrophic, he's on set pieces sure, but he's not the best taker around, and MGP if he's playing will take most of them. He's also nowhere near as influential as people make him out to be. If you're going to punt on a Rovers player, go with Formica.
as long as dunn is fit i'll be tempted. he's on penalties and showed showed in the kitchee game he can take the odd free-kick off MGP. he doesn't need to be influential he just needs to score goals he still does.
right now he's not in my team, and he probably wont ever be but the appeal is fair imo
Even when he is "back to full fitness" on the Saturday morning, he usually finds a way to get injured by 3pm.
i'd compare dunn to an injury prone kevin nolan. if he's fit ihe's arguably blackburn's most likely point scorer. but yeah the issue is he's never fit so probably not worth the gamble early on when transfers are vital
No one worried about Mcleish's comments that NZog prob won't be fit for opener?
I am now I've just read your post. I hadn't heard this before, do you have a link?
Cheers Demi, I can't be on here as much as I'd like to be!
It's on totalpfl. Daily Mirror article.
Thanks, have seen it now. I guess I'll leave the decision until the last minute and Albrighton we'll fill in for me if N'Zog looks unlikely
*will
Nothing to see here.
"We'll be looking to get Charles involved right away. He'll come to Braga, hopefully he'll play at the weekend. As to how many minutes he plays, that remains to be seen."
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Aston-Villa-battling-to-get-Charles-N-Zogbia-fit-before-season-opener-article780843.html
Hmm, it does sound a bit doubtful doesn'r it...
First I have heard of it but yeh it would be a worry.
Alan Pardew says there is "No concrete interest" in Jose Enrique and he'll will play against Fiorentina on Saturday
He also said there was no chance Andy Carroll would get sold in the january transfer window.
I currently have NZogbia, but latest news is that he'll more likely to come on as a sub in Villa's first game away to Fulham.
Any Zog owners considering swapping him out?
Howrya all!!!!! Here we go again!
After much deliberation I have come up with...
Thoughts????
Hart (Moriera)
Lescott A.Cole Hangeland Alcaraz (Simpson)
Moses Taarabt RDV Zogs (Ohara)
Rooney Odemwingie (Ameobi)
Zamora for odemwingie due to fiztures.
Zogs is struggling for fitness and may not start.
Hughes could be better value than Hangeland and will save you some cash.
You could then downgrade Hart, get Kompany and still have more left over to upgrade Zogs to Silva. (I think)
Thanx Loktai!
Interesting name, where does it come from?
Not wild on having no attacking players from Chelsea, City, Arsenal or Pool!
Love all the talk on here!
You guyz love it!
