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Baines. But only for 2 weeks then ship him out to free up some much needed funds.

to what, bench? captain?

How did you get to that dilemma?

Get a bench.

i think so, he's their x factor. although i know nothing about crusat.

alwasy remember maloney from this game http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7157291.stm
it's not often a budget player gets 14 points at stamford bridge

yea

Coolio. He's definitely more than 0.5 better than dyer & johnson. I'll keep him as 5th mid.
He also happens to rotate nicely with whichever wolves attacker tickles your fancy.

Hard to say without knowing where Arteta will play. I don't think he'll be in fan's role. More likely a deep playmaker with minimal set pieces.

Not really worth it, there's nothing wrong with playing Simpson this GW. Infact i'm playing him myself. I also have Moses and Dyer on my bench.

Fuh-nny 😆

You want to start with your Zenit keeper, and then transfer in Julio Cesar if he doesn't get a cleanie. Likewise with Traore -- he has to start. Transfer him out if there's no Marseille cleanie. I'm not sure you want Simao when Man Utd is the opposition. I'm not convinced by two Real strikers, esp. when Mourinho is usually very conservative in away games. The games is all about fixtures and transfers from the first to second matchday, especially in the group stage.

Got a fantasy team for it?

I was there! Was great to see. Shame about the final score

Don't see why not. Hasn't put a foot wrong. Yet.

get a life

10!? it's hard enough as it is managing just the 1 team week in week out, never mind 10 of them. You must really have some time on your hands to keep them all up to date and running well.

Kinda defeats the purpose IMO. I had two last year and felt like I was cheating a bit, although I did win the "gameweek nine starters" league worldwide =D

yeah he is a little tbh, go with Mata instead and save some money

Honestly, if you have the space and the money, I'd go for it. He's the most reliable Chelsea cover, Mata is promising but unproven, and Lamps should be looking to prove a point after seeing his england place under threat.

I have to choose between silva, aguero and suarez

Don't worry he'll play, he's my (C) anyway and only just makes it over Rooney. Wigan at home is too good to ignore I reacon it's going to be a long long day for them

Rooney

you have walcott....so rvp down to the Dzek.

although in all honesty, I think an all 4.0 defense is awesome

Do Dzeko for Bent. Simples. But I think it's 50/50 that Dzeko may be rotated v. Wigan, given Tevez bucking for a start and Dzeko having played 2 int'ls.

Why do you have Boswinga and A.Cole - that's the bigger question. Looks like you are rotating your midfield squad guys (Taarabt/Sinclair; Moses/Sessegnon)which suggests you should be loading up on forwards. Instead, you have doubled down in defense with top 4 defenders (Senderos aside). So . . . if that's your theory (that, over the course of the season, top 4 defenders will out), why not stick ?

I think it might be safe to say that most of your rivals will have him come Saturdays games.

you and only 250,000 others have that team well done

Swap Hennessey with Ruddy
SWP with Cabaye
Dzeko with Suarez
And i wouldnt change them to those you have.

No Suarez?

Very generic team you probably copied that off somebody you loser. Kinda defeats the purpoae of playing if ur guna copy other peoples team u rat.

Ferguson.

Yes, it's not very good. Cahill's and Petrov's fixtures are terrible. Ferguson isn't event a proper player. Bent is an injury doubt. Apart from that...

You have got to find 0.5 to upgrade Fergs to Dyer, atleast he will play 60+ mins most game and has a chance of BPs.

It isn't that bad. Have to get rid of Ferguson but Cahill has 2 good fixtures coming up and will probably be playing up front.

Petrov has tricky fixtures but is still doing ok and Bents bandwagon has completely been destroyed for some reason on this site after he didn't score in one game.

Jagielka for 5.5. Makes no sense. Simpson - will Santon at LB and possibly R.Taylor moved to RB threaten Simpson's PT ? What does the loss of Arteta's service mean to Cahill's production ? So questionable midfield production at 9.0M ? Ferguson ? Are you serious ? Here's how you tell someone's team is f***ed up: Ferguson.

Silva, Mata,
Fat Charlie injured. Nasri just too much of a d*ck to pick

Silva + Mata

I like Silva but none of the rest. Better options out there for 10.0 or less.

Brunt & Ruiz

first

dempsey and holt

Seeing as you are going the cheap/mid price striker route surely odemwingie is the go. I badly want him but can't justify leaving out rvp, suarez or dzeko atm. Should do plenty of damage in the next few weeks, 0.4 more than ruiz though.

Tchoyi is the value bet by a long country mile if he plays. Clearly a Woy favourite but as yet untested what happens if Odem and Long are fit.

Tchoyi has been playing in a more forward role with Long as the lone recgonised striker while Odenwingie has been injured. Now it looks like Odenwingie is back but Long might be out, so Tchoyi might well continue this role short term. But when the two strikers are back he will probably be more a standard midfielder

£5.9 for Riise seems a lot for a Fulham defender. I don't think he offers enough over Hughes (£5.0m) to justify the extra money, if you were even set on Fulham

Enrique is also only £5m and although he hasnt scored big points yet, it sounds as if he is getting forward a lot and getting a lot of crosses in

I really would be tempted to downgrade Riise and have that spare cash in case someone like Taraabt or Brunt needs a minor upgrade

I'm going Arteta and Adebayor myself.

Arteta + Dzeko

Walcott and Adebayor if you have Nasri/Silva.

For me, it has to be B all the way. Norwich are never going to set the world alight in any game. There probably wont be much to choose between their best forward and their best midfielder in the long term

But the difference between Walcott and RVP could really be significant. Granted, Walcott does have the odd good game, but nearly EVERYTHING good for Arsenal goes through Robin. He's on set pieces and penalties, and the man is a goal scoring machine

And if you dont have Rooney already, the mass concensus seems to be RvP captain.

I hear you, I lost faith in N'Zogs already, though I think he will come good eventually...

I agree Scratch, N'Zogbia will deliver soon and having had him in since GW2 it would be annoying to ship him out then see him score a brace along with 3 BP's.

I think nasri plays, but we'll see...looks pretty solid but Mikel is a waste of space, not sure who else at that price though

Is that a WC team?

It appears to be a decent team, I really like your mids. Only thing missing is Arsenal coverage (I don't have any either!) but that can easily be fixed.

Briggs is a waste. You can get a defeneder at £4m that will at least get a regular game from Swansea or QPR

Mikel is a good player but not a good FPL player if you know what I mean. general concensus seems to be Dyer (£4.5m) or Moses (£5m) in that price range

And if you do maybe go Mikel > Dyer you can maybe go Briggs > Brown or Woodgate

Otherwise pretty strong.

B. MNU don't have great fixtures but MNU look like scoring on anyone, so A.Young seems worth adding as opposed to doubling down on MNC and ARS. That said, Dzeko (2 int'l matches) and Aguero (traveling from Bangledesh)are rotation risks with Tevez pushing for a start.

B by a long shot. Aguero will most likely not start and Arteta is at a new club. Dzeko is in red hot form as is Young. Pretty straightforward

I'm liking option B a lot, i would like to see how arteta settles in first, and aguero looks to be rested after international duty, i cant give a source, but mancini seemed to make it quite clear in todays paper that tevez and dzeko look likely starters. 🙂

B - no question