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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	83.3%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	83.1%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	82.7%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	74.0%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	73.8%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	72.3%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	72.6%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	72.1%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	67.8%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	66.4%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	66.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	64.0%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	61.5%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	60.1%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	56.7%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	56.1%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	55.5%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	52.2%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	51.4%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	48.5%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	48.3%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	5.1m	47.6%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	47.3%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	45.8%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	45.4%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	43.0%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.3m	40.6%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	38.6%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	39.2%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	38.2%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	38.2%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	37.7%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	37.8%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	34.5%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	33.1%	Unlikely
Adli	BOU	5.4m	33.8%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	33.5%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	33.5%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	32.9%	Unlikely
P.M.Sarr	TOT	4.5m	32.6%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	99.5%	Maybe
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	99.2%	Maybe
Ekitiké	LIV	9.3m	83.0%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	84.0%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	83.0%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.1m	81.8%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	81.0%	Unlikely
Kevin	FUL	5.8m	80.8%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	80.1%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	80.3%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	79.7%	Unlikely
Areola	WHU	4.3m	79.0%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	73.6%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	73.0%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	73.1%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	73.5%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	71.8%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	72.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	72.3%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	70.4%	Unlikely
Rayan	BOU	5.6m	69.1%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	67.5%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	67.1%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	66.9%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	66.8%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	66.1%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	65.6%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.6m	64.6%	Unlikely
Potts	WHU	4.4m	63.5%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	62.5%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	62.0%	Unlikely
Fabianski	WHU	4.5m	60.7%	Unlikely
Moore	SUN	3.9m	60.3%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	60.1%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.6m	57.3%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	59.1%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	58.3%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	52.8%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	52.1%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	52.0%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, Vs, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
Up	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C
No Change	Kayode	BRE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Rodon	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 5:57pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Gordon	NEW	B
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A
Down	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Stach	LEE	B, Vs, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs

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Scout League Update – October

9 October 2011 720 comments

Andy

While the October international break has afforded us time to roll out a few new site features, I’ve been beavering away with a “quick” update on every Scout League we’ve got out there this season from Fantasy Premier League (FPL) to the Championship…

Classic FPL Leagues

Six weeks into the season (we scratched off gameweek 1 after all the drama) and there are two folks neck and neck atop the all-important Fantasy Football Scout league. An average of just under 69 points a gameweek sees Jennifer Rutter and Dag Birkeland as the pace setters- Owen McGongle was top until then and will, at least right now, be kicking himself over that Sergio Aguero injury.

Our stat-engorging, Season Ticker-loving and diligent subscribers in the Members League are a little further behind right now but that’s no means not to congratulate Richard Payne for his first six weeks atop of the pile. Pouring over every fine detail of each shot blocked and key passes made got you where you are, right Richard?

While on the topic of Classic leagues I suppose I should give our very own Contributor’s League something of a mention and begrudging congratulations go to my colleague Akers for his early lead 1/6th of the way through the season. I, Andy, find myself slap bang in the middle with my stateside colleague da Beeeeez equidistant in points from the top to Superior Being at the bottom.

Head to Head Leagues

FFS H2H 1/ FFS H2H 2 / FFS H2H 3 / FFS H2H 4 / FFS H2H 5

We’ve now got so many Head to Head Leagues even I could grow a beard in the time it would take to go over the ramifications. Instead, we’ll split our select leagues into two and leave most of the work to another of my self-drawn tables with a quick high/lowlight to follow…

JimI, Verbal, gaspar, Gunner Legion and Super-Hans all have an early lead in the weekly match-ups, sitting top of their respective Head to Head leagues at this break in the road.

Granville and Mark are doing it for the pods as they put on a respectable face for the Fantasy Football Scout fraternity, while I try and glide past the fact another two of my fellow colleagues are currently sat in dead last and would be heading for the Reserve League as things currently stand.

FFS H2H 6 / FFS H2H 7 / FFS H2H 8 / FFS H2H 9

Those are just the first five of nine 20 man Head to Head leagues we’ve now got in rotation. In future, these articles will give more space and time to managers on the rise and wane between updates but, for now, we soldier on with the final four…

JC, Boss Hogg, Dexter4King and mattiesafer are the other four Head to Head leaders at present, as they make an early attempt at forging a place high enough to move up our league structure. In these leagues, falling down the ladder is much easier to do- that’s what I tell myself anyway as el-fozzie, Big Dunc and myself continue our dispiriting performances from the Contributor’s pot – da Beeeeez at least helps out somewhat with a spot in the top six.

You may not recognise the name WillHowe in Head to Head 8, but you should; he helped design this new chapel of Scout we now house ourselves in. Here’s hoping his fortunes improve, then. A name you probably will be familiar with is Westfield Irons, otherwise known as Jon Reeson and Fantasy Premier League winner 2009/10, who is teetering dangerously on the precipice of success and failure. For now at least, he has “reason” (sorry) to be cheerful.

Reserve League
Just a handful of weeks into the season and we’re already down to a “mere” twenty-four managers with unbeaten records in the free-for-all known as the Reserve League. Alan Barlow sneaks the lead from Neil Winnett by a slimline 8 overall points, with twenty-two Fantasy Managers clawing away at their heels as they look to break into the nine aforementioned leagues next term.

European League

As you’ve probably picked up on in the last month or so, Fantasy Football Scout has gone a bit continental. Why Napoli you ask? This is because we’ve spread our wings to provide parallel coverage of the Champions League this season.

We’ve got a more than healthy contingent of European Fantasy managers in the Scout League. You may have seen Granville skirting around the comments, heard him bend Mark’s arm to mention in the Scoutcasts and even shout from the rooftops about his grand start that had him first in England at one point in time. Now, he’ll have to make do with miserly fifth and just third in the Scout League.

Obay Eid’s wildcard-inspired second Matchday sees him top the Mancunian pod-jockey on number of transfers alone with the greatest credit so far going to Emmanuel Martey who is two points ahead of the pair and has the early lead in our European adventure. 141st in the world (and 1st in Ghana) is a none too shabby start.

The Other Leagues

We didn’t get as much time to review as many other games on the Fantasy park this summer but still managed to stop off at a couple more points of interest before the season began. Sun Dream Team is the other big Fantasy game out there with its giant prizes and equally large readership, so we were more than obliged to set up a Scout League.

Covering every game on each Premier League team’s agenda, from the Europa League to the Premier League via the Carling Cup, there’s an abundance of opportunity to snag some bargains if you play your cards right. Sitting with a Royal Flush as another transfer window opens is Gareth Owens and his Inter Bearded Clan. Notorious member of our commenting community Attilla the Bum also finds himself in a respectable 11th place.

And, finally, we’ve got 126 managers with an eye on the Championship and its Texaco branded Fantasy Game . Us in this here league bear witness to Paul Young at the top of the tree, though David Sudlow in third and Colin Gray in second, with an almighty bounty of assists, are not going to let him run away with things.

I somehow find myself joint third in the assist charts and yet still languishing in 76th place. The miserly 7 goals so far this season probably has something to do with it. I’m not bitter.

Hopefully, schedules permitting, we’ll be back with in the next International Break after another four gameweeks of FPL action.

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Calvin Valance
14 years, 6 months ago
Just on Sturridge, his real competition is with Kalou ... Anelka can play out wide but AVB sees him as a central striker. Although Sturridge's preference is to play central striker, AVB has suggested this season he will be a right forward. Central strikers (competing for one place) are Torres, Anelka, Drogba and Lukaku. Wide forwards are Malouda and Mata (predominantly left), Kalou (either) and Sturridge.
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1. CFCTom
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Basically, when everyone is fit and not in need of resting: Mata Torres Sturridge
  Mata unfit- Malouda comes in, Torres unfit- Drogba comes in, if Drogba is unfit- Anelka, Sturridge unfit- Anelka comes in, Anelka unavailable- Kalou comes in. Order of preference is:
  Mata_____Torres___Sturridge
  Malouda__Drogba___Anelka
  Anelka___Anelka____Mata
  Sturridge_Sturridge__Kalou
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  1. CFCTom
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Lukaku will probably get a look in there actually...
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  2. J0E
    14 years, 6 months ago
    that is music to the ears of us sturridge owners.
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    1. Gaz Downright
      14 years, 6 months ago
      I would not weigh this kid's words too heavily
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Moves Like Agger
14 years, 6 months ago
What are your thoughts on Bale as a fantasy prospect. I have arteta and am looking for alternatives
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1. Moves Like Agger
  14 years, 6 months ago
  anyone??
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  1. drunken_mess
    14 years, 6 months ago
    ive got bale in my team, will def get good points, was unlucky last week, VDV is a good Tottenham option too
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  2. rohan
    14 years, 6 months ago
    i think arteta for this week... get bale in maybe next week
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    1. Moves Like Agger
      14 years, 6 months ago
      Thanks a mil just one more question:
      Would Arteta to Ramsey this week be better then??
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      1. rohan
        14 years, 6 months ago
        i dont think so... arteta>ramsey is more of a sideways movement.. keep arteta and maybe use the transfer somewhere else??
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        Moves Like Agger
        14 years, 6 months ago
        I'm fairly happy with my team not sure what else I could do
        My team is
        
        Vorm (Krul)
        Bosingwa, Enrique, Warnock (Simpson, De Laet)
        Nani, Silva, Arteta, Taarabt (Dyer)
        Rooney, Adebayor, Suarez
        Any ideas??
        thanks in advance
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        Monklane
        14 years, 6 months ago
        It's good.
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        rohan
        14 years, 6 months ago
        i feel your team is more than decent.. maybe upgrade your defence... none of the 3 defs might get a cleanie this week.. so maybe upgrade de laet to woodgate??
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        Moves Like Agger
        14 years, 6 months ago
        i have no spare cash at all and i don't think its worth a hit
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      2. SOOnami
        14 years, 6 months ago
        its sideways but worth it as it saves u nearly 2 mil.
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2. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Good choice IMO. Has Rovers up as well soon and he always seems to batter us. Might have something to do with Salgado...
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udit
14 years, 6 months ago
How Do I Join The Member's League?, and yes I am a member,
Thanks in advance
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disparate dan - a reasonabl…
14 years, 6 months ago
just googled andy's funny bacon and eggs quote

now i see where his grav comes from... i thought that was just a pic of andy

i still have no idea what that tv programme is though...
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1. Anorak
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Parks and Recreation
  
  From what I can gather, it's office-esq but different enough to be funny in it's own right, but as I've never seen a minute, I'm taking Wiki's (and Andy's) word for it.
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  1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
    14 years, 6 months ago
    i found a funny video called 'The Ron Swanson Guide to Food'
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  2. Zod
    14 years, 6 months ago
    It's funny enough but it's no Community, which is for fans of the inspired Arrested Development.
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Tommytour
14 years, 6 months ago
As its quiet, what changes are needed this week?

Vorm
Woodgate Enrique Gabbidon
Nani Silva Mata Moses
Adebayor Rooney Suarez

Krul Dyer Simpson Brown

Rooney > RVP ?
Defence is looking pretty weak maybe improve that?

0m 1 transfer
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1. rohan
  14 years, 6 months ago
  down nani to someone like ramsey and get aguero in
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  1. Tommytour
    14 years, 6 months ago
    I can see Aguero being rested against Villa with Villarreal and UTD straight after, will look to get him in against Wolves. Who were you suggesting I take out?
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    1. rohan
      14 years, 6 months ago
      i was thinking in place of rooney..
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    2. AP
      14 years, 6 months ago
      Aguero won't have played in 2 weeks. He should be able to play 3 games in 8 days considering he can rest the following week.
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      1. rohan
        14 years, 6 months ago
        true
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      2. Tommytour
        14 years, 6 months ago
        All depends whether Mancini wants to risk him and how bad his injury really is? They will want him to start Villarreal and Utd which are two massive games!
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2. kaz 96
  14 years, 6 months ago
  not sure u need to change anything, i prefer vdv over mata but che have 2 easy fix coming up for this week , there is no real need to change anything
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Smarty Pants
14 years, 6 months ago
Who to play this week out of Moses and Nani?
Just wrote it and loled. But seriously?
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1. J0E
  14 years, 6 months ago
  that's a toughy. Play someone who will get 2pts. Or someone who may get 15. H
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  1. Smarty Pants
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Hey,
    but Moses plays Bolton at home, if he doesn't score in this game, then he'll never score. I predict a riot from him! And Nani plays in Liverpool. They are strong. Nani's points away from Old Trafford are not that good (this season has been a bit different so far though).
    Actually, I want to play them both, but don't know who to bench. All the suckers in my team have good fixtures (SWP, Moses, and Sinclair). While some big guns have tough or average fixtures (Nani, Suarez, Adebayor, Mata)...
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    1. J0E
      14 years, 6 months ago
      think of it this way, if Moses doesn't score well against Norwich, Swansea or QPR then he'll never score....that's exactly what happened in the first three matches....surely that's more than a massive hint that Moselliorov is not going to score well this season.
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      1. Smarty Pants
        14 years, 6 months ago
        But it's not like he couldn't score in those games... Hit the bar twice if I'm not mistaken...
        Hmm, I wish I had Ferguson.
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        J0E
        14 years, 6 months ago
        correct me if I'm wrong but hitting the bar is off target, close, but not as close as someone who can actually score getting it into the net. Perhaps the bar is as close as Moses will ever get? Happy to be wrong and more than happy to get him back into my team should he shine over the next couple of matches, but it really isn't going to happen.
        
        Just think there are some people out there with both Ferguson and Moses.
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        Gaz Downright
        14 years, 6 months ago
        I like your style Jonty
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        SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        14 years, 6 months ago
        I have no problem with him. He costs so little he can go on getting 2 points all season. Anything more is a bonus
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        Gaz Downright
        14 years, 6 months ago
        Depends a lot whether he is your 4th or 5th midfielder.
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2. rohan
  14 years, 6 months ago
  ummm nani??
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3. RajTotti
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Nani anyday ..regardless of who the opponent is and wheres the game played
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Gaz Downright
14 years, 6 months ago
time for a rare RMT

Given, Vorm
Bosingwa, Brown, Simpson, Gabbidon,
Nani, Silva, Arteta, Moses, NDyer
Ron, Agu, Ade

Get rid: Arteta, Brown, Gabbidon, Bosingwa, Given, Moses
Get in: VDV, Woodgate/Shawcross, JEnrique: Ruddy

Got two frees for this weekend. Any ideas?
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1. RajTotti
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Bosingwa-->Enrique
  Arteta --->VDV
  
  if u have cash
  
  otherwise Bosingwa-->Woodgate
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2. kaz 96
  14 years, 6 months ago
  dont bring vdv in this week(esp. with ade already in ur team)
  whose ur 5th defender?
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  1. Gaz Downright
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Ah cheers - Boyata.
    
    Might save the one transfer, and do something like Given out for Ruddy to free up cash. Bosingwa has a home game, so I suspect there are still some points there.
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    1. kaz 96
      14 years, 6 months ago
      yeah, that would do but if u dont want to take a hit next week then save the transfer and do this NEXT WEEK:
      aguero>suarez(norwich,wba,swans)
      arteta>vdv(b'burn and qpr)
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halnone
14 years, 6 months ago
Who do you think will get more points out of Arteta and Ramsey?

Already have Arteta but I'm considering replacing him with Ramsey to free up some funds.

Good idea?
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1. rohan
  14 years, 6 months ago
  too much of a sideways movement... keep arteta
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  14 years, 6 months ago
  As long as you're planning to keep Ramsey long term i think it's a decent move. I expect they will get similar scores this season
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3. Gaz Downright
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Unless Wenger shuffle things around, I think Ramsey will provide much better value
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4. Acer
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Keep Arteta, he will come good
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  1. Gaz Downright
    14 years, 6 months ago
    there has been some seasons at Everton where he didnt ...
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rohan
14 years, 6 months ago
vorm---woodgate---kompany---simpson-----mata----silva----nani----dyer----aguero----rvp----studge...

good enough or change??? 0.5 in the bank
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Pat mustard
14 years, 6 months ago
Begovic (Mignolet)
Bosingwa Clichy Simpson Hall (Hughes)
Mata Nani Dyer (Tiote) (Ferguson)
Aguero Rooney Suarez

This is my wildcard week and ive no more money in the bank, getting frustrated with Hughes losing value (4.7 down from 5.0) but deciding to stick with him although ff has put him as doubtful for the last 3 gameweeks! With unlimited transfers should i swap out Clichy (who's also losing value) for a cheaper defender eg. Enrique (maybe post utd game) to upgrade Dyer, Get a cheaper option than Aguero who may miss out with his groin injury to do so or stick to what i have? Thoughts would be much appreciated!!
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1. Tommytour
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Urgent Upgrade in Midfield!
  
  Bos > Enrique
  Clichy > Kompany
  Mata > Silva
  Aguero > Sturridge
  Ferguson > Ramsey
  Tiote > Bale
  
  Something along those lines?
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2. kaz 96
  14 years, 6 months ago
  cuz ur on wildcard, i suggest u do this:
  aguero/rooney>adebayor(its up to u to decide who u want to bring in
  hughes>enrique
  clichy>kompany
  tiote>ramsey
  nani>silva(that is if u take aguero out instead of rooney)
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GlasgowFF
14 years, 6 months ago
Anyone from Manchester?

Wife and I are going to Manchester for a couple of nights. Looking for advice on which hotels are located near the main bars and clubs?

Can anyone help? Thanks
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1. GlasgowFF
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Note we are both late twenties and straight.
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  1. Davido989
    14 years, 6 months ago
    LOL at the "straight" , made my day !
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2. Crouch Potato!
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Give this a try..
  http://www.lastminute.ie/hotels/selectCategoryHotel.do?CATID=33087&accommCode=1000743195-0-5-GH%3A1%24v1v%24&locale=en_GB&tabSelection=hotelDetails&CATID=33087&preserveName-startIndex=0&partnerId=9780
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  1. GlasgowFF
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Thanks.
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3. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
  14 years, 6 months ago
  i go to manc a fair bit
  
  don't stay in hotels but try the princess on portland
  
  pretty central and a nice hoel from what i've heard
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kaz 96
14 years, 6 months ago
vorm,schwarzer
naylor,kompany,bosingwa,ward,warnock

pick a gk and 3 defs for this coming week.
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1. rohan
  14 years, 6 months ago
  vorm, kompany, bos, ward
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2. Moves Like Agger
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Vorm (I would fancy stoke to score at home vs Fulham)
  Kompany, Bosingwa, Warnock
  
  this is exactly my back 4 for next week it looks good 🙂
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3. Pat mustard
  14 years, 6 months ago
  vorm
  kompany, bos, ward
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rohan
14 years, 6 months ago
vorm, kompany, bosingwa, ward
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rohan
14 years, 6 months ago
who to captain among studge, rvp, aguero, silva, mata, nani or kompany?
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1. kaz 96
  14 years, 6 months ago
  aguero, though i think rvp would be a safer choice, i can see aguero scoring big this week.
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Portsmouth Bubblejet
14 years, 6 months ago
Philippe Senderos has returned to London having been diagnosed with a torn muscle in his left thigh. This happened during the pre-match warm-up in Wales on Friday and resulted in Senderos pulling out of the Swiss team at short notice. He'll play no part in Switzerland's final qualifier against Montenegro, but there's no news as yet as to how long the injury will keep him out for.

http://www.nachrichten.ch/detail/511861.htm
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1. Anorak
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Hmmmm. One less face to worry about in the Fulham defence.
  
  Riise, Hangeland, Baird, Grygera ?
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  1. Mark
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Until Hughes is 100%
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    1. Gaz Downright
      14 years, 6 months ago
      Might prefer Hughes at 4,7 over Brown, Woodie and Olsson. Might be a steal
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    2. Anorak
      14 years, 6 months ago
      Agreed. Bairdman is never first choice, but Grygera is starting to look like a viable option in the last few games.
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Gaz Downright
14 years, 6 months ago
The site is working perfectly for me. It looks great. People who have problems Update your hardware - and for the love of all living creatures past and present - get off IE!!
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1. kaz 96
  14 years, 6 months ago
  +1. have not faced any problem yet
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2. Mark
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Good to hear that but we have to support IE as a mainstream browser - the changes we're making will really help those who use it but will also benefit everyone. We want to develop the ticker more (and already have new features done) but it makes no sense to have it contributing to the load on every page - better than users click to open it when they want to use and refer to it.
  
  Having said all that, when we developed the new site, we always knew it would be IE causing the problems - i've not used it for many years.
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    14 years, 6 months ago
    what is the problem with IE? it's all i've ever used...
    
    what is the best browser?
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    1. Gaz Downright
      14 years, 6 months ago
      there are many issues. the main problem is that it has lagged behind and is not supporting the evolution that is going on in regards to web design.
      
      i recommend firefox, or chrome if you have an old computer (chrome uses very little resources)
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      1. Gaz Downright
        14 years, 6 months ago
        to clarify further: the problem is that web designers always have to take special care in regards to IE - so the less IE users, the better the web. that's my two euro cents.
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    2. 4vets
      14 years, 6 months ago
      I use Firefox with a few tweaks. It's good.
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  2. Toast
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Mark, the new site design looks brilliant and works fine on my iPhone. A few small suggestions i would make:
    
    1.If you have to save loading time the injuries and bans section I don't look at too often. Not sure about everyone else.
    2.Would it also be possible to remove the filed under and author links from the stories as fat fingered iPhone users like myself do sometimes click the wrong thing.
    3.Would it be possible to see the score of the scout picks and add a captain and vc? I know another site already does this but I find it quite useful to know what the expert view is on the captain choice. I find the right captain choice to be crucial and it would be good to get at least an article on the top few choices for the GW.
    
    These are only minor suggestions and the site is amazing so keep up the good work.
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    1. Senile Delinquent
      14 years, 6 months ago
      The injuries and bans is my last port of call before confirming my team on a Saturday morning.
      It's the section that drew me to the site last season.Couldn't find anything as good elsewhere to avoid transferring a dud in.
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  3. FPL Daniel
    14 years, 6 months ago
    I say screw IE, Firefox and Chrome is all is needed. My mates who are web designers and software engineers says that IE is always causing problems, I think its on purpose from Microsoft, but that is irrelevant ATM. IE is default in your computer and u need to install Firefox or Chrome (Opera or others) If people are lazy to install them I don't know that to say.
    
    Chrome is 8 times faster than IE and Firefox is 4 times faster. Also all of them were tested recently and IE crashed first. I really don't get it what;s all the fuss about using IE.
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    1. Gaz Downright
      14 years, 6 months ago
      22% of the web-users are now using IE. 5 years ago it was 75%. Luckily its decreasing, but still, as with Dan, for many it was what was installed on their computer, and if it aint broke dont fix it. But still, it has stunted the development of the web, as with flash (a whole different story though).
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      1. Mark
        14 years, 6 months ago
        A lot of companies are tied to IE because they may have developed old in-house systems which are dependent on it - we still have users visiting the site, I guess from work, on IE7 - a browser which even google have now stop supporting.
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  4. kaz 96
    14 years, 6 months ago
    do IE>FIREFOX or chrome(FREE)
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QOTSA
14 years, 6 months ago
Rooney Mata Dyer Moses

or

Sturridge Young Nani Sinclair
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1. FPL Daniel
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Can I say something in between? Combination of both. If I must than its A, More value in those players
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  14 years, 6 months ago
  B
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  1. Royal5
    14 years, 6 months ago
    ..but would change Young with VDV.
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FPL Daniel
14 years, 6 months ago
Anybody watching daily NTI's on Ramsey. He is on 77% and 86% on Totalfpl and 90% on Fiso. Will he hold rising before Tuesday? After the Wales game or he is gonna rise today or tomorrow. He needs only 2 days more as I see it. Opinion pls.

P.S. More than 300 NTI today.
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1. Acer
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Either way you want to risk him breaking a leg or something Tuesday. If he rises, he rises, just get on with it.
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  1. Gaz Downright
    14 years, 6 months ago
    word
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2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  14 years, 6 months ago
  He will not rise before Tuesday, imo.
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  1. FPL Daniel
    14 years, 6 months ago
    But I am worried he is in blue on fiso already and people who are following price changes will hurry up to bring him in IMO. I need that transfer because I will miss 0.2 which are badly needed for my next transfer,
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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
      14 years, 6 months ago
      I understand, Daniel - and there is no way we can factor in panic buying ...
      
      Let's say he does another 400 until tonight, then 1000 tomorrow - he would still be
      
      28875 + 1400 = 30275
      
      Well short of 32126 ... then we are in to Tuesday. you can listen to the match, get a report - and do the transfer! 🙂
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      1. FPL Daniel
        14 years, 6 months ago
        What a relief, thanks Doosra
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      2. Portsmouth Bubblejet
        14 years, 6 months ago
        The problem is that, according to FISO, Jones rose in price last night with an NTI of only +28,954. Ramires went up +0.1 on 1st October with an NTI of 24,219. Target NTI for both had been 32,123.
        
        http://crackthecode.fiso.co.uk/LOG.HTML
        
        This NTI ceiling issue seems to affect players on their second consecutive rise more than first-time climbers, but it makes calculating transfer schedules quite tricky.
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    2. Crouch Potato!
      14 years, 6 months ago
      Buy or bite de bullet!
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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
        14 years, 6 months ago
        Daniel has sensitive teeth! 😉
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        Crouch Potato!
        14 years, 6 months ago
        🙂
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3. kaz 96
  14 years, 6 months ago
  +1 ^, a .1 change doesnt make a lot of difference. people tend to avoid the price rise way too much which in my opinion is quite risky. don't bring him in before thursday IF u have cash to briing him in after he rises to 6.4
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  1. FPL Daniel
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Well I disagree. Prices are important.
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    1. 4vets
      14 years, 6 months ago
      They're important but not when the risk is too great. I'm all for doing a Monday night transfer if the players doesn't play until the next Saturday but anything could happen on Tuesday.
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Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
14 years, 6 months ago
Scouts! Pleeease may we have our emoticons turned on!!! 🙂
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1. 4vets
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Point of order! Wiki says "An emoticon (English pronunciation: /ɪˈmoʊtɪkɒn/) is a facial expression pictorially represented by punctuation and letters, usually to express a writer’s mood." Just as you've done above 🙂
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  1. 4vets
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Blimey, that was quick!
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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
      14 years, 6 months ago
      No flies on FFS! 😉
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2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Thank you!!! 😉
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3. Mark
  14 years, 6 months ago
  I hear you...back...for now 😉
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  1. 4vets
    14 years, 6 months ago
    I assume removing the ticker will help with is one?
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    1. Mark
      14 years, 6 months ago
      The ticker logic adds time to everyone's page loads but, because IE 7 and 8 are really struggling, users of those browsers are seeing everything slowed - including the loading of gravatar's and emoticons.
      
      We're removing the ticker from the load completely, adding a button to load this when the user needs it so that we can keep the ticker as an option on every page.
      
      Users of IE7 and 8 really should consider using another browser though - the ticker will still load slowly in these browsers. Version 9 - a free upgrade, is fine and dandy though - as is chrome and FF of course.
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      1. 4vets
        14 years, 6 months ago
        Cheers Mark... things get done quick here when there's no footy on TV 😉
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      2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
        14 years, 6 months ago
        Oh! Even better! Ignore my comment below! 🙂
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  2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Cheers, Mark! I would feel naked without them! 😆
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    1. 4vets
      14 years, 6 months ago
      No-one would want that! 😯
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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
        14 years, 6 months ago
        😆 So very true ... 😉
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kaz 96
14 years, 6 months ago
anyone planning to watch the ucl(cricket) final tonight?
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The ghost of a Pug's g…
14 years, 6 months ago
Hey guys. Team is

Kenny (vorm)

Bosingwa Enrique Saylor (Raylor Ward)

Moses Silva Young N Dyer (Ferguson)

RVP Rooney Aguero

Deadwood: Raylor, Ward, Young, Ferguson, Moses

A) Young & Fergson ----> Petrov & Ramsey

B) " -----> Ramsey & Bale

C) rooney & Ferguson ---> Suarez/adebayor & Ramsey

D) A.N. Other (please state)

Let me know what you think. Got two freebies this week
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1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
  14 years, 6 months ago
  hmmm
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Demí
14 years, 6 months ago
😛
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1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Well, they are ... working! Might bring a smile to yours ... 😉
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Gaz Downright
14 years, 6 months ago
wow.

ok... here goes

Scouts! Free pints with every 5th page refresh!
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1. 4vets
  14 years, 6 months ago
  That would be irresponsible and I'd be drunk by now 😉
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Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
14 years, 6 months ago
Actually, I realise I'm a bit biased, as I have my own - but what about if the Ticker went back to the home page. If you need it, surely you can use it in a fresh tab? 🙂
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1. Mark
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Even then, it's adding to load and, as we add more features, we will be fighting our aim to optimise the site and keep it speedy. The solution we've got is good - works really well (the ticker loads in about 1-2 secs for non IE7 & 8 users) and keeps the ticker on every article page.
  
  We're just setting up the button and testing the logic that picks the members or non-members ticker depending on the user membership. We're nearly there.
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  1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Sounds like a great solution to me - very pleasing!
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kaz 96
14 years, 6 months ago
mark, what about the new change that was going to be made(achievements,reputation,comment replies etc.)?
how far is it?
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1. Mark
  14 years, 6 months ago
  We can't revisit those until we have the site performing better. We are looking to solve the issue of the ticker for IE users first, then we're optimising the delivery of the images a little more. After that we will let the design settle down and then re-assess the roll-out of the new features. All the coding is done so it's just a question of a bit of testing.
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  1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
    14 years, 6 months ago
    As a matter of interest, Mark, how many bits of info are there on each page? Safari is counting 122 to load, I think ...
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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
      14 years, 6 months ago
      121
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The ghost of a Pug's g…
14 years, 6 months ago
Once again

A) Young & Fergson —-> Petrov & Ramsey

B) ” —–> Ramsey & Bale

C) rooney & Ferguson —> Suarez/adebayor & Ramsey

D) A.N. Other (please state)
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1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  14 years, 6 months ago
  C/Suarez, imo.
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  1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
    14 years, 6 months ago
    you also think theres going to be a dip in rooneys form?
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    1. 4vets
      14 years, 6 months ago
      I have the same problem next week... RVP or Roon -> Suarez. Am favouring Roon at the mo but next saturday may change all that.
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  2. doisneau
    14 years, 6 months ago
    C agree
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2. Bob.
  14 years, 6 months ago
  I like the look of A personally. I have a similar conundrum. Have both Young and Rooney. probably keeping them though
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  1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Young has given poor yield lately but rooneys head may be f***ed and cant justify both in espesh when liverpool and spurs have ace fixtures in next few weeks. I may go whole hog n drop aguero for adebayor too. I need to know all my players are going to play every week
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    1. Bob.
      14 years, 6 months ago
      I think Young is in great form and will probably be in top 3 highest scoring mids this year. Played well for England again also. Goal and assist. Fergie will sort Rooney out dont worry, its something Capello isnt capable of! I fancy United to smash 3 or 4 past liverpool at the weekend and both players to be involved. If Young is injured though I will have to transfer him out!
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doisneau
14 years, 6 months ago
Very quick question guys upon which I'd really like your view. My 2 main rivals have Ramsey. Is a 4 point hit worth Given and Barton to Krul and Ramsey?
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1. 4vets
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Wait until after Tuesday. Also, who's your other keeper?
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  1. doisneau
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Theres the problem off on hols! Vorm. What do you think?
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    1. 4vets
      14 years, 6 months ago
      Play Vorm, nor wol & BOL ain't that bad, unless you're on hols for a month 😉
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      1. doisneau
        14 years, 6 months ago
        Would be nice! Ramsey worries me but Barton might not be a complete waste.
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2. Nomar
  14 years, 6 months ago
  I suppose it depends how far ahead of them you are.
  
  I'm wildcarding so I've done Given to Krul to rotate with Vorm and also got Ramsey in but didn't cost me any points.
  
  I think both transfers are worth it though in the longterm.
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  1. doisneau
    14 years, 6 months ago
    All in the mix so early days. Have a feeling Ramsey could do well next few games.
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3. Bob.
  14 years, 6 months ago
  QPR are at home to Blackburn, theworst team in the league, why would you get rid of Barton? Id make neither of those transfers
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  1. Senile Delinquent
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Yes but Arsenal are at home to Sunderland and have a better run over the next half dozen fixtures imo.
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  2. doisneau
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Just had such a bad start that am easily scared!
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  3. Nomar
    14 years, 6 months ago
    Thats why I said longterm move.
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My Name don't Mata
14 years, 6 months ago
Brown --> Woodgate,
thoughts ppl? (:
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1. Hansel
  14 years, 6 months ago
  good transfer
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2. Bob.
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Go for it
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My Name don't Mata
14 years, 6 months ago
Taarabt should be shown the door at Qpr,, If they are to do the right thing they should'nt play him at the weekend n let someone who wants to play, play instead. Disgrace.
Carlos is his best mate 🙂
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1. Nomar
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Not at all.
  
  More being made of this situation than needed to be. Us QPR fans are used to this kind of reporting with Taarbs. He's never refused to play for the team, unlike Tevez.
  
  As our CEO Philip Beard said after all this bus top nonsense, Taarabt is an important part of the team.
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Hansel
14 years, 6 months ago
RMT please

Vorm

Enrique Woodgate Kompany

Nani Silva Moses Petrov

Adebayor Suarez Rooney

Subs: Given Jarvis Simpson Brown

2 free transfers, 0.6 mil in the bank.

Is Jarvis -> Ramsey the transfer I should do or do you guys have any other option?
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1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Thats exactly the substitution to make and your team should score very well over the next few weeks...even better if u had rvp up front instead of roonpig
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2. Bob.
  14 years, 6 months ago
  Nice team! Im jealous. You dont even have to make that transfer
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  1. Hansel
    14 years, 6 months ago
    thanks guys. if bringing in ramsey, moses will be benched. was planning to bring out brown as well. how does moses -> tiote and brown -> BAE sound next week?
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    1. Nomar
      14 years, 6 months ago
      Frying pan to fire moves to me but depends on what your budget is like.
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      1. Hansel
        14 years, 6 months ago
        you don't like it? Have 0.6 in the bank, will get 6.1 for selling jarvis, depending on when I get ramsey in 6.3 or 6.4 goes away. leaves me with 0.4 or 0.3 to upgrade brown. if selling moses for tiote another 0.3 comes in which means i can get a def for 5.1 or 5.2 instead of brown. suggestions?
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