| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | B |
| Up |  Sanchez | CHE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Pickford | EVE | A |
| No Change |  Roefs | SUN | C |
| No Change |  Henderson | CRY | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Verbruggen | BHA | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Chalobah | CHE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | A, £ |
| No Change |  Lacroix | CRY | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Tarkowski | EVE | A |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Senesi | BOU | C |
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| Down |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Fernández | CHE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A, Inj |
| No Change |  Wirtz | LIV | A |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | B |
| Up |  Ndiaye | EVE | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Down |  Mitoma | BHA | B, Vs |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | C |
| No Change |  Watkins | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A |
| Down |  Ekitiké | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | B, VsX |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | C |
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anyone else making no changes this week
nah, far too impatient for that
Question- Is 2 the max number of free transfers ya can save up at any given time?
yes
Thought so but why? surely ya should be rewarded for not using transfers when ya don't need to
I think you should be able to have more than 2 free transfers too. I don't see why not, it's not like it would be a hugely unfair strategy to make no transfers in the first 10 weeks and then 10 at a time.
I agree. If people don't wanna look at their team and save up transfers then let them. They won't do well if they don't change their captain, sub order etc. I reckon we should be allowed to have as many transfers as we can save up. For instance, I haven't needed a transfer really all season and only used them when I felt I had to but this week, while I'll probably use 2, I could to with 3 freebies
so ppl that do not look @ their team for weeks do not get rewarded for not being active? i think makes since?
*sense
Yep
Ade > RVP just confirmed. Let the price rise commence!
swp is getting the armband this week
Any chance for some feedback? Got serious attacking problems and will want to do my transfers today I think as RVP will rise and Aguero fall. I think.
Vorm, Ruddy
Kompany, Bosingwa, S Taylor, (Ward, De Laet)
Nani, Mata, Silva, Petrov, (Dyer)
Aguero, Odemwingie, Adebayor
Aguero->RVP is what I want to do but I'm 0.1 away so will need to do another transfer to fund it. Currently looking at Ward -> Wilkinson (Stoke), with Dyer able to replace Adebayor if he doesnt start. Got any better ideas? DO YOU?
odem to sturridge and then mata to ramsey next week
Odemwingie to Sturridge
for me.
you scared me off with the 'DO YOU?'
(i'm currently shivering in the corner)
Sorry 'bout that ... 🙂
Wouldnt be overly confident about Wilkinson starting each week. Would a Swansea defender be better? What about Adebayor to Sturridge?
Does Ward > Woodgate not raise the required dollar? Thought Woodgate was more nailed on til he breaks?
+1
nani to bale/vdv? just something im thinking of doingfor a few weeks. would you be up 4 that?
Would de laet to monk (swansea) free up enough?
like your idea just not sure about wilkinson
Wow, 9 replies. Thanks a lot everybody.
A problem I forgot to mention is that if I don't sell either Aguero or Adebayor I'll have a crap player coming on for them if they're both rested, which I think they will be.
The big problem with getting Woodgate instead of Wilkinson is that I will not be able to get Suarez in for the next weeks if he looks good. If I go with a 4m defender I can get him in much easier for Odem or Adebayor if I feel I need him.
Biggest reason why I want RVP is that I feel he'll give me a much better captaincy choice than the one I have. He might actually break my season record of 5 points for captains.
nice that RVP will be back to 12 mill when i sell him after week 9
Looking at next six ticker, Wigan and Bolton have great fixtures. Any cheapies in there worth adding????
Moses will come good eventually . He better anyway
Moses, Boyata, Klasnic erm beyond that not really.
Zat Knight for a defensive one, maybe Watson or reo-coker? Clutching at straws though a bit, 2 bad bad teams
Petrov, Klasnic, maybe Moses. I can see Cahill doing well over the next few, but there's better options at around or just above his price.
m.petrov
just wait for kakuta to emerge from the undergrowth in glorious fashion
For the next 4 weeks - Mata or Nani?
Mata....on the basis that Nani is facing Liverpool city and Everton in the next three...
I have watched Nani for a long time ever since lisbon move and he is the closest thing at Utd to C.Ronaldo. He can score against anyone. I have both though because I have faith in Mata. But Nani is your big points powerhouse.
Not Nata?
long or klasnic
I don't normally like doing RMT but I need some guidance:
Vorm (Given)
Simpson Bosingwa Kompany (Enrique) (Brown)
Mata Dyer Young Silva Walters
Rooney Sturridge (Adebayor)
I have 2 free transfers and I don't know what to do.
I like the thought of getting in RVP/Bale/VDV/Ramsey
Thoughts
any money in bank?
Only 0.2
mac is right below, its a nice team. id hang on2 ade tho with spurs upcoming fixtures (will prob just miss this weekend). how about brown to woodgate? stoke have good fixtures coming up (sideways move but a better def unit?)
Any money in the bank? Could do Young > VDV Ade > Suarez perhaps?
Nice team btw.
Cheers man, got 0.2 in the bank. I must be the only idiot on here that is not up for Suarez this GW. Do you really think he's gunna do it this gw....I mean there is no denying he's a long term choice just unsure for this GW.
Cheers mate
Vorm (Given)
Kompany Bosingwa Enrique (Simpson NTaylor)
Silva Nani Ramsey Ramires (Bannan)
RVP Dzeko Sturridge
is my team with 1.9 in bank
Obviously I'd recommend RVP/Ramsey
Planning to rotate in Rooney and Suarez in GW ahead
Only question above is maybe Sinclair for Ramires to allow Aguero with RVP/Rooney later.
I like you team....although I would reconsider playing Enrique this week....chances of a CS slim. Only saying cause that is almost identical to my defence.
If you have two free transfers then maybe take a one week punt on Adebayor -> Dzeko / Balotelli
Either could have a big week.
I would also play Enrique over Simpson.
Good advice mate....I think it were intended for me 🙂 Thanks
England's win percentage without rooney is 42.9%. compared to 69.7% with. Ohhhhh dear.
Won't get out of the group stages anyway then. Might as well take him just so he can feel especially guilty rather than getting a holiday.
Big Dog Carroll or Danny Pele to save the day then.
If he stops looking til a pile of ponytailed rubbish and like the player he had looked at Newcastle they wouldn't be the worst strike combo.
Your forgetting about Bent. Maybe Moses could get his season started this GW and change from Nigeria to England. Heskey still laying about too. Bothroyd or Davies could be the right men for the job.
England with plenty of options. 🙂
Support Ireland sure. They have proper fans
Oh ... feck! No ... actually - FECK OFF!!!
*Thrusts head into sand, presents rear*
At Ireland or Rooney?
Good job no one gives a shite about England then. Limp in the quarters (possibly) get beaten by and average team or better, standard England.
'96 and '98 and '02 we were good. It's since then we've been useless.
96 yes, the others no. The cold facts are we are a quarter final / 1st knock out round quality team meaning we are essentially between the 5th and 16th best team since pretty much 1990. How we can ever be looked at as higher is beyond me. I know people who have kept the faith for longer than me but all mine has gone at only 26! If we get out the group in the Euros we will have done well and anything more than that is a bonus.
98 we were excellent, we won le tournoi the year before and were only knocked out by the bloody pens after the beckham argie business. 02 we were fresh off whipping the germans 5-1 and played some excellent football. I watched the Eng/Argentina 02 match again recently and we played some beautiful football. Lost to a excellent Brazil team, no shame there.
Le Tournoi might have had good teams in but it was a nothing tournament. Theirs always an excuse tho, someone getting injured, pens etc. Maybe we should have learned to take a decent penalty and prepare better mentally. Their was no shame losing to Brazil but they were a man down and we were leading at one point. The fact is we were no where near winning those tournaments, we did well tho getting where we got to. We just need to adjust expectations and as I said be glad when we get to a quarter final.
2004 too imo, could've won. Unlucky with Rooney injury and dodgy disallowed goal, or do I think of the wrong Portugal game now?
I can understand English people being deluded but I expect better of u Garg!
🙂
It's true though, an awful Greek side won it. Any side reaching the quarter finals had a great shot of the title. It's the best chance Sweden has had since 94 too, we were unlucky as fook to go out to Holland on penalties. Then we had Czech who were my favourites but had an injury to Nedved and collapsed.
England also had Rooney making his international breakthrough, which is a great great thing. Looking through the history you can find loads and loads of winning teams that have been hugely helped by a youngster bursting onto the scene that the other teams can handle. Somebody should write an article about that. It's a great bonus.
Oh and don't expect things from me, I'm much more stupid than most people believe.
must be under capello.
If you want to support Sweden instead we could have a great time together AP.
hughes could be bargain of the season at 4.7mill
Wait when did he come back from injury? I was hoping he would go down to 4.5m and play him for every home match.
hes fully fit now no doubtul on fpl site
i will get him after this week to make sure he plays this week and his price wont change for next 7 days
Mancini invited Carlos Tévez to his house for clear-the-air talks - Tévez arrived at 1:30 am and they talked until the early hours of the morning:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/oct/13/carlos-tevez-talks
Sounds very positive.
Or Tevez refused to get up off the couch...
I like Mancini. Seems like a very reasonable bloke
And he dont look too bad as well. 🙂
you say talked, one talked whilst the other grunted and occasionally hump the table leg
so kolarov has a better points per game than bosingwa and saylor. duh
John W Henry admits he overspent on certain players since he bought Liverpool. Wonder who he could be talking about? 🙂
Weren't they all Dalglish signings? If Henry refused to pay up, the fans would have gone mental on him.
In fairness he is responsible for maintaining the economy in the north east in 2011. Can't knock the man for helping the less well off.
enrique?
1) Mata vs VDV for the next three gameweeks?
2) Arteta vs Ramsey?
3)RVP vs Adebayor?
Thoughts guys? Seems to be the key battles for everyone these next couple of gameweeks...
1) NO NO NO NO
2) 4 yesses
3) RVP
1) Unsure on both Mata and VdV for their price.
2) I'd prefer Arteta to Ramsey still, i think Arteta is the better player and is on corners. Not sure if its worth the extra ~2m though.
3) RVP(c) for me, wait and see on Adebayor's injury
Cheers guys. I've got no spurs coverage, but that doesn't bug me too much as they face a tight Newcastle defense this week. Also, Mata has better fixtures for the next couple of weeks. Thinking of dropping mata for Adebayor, RVP to Aguero, and dropping Sturridge to...someone cheap to fuel either Bale (need spurs cover) in the next couple of gameweeks for a 2 point hit...hope that sounds reasonable.
It's no doubt a commonly seen debate, but can someone make this decision for me...
Rooney or RvP?????
Aaaarghh...
Rooney
And cracking grav btw
Why thank you sir.
And I think I'm going to go with Wayne. There's something about a big fixture against rivals Liverpool + post England red card/Euro ban motivation that hopefully will = big fantasy points!!
Rooney. In form, great team behind him, great fixtures after the derby. done. I have both RVP and Rooney though, just to be sure 🙂
Does anyone know if there will be a scoutcast this week?
Thanks...I do enjoy a listen of a Thursday evening, but I'm impressed by the new layout and appreciate the effort that must have gone in to it..keep up the good work!
Also, I'm delighted to see that FPL have finally added current season totals to the History section on player profiles. Took long enough...
ooh good spot.
vorm & n.taylor... overkill right? better to upgrade n.taylor to woodgate or dare i say knight?
I actually think Knight could be a good shout. Stoke coverage in def seems crucial too though
cheers 4d reply, will go with stoke def. knight is 2 much of a gamble
stay away from Knight IMO. I think that it may be overkill go with Woody 🙂
haha cheers hn2, great thinking 🙂 woodgate it is for me 2
Not been studying the internationals. How likely is it that Ageuro, Adebayor and Brunt are to play.
No idea about Brunt but Ade and Aguero are big doubts...
I own the two A's and have pretty much written off their chances of playing. Both managers don't want to risk longer-term injuries...
have to say i'm completely used to the new site layout now. feels normal
Seconded.
Old site, say whaaaaat???
SWP vs Blackburn. What do you think?
Any love for Petrov (Bolton)? Bolton have been shocking against good opposition, but have scored in all but two games MUN & ARS - the only games he has failed to pick up more than 2 points in. Good run of games coming up and a decent price. Any takers?
I have him. Was a FF favourite a few seasons ago at City.
Bet England wish they had big John now
Where is the Bale love...been in good form last couple of weeks especially during the internationals! Could be a great differential.
Anyone else considering monkey face?
Good option if ya have a mid around the same price range or can upgrade a lesser price mid. Not such a good option if downgrading nani, silva etc
I have had Young from the start and was thinking about downgrading to Bale.
Young to Nani seems a sideways move...thoughts?
If last year is anything to go by he is too inconsistent for most people round here with scores like 2,15,2,2,2,2,2
Good point....
Bale is deserving of love, this weekend certainly. If I remember correctly(ish), Toon have conceded a far higher % of goals from their right flank (alongside Fulham, Etherington owners/watchers take note) than most other sides in the league, which could play into Bale's hands....
Hey guys, on a WC, so would appreciate your thoughts on this effort:
Begovic Hennessy
Bosingwa Kompany Simpson N Taylor Boyata
Silva Nani Ramsey Petrov Dyer
Rooney Van Persie Sturridge
Playing it fairly safe with this I know, but I wouldn't be averse to a risky differential suggestion or two!
I like....except your keepers 🙂
Why? They rotate really well FUL SWA NEW WIG QPR BLA SUN TOT STO NOR are the next ten fixtures.
Same forward line and most of the Mids that I have in my W/C team, but different defence.
The goalkeeper rotation looks good, but how many clean sheets is Hennessy going to keep?
Vorm doesn't rotate quite as well with Bego but Swansea at home look very solid and Vorm is an International class G/K.
That's my thinking, anyway.
goes quite on here doesnt it...
