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Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.7m	105.4%	Very Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.7m	109.5%	Very Likely
Cherki	MCI	6.5m	97.7%	Likely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	94.6%	Maybe
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	88.3%	Maybe
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	95.0%	Maybe
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	89.5%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.1m	71.4%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	7.9m	75.3%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	79.0%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	73.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	72.5%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	71.1%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	61.8%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	70.7%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	62.9%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	59.0%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	63.3%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	64.1%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	54.2%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.9m	49.4%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	51.1%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	57.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	55.6%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.0m	41.6%	Unlikely
Evanilson	BOU	7.0m	55.4%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	47.9%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	51.8%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	53.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	51.1%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	49.4%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	47.5%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.3%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	42.7%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	25.2%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	42.5%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.6m	42.9%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	33.3%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.1m	9.6%	Unlikely
Kamara	AVL	4.9m	41.3%	Unlikely

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Doku	MCI	6.5m	104.2%	Very Likely
Eze	ARS	7.7m	81.7%	Likely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	102.5%	Very Likely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	97.7%	Likely
Estêvão	CHE	6.5m	102.2%	Very Likely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.2m	99.9%	Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	100.9%	Very Likely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	101.1%	Very Likely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	98.4%	Likely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	100.5%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	100.7%	Very Likely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	95.6%	Likely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	100.3%	Very Likely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	100.4%	Very Likely
Acheampong	CHE	3.9m	97.9%	Likely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	99.1%	Likely
Johnstone	WOL	4.5m	98.4%	Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	95.1%	Maybe
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	99.2%	Maybe
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	97.5%	Maybe
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	96.5%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	94.5%	Maybe
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	98.2%	Maybe
Tzimas	BHA	5.3m	96.2%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	95.2%	Maybe
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	94.9%	Maybe
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	92.6%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	93.6%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	93.5%	Unlikely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	87.6%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	89.7%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.2m	89.2%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	90.8%	Unlikely
James	LEE	5.3m	90.2%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	91.2%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	96.1%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	90.7%	Unlikely
Talbi	SUN	5.0m	87.1%	Unlikely
Gittens	CHE	6.1m	87.6%	Unlikely

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No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	B, Vs
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No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

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No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

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No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	B, Vs, Inj, Sus
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

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No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

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The Knee Jerk

10 December 2011 2408 comments

Paul

The hangover from Wednesday’s Champions League exit will no doubt remain in the system for quite some time but United’s response this afternoon was swift and emphatic.

Bereft of their skipper for the rest of the season and with goals proving hard to come by, plenty had questioned the champions’ credentials after the embarrassment of Basel but, unfortunately for Mick McCarthy, Fergie’s team had all the answers.

Perhaps buoyed by the easing of his Euro 2012 suspension, Wayne Rooney returned to his form of early season, slamming two past Wolves in a stroll at Old Trafford. Nani reprised his role of last season, moving over to the left, with Ashley Young afforded nothing more than a brief cameo late on in the second half. The Portuguese winger served a timely reminder of his Fantasy worth, grabbing a brace and assist and sits on 15 points. Pre-bonus, this is already his best haul of the campaign.

Antonio Valencia patrolled the right flank and provided 3 assists. Incredibly, his 11 point return is more than his total for the previous fourteen gameweeks and will surely give Fergie food for thought, with Young’s owners more than a little nervous of United’s increased potency in his absence.

Having recorded four clean sheets in their previous five, United had relied on Nemanja Vidic to shore up their leaky defensive but with the Serbian no longer an option this season, attack seems to be the way forward once again. A dependence on clean sheets has definitely diminished and a return to the displays of the opening few gameweeks will surely see investment in Rooney and Nani pick up pace over the next few days and beyond.

The next six gameweeks only add to the appeal- (qpr, ful, WIG, BLA, new, BOL) and will have many pondering the unthinkable and taking the armband off Robin Van Persie, particularly with Arsenal rolling up to the Etihad next week.

Post-match, Chris Smalling admitted the players were keen to answer their critics after the midweek humiliation in Switzerland:

It was a big game for all of us. The manager has shown faith all season and it was up to us to show the fans we should be a part of his starting XI.

Following today’s result, some of them may just have earned a place in plenty Fantasy XIs over the next few weeks, too.

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Manani
14 years, 14 days ago
anyone recommend me a transfer?

thinking about getting nani/mata in at some point, maybe both.

want to get rid of augero to sturridge to free upp funds, but augero is the only player in the mini-league which i have only. great differential? or too expensive?
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pukey
14 years, 14 days ago
OK I finally linked my fantasy profile to this. I have used my wildcard this week and currently team looks like this:

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/1458/teamyb.jpg

Any changes you guys think are necessary? I honestly think United have a better chance of clean sheets than most, and jones (OOP/in form) & Smalling are cheap options for united coverage.

Anyway - Please pick apart at will 🙂
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1. Kuqi Monster
  14 years, 14 days ago
  good first 11 - only comment is that your bench is weak and you will have to rely on your bench during christmas rotation and injuries.
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2. everyday, i'm shufflin…
  14 years, 14 days ago
  I'd consider to rearrange budget among Howard, Simpson, and Ferguson.
  
  Howard is too expensive for me.
  Simpson and Newcastle may not get much CS recently until they can sort out their injury problems.
  Ferguson is not a good back up during winter. You need the one who play to deal with the weather.
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3. pukey
  14 years, 14 days ago
  Agreed with Howard being pricey, but for the next month I like his fixtures & he double gameweek. Plus he rotates pretty well with Vorm untill gameweek 23.
  
  Who else could I put in? considering Swansea will probably conceed in the next 2 games.
  
  Ferguson was merely a filler, I have 0.3 left so could shift things about in order to get another playing sub.
  
  I figured this is the best time for me to play my wc as christmas coming up, and if it goes tits up, another wc in jan! thanks for your inputs
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  1. Low-Life
    14 years, 14 days ago
    That's a bit of a waste of a wildcard in my opinion, you had a good side anyway.
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    1. pukey
      14 years, 13 days ago
      Agreed I had a good side, but I still wanted a few changes which would of cost me 12-16 points if i hadn't played it. Don't see a better time to use it if I'm honest
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George Agdgdgwngo
14 years, 14 days ago
Morning all. Got two free transfers, not too sure what to do.

1 st one probably best to change given, but not sure who for?
2 nd one probably upgrade defence, any suggestions?

Got £1.1m in the bank, current team is-

Vorm, given
Enrique, Simpson, brown, Wilkinson, Taylor (swansea)
Mata, nani, bale, silva, dyer
Rvp, ade, ba.
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1. pukey
  14 years, 14 days ago
  Personally I'd go Given> Howard, (home to norwich, then home to swansea) - Plus a double gameweek in January.
  
  Whack in easy united coverage (evans, possibly smalling)
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Valar(Keith)
14 years, 14 days ago
those of you looking for rotating 3 cheap defenders.. from next week if you rotate
Caulker McAuley Gabbidon
you get
SUN QPR EVE NOR NOR WIG

just sayin..
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1. everyday, i'm shufflin…
  14 years, 14 days ago
  Norwich are not bad in scoring..
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  1. Valar(Keith)
    14 years, 14 days ago
    i know.. that's why i'm worried about another baines 2 pointer this week
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    1. Valar(Keith)
      14 years, 14 days ago
      would rather a 4.0 fail than a 7.8 fail.. lookin to get rid of baines for Gabbi to get that trio in order to upgrade Sess to nani
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2. The Finnisher
  14 years, 14 days ago
  Pity 2 of them don't do cleanies...?
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Ryan
14 years, 14 days ago
So United are back to their scoring ways. Everyone bringing in Nani and Rooney or both? I know I am with my 2 FT
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1. Carl@streetkids.com.au
  14 years, 14 days ago
  It's hard to say really. I bought Nani in as I saw the game and appears that he may have picked up his form and dropped a good MID with diminishing capital growth. The Roon's pretty pricey but depends what your capital balance is like I guess.
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2. Nomar
  14 years, 14 days ago
  Have had Rooney from day 1 and kept him through barren spell so may as well continue with him now.
  
  Less likely to rotate and is on pens. I'd go for Rooney and Mata if I had the money for both.
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Perthite
14 years, 14 days ago
I am thinking of transferring in Nani in with my two free transfers. Obviously I have a bit of money in defence at the moment, so would need to raid the money from there. Who would be the most likely option of my defenders to get rid of? (Kompany Enrique Baines P.Jones)
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1. wayne3004
  14 years, 14 days ago
  Kompany, Baines if he didn't have good fixtures.
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  1. Perthite
    14 years, 13 days ago
    Yeah - I guess Man City don't seem to pick up cleansheets very often.
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wayne3004
14 years, 14 days ago
Bringing in Ba and Rooney (c) for an 8 pointer looks to have paid off, as long as Bendy and Aguero don't score 🙂
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Manani
14 years, 14 days ago
getting nani or mata is better?
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1. bmb100
  14 years, 13 days ago
  Same dilemma for me. No attacking coverage for either team.
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Silva is Gold.
14 years, 13 days ago
Given and VDV to Nani and Vorm?
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HANTON1984
14 years, 13 days ago
where do you check the bonus points?
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