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20 December 2011 1023 comments
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Wolves will need to make do without Jamie O’Hara once again this evening, as Norwich make their way to Molineux. Chelsea expect John Terry to be fit for Thursday’s clash with Spurs after suffering an Achilles tweak, while reports suggest Gareth Bale is winning his fitness battle ahead of the all-London showdown.

Steve Kean’s worries mount up, with Scott Dann and Gael Givet both out for Blackburn in tonight’s Lancashire derby with Bolton. Arsene Wenger and Alan Pardew both have dilemmas in the midfield area, with Alex Song and Yohan Cabaye missing out against Aston Villa and West Brom respectively due to one-match bans.

As ever, keep checking Team News for all the latest reports, outs and doubts and predicted lineups. There’s also our handy Twitter feed which brings you news links direct from the source.

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  1. timberto
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Hey people any thoughts on my team

    VORM
    KOMPANY/ JONES/ ENRIQUE/ (SIMPSON /NAYLOR)
    SILVA/ BALE/ RAMSEY/ TIOTE (WALTER)
    ROONEY/ RVP/ YAKUBU

    One free transfer
    Need to get rid of ramsey but not sure for who?
    Also should i play simpson over ramsey if i dont get rid of him?

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    1. zizou81
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      play simpson over tiote, and bring in larsson for ramsey if you can afford it

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    2. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Who r u giving the armband to?

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  2. zizou81
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    is it worth taking a 4 point hit to bring in Aguero and allen for adebayor and bale? The doubt on bale to play and a feeling that chelsea will take the game against tottenham is pushing me towards a rather rash decision...
    ... but this would enable me to put in vermaelen and rooney next week...
    thoughts?

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    1. Grunter75
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      good question... I dunno but considering the same

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  3. Fuzzy Dunlop Flynn
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Who's pulling clean sheets this week? I've got a feeling QPR just might...

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    1. Neurosis
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      City, Arsenal & Newcastle

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  4. Raise_the_Roof
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    transfer sinclair for drenthe with my free?

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  5. Josh
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Definitely captaining RVP until 22nd Jan

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    1. Raise_the_Roof
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      i am this week anyway

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  6. takeabowson
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    point prediction gw17?

    ruddy
    evans-baines-jones
    silva-vdv-drenthe-bale
    ade-sturridge-rvp(c)

    bench- ben arfa- simpson and fergie

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    1. Josh
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      60 - 70

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    2. bobwils
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      46

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  7. Journeyman
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Vorm (Ruddy)
    Jones Enrique JEvans (Assou-Ekotto Caulker)
    Drenthe Nani Mata Silva (Moses)
    Sturridge RVP Adebayor

    Have I benched who you would bench?

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    1. Josh
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      i think vorm will concede this week so im playing ruddy but they'll probs concede aswel so doesnt matter too much, and yeh spot on!

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  8. CaptainCow
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    When you buy players do you do so the day after the GW is finished so you get the maximum gains and minimum losses for a players value? Only I've just seen plenty of you have teams worth 107mil + where mine is only at 102mil. Normally I have been buying last minute to avoid any last minute injuries.

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    1. ToonTom
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I always wait till later myself...but gambles this yr have paid off a lot more...(ALso look at their ranking not just their value!)

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      1. Gunning 4 Glory
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        depends on the game week, normally I make my transfers Saturday night before the price rise unless internationals are mid week then ill wait to see who gets injured. My team is worth 107.2 if it helps

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    2. tris
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Yes. I make mine straight away..in fact, sometimes even before the games have finished. Risky but so far so good. Team is worth 109.5.

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  9. ToonTom
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    So I took a hit last week to do

    Drenthe/Jones/VDV - Bale/Nani/Samlling, didnt go well, but we shall see!

    Team now:

    Vorm
    Baines.Simspon,Smalling
    Nani,Silva,Bale,Moses
    RVP,Sturridge,Ade

    Ruddy,Brown,Dyer,Gabbidon

    Thinking do nothing and then after tonight do

    Dyer/Gabiddon - Shelvey/Caulker?

    Make sense?

    Hope you're all bearing up under Christmas pressure!

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    1. Gunning 4 Glory
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      personally I think Nani for VDV is a good move for the next three weeks until the spurs double game, but Jones will get more points than smalling (assist/goal threat) and Drenthe is a class act and Bale may not play

      Sorry bud, just my thoughts

      I binned both Bale and Ade this weekend for Rooney and Drenthe until the double games.

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      1. ToonTom
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        All fair point mate, but i made those changes last week as I said. One reason was I thought Bale would play all the games and VDV not, also Drenthe mysteriously vanished nad I figured he out! Ah well, think Ill hold tight this week..I like Shelvey and Caulker in as an option.....any opinions?

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  10. AIRMILES
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I hear Arsenal match is postponed by a day.

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    1. Gunning 4 Glory
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      possibly, depends if the strike goes ahead and if they can re-arrange plod and how much hassle it will cause fans. Up in the air at the mo

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    2. alsybach
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      where you hear that?

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      1. AIRMILES
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        A mate emailed me:
        ============

        What a lovely image.

        Arsenal game will be postponed by a day
        ============

        I asked him where he heard it, he said all over twitter. I looked on twitter, but being new to it really don't get how it works. I've emailed asking for an example, and am still waiting.

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      2. Gunning 4 Glory
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        it's on BBC's website now, all due to train strikes, but nothing has been decided yet and if Boris can sort the bloody Train lot out then it will still go ahead on the 26th

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        1. AIRMILES
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          JWTelegraph on twitter says decision likely tomorrow......

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        2. ToonTom
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          That wont effect FF though will it?Same gw?

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          1. AIRMILES
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            I think so. Hopefully.

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          2. ICJoker
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            Could be a different GW, imagine that, 40% of managers having a 13+mil player benched

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          3. ICJoker
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            In fact, another double GW would be good, more chance to be tactical

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  11. jamie20
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    krul

    simpson, enrique,jones,evans

    silva,bale,sess

    rvp(c) studge, rooney

    Subs...vorm, tiote,BAE,walters

    no freebies 0.9 in the bank...Any suggestions lads??

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  12. ICJoker
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Worth an 8-point hit for:

    Welbeck > Rooney
    Given > Ruddy
    Walters > Shelvey

    Would leave my team looking like this

    Vorm (Ruddy)

    Jones Enrique Simpson (Taylor De Laet)

    Nani Bale Silva Shelvey (Dyer)

    RVP Sturridge Rooney

    Any thoughts, I'm worried about Rooney going wild and others in my mini league have him

    Cheers

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    1. Gunning 4 Glory
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Not sure if any move is worth a 8 point hit, but Rooney is a must for the coming weeks in my opinion

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    2. bobwils
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      No

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  13. brish
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Looking for a little help: got 0.8 in the bank

    Krul (vorm)

    Enrique,jones, kompany, (Kelly,mc auley)

    Adam, nani, bale, Henry (dyer)

    Sturridge, RVP, Ba

    Any suggestions for subs or transfers?

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    1. Kirby
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Kelly for Evans and play Evans over Henry?

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      1. brish
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        That's a good shout,cheers

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        1. Kirby
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          No problem 🙂

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  14. crizmo
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I'm considering captaining the Yak over RVP. What do you think?

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    1. Kirby
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Risky, depends where you are in respect to others in your mini-league.

      If you're trying to catch up, potential differential with the Yak may work...but RVP in his form against a bad form Villa may come back to haunt you.

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      1. crizmo
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        I'm actually leading by 7 points in the league that matters but I like the gamble of the outsider as captain.

        Cheers

        Chris

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  15. yash
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Please help i just cant think of what transfers is should do this week

    Krul Vorm

    Simpson N.taylor Mcauley Jones Shotton

    VDV Silva Bale Allen Walters

    RVP Rooney Sturridge
    0m in bank and 2 free transfers left.

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    1. juventino2105
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Shotton may not be a consistant starter.

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      1. yash
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Who to replace him with?

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  16. juventino2105
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I used my wildcard two weeks ago, this is my team as it stands:
    Krul
    Jose Enrique - Jones - Richards
    Silva - Drenthe - Bale - Mata
    Sturridge - Rooney - Ba
    Subs: Vorm, Taylor, R. Taylor, Pilkington

    Any suggestions for GW17 + 18

    Considering swapping Mata for Arteta with a 4 point loss

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    1. GordonGekko
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Team looks good! Not a fan of Pilkington on your bench, though. I also think playing four back this gameweek is safer than 4 in front - a lot of good teams with easy fixtures at home.

      Personally I'd go with:

      Krul
      Jones - Richards - R. Taylor (given he starts) - Enrique
      Silva - Bale - Mata (Drenthe first sub)
      Sturridge Rooney Ba

      Now, that looks killer to me. Would wait with Everton players this round, Swansea have proven themselves times and times again and I think you're better off with a newcastle defender.

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  17. tarumit
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    vorm, ruddy
    vermelen, jones, simpson, (shawX, tiernery)
    Tiote, nani, bale, walters (dyer)
    Adeba, RVP, Rooney

    Already done -4 from
    matta >>> tiote
    Ba >>> Rooney

    My last 2 GW were very bad..

    Any more suggestions for Great GW.....

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    1. weetonyharris
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      captain rooney

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      1. tarumit
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        ronney against fulman....??//
        i imagine RVP aganst Aston vilaa

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  18. totts
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I have 2FT but 0 cash:

    Krul
    Kompany, Jones, King, N Taylor
    VDV, Silva C, Walters
    RVP, Aguero, Adebayor

    Subs: Vorm, Simpson, Gower, Ferguson

    1. Advisable to setup the lineup as such?
    2. Any players I should transfer or bring forward 2FT? I don’t have anyone in mind to change up.

    Thanks in advance.

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  19. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Who's sold Bale then or planning to today? I don't really want to but i also have O'Hara so bit worried about Bale not starting and being left with McAuley or B.Johnson coming off the bench

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    1. JimmyDeemo - Sir Puntalot
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Can't really afford Bale not to start so might make the move. In about 10 minds about my team though.

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  20. GordonGekko
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    How likely is Drenthe to start now that he's off the injury? Is there a strong contender to his spot at Everton?

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  21. f4rr377
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Any love for Balotelli this week or is he just to much of a risk???

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