Akers Just a quick reminder to those competing in the Paddy Power Cup V – Round of 16 that the Quarter-Finals will take place over Gameweek 21, and not Gameweek 20, the deadline for which is tomorrow.
The Last 16 results will be published later in the week, along with the all-important Quarter-Final fixtures.
When are they going to post the next round of the cup? I want to look over my opponent's team before I bandwagon on Ireland like an idiot.
is it better to do the wildcard tomorrow to get benefit of price rises etc or should i just wait till I need to do it
Scout betting against VDV?
Ade ade ade ade....
Team, subs and captain ok?
Vorm
Enrique Assou-Ekotto Jones
Silva Nani Bale Drenthe
RVP Sturridge Adebayor(c)
subs - Hennessey, Simpson, B.Johnson, McAuley
bale captain, he's playing up front and has two matches this round
He’s playing up front and has two matches this round? Weird coincidence, so does my current captain!
Hennessey over Vorm, Chelsea suck. He'll probably save two penalties.
Vorm ALWAYS
B Johnson ahead of Simpson on the bench. Just because I think Newcastle will concede at least two.
What's the deal with Johnson at the moment? I saw he actually started against Fulham, anyone know how he got on?
ade (c) club 🙂
and i would also play vorm. cs odds 4.33, henn is 6.0
Oh no doubt about that one for me mate, Chelsea will win that by a couple of goals i think.
What you make of that insane result this weekend!?! Unbelievable 3 points
mental, shame we cant beat bolton at home though, that would have been a much more useful 3pts!
It's true, but there is a certain joy that only beating United at Old Trafford can bring! Pedersen was good the last time we did that so it's going back a fair bit lol
That Bolton game was so sad. Hoping these 2 games at Ewood don't see the same toxic atmosphere.
Transfers done and hitting bed, is my subs in correct order??
Friedel
Evans - Clarke - Shotton
Bale (vc) - Silva - Walters - Nani
RVP - Sturridge - Ade (c)
Ruddy, Caulkner, Allen, Simpson
I see Mignolet started yesterday for SUN - does this mean the end for Westwood?
yes he was just a backup
Hard to say. Westwood apparently had an illness. Mignolet had to wear some protective mask for his eye but he played a blinder.
Mig is class act, while Westwood is never good enough to be PL regular.
Im playing Moses over sturridge. Stupid or smart?
I'm starting Sturridge. It is Wolves after all. Fancy a backlash. Moses 1st sub for me.
Someone talk some sense into me - contemplating Ramsey -> Dempsey for a hit....
Extremely sensible although the most sensible thing would have been ditching Ramsey ASAP! 😉
My sensible hat says "just do it next week'....
Do it now now IMO. In FPL terms Ramsey is hopeless (you seen his record?, considering he is an attacking midfielder). Good run of games over also
I suppose Dempsey IS playing Arsenal so in theory he's less likely to score (though almost infinitely more likely than Ramsey) plus you will be in the unfortunate position of cheering on an opposing player (who you swapped in for one of your own). You're gonna WC soon anyway so maybe you could take a punt on someone else and fix it to Dempsey if all goes wrong... Sess and Larsson look great.
Plus, if you gamble on a DGW player they should pay back half the hit just by playing twice.
Transfers made. Team and subs good to go?
Vorm
Baines BAE Evans
Bale Drenthe Osman Silva
Ade (C) RVP Sturridge
Subs: Sorensen, Valencia Naylor Enrique
Jeez, 6 DGWers!! Assume you're wildcarding in GW21? Should score massively this week!!
Yeah I may well need a WC in GW21 lol. That said, Spurs host Wolves and Everton play at Villa so I might not need to jump ship so quick. Most likely Drenthe/Osman out, could delay WC.
Thanks both for the sensible plug for Valencia, is Sturridge a major doubt? I would normally go Valencia but there's uncertainty over whether he'll RB with such an injured defence and Rafael playing in midfield (??) and the last time Ferguson had a humiliating loss he went defensive. Very defensive.
Put Enrique before Naylor? You already have Vorm in goal.
Good spot but you reckon City wil fail to score 3 matches in a row? Pool have a good defence but City will play a full and desperate team against them...
Alternative is Sorenson in goal and Naylor ahead of Enrique.
SuperDunny are you Ewood_ITK_Agent on twitter, as you just logged onto here the same time he (you?) started tweeting
jones to assou/walker
also walters to osman?
walker or assou ekotto?
Assou about to rise
walker already rose
Same output from both?
jones to walker if you can afford and walters to osman
Pick one for this GW: Rooney, Helguson, Yakubu, Berbatov or Agbonlahor?
Rooney.
Price changes
Rise: BAE ; Bale, Sessegnon, Osman, VdV ; Adebayor
Ta natt. 4 risers and 2 fallers! Silva and Mata have finally fallen I see! Could be the start of a long drop down..
3 fallers for me.. 🙁
Btw, I think the holder of Silva would continue to enjoy his consistency and the people who jumped ship to Bale and VdV would easily return if City is back in form..
Yup kept faith with Silva - never doubt him - got Bale and dropped VDV a while ago.
a) Nani ➡ Dempsey
b) Nani ➡ Valencia
c) Brown ➡ Clark
d) save transfer
Vorm, Ruddy
BAE, Jones, Brown, Simpson, Caulker
Silva, Nani, Bale, Walters, Drenthe
RVP, Adeabayor, Sturridge
D.
which one of these for 8 pt hit (already done 3 transfers)
nani/silva > drenthe
enrique > hibbert
would it be wise to take a hit to make sure i have 11 men playing? current team
maybe brunt to moses or ireland?
Vorm
Evans(Inj?) | Kompany | BAE
Drenthe (Inj?) | Nani | Bale | Mata
Adebayor (C) | Sturridge (Inj?) | RVP
Ruddy, Brunt(Inj), Simpson, Enrique
you forgot nani could be dropped as he was dreadful v blackburn and also rvp maybe rested
Leon Osman went up in price to 6.8m
Stephane Sessegnon went up in price to 6.3m
Benoit Assou-Ekotto went up in price to 5.4m
Rafael Van der Vaart went up in price to 9.8m
Gareth Bale went up in price to 9.2m
Emmanuel Adebayor went up in price to 9.3m
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Paul Robinson went down in price to 4.6m
Ivan Klasnic went down in price to 5.8m
Chris Baird went down in price to 4.8m
David Silva went down in price to 10.4m
Jonathan Evans went down in price to 4.5m
Joey Barton went down in price to 5.8m
Akos Buzsaky went down in price to 4.4m
Ledley King went down in price to 4.9m
Christophe Berra went down in price to 4.4m
Juan Mata went down in price to 9.7m
I was so, so lucky in my cup match. Here's my story.
I finished on 35 points and they finished on 29. Amazingly for me, his first sub (Henderson 6 pts) was a mid and only had 2 starting defenders, so R Taylor who got 0 had to subbed in. Had Henderson been subbed, we would have finished 35-all and I would have lost the tie on goals conceded. Yew yew!
I have to stop refreshing My Team.
Every time I do, there is another yellow caution Doubt popping up...
I could be in trouble here?
-------------Vorm--Krul------------
Enrique, Jagielka, Evans, Shotton, Simpson
Nani, Bale Silva, Ramsey, Walters
Adebayor, RVP, Sturridge
Any idea? 1 free and not a pot to piss in.
5-7 uncertainties there (depending on how you view RVP and Adebayor's chances of being rested)
If you got one free you might as well use it.
Shotton being the one without a regular place in that squad, why not transfer him out for McAuley Caulkner
adebayor rested? first i heard of it? surely then bale is a risk as he runs around like a madman more than lazybayor
Lazybayor is dead. Adebayor has been running around like a regular Border Collie. And he has only missed 9 minutes all season.
Just a hunch I share with another hunch-monger on here though. No sources.
Enrique to BAE/Walker
Bench Sturridge or Silva?
Silva looked good vs Sunderland when he came on, plus he is probably the most talented footballer in the PL. Stur, who I also like, is nursing an injury and a lot of his teammates are out. Silva should start if you had to pick, for me, both will start.
The only other plausible drops are Mata and Drenthe, with one having a DGW and the other playing like Sturridge - Wolves... hmmm the Drenthe drop is tempting, what do you think?
Huh, that's tough, this is why I always have a bench mid in my team (Allen at the moment!). I don't think I could bench Drenthe even though he is very unreliable at the moment. Out of that group if I was forced to pick I would probably make Stur first sub due to the injury he might only make a 20 minute cameo. Mata has some set pieces and should play the match, Silva is just good and make something out of nothing plus he is surrounded by natural goal scorers, and Drenthe has two games to do damage (and when he plays, he is Evertons best offensive player).
Thx for making my thoughts rational, I got Bale with VDV and they're obviously undroppable.. should of got BAE instead, oh well fingers crossed!
There is nothing wrong with having a good sub this time of year (or at all), it just makes the choices a bit tougher!
baines, osman adebayor IN
walcott, sturidge, jones OUT
Short sighted, I agree with all the ins (although Ade is the only good long-term choice), but, unless you paid high prices for your outs then you will take huge losses on getting them back in! I would lose over 1.0 mil if I made the same transfers.
Howard (Vorm)
Enrique, Walker, Young. (McAuley, Brown).
Silva, Bale(c), Walters, Drenthe (Surman)
Rooney, Ba, RVP.
Do I get rid of Brown for Warnock and bench Enrique?
Do I do Silva to VDV? Ba to Agbonlahor?
I'm lost here.
I would do Ba to Ade if possible... 1FT? If not then Rooney to Ade. With a wildcard in the near future I wouldn't do any D swaps when you don't have to (just play Enrique). Silva > VDV is also a good move if you don't lose huge on Silva, as I believe he is the most valuable City asset and they will surely return to form at some point. You could do the safe move as well and swap a risky midfielder like Walters(inj) or Drenthe(mia, again), but I am keeping both.
Feeling very light on DGWers. And decent players. Any hits worth taking with this lot?
Westwood (Ruddy)
BAE, JEvans, Caulker, (Wilko), (Simpson)
Nani, Bale(vc), Sinclair, Ramsey, (Reo-Coker)
RVP, Adebayor(c), Rooney
Bank 2.6m
Nothing wrong with 0 Toffees for DGW. If Rooney plays you should be just fine.
Not all that bad. My exit list in order of form would be
Ramsey
Wilko
Reo-Coker
And fixtures:
Reo-Coker
Ramsey
Wilko
So probably still Ramsey out first, Osman looks good.
After that Reo-Coker for Moses/Gomez.
Reckon I can wait for next week or is it worth a hit this week?
I think we're agreed Ramsey has to go ASAP the question is whether you can maximize points taking a hit now - are there any options giving you 6+ this week? Osman over two games, yes, Moses /Gomez/Dempsey maybe not. If you're WCing soon do Osman for sure, otherwise perhaps you can wait.
