The ScoutCast – Episode 68 – Whinge - Best FPL Tips, Advice, Team News, Picks, and Statistics from Fantasy Football Scout

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	A
Up	Keane	EVE	B
Up	van Dijk	LIV	B
Up	Ballard	SUN	C
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	A
Down	van Hecke	BHA	A
Down	Struijk	LEE	B, £
Down	Hill	BOU	C, £
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

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Gabriel Magalhães
van Dijk
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Mukiele

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Salah
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Watkins
Thiago
Bowen

Woodman
Mavropanos
Dewsbury-Hall
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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	98.9%	Likely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	98.9%	Maybe
Gabriel	ARS	7.1m	90.1%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	78.2%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	95.9%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	82.5%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	89.5%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.7m	87.3%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	84.7%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	88.2%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.0m	96.5%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	81.6%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	80.1%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	77.1%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	74.3%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	73.4%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	74.1%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	43.1%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	69.3%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	69.1%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	72.1%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	65.9%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.3m	65.9%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	65.6%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	5.8m	59.1%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	64.5%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	64.2%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	61.1%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.8m	60.3%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	56.0%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.2m	58.6%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	53.7%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	52.3%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	52.2%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	50.1%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	49.1%	Unlikely
Havertz	ARS	7.3m	47.1%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	47.2%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	46.1%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	45.0%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Iwobi	FUL	6.3m	107.1%	Very Likely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	104.1%	Very Likely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	104.1%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.6m	91.6%	Likely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	98.5%	Likely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.6m	101.3%	Very Likely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	100.5%	Very Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.2%	Very Likely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	99.4%	Maybe
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	99.5%	Maybe
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	96.9%	Maybe
Welbeck	BHA	6.3m	98.8%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.3%	Maybe
Senesi	BOU	5.2m	98.5%	Maybe
Palmer	CHE	10.5m	93.1%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	93.9%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	93.6%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	93.0%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	93.3%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	92.8%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	92.0%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	92.5%	Unlikely
Guéhi	MCI	5.1m	95.0%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	87.5%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	87.7%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	86.2%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	86.3%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.1m	74.6%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	82.6%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	75.9%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	79.3%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	78.0%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	78.6%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	78.2%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	75.5%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.4m	73.6%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	72.4%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	69.6%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	70.7%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B
Up	Pickford	EVE	C
Up	Roefs	SUN	A
Down	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, £
No Change	Henderson	CRY	B

Last updated: 24 Apr, 2026 4:30pm

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	A
Up	Keane	EVE	B
Up	van Dijk	LIV	B
Up	Ballard	SUN	C
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	A
Down	van Hecke	BHA	A
Down	Struijk	LEE	B, £
Down	Hill	BOU	C, £
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	C
Up	Rice	ARS	C, Vs
Up	Wilson	FUL	B
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C, Rest
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B
Up	Gibbs-White	NFO	A, VsX
Up	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £
Down	Palmer	CHE	C
Down	Tavernier	BOU	C, £

Last updated: 24 Apr, 2026 4:38pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Up	Bowen	WHU	A
Up	Watkins	AVL	A
Down	Welbeck	BHA	B
Down	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C
Down	João Pedro	CHE	C

Last updated: 24 Apr, 2026 4:41pm

[sbu_large_image] Podcast

The ScoutCast – Episode 68 – Whinge

12 January 2012 2693 comments

Granville

The first Scoutcast of 2012 is here. There’s no dressing this up, the Episode title tells you exactly what to expect. With consecutive gameweek scores hovering around the two millionth rank mark and “ghost ship” squads passing me by, who can really blame me?

A string of unfortunate transfers and an errant injury to an Arsenal centre-back threatens to bring my season falling around my ears. Mark spends much of the podcast attempting to reassure me – convinced I’m at the point of no return, whilst simultaneously adding a few sly digs on the 71 points that’s opened up between us. I wouldn’t have expected anything less.

The season and the show must go on. In between gripes, we eventually throw in the usual array of regulars and, by the end, there’s even a sense of hope. Happy New Year? It couldn’t get any worse.

Feel my pain here.

Alternatively, stream away on the handy player below…

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Anti Top Four
14 years, 3 months ago
WC fever and captain dilemna is aching me noodle:

Krul, Mignolet
Richards, Clark, Shotton, Caulker, Kelly
VDV, Bale, Silva, Dempsey, Walters
Kin, Adebayor, Yak

May make a few more tweeks and decide on the armband...
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@FuzzyWarbles
14 years, 3 months ago
piggybacking on the price rise discussion-

if say yakubu cant rise anymore this gw, but is still getting transferred in massively, do those transfers in "rollover" to the next gw?

Like say he's at 217% to rise going into saturday night after scoring a brace, does he rise that night, then be at 117% the next night (plus that days transfers in), rise that night, then be at whatever remainder the following day.

i found wording this difficult, i hope someone doesnt have as much trouble deciphering it.
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1. 7923dos
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Transfers will rollover, he will rise, then reset to 0%
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2. WOLVERiNES
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Depends on which rise it is.. first rise, 2nd rise or 3 rd rise...
  
  So now BAck to YAkubu...
  
  He is on around 153,000 NET transfers IN for this Gameweek and has there risen by 0.3..
  
  Now for him to rise by 0.1 extra i.e 0.4 for the week.. he will need approx 100k transfers in more..
  
  Bringing his total to 250k transfers in approx..
  
  Now if he doesnt get that extra 100k by saturday and say he only has 60k more..
  
  So on sunday the 60k will roll over... and since only 25k is required for the 1st rise, he will immediately rise on sunday by 0.1 and those 60k will be reset to 0 after the price rise.
  
  Now for 2nd prise rise in that GW he will need another 50k from the reset zero.
  
  Ill post again what i posted on previous page...
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  1. WOLVERiNES
    14 years, 3 months ago
    From page 15..
    
    If a player increases in value because they hit their NTI target, then in order for them to increase again in the same GameWeek (GW) the NTI target gets doubled. If they happen to hit that NTI target, in order for them to get a third increase, their NTI target gets trebled.
    
    Eg. For the rise of
    
    0.1 – 25,000 Minimum Transfers Approx.
    0.2 – Original 25k + 25k x 2 = 75,000 Min total transfers approx.
    0.3 – Previous 75k + 25k x 3 = 150k min total approx.
    0.4 – Previous 150k + 25k x 4 = 250,000 minimum total transfers approx.
    
    Plus..
    
    Q: So if a player’s NTI target is 25,000 and they have an NTI of 30,500 when the price increase occurs, do 5500 NTI roll over for their next target?
    A: Unfortunately not, no. When a player hits their target and the price increase happens, their NTI total get reset back to zero. This includes all additional NTIs above the target. They just get lost into the ether.
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3. isacki: full casual
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Whenever a rise occurs the transfers are reset to 0. So unfortunately the moment he rises he's back to square one.
  
  You are right that the transfers rollover into the next GW - so he should rise on Saturday night.
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tosey
14 years, 3 months ago
tevez odds-on to join qpr, now that would be interesting....
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1. Christina.
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Surely not? Is that any closer to his family than Manchester? LOL
  
  I joked yesterday that Fulham is signing some or other Argentinian striker and that it's a pity it's not Scarface...
  
  😯
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  1. Bubbles
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Answered you on the last page, ol' boy.
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    1. Christina.
      14 years, 3 months ago
      Thks Bubs.
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2. Bubbles
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Seriously?! That would be mental.
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  1. tosey
    14 years, 3 months ago
    you can never read that much into it but for him to be odds-on there must have been a few quid placed on it
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3. Henry Hill
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Can't see it happening, Hughes and Tevez both have that same shady agent though.......
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  1. Bubbles
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Ahh, course they do. Forgot about that. That would go some way to explaining it.
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  2. Fratboy
    14 years, 3 months ago
    good point.
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  3. HuttonDressedasLahm
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Exactly. Fernandez is not without shade either!
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Herewegoagain
14 years, 3 months ago
Hi - wondering if you could answer a quick question. Should I wildcard or not. Read you guys on here and I am worried. I dont seem to have those that everyone are wildcarding for. Dempsey, Sessegnon, Valencia, Caulker, Shotton, Ben Arfa etc.

Team is

Krul/Robinson
Hangeland, Simpson, Jones, Evans, Walker
Walcott, Ramsey, Mclean, Bale, Ramsey
Sturridge, Adebayor, Rooney

Any responses would be much appricated. Cant have another sleepless night tonmight
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1. Gr3g
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Ramsey and his twin brother!
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2. yanksalot
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I think you should use your WC. Too much deadwood. Also, uou have 3 Asnl players including 2 Ramseys. Get 2 Rvp's instead. 😉
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3. HuttonDressedasLahm
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Good team. Don't worry about the masses. If all those players %90 of people have in their WC teams fail, it rill be bedlam on here at the weekend!
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OPTA FPL
14 years, 3 months ago
I know Adebayor played badly recent weeks, but if you bought him at 8M, then his score not bad for 8M striker?

and although doing nothing lately but actually Adebayor still scored more points than Aguero and Rooney since he joined EPL. Spurs have hard fixtures but if you sell him, you cannt buy him back. Adebyor scored agains big opponent like Chelsea and Liverpool too.

still think RVP Aguero Adebayor is best up front
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1. Christina.
  14 years, 3 months ago
  ...you again....most of us did not buy him at 8m for starters....yes he has a good score for a 8mill striker, BUT he is out of form, will mist next week vs City, Spurs have Liv/ManU and arsenal coming up in the next couple of weeks.
  
  Many are keeping him for the Wolves and Wigan games. This 'could' backfire with possible rotation etc.
  
  No one is a season keeper. Just look at Suarez. It's all about catching the players in their 'patches" they do well.
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2. Elniñorules
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Hi Dad. What have I done? 😯
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3. Ryan
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Well done for changing your name back.
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4. isacki: full casual
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Rukawa 😉 nice to see that again. Ade is just very unpredictable with scoring, can't be captained, and goes long periods without a goal. That kind of player is bad to own because at some stage you have to stop losing points and sell him because you don't know when he'll become good again. You don't have hindsight. You often can't afford to wait. It's similar in a way to Yakubu, you never know when he'll score, except it's okay for Yakubu because he still scores huge numbers of goals and is much cheaper.
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Hay Number 2
14 years, 3 months ago
Sorry to bug you guys but I seem to be troubled by a couple of deciosions. I have played my wild card but I am struggling with 3 decisions....HELP!

Krul (Vorm)
Simpson Richards Enrique Simpson (Shotten)
Silva 1.DEMPSEY/VALENCIA Bale 2.CABAYE/BEN ARFA/SESSEGNON (Walters)
3.ROONEY/AGUERO rvp Sturridge

Cheers all!
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1. Starscream
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I've got Dempsey and Valencia.
  Ben-Arfa.
  I currently have Aguero, but i can't decide on him or Rooney?!
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2. hvsauce
  14 years, 3 months ago
  can you afford rooney, dempsey, sess?
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  1. Hay Number 2
    14 years, 3 months ago
    No mate...0.8 out 🙁
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    1. hvsauce
      14 years, 3 months ago
      you might want rooney vs bolton this week so bring him in and decide what works best on the other 2?? sorry not much help, just not too convinced by barfa/cabaye
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      1. Hay Number 2
        14 years, 3 months ago
        No thats good advice mate, thats what has been going on in my mind to regarding the newc 2!
        
        Cheers man!
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3. zoltar74
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I am doing my WC and will def have Roo in this wk... for Bolton
  I am also going to let go of Silva (had him from GW1) and have come up with Bale, Sess, Dempsey, Valancia and then either Cabaye/Ben Afra/Petrov... I would go Valancia for this GW.
  If I had to choose for #2 I would choose Sess....
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4. thivagar
  14 years, 3 months ago
  i would downgrade one of richards/enrique to BAE or senderos
  
  then use the money to get both dempsey and valencia. u could also downgrade silva to mata
  
  then ur midfield will be: dempsey valencia bale mata sessengon
  also, aguero over rooney if u get valencia in
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  1. Hay Number 2
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Sorry...I made a mistake and listed Simpson twice....I have BAE!
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  2. zoltar74
    14 years, 3 months ago
    yep, agree, i think there is a bit too much cash tied up there amongst Richards and Enrique..
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  3. Fratboy
    14 years, 3 months ago
    The thing with that is, who are you going to bench? Unless you don't want to play 1 of your strikers which is impossible this year.
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5. Fratboy
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Why are you having Walters? Can you not have Sessegnon and Ben Arfa/Cabaye then switch out Sess to Walters in GW24? I don't fancy benching Walters for 2 of the next 3 games when I've just played my WC!
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  1. Hay Number 2
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Well I think it's cause I have had him all season and I would miss him...but I think you may be right....it's just hard to say good bye 😉
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Anti Top Four
14 years, 3 months ago
WC fever and captain dilemna is aching me noodle:

Krul, Mignolet
Richards, Clark, Shotton, Caulker, Kelly
VDV, Bale, Silva, Dempsey, Walters
Kin, Adebayor, Yak

May make a few more tweeks and decide on the armband…
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1. OPTA FPL
  14 years, 3 months ago
  need Manchester United players
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  1. Anti Top Four
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Self-imposed limitations do not allow Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea players 🙂
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    1. Bubbles
      14 years, 3 months ago
      I think it's about time you swapped Liverpool for Man City there. 😉
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      1. Anti Top Four
        14 years, 3 months ago
        Will do according to top 4 revenues.
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Elniñorules
14 years, 3 months ago
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4057486/Manchester-City-news-David-Silva-Now-our-matches-are-all-cup-finals.html

Silva injury update.

Disclaimer - No one takes responsibility on its trustworthiness except The Sun themselves.
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1. Fratboy
  14 years, 3 months ago
  God damn, I don't know whether I should leave enough money in to get him in next week...with him saying,
  
  "I think that I will be able to play, although the decision rests with the coach. But it's not going to be an easy night."
  
  Seems more like a 75% chance of playing than not...
  
  Do you think I should leave enough money for him Elnino or will Aguero be enough next week onwards?
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  1. Christina.
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Fratboy...call me crazy, but I'm considering pulling the WC trigger and dumping Silva/Ade/BAE....going with Nani/Rooney...
    
    Would not want Ade/BAE vs city and Silva vs Spurs anyway next week.
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    1. Fratboy
      14 years, 3 months ago
      Good point.
      
      I don't think it's crazy to play the WC this week, as much as people say the fixture swing next week is best, I don't see how this week is that much different. Maybe because Tottenham vs Wolves and United vs Bolton, people would think you would get rid after GW21, but I don't fancy anymore than Bale for Spurs now or Rooney and Valencia/Nani from here on!
      
      Not crazy do it!
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      1. Ryan
        14 years, 3 months ago
        especially as we could see rotation for those who have played a lot lately
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        Christina.
        14 years, 3 months ago
        ...hhmmm...I have a bad feeling....
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2. FPL Daniel
  14 years, 3 months ago
  And Silva himself said: "I think that I will be able to play, although the decision rests with the coach. But it's not going to be an easy night."
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  1. Fratboy
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Really?
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    1. FPL Daniel
      14 years, 3 months ago
      2009/10 1780 1055167
      2010/11 1830 519036
      
      😆
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      1. Damo.
        14 years, 3 months ago
        http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2009/10/15/129000770021424714.jpg
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Phillips
14 years, 3 months ago
Considering whether to play it safe (A) or have a bit of a gamble (B) with the GW22 WC. Leaning towards B at the moment.

A) Nani & Sess
B) Valencia & Dempsey
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1. yanksalot
  14 years, 3 months ago
  B.. and B is safer imo 😉
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Jinswick
14 years, 3 months ago
Bit of fun....

What do you think is the best starting 11 FPL team you could put out this week, regardless of value but with max 3 players from any team. I’ll start the bidding with:

Friedel
M Richards, Skrtel, P Jones,
Nani, Bale, VDV, Dempsey
Aguero, Rooney, RVP
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1. FrankH
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Hart
  Richards, Jones, Enrique/Skrtel
  Nani, Bale, Dempsey, Valencia
  Aguero Rooney rvp
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2. Elniñorules
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Friedel
  Enrique Micah Evra
  Mata Nani Bale Gerrard
  RVP Roo Studge
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3. Gr3g
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Reina
  Terry, BAE, Santon
  Bale, Mata, Dempsey, Nani
  Bellamy, RVP, Yak
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4. Fratboy
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I like yours to be honest!
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5. The Finnisher
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Krul
  BAE Enrique Richards
  Silva Valencia Bale Mata
  Aguero RVP Sturridge
  😉
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6. ChooChoo
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Easy. 3 players from tottenham playing Wolves at Home, 3 from United playing Bolton at home, 3 from Newcastle playing QPR at home, 3 from city playing Qpr away and 3 from Fulham playing blackburn away
  
  Friedel
  
  Jones Richards Hangeland
  
  Silva (if fit 100%) Nani Bale Cabaye
  
  Aguero Rooney Ade
  
  Subs: Cabaye, Evra, Raylor
  
  Ok not that easy 😛
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MA
14 years, 3 months ago
Hello! Currently plotting a wildcard for after this GW, wondering if anyone had any thoughts:

Vorm / Krul
Shotton / Simpson / Richards / BAE / Cahill
Valencia / Bale / Silva / Walters / Sess
Yakubu / Aguero / RVP

Not sure whether to swap walters and sess for dempsey and mcclean?
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Random_Guy
14 years, 3 months ago
Batting masterclass from Warner here.
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1. TorresMagic™
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Looks another joke of a Test match. 🙁
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  1. The Finnisher
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Hey TM, was this the first week for qualifying for the 20% league, and next week for Millionaire Club right?
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    1. Christina.
      14 years, 3 months ago
      There you are...
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      1. The Finnisher
        14 years, 3 months ago
        Yo, what'd I do this time? 🙂
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        Fitzy.
        14 years, 3 months ago
        Your twin brother got into another tiff...
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        The Finnisher
        14 years, 3 months ago
        Oh god, Rukawa I am guessing? lol what page?
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        Christina.
        14 years, 3 months ago
        ...just look up....annoying post about Ade being a season keeper due to his 8m price tag...bla bla bla...
        
        *wish he would change his gravatar
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        The Finnisher
        14 years, 3 months ago
        Eh, l've chosen to ignore him really, yesterday or the day before he said he changed his name to offend me, LOL.
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        Fitzy.
        14 years, 3 months ago
        http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2012/01/12/the-scoutcast-%E2%80%93-episode-68-%E2%80%93-whinge/comment-page-14/#comment-2546412
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        Christina.
        14 years, 3 months ago
        Nothing. This time.
        
        Just wondered what happened to you. Getting used to certain faces at certain times of the day....or maybe it was all the "Abishek being a fake" talk that made me think of you?
        
        😉
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        The Finnisher
        14 years, 3 months ago
        What's Abishek done this time? haha
        or is it still the aftermath of his 'palagramism' from the other day? 😆
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        Christina.
        14 years, 3 months ago
        ..still the aftermarth...I got in late on the Act....
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pstokes2010
14 years, 3 months ago
Who is every bringing in for Adebayer next GW? I can't see anything obvious.
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alsybach
14 years, 3 months ago
Lindegaard/Mignolet
Kompany/Huth/Hangeland/Shotton/Kelly
Gerrard/Laarson/Bale/Dempsey/Nani
RVP/Sturridge/Aguero

done it......found the perect team.............
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BOOM XHAKALACA
14 years, 3 months ago
Gerrard or Valencia for GW21? Already have Roo
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1. alsybach
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Stevie G
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Connor's Calling
14 years, 3 months ago
Think either Drenthe or McAuley are due for the chop:
this week should i do:
Drenthe -> Cabaye
or
Drenthe -> Ben Arfa
or
McAuley -> Santon
Cheers
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1. Phillips
  14 years, 3 months ago
  McAuley to Santon. Mostly because it's unclear whether Ben Arfa will start and if he does you'd want him over Cabaye.
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2. heco87
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I'd go Ben Arfa over Cabaye if it's a punt until the WC.
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JamieG
14 years, 3 months ago
Morning all. My team for this GW is

Vorm

Jones / Simpson / Walker (Komp / Senderos)

Nani / Bale / Dyer / Larrson (Osman)

Yak / RVP / Ade

? is, should I stick with this lot or use my WC?
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1. alsybach
  14 years, 3 months ago
  last week you should have swapped Walker for BAE.............and possibly captained him!!!!!.......this week you are GOOD TO GO!!!!! leave that itchy trigger finger alone................
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tosey
14 years, 3 months ago
my two potential wildcard teams, dependant upon how attacking/defensive city look on monday:

a)
hart, lindegaard
richards, kompany, vermaelen, santon, senderos
dempsey, walters, sessegnon, ben arfa, mclean
sturridge, rvp, torres

b)
hart, lindegaard
senderos, kelly, vermaelen, santon, simpson
silva, dempsey, sessegnon, ben arfa, mclean
sturridge, rvp, aguero

so basically it somes down to

a) kompany, richards, walters, torres
b) simpson, kelly, silva, aguero

i actually prefer A
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1. Elniñorules
  14 years, 3 months ago
  El Nino brace coming up on Saturday!
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  1. tosey
    14 years, 3 months ago
    this is for next week btw but torres getting a brace would definitely sway me towards A even more
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    1. Elniñorules
      14 years, 3 months ago
      Hmm fair enough but Che - Sun has always been a high scoring fixture. Chelsea alone have scored 16 goals in this fixture at the Bridge over 4 seasons. If I had a vacant striker spot, I'd most certainly bring in Torres! 😀
      
      The best I can do - going for Mata (C).
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2. Connor's Calling
  14 years, 3 months ago
  interesting. I actually think i prefer B im afraid.
  i know you dont mind doubling up etc, but as a city defender owner for most of the season -they do let in rather annoying goals...!
  when you planning to WC
  (also is Ben Arfa a cost thing? Or would you pick him over Cabaye anyway?)
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  1. tosey
    14 years, 3 months ago
    they did used to but 4 cleanies in the last 5 league games suggest they are shutting up shop a bit more
    
    im guna wildcard tomorrow n will decide after watching them monday what my plan will be
    
    ben arfa is to rotate so its a cost thing but tbh if hes gauranteed to start id go with him over cabaye
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3. hvsauce
  14 years, 3 months ago
  when do you plan on playing the WC tosey?
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  1. Christina.
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Which one?
    
    LOL
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  2. tosey
    14 years, 3 months ago
    after this week
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4. yanksalot
  14 years, 3 months ago
  B
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5. Bubbles
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I prefer B in general, but I really fancy a Torres punt next week so A doesn't look too bad to me!
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6. Fratboy
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I guess we're just waiting on the Wigan game now to see how City are going to handle those two defeats!
  
  If I could suggest but one thing....one United player isn't going to hurt you, fixtures or not are you really going to completely ignore them? (aside from Lindegaard in one game of course)
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  1. tosey
    14 years, 3 months ago
    well if I go with A then ill switch torres to hernandez/berba if they start gwk23 as we'll know the lineups but apart from that im happy without until gwk28
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    1. Fratboy
      14 years, 3 months ago
      well I like A more (obviously) so I'd go with that! I really fancy the City game vs Wigan to be 0-2 on Monday, so you'll wish you WC'd a week earlier 😉
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      1. tosey
        14 years, 3 months ago
        i looked at it but with 3 spurs, 2 liverpool and alot of my team at home i think my current lot will outscore them
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        Fratboy
        14 years, 3 months ago
        0-1 Wolves 😀
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7. Ryan
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I like A as well. We could see something from Torres this weekend which I'm sure will vindicate your preference
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Should have stuck with Golf…
14 years, 3 months ago
Sorry for this but can i get a RMWCT.

Ruddy (Vorm)

Simpson,Assou-Ekotto,Jose Enrique (Riise,Shawcross)

Sessegnon,Van der Vaart,Nani,Bale (Walters)

Morison,Yakubu,Rooney

Any suggestions would be very welcome.
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1. JamieG
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I don't think I'd have VDV and Bale. Maybe just Bale. Have you thought about Dempsey?
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2. Should have stuck with Golf…
  14 years, 3 months ago
  yeh i am not sure i will go with vdv or not.if i dont i hve 10.9 to play with.
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real ale madrid
14 years, 3 months ago
Hey

Draft 1035 of WC, think i may stick with this unless someone out there puts doubt in my mind?? Starting to think this is a bit of an obsession lol.

Vorm Krul

Jones Enrique Simpson N Taylor Shotton

Valencia Bale Walters McClean Dempsey

Aguero RVP Sturridge

0.6 in the bank
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1. hvsauce
  14 years, 3 months ago
  i'd prefer kompany over jones
  
  p.s. your team link doesn't work
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  1. real ale madrid
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Thanks HV
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George Agdgdgwngo
14 years, 3 months ago
Morning All, quick question for my WC team.

A. Dempsey

B. Sessengnon
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1. JamieG
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Tough one. On recent form you'd have to go Sess
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2. alsybach
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Dempsey
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3. Ryan
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Might depend on rotation. Or would you play them every week?
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  1. CRAZY TRAIN
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Thats a good point. How well do they rotate?
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    1. Christina.
      14 years, 3 months ago
      Sess & Demps don't rotate h/a at all.
      
      😉
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      1. CRAZY TRAIN
        14 years, 3 months ago
        I'm really not an abreviations kinda guy so please excuse my naivity, but what on earth is h/a?
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        Christina.
        14 years, 3 months ago
        h/a h/a....
        
        * home / away
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        CRAZY TRAIN
        14 years, 3 months ago
        d'oh - but it was soo obvious! Thanks 🙂
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    2. Ryan
      14 years, 3 months ago
      HBA rotates well with Sess. I wouldn't rotate Dempsey for his price
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      1. CRAZY TRAIN
        14 years, 3 months ago
        I was going with Cabaye and McClean (can't afford Sess/HBA unfortunately).
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matiakez
14 years, 3 months ago
Really realy need BAE so i can afford HBA in for Hoolahan..
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1. alsybach
  14 years, 3 months ago
  ..............ok...............
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Ryan
14 years, 3 months ago
FFS Flavors of the Month: REVIEW Part 4 (and final conclusion)

GW14: Adebayor, Bale, Baines
GW15: Jones, Nani, Ba
GW16: Nani, Mata
GW17: Evans, Drenthe

Points total since then

GW17 – GW20

Evans: 6, 0, 0, 0/ Total: 6 Unlucky (injured)
Drenthe: 2, 0, 0, 1/ Total: 3 Terrible

The Vidic injury and the fact that Jones was now also injured saw many fantasy managers look to Evans as a replacement. His cut price value, form and history indicated that he was a safe bet and nailed on for the rest of the season. The bargain price of 4.5m enticed many. It was extremely unlucky when he got injured though and since some have held onto him in the hope of his return. Drenthe was an awful transfer one that sucked me in for a second time (should have learned my lesson). We all know the result of course and he proved to be a massive fail in the DGW.

Overall results of FFS flavors of the week

GW14 – GW20
Adebayor: 2, 6, 5, 7, 5, 2, 2, 2/ Total: 31 Bad
Bale: 13, 2, 0, 4, 16, 1, 9, 3/ Total: 48 Good
Baines: 2, 2, 2, 6, 11, 5, 1, 1/ Total: 30 Bad

GW15 – GW20
Jones: 2, 5, 1, 0, 1, -2/ Total: 7 Terrible (injured GW17,18)
Nani: 18, 3, 16, 3, 1, 2/ Total: 43 Good
Ba: 12, 2, 11, 9, 2, 12/ Total: 48 Excellent

GW16 – GW20
Nani: 3, 16, 3, 1, 2/ Total: 25 Ok
Mata: 3, 2, 9, 2, 3/ Total: 19 Bad

GW17 – GW20
Evans: 6, 0, 0, 0/ Total: 6 Unlucky (injured)
Drenthe: 2, 0, 0, 1/ Total: 3 Terrible

Conclusion

The results were mediocre to be fair. It was a mix of the good the bad and the ugly and some cases misfortune. I think we can all take something from this in both learning from our mistakes and to seriously question some of the names that get bandied about on this forum as if they are the obvious choice. Watching games, assessing stats and learning from history is something I will endeavor to do more of in the 2nd half of this season, and most importantly. Never be too keen to follow the crowd. Because chances are, it will only land you in trouble.
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1. alsybach
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I followed three of those wagons.........Jones, Evans and Drenthe, whilst ignoring Demba Ba all season..........GOD I AM GOOD!!!!!!!!!!
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2. HuttonDressedasLahm
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Good points, well made
  I don't get time to watch any live games and MOTD only sometimes, so this site is useful fir advice. Still go on hunches though, hence my s€#t rank!!
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3. Ryan
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Some of this can make for sobering reading for some including myself. Dropped in rank a lot over the past couple of months.
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4. isacki: full casual
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Good job Raylor.
  
  FFS bandwagons:
  1 excellent, 2 good, 1 ok, 3 bad, 2 terrible, 1 unlucky
  
  3/10... I wouldn't bet on FFS.
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  1. isacki: full casual
    14 years, 3 months ago
    PS lol I just called your Raylor because I thought "Ryan..."
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    1. Ryan
      14 years, 3 months ago
      Haha, nice
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5. Ad4m
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Good summary
  
  I have been more inclined to only chose players in a side I trust. 101 points this G'W because I refused to buy into Everton, will not touch Villa because of their negative football and have jumped on the o'neill BW.
  
  I got caught out by Evans but it was a sensible punt at the time and just unlucky
  
  Have been hit by injuries but holding WC to week 24 when hopefully Ba will return and I can have a reset
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Starscream
14 years, 3 months ago
Here's my wildcard team:

Krul (Vorm)
Simpson Jones Richards (Senderos, Shotton)
Valencia Bale Ben-Arfa Dempsey Silva
RVP Aguero(c) (Morison)

Really can't decide on Rooney or Aguero?
My thinking is i already have Valencia for some United attacking cover, and as for Aguero being rested, he hasn't missed a game other than Gameweek 8.....
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1. Ad4m
  14 years, 3 months ago
  My favourite FF error - pick a player out of form hoping to be there when he bags a hatful.
  
  Stick with Aguero!
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Fratboy
14 years, 3 months ago
Does anybody else open up BBC sport Transfer rumours in morning, scan for their team, read that singular post and then close the tab?

Such a selfish fan 🙂
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1. SPorting
  14 years, 3 months ago
  bugger off!
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  1. Fratboy
    14 years, 3 months ago
    That's not to do with my fantasy team so you bugger off! 🙂
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    1. SPorting
      14 years, 3 months ago
      oh...errr....right.
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vicvega1978
14 years, 3 months ago
Anybody had much success using ratemyteam.co.uk?

Interesting if you take a look back on previous GW's and compare scores.
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Connor's Calling
14 years, 3 months ago
anyone else worried about Newcastle's CS's with Tiote missing? He was immense vs. Utd
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1. Access
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Who is your second choice gk
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Access
14 years, 3 months ago
Pls help me out v.persie or bale as captain
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1. Christina.
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Neither.
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2. Fratboy
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Look at RVP's history on your FPL team, now look at what RVP has done the week after a 2 pointer every time....scored very well.
  
  Cpt Van Persie reporting for duty!
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Christina.
14 years, 3 months ago
Who was the poster that had the gravatar of the chick with the lobsided right breast yesterday?
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1. @FuzzyWarbles
  14 years, 3 months ago
  tara reid? 🙂
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  1. Christina.
    14 years, 3 months ago
    no...prettier...I'm interested in the poster..not the grav.
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2. Access
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Who has a better chance btw them
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@FuzzyWarbles
14 years, 3 months ago
apologies to those who read this 5 hours ago.....

Guess i cant complain my cup opponent is ranked 2,395,227th in the world. Perhaps its that 40 point hit in GW8 that caused him some problems. He hasn’t made a transfer in 10 gws but he still sets his lineup. Very odd. His likely squad:

Szczesny

Enrique, Jones, Walker

Silva, Kuyt, Larrson, Ramsey, Pilkington

RVP, Balotelli

(Graham, Olsson, Kelly(liv)) vs.

Krul

Enrique, BAE, Kelly(ful)

Silva, Nani, Bale, Drenthe(sigh)

RVP, Adebayor, Yakubu

(Moses, Kompany, Jagielka)

we both have silva as a doubt and two players on bench that wont play. Do i need to take a hit by dropping drenthe or jags? 1.3 mil in addition to spend.
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1. Ad4m
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Yes, worth doubling up on Newcastle I would say. Jag's is sadly likely to drag you back
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