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Talent – Landon Donovan

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Landon Donovan’s return to Goodison on a two-month loan deal from LA Galaxy provided a welcome boost for the Everton faithful, who have so far endured a most unremarkable season. Having helped to ignite David Moyes’ side in a similar loan spell in 2010 with two goals and three assists, Donavon arrives with expectation heaped on his slight shoulders.

A smart assist for Victor Anicebe’s equaliser at Villa Park provided a glimpse of his talent, and in this latest article for Members, we examine Donavon’s impact so far to analyse his potential for his remaining weeks in England.

The first significant statistic to note is that Donavon has played every minute of every game since he became eligible. David Moyes threw him straight into the action in the 2-1 home defeat to Bolton and the American played the full 90 minutes in the trip to Spurs in the same Gameweek. Donovan looks to be a nailed-on starter, then.

Moyes has so far deployed Donovan on the right-flank, playing in front of Tony Hibbert against Bolton and then Phil Neville in the last couple of fixtures. He held this role for the trip to White Hart Lane, although he tended to tuck in far more in this game, joining midfield areas and looking to support Victor Anichebe and Louis Saha up front. He took up a similar position at Villa Park, drifting inside to provide the killer ball for Everton’s goal at Aston Villa. So far, though, that single assist has been the sole Fantasy contribution from Donovan over his three appearances but, as the ICT Index shows, it hasn’t been for a lack of trying.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. SuperMario
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    best striker to replace ade with ?? 0.0 in bank....
    or do something different....

    team is

    friedel - ruddy
    evans - clarke - shotton - simpson - caulker
    walters - silva - nani - ben arfa - bale
    ade - RVP - sturridge

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    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 5 months ago

      With your team Id sit him and ship him after WIG at home next week

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  2. patshaw
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    any comment on my back?

    vorm, krul
    cahill komp jenrique evans santon

    all playing in the big ones...

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  3. Locarno
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    Six Scout picks. I'm screwed.

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    1. pukey
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 5 months ago

      only 3 for me 😀

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    2. Captain Shirokov
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 5 months ago

      Same :/

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  4. "The Special One"
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    Valencia + Aguero (have silva)

    or

    Sessegnon + Rooney??

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    1. pukey
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 5 months ago

      sess & rooney for this gameweek...

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  5. popcoin
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    Just need a little bit of help if you could....
    Need 1 from each position:

    DEF: Brown, Bardsley, JEvans, Rangel
    MID: McClean, N Dyer, Moses

    Can only get Bardsley if I get McClean

    🙂

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    1. Keyser Jose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 5 months ago

      brown

      ive stuck with dyer, not sure mclean will maintain his form, as for moses had him for too long with no returns to be willing to go back!

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  6. 4vets
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    For ALL of you in the Ships league (you know who you are!), I've created a new one that starts at gw21, whch I thought would be the case with Ships, as it seems a little farer.

    Code is: 800-569929

    This is only open to those in the Ships league apart from exceptional circumstances! Cheers.

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    1. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 5 months ago

      Did Daniel not listen then?

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  7. Keyser Jose
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    current WC midfield and attack is

    Sess Silva Valancia Bale (Dyer)

    RVP(c) Sturridge Aguero

    keeping switching between valencia & dempsey, and between aguero & rooney...

    any thoughts?

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    1. Sputnikboy
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 5 months ago

      I'd leave it as is. valencia is likely to do well against Miquel and Aguero at home against a tottenham side that Harry has told to attack.

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      1. Says
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 5 months ago

        Agreed, in fact I've the same midfiedl and attack, except I've Walters instead of Dyer

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  8. Sputnikboy
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    Hi guys,

    Who would you play out of Bale, Nani and McClean. Need to pick 2 of the 3 and just cant make up my mind.

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    1. Keyser Jose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 5 months ago

      nani seems to be off form again so id go with the other 2

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  9. WOLVERiNES
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    I did Silva > Mata GW16..

    Since GW16

    Mata - 22 pts

    Silva - 35 pts

    Hopefully Mata will outscore Silva by 13 pts and ill get back Silva at loss of 0.3

    Come on Mata.. get that 20 pt haul and a double rise nxt week before I wildcard yo ass out !!

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    1. Says
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 5 months ago

      so if Mata got 20 this week you'd still transfer him?

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  10. calum
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    Hello guys, my first post here.

    This is my first season of fantasy football, unfortunately I had a bad start (Couldn't even get on to confirm the team for first week of action considering the Barclays Fantasy League server couldn't handle so many users at once), and unfortunately I picked Torres as captain for a few weeks. Oh dear. However I managed to claw from 1,512,949 Overall to 241,169 Overall. That is my story so far, majority of weeks I've been very consistent.

    I used to play an expensive lineup with pretty much no regular bench starters. It worked, but recently injuries have almost cost me - so this week I will be using my Wild Card.

    Can you tell me what you think of this team? Im not even sure what formation to use!!

    Krul ~ Vorm
    R.Taylor ~ G.Cahill ~ Richards ~ J.Enrique ~ Simpson
    Bale ~ N.Dyer ~ Mata ~ Walters ~ Sessegnon
    Aguero ~ Morison ~ RVP

    What do you think guys? Thanks for reading.

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  11. Muloc76
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    Could anybody help me out? Not sure if my defence is too weak?

    Sorensen – Vorm
    Enrique – Evans – Senderos – Cahill – R Taylor
    Silva – Sess – Bale – Walters – Dempsey
    Fletcher – RVP – Aguero

    Any thoughts appreciated.

    Should I have city cover in defence?

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    1. calum
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 5 months ago

      Defence too weak?? No. Thats a good defence with good coverage.

      The City player I am considering at the back is Richards.

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      1. Muloc76
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 5 months ago

        That's who I was thinking of, but it would mean sacrificing Cahill and Evans.
        Your team looks solid, although I have had Mata a few times and he has let me down every time!

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  12. calum
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    Thanks mate, yeah im just going over my team now. Have replaced Simpson with Caulker and now can replace Morison with Sturridge, making my team pretty damn good.

    Yeah Mata has dropped out of "points" for a few weeks now but I am confident all he needs is a goal/assist to get him back to his high standard of play.

    Remember you can always go for Lescott instead of Richards..

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  13. calum
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    Question about Fantasy Football -

    - If a substitute defender comes on to a 0-0 game and doesn't concede, does he still get a clean sheet or does he have to play 90mins?

    - If a substitute defender comes on to a 1-0 game with the team already conceding, does he get a clean sheet if during his play no goals are conceeded?

    Thanks.

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    1. BOOM XHAKALACA
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 5 months ago

      A clean sheet is awarded for not conceding a goal whilst on the pitch and playing at least 60 minutes.
      If a player has been substituted when a goal is conceded this will not effect any clean sheet bonus.

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  14. calum
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    Thanks Mags.

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  15. Young Jerks
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 5 months ago

    Good evening! Another quite generic WC team, any suggestions or comments?

    Sorensen (Lindegaard)
    J.Enrique, Richards, Shotton (Kelly, Williamson)
    Silva, Bale, Sess, Walters (Ireland)
    Rooney (c), RVP, Sturridge

    0.7 in le bank.

    Thanks!

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