[sbu_large_image] Matchday Surgery
11 February 2012 1558 comments
Mark Mark
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With just over an hour to go before the bell tolls on another Fantasy Gameweek deadline, our Matchday Surgery chatroom swings open to welcome the boisterous and the weary, to help guide those last minute decisions.

It’s been a hugely eventful week for me personally – one that has seen me largely absent from my Fantasy Football Scout duties. While it will still be some time before I’m fully back on the job – so to speak – even I’ve found time this week to soak up our coverage to help formulate my Fantasy thinking.

Last night’s Scout Picks, combined with Big Dunc’s differentials this morning, offer our take on the weekend’s key Fantasy targets. Prior to that, the Watchlist provided a mid-term view on prospects to consider – focusing on QPR’s Adel Taarabt and Blakburn’s Yakubu. Our Talent Article for Members, meanwhile, examined the emergence of Swansea’s Gylfi Sigurdsson as a consideration.

With the Team News complied and the Captain Poll concluded, we’ve hopefully armed you with the facts and views of your Fantasy peers, preparing you to step over the white line once again.

Dive into the chatroom to share your wisdom or pluck that last gem of knowledge from the crowd.

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

  1. Cannon
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Bench from??

    Valencia Bale Silva Sess Demps
    Zamora RVP Yak

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    1. Cannon
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Just 1 from these by the way.
      As it stands i'm doing Demps (c), Bale (vc)

      But there is still 5 minutes....

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      1. Belli2007
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Zamora IMO - for the reason that I favour home advantage and Cisse banned. Sess after that due to his midweek knock, think he will play but may not play full 90 - I am playing him over Walters

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    2. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Valencia

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  2. bring_on _the_fantasy
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    santon or simpson??

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  3. Emp
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Keane or Ox?

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  4. drughi
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    valencia to dempsey for a 4 point hit ?

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    1. blind faith
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      wouldnt for a hit. dempsey is good but theres no denying vals quality.

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    2. Top Heavy
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      No way

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    3. Nickyboy
      • 15 Years
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      Nein

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      1. Belli2007
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        no

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  5. blind faith
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    post got lost on previous page.

    i'll make it easier. first to 2 bale, dempsey or rvp captain?

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    1. bring_on _the_fantasy
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      bale

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    2. Yossi
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      RVP

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    3. HappyAnkit
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Bale

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    4. Bob.
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Il make it even easier. Bale and Bale.

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    5. Random_Guy
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Dempsey.

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    6. blind faith
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      thank u ppl... bale it is. stil dont feel confident with any tho haha!

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    7. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Demps

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  6. Tin of Directors
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts on this team lads?

    Vorm

    Evans J
    Richards
    Cahill

    Silva
    Valencia
    Sessegnon
    Bale

    Dzeko
    Van Persie (C)
    Ba

    Krul
    McClean
    Walker
    Simpson

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    1. Canelo
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Play walker over cahill TOD.

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  7. PL Ball
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Caulker or sess for FIRST sub?

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    1. HappyAnkit
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Obviously Sess.

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  8. Hudson
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Really struggling on this, keep changing:

    Silva, Bale, Valencia, Sinclair, Sess

    Zamora, RVP, Ba

    Bench one of those plz

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    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Ba

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    2. Burly - swear i wont ever (…
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      zamora

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      1. Belli2007
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Zamora

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  9. kraftwerker
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    It really is lovely watching all the pre-deadline madness unfold rather than being in the midst of it for once.

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  10. jamsiep
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Senderos (c).

    Rude not to.

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      The Priest signature move

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    2. RedNev
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      lol

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    3. Cheggers
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Be funny if your (v) gets injured in the warm up

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    4. HappyAnkit
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      VC?

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    5. Domo
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Until he makes a sneaky bench spot and you squirm all day

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    6. Hiphopopotamus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Cheers Jamsip. Just when i think i've decided on Demps you tempt me with that...

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    7. MrJefferson
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      lindgaard my (c)

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  11. United once again 😀
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Bench Shawcross or Williamson?

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  12. big oak
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    well well theres a real feelong of panick around here 😀

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    1. big oak
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      in which language am i writing?

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      1. udit
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        vietnamese?

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    2. reply fail
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Vorm or Ruddy or Vorm or Ruddy!!!! HELP ME.

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      1. udit
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Vorm

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        1. Belli2007
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          vorm defo

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          1. reply fail
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 1 month ago

            🙂

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  13. JimJim
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Silva capt for me easy game

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    1. AIRMILES
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I've made the crazy move of benching him.

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      1. JimJim
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Certified insane 😉

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        1. JimJim
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Love to hear your reasons for benching him though?

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          1. AIRMILES
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 1 month ago

            Reasons: I don't like benching strikers, whenever I do that they tend to pull off a big score (ie Ba getting a hattrick away at Stoke was the last time I benched a striker). All my other mids (McClean, Valencia, Bale and Dempsey(C)) are at home. Was considering Valencia, but frankly I didn't expect him to have much luck up against Vermaelen the other week, and he came out as MOTM with a goal and great assist. Also, Valencia's my only player in that game, and seeing as I'm watching it, I'd like to have some investment, whereas I already have Aguero and Richards in the City game.

            Could still really backfire, I know.

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        2. AIRMILES
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          I think I have to agree. 1st time I've benched him in 4 months. But didn't know who else to bench. 🙁

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  14. Blue Moon Rising
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Really think I should captain Demps but Bale is the safe option,

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  15. QPR expects... glory!
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Krul or Sorenson?

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Sornson imo. Fulham could have an off day and fail to score, Spuds won't

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  16. bring_on _the_fantasy
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone....santon or simpson, need to get rid of one??

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  17. 1mills
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Shouldn't have looked on here.

    Loads of last minute changes from Dempsey to Bale.

    I made a strong argument for Bale yesterday based on how bad Newcastle were against Villa last week allowing Keane to run riot.

    It's been on Dempsey all week though.........

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  18. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    How long to deadline?

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      3 mins

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    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      3mins.....2 by the time you read this 🙂

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    3. kennethrhcp
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      1min

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  19. Locarno
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    I'm starting to hope the big Welsh kid twists an ankle in the fifth minute. If he bags a hat-trick, I'm dropping like a stone.

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    1. udit
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Pfff... Aaron ramsey isn't going to bad a hat trick don't worry.

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    2. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      He's my capitano. Yes that's right, come on down, Steve Morison!

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    3. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      how do you not have him?!

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      1. Locarno
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        I'm, er, going for the differential when he does nothing.

        Or summint like that.

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  20. Burly - swear i wont ever (…
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Great to see Hurling getting some exposure on sky-sports-news just there on the fowler interview.

    Brilliant game.

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    1. Locarno
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      😯 It's housework on ice, for Christ's sake.

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      1. Locarno
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Oops. Mis-read that as curling. Please ignore above post.

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        1. Burly - swear i wont ever (…
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          apology accpeted.

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      2. Burly - swear i wont ever (…
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        what are you on about you IDIOT?

        have you ever seen a game of hurling?

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  21. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Play McClean in a 5 man mid (Bale, Sess, Silva, Valencia, McClean)

    or

    bench McClean and play JEvans or Taiwo in a 4 man def (Rangel, Richards, Kelly)?

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    1. udit
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Play Mcclean

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      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks Udit.

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        1. Thatsnotcricket
            14 years, 1 month ago

            I'd play J Evans personally if I was you.

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          • udit
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 1 month ago

            Your welcome.

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    2. v12w12
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Will G Cahill start?

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    3. HappyAnkit
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      4 min

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    4. Horlicks esq.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      ROONEY CAPTAIN?

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      1. udit
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        No not this week

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      2. Domo
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Could work

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    5. drughi
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      valencia>dempsey worth 4 point hit ? quick

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      1. RedNev
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        no

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      2. Bad Pen
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        No.

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      3. borg001007
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        no

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      4. anish10
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        no

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    6. big oak
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      nobody considering torres away at everton for capt?

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      1. reply fail
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        🙂 The only name not mentioned here for 3 days.

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    7. Jafooli
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Thank fook.............deadline done, sit back and relax....

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      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Good luck all.........and of course Mr Bale time to run riot...

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      2. Hiphopopotamus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Not yet - still got one minute! Keep panicking!!

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    8. United once again 😀
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Schawcroos or williamson?

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    9. Menly
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      But but.. Bale was terrible last week!

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      1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        WHY THE F*CK DID I HAVE TO READ THAT AT 11.30

        you swine bernard

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    10. ol
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      1st sub Clark or Walters?

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