| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | B |
| Up |  Sanchez | CHE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Pickford | EVE | A |
| No Change |  Roefs | SUN | C |
| No Change |  Henderson | CRY | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Verbruggen | BHA | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Chalobah | CHE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | A, £ |
| No Change |  Lacroix | CRY | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Tarkowski | EVE | A |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Senesi | BOU | C |
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| Down |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Fernández | CHE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A, Inj |
| No Change |  Wirtz | LIV | A |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | B |
| Up |  Ndiaye | EVE | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Down |  Mitoma | BHA | B, Vs |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | C |
| No Change |  Watkins | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A |
| Down |  Ekitiké | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | B, VsX |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | C |
Mark Following on from our assessment of those defenders presenting the strongest potential for goals, we now switch attention to look at those rearguard members contributing successful passes, crosses and creating goalscoring opportunities.
Using Opta data and our own ICT scores, we run the rule of the season standout performers – discuss the dominance of one key figure and examine those players who offer alternatives and possible routes for investment for the season climax.
Any predictions for unite line-up next gameweek?
Cleverley?
Jones?
DeGea
Smalling Jones Evans Evra
Nani Cleverly Giggs Nani
Welbeck Rooney
De Gea
Smalling - Ferdinand - Evans - Evra
Carrick - Jones
Nani - Cleverley - Young
Rooney
A quick stat attack
Goals
Citeh- Aguero(17),Dzeko(12),Balotelli(8),Tevez(0).Average of 9.5 goals
United-Rooney(17),Hernandez(8),Berbatov(7),Welbeck(6).Average of 9.5 goals
Arsenal-RVP(22),Gervinho(4),Henry(2),Chamakh(1).Average of 7.5 goals.
Are you implying its better to have Rooney over RVP 😉 These are interesting stats but it also shows how the goals are spread amongst the various scorers for each team. RVP is by far and away the chief goal scorer of Arsenal
Well, it shows how each team has a main scorer and have lots of other decent goal scorers(6 or 7) all except Arsenal.
Someone help me decide what to do this GW
Mignolet (Ruddy)
Simpson Lescott Cahill (S Kelly Luke Young)
Sessegnon Silva Dempsey Dyer (Valencia)
RVP Graham Zamora
1FT, may take a hit. 4.5 in the bank
Zamora/Graham ➡ Ba/Dave
Newcastle to smash manager-less Wolves 7-0 !!
haha, well I'm definitely considering Graham > Ba, It might even be 10-0 if Steve Bruce gets the job!
He's rejected it. He doesn't want a 'temp' job for 13 games apparently.
Curbishley too has rejected the offer.
I don't get that though, his Sunderland job was just a temp job for about 13 games this season to give Newcastle a head start before we got MON in. (It's actually a fact that he was manager for 13 games before getting the sack!)
El Nino, Shall I add a formula for the GD or not(GS-GA) ❓
Sure.
I could also do it so that when you update then fixtures it adds in the GS and GA for you.
Perfect, KP. Thanks.
Btw you get the tie-breaker rules, dont you? 🙂
Yep h-2-h then GD. Oh and El Nino when we reach the 2nd round of the cup and the Group Winners go in one pot and the Runners-Up in the other, how will we decide which of the 8 dropping down from UCL will go in either pot. ❓
Great question. Just like the current Europa, CL teams go against each other 🙂
have to say parmtree yours and all the other guys efforts on this europa cup shimmy has to be commended i read through earler and think it was IT's review of group a........a great read so i thort id av a go at group i, bout half way through and over the next day or two ill post it for sure
least i can do being given such a dodgy late slot to get involved
again, great stuff
Wow the latecomers are creating a huge impact in the Europa. 😉
Added motivation - it could go up in the write-ups section, at Parmtree's discretion.
We are taking over really. How are the CL guys going?
Yeah its great stuff, jus wot i needed after such a torrid year fpl wise :smile:,
wot ive done so far i reckon if u'll humour me 😉
Top seed in Group I and clear favourite for top spot come the end of the group stages goes to JKisthe1, with only a gameweek 5 low of an overall placing out of the top 100 000 all season JK has a consistency many fellow posters would envy. A gameweek 25 transfer of Valencia to Sigurdsson was clearly well timed and repairs some of the luck lost with cisse's recent sending off and subsequent ban and points to a shrewd manager with an eye for a bargain and more pertinent to other Group I managers, an eye on the future with certain asperations of a top 10000 finish.
Puts Grp I in perspective - very nice. Looking forward to it 🙂
indeed parmtree, cant say the same about ending up with stoke city mind 😉 their my closest prem team and local rivals with footi that bores me senseless
In reference to the average goal ratios posted by Parmtree, I think I'd like to conclude by saying this...What Arsenal needed this season was Bendtner!
Yep. Sunderland even beat Arsenal WITHOUT Bendtner. Imagine the score if Bendtner had played.
Izit good to sell RVP now?? His form is goin down now!
I reckon Groups B,D and J should be particularly exciting.
I'm heavily swaying towards replacing Valencia with Mata, it's not a transfer I would have considered before but the next 3 fixtures are relatively easy and he takes all free kicks/corners etc. Anyone willing to persuade me not to?
More miss than hit which sums up the < 5 ppg. Too pricey for my liking for those returns. However, given that every Tom, Dick and Doosra has the B S V S D midpark and the BRA front 3, it is time to start looking at diffs like Mata.
Go with your gut.
Might go with Nani instead...He's more explosive and it's a like for like change to get Man Utd coverage...thoughts?
The forgotten man. Yes, that's my ideal of a livewire diff. Not sure what form he's in, mind, but well worth some consideration.
Didn't look sharp vs Ajax, but that's prolly due to his return from injury. He looked ominous against Ars, just before he got injured.
Nani - Man for good United fixtures, imo.
Ahh, February. To many, just another month but to us Arsenal fans it's our traditional end of the season finale.
Never mind your gloom. We're burdened with Neil Warnock 😡
He's a tit, but he could be just the guy to help push you into the playoffs!!
Jafs why are you not competing in the ECL or the europa?? 😕 😕 😕
Jinswick, not taking part in the european circus?
ENR is organizing two competitions - Champions league and europa where each team who entered is assigned a real team in the real competitions like Madrid, Barca etc and then it's classical H2H with a few quirks. It's really caught on big here.
Sounds like it could be good fun - how do I enter?
Is this madness?
Huth, Siggy & Aguero -> Wilkinson, Nani & Balotelli (4 point hit)? Would give me the below this week...
Sorenson
Kompany, Simpson, Wilkinson
Silva, Bale, Nani, Dempsey
RVP, Balotelli, Ba
Schwarzer, Moses, Rangel, Caulker
Bank 0.0m
I'm intrigued by the Balotelli option, it's says on this site he's likely to start against Blackburn, He could be a huge differential if he was to steal Aguero's moment. But to be honest I don't know why you would take a 4 point hit to get a different city striker!! Nani could be a good shout, Siggy Stoke/Wigan away next two games, both are vulnerable defensively...
Stoke will have a game today and away Europa game on Thursday. I'm seriously doubt with their ability to keep CS. Siggy should have a good chance to do some damages on the coming weekend.
Yes, imo.
After a near hour long discussion at The FFS Europa League headquarters with the board of directors we have come to an executive decision that both shugobot and bookaholic shall be expelled from the competition for fielding an ineligable player.With Manly Man taking up the post at Rapid Bucuresti that leaves a vacant managerial position at Legia Warsaw. If you would like to be put upon the shortlist please display your intrest by commenting on this post.
Yours,
The Parmtree
Give the post to HappyAnkit. Third time's the charm???
We'd love to as long as he can prove his worth - UEFA has its doubts over him 😉
Oh we all do, but it would be terrible if he missed out again. He was ruled out of UEFA CL's eligibility, then he thought he would automatically qualify for the europa, and then he lost out to Impressive Tackle. Infact it will his 4th shot to get a team.
Point well taken, Mr Manager.
But maybe it's destiny after all - we'd like to see a spark from HappyAnkit that he's interested to fight for his place in the Cup. At the same time, give this chance to other young bright budding talented managers out there to win this golden chance (Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, anyone?) 😉
More drama at the Europa - one resignation followed by the golden handshake, and now, two managers given the sack. And the games haven't even begun yet. O boy!
Hahaha blame those reality shows! 😛
And btw what did both shugoboth and bookaholic do? Is the team link invalid?
Parmtree,
have a spare 2 mins so popped on here to see what was happening... What about Prisoner in our group... any idea who he/she is?
Ok my two minutes is up... bloody work.... If he is not known kick him out too..
p.s. just because I am only popping on every now and then lately that doesn't make me a lurker... looking forward to when things quieten down a little as should be some good banter in group e...
Krul (vorm)
Enrique, vermaelen, kompany (simpson, taiwo)
Silva, bale, McLean, Moses (Valencia)
Rvp, aguero, ba
Have 2 free trades and nothing in the bank. Should I get rid of Valencia or do anything else?
Siggy.
1. Moses isn't a home boy.
2. Siggy looks like scoring a hatful every game.
3. Stoke without Huth + around Europa time they concede for fun.
who do put in for valencia with 9.9 in the bank. my mids are bale,dempsey,silva and mclean??
Valencia + BAE OUT for ...
A) Nani + Santon (double w/ Simpson)
B) Nani + Turner (is he nailed on for a big while?)
C) Nani + Caulker
My team
Vorm - Sorensen
Kompany - Evans - Simpson - Kelly - BAE
Dempsey - Silva - Bale - Sess. - Valencia
RvP - Ba - Aguero
A, I think. Double Newcastle looks better than double Swansea for the rest of the season. Not sure about Turner.
But why get rid of BAE now? 3 bad fixtures in the next 5 admittedly, but after that.
Not decided yet.. I just try to figure how to fit some Man Utd players in.
Another way could be.. Sess. -> McClean to fund Valencia -> Nani.
Do you think it's better?
Turner is a good shout. But, I am not too sure about his place in the side.
Why BAE ❓ Why not do Sess ➡ McClean to raise funds ❓
Yeah, thank you PalmTree. That's a choice too.. 🙂
Dan Christian is a monster!
Who is the only player to have scored in the top league in England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France.....
The Perfect Storm.... Is a must watch movie of this century.... 🙂
why? is it a perfect movie too?
This - This is what the modern day footballer needs to show more of - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZtudMG__HEA
Need differentials now.
Scholes may be worth a shout in MF?
City have got 4 home games in the next 6 though, so Kun appears to be fairly essential though, no?
If it wasn't for Valencia injury I'd probably have done Silva to Yaya to free up cash for Aguero. Wish I'd paid the extra for Kun over Dzeko on my last WC now.
Ah well, this season's over for me anyway, I make take a 12 pointer this GW.
Careful. There is still time to work your way into the top 10k taking the conservative route
The conservative route has gotten me 8 red flags in a row. B*ll*cks to that now!
Who to take in for Valencia ?
Type Valencia in Search Comments. You'll get loads of ideas.
I think this could be a season defining decision. If looking to get Rooney in gwk28 then this is the chance to build up some reserves in the bank. If that's the plan I'd go for Moses/ McLean/ dyer/ pilks. But if not then the best bets are probably nani, mata or my personal favourite yaya.
I'm assuming you already have demp , sess , bale, silva. If not one of them.
I think the season defining moment is whether people get rid of RVP and Silva now or hold on to them.
I reckon both may well start tailing off in production now. If I had a WC today I'm telling you straight that Silva goes for Yaya. I'd probably offload RVP for Rooney too despite the price loss.
Arsenal look like a team in disarray now and I wonder if RVP has already decided that its time he took his considerable talents somewhere where he can actually, you know, win trophies?
Yaya just looks like he's going to kick on in this second half of the season now. Silva has pretty much been a disappointment lately. One double digit score in the last 11 GW's pretty much doesn't justify his heft price tag in my opinion.
Let's put it this way, people that got rid of him with their winter wildcards are not exactly weeping and gnashing their teeth now regretting that decision, are they!
Check out Djearworm in Youtube awsum music.. :).
Richard Levi has now got the world record for most 6's in a T/20 cricket match. South Africa are killing us 🙁
Famous que : Who the best player can replace Tony V..
How about Charlie Adam ? Is it a good call?
yep..thanks to give opinion.just thinking about his commitment though.Valencia & Evans are just my MU coverage. Nani & Young too expensive atm. Addition, Dempsey price always rise everyweek and I can't afford him. With RvP form going down, get Rooney instead of vP is a good move ?
Mate, get rid of Valencia before you even consider getting rid of RVP
ahha! forgot to state about get in McClean from Valencia..thanks ~
Dunno , ask yourself who will score more between here and end of season ?
IMO Rooney will outscore RVP from here on in.
Arsenal look like a team ready to implode. The word on the street is that the players are already dissatisfied with Wenger now (apparently they are none too impressed with his training methods as they don't spend enough time on defensive work-not like it shows, right?). Them and Chelsea just look like bad bets right now.
Man Utd are a team gearing up to make a push now for the finishing line and win a European trophy.
Man United have been better than Arsenal all season, it's not about United vs Arsenal considering RVP scores no matter how bad we are playing - Rooney doesn't.
Arsenal were shit at this time last season and RVP scored 10 in 13.
But for his spike against a 10 man Blackburn side his recent returns have been fairly pedestrian considering what the likes of Ba and Yakubu have been doing at half or less than half the price.
He's also dependent on the players around him giving him chances and he's surrounded by a lot of dross, frankly.
He's failed to score in 4 of his last 8 games and now faces a run of teams that have a lot of potential to frustrate him further.
He has also scored 21 goals in his last 20 games.
I don't even see how this is an argument.
Talking about future potential not what he's already done.
I think your team has issues mate, not sure if RVP is even mentally in the mood at the moment. Yesterday he looked fairly lost and frustrated most of the afternoon.
Strikers thrive on confidence and if they don't feel like the players around them or the manager in charge of them are helping their cause..........
Well your '4 games in 8 without a goal' seems a lot like what he has already done, no?
Last game: Rooney 4 games without a goal
Future : RvP 6 games without a goal ??
Yeah but that is just choosing a small sample, he has been 'in form' for over a year. It's not as though he is streaky with his goals.
But as he said.. 'not what he's already done' surely comes under form as well? On FPL points alone, he is more in form than any other striker.
I agree with Nomar. seem Rooney will get double figure point everyweek after Totenham games imo.
Like he did against Bolton (2 dodgy assists) Newcastle, Fulham for example?
at least, more confident give armband to him than rvP~
Newcastle away? Not an easy game, Fulham away? Not an easy game still he got 7 points.
Fulham away where they scored 5 and he got a goal?
Like RvP when against Wolves (HOME), Bolton (away), Fulham (away) too and Sunderland ~~
Morning all,
Having a mess around with my team, trying to get 3 players in.....Rooney, nani and yaya.
Are all three worth it?
This is my team
Lindegaard vorm
Kompany Verm McAuley Simpson senderos
Bale Dempsey Valencia Barton mcclean
RvP aguero ba
Only. 2 in the bank.
Would appreciate any comments 🙂
Thinking aguero. I'm swayed by the fact I'm a united fan, and would much rather see Rooney up there! Maybe just one of rooney /nani are worth it?
Drop RVP.
Arsenal are done now. RVP probably already mentally signed for Real Madrid or some other European giant already.
Lol.
Why lol?
You think this Arsenal team currently looks in any way, shape or form like its going to put a hurting on Spurs next weekend and then start smashing up Liverpool, Newcastle and a resurgent Everton in the next 4 GW's?
It's like you think Arsenal have been killing off teams all season..?
As I said above, the same things were being said about Arsenal last season and RVP continued to score, it happened at the beginning of the season too.
Sell RVP all you want, but he is the only player in my team that I wouldn't consider selling unless injured.
See my comments above.
RVP may well score a goal a game, but if Ba and Yakubu are matching that then whats the big deal?
Guys like Rooney and Aguero look like they could well be going on hot streaks now and they have the teams and fixtures to rack up points big style in the next 6 GW's.
Arsenal look like they're going to get frustrated by a lot of those teams in the next 4 games at least.
Its a big decision to make for sure, but sometimes seasons can be turned around or lost from winning positions based on hard decisions like this being made.
I am very seriously considering selling RVP and Silva in the next few weeks.
Ba and Yakubu aren't matching RVP's output regardless. Aguero is over-priced. I was his biggest supporter, but after these two home games he is out, 11M for a player who does sfa away from home is a waste. If it weren't for a few penalties to make their scores look pretty over the last 15+ weeks neither Aguero or Rooney have been anywhere near RVP and I don't see why that would change now. Aguero can't do it away and Rooney goes missing against easier opposition.
Sell him then, go with your gut.
Aguero has 4 of his next 6 games at home so if he likes home cooking surely you'd want to keep him for that rather profitable stretch?
As an RVP owner my concern, which is genuine, is that I'm not sure that RVP is going to be as productive over the rest of the season as he has been up til now.
I've already mentioned the factors that I think influence this and they are all very real concerns.
It's easy to think of concerns for every single striker..
After the next 2, Aguero has 2 in 4 home games, which isn't as promising.
OK, thanks for your comments.
Is this worth it for a 4 point hit:
Aguero, valencia, verm - Rooney, yaya, bae?
Quick poll on who will win the league, city or utd ?
United
No love for Spurs?
Surprised so many on here think Man Utd will win the league. I'm a Man Utd fan so hope you are all right but we definitely have the slightly harder run-in (with trips to Etihad, WHL being more difficult than City's trip to the Emirates and hosting Chelsea - two teams who look in trouble).
Yaya is back too which I think is a big factor and City definitely have more depth in their squad.
I think the title race will literally be decided by the City v Utd game. Winner takes all
City.
city city city
GW 26
Krul
Range Richards Santon
Silva Bale Dempsey Beausejour
Van Persie Aguero (VC) Rooney (C)
(Mignolet, Sigurdsson, Senderos, Jose Enrique)
Not sure whether to stick with Beau over Siggy? Beau at home against a stuttering Villa, and only bought him in this week. Siggy away against a likely tired Stoke.
Then injuries allowing GW 28 Rangel - Evans. GW 29 Aguerro - Ba/Cisse. GW30 Senderos - Baines. Good plan???
I'd play Beau, surely. AVL are weak in defending set-pieces, and he's on most of them isn't it.
You better hope Richie starts this week, else you're in hot waters mate. Nice team overall 😉
TY Elinor.
Yep, u are right about Richards. I've already taken a 4 pointer this week and not going to take another one.
Anyone considering (C) RVP this week? I seriously am.. 😕 Perfect contrast to nomar and few others, Ha 🙂
Nope, I'm selling.
He's shit, Arsenal are crap, he doesn't score goals anymore, overrated, it's not like he has scored goals week in week out for over a year now!
sarcastic ❗
I agree with the Arsenal are crap sentiment at least 🙂
Sell Aguero and all your City players too whilst you're at it.
I don want to sell him but am thinking whether i should bench him...
I don know who to really bench this week because i have a feeling Robbie Keane may score at least a Brace before he leaves.
Nani --- Demsey --- Silva --- Sessegnon --- Bale
--------- Keane -- Ba -- RVP -------------------------------
I may have to bench RVP, but selling, am not sure. Maybe after QPR on 31 March.
