MUST NOT MAKE TRANSFERS YET.....EXTENSIVE EUROPEAN FIXTURE LIST DURING THE WEEK.....

God it's so hard though. 🙁

Just did Sess ➡ Siggy. Feels nice having £1.7m in the bank.

Time for some stats porn on Silva. Move along now if this ain't your thing!

Over the last 6 gameweeks, Silva has averaged just 3 points per gameweek (3.63 per 90-minute appearance), which is a significant drop from his 5.9 average over the first 21 gameeeks (6.9 per 90-minute appearance). This is despite maintaining his consistency advantage over his peers - his consistency actually improved from 3.4 over the first 21 gameweeks to 2.2 over the last 6 gameweeks, based on standard deviation.

Over this 6-week period, his fpl scoring averages compare pretty unfavourably against some of the other big hitters in midfield:

Bale 4.5 (over last 6 games) & 5.7 (over last 6 games, per 90-minute appearance)
Dempsey 6.0 & 6.0
Mata 4.8 & 5.3
Nani 2.2 & 7.0
Young 4.6 & 12.2
Lampard 3.5 & 5.3

Looking at Silva's Opta stats over the last 6 weeks, his passing is still one of the best in the league; over the last 6 gameweeks he has made:
- 16 key passes, bettered only by Modric (21) and Mata (20);
- 223 passes in the opponent's half which is bettered only by Carrick (300), Arteta (242) and Scholes (233);
- 16 through balls, second only by Song (17).

In terms of goal threat, he has racked up just 8 attempts on goal (4 on target), which is half that of Bale and Dempsey, and the same as Lampard despite playing 120 minutes more than him. Even compared to the wider pool of midfield players he ranks behind the likes of Taarabt, Sigurdsson, Morrison and Kuyt on both goal attempts and attempts on target over this period.

To put this another way, Silva has averaged just 0.81 attempts on target per 90 minute appearance over the last 6 gameweeks which ranks him 29th best midfielder (of those making 10 or more appearances over the season). In the first 22 gameweeks he made an average of 1.12 attempts on target per 90 minute appearance which was enough to rank him 9th on the list. (By comparison, Dempsey tops this list at 1.72, over the course of the season as a whole).

It seems clear that he is just as creative as he ever was, but it's the goals and assists that have been lacking of late and this is behind his drop off in fpl scoring.

Whether this is down to his dodgy ankle, team tactics or just a temporary dip, I have no idea. But having had him all season, I'm now thinking of dumping him for one of the United trio.

I can't believe I don't know this, bit does the average score take points hits into account?

who shall i get for Coleman

Man United is going up and Man City going down! This gw is just the beginning!

trading Aguero to Rooney = best move so far!

a) Morrison + Yakubu

or

b) Miyachi + Odemwingie

what will fellow Suarez owners be doing? I'm not sure whether getting rid for Rooney for a 4 point hit or keeping him is best... I should probably get rid

35 with Skrtel Enrique RVP(c) and Ba to play... I don't know if I should be happy or not....

ok Corrigan I checked, Valencia would allow 2 of Mata, Jags and Ade but not all 3, but I am just not convinced about United in midfield due to rotation. It’s a really tough call to make.

Like I said, am happy to go without Ade as he is frustrating to own, need to see about Mata’s starts (although I suspect he sat out the Stoke game with Napoli in mind). My main rival owns Yak so am seeking a differential to him as we would have the same strikeforce otherwise.

Basically I can get Young and Jags and have 13.5 for a non-Yak striker and mid

or I can get Jags, Valencia and Mata and have 5.9 for the last striker.

Stupidly post on tha last article.

UCL ramble…

Reports are being posted about a bust up between the manager of AC Milan, 4vetti, and his star midfielder David Silva. 4vetti was quoted in The Sun as saying “David eees not his usual polished self. Da Silva has lost eets shine and this is not good for the Milanista. No… I will make no further comment except I am in the market for a beeg scoring player. I sheeped in Rooney but we need more, always more. I hope David will stay but he has to play with his balls, to be manly and make our opponents his puttane. He needs to get on top.”

When asked about the like outcome of this week’s match against Cole Hole’s BATE Borisov 4vetti replied “It’s too close. Squeaky bum tempo… Tuesday morning will tell the truth. I expect a win if Ba can not get the cartellino rosso. Basta ora… I have a family”

Glory, glory Man Utd.

... and Moses.

Hi Guys!

My Team:

Vorm Krul

Enrique Skrtel Caulker Simpson Evans

Siggy Bale Dempsey Nani Yaya

RVP Rooney Pog

Bank: 3.2,

1 FT

I would like to play a 3-4-3 formation for GW 29 and dunno which midfielder to bench? Could possibly get rid of Nani and go for Young or even get rid of Yaya for Morrison, Miyaichi or someone else perhaps?

Kindly ask for your advice. Muchh appreciated.

Would you rather:

a) Have Rooney (c), 2x 10pts +bps in the bank

or

b) RvP (c), potential potential potential

Has AB posted his predictions yet?

*too lazy to scroll back through*

is it looking more than likely that walcott will start tomorrow?
could be havin a better week really. only got 35 points, but still got walcott, ba, rvp (c) and enrique with DGW.

ok it's shouting time again

CORRIGAN.

REPOST..could really need some help with this.

My team guys..
Schwarzer-Mignolet
Caulker-Skrtel-BAE-Evans-McAuley
Dempsey-Bale-Walcott-Sigurdsson-Miyaichi
Holt-RVP-Rooney

Does these transfers look good for you?

For GW 29: Holt>Odemwingie

For GW 30:BAE>Patrice Evra. Irealise having BAE in my WC team was a mistake. 🙁
Spurs defense have been conceded many goals in last games. United have awesome fixtures and IMO it’s better to double up with Evans and Evra and Rooney upfront, with the uncertainty of the wingers.
Evra also looked very lively today, coming in on overlaps and breaking into the box. Should have got an assist.

Odemwingie or Ba as my replacement for Sturridge?

Torres-Magic around? Can't join his FPL Open...! He said the code was 5003-5003, but that turns out to be an invalid code....! anyone?

Can you see Chelsea giving City a good game at the Etihad?

United could effectively win the league in the next 4 games..well done Fergie.

how serious Lescott injury is? he s the best defender i have! should i trade him or wait?

Ok, I've looked at it pretty closely and I'm 95% sure I'll be doing Van Persie >>>> Rooney next GW. :O

Evening all, OK, whilst my FPL team continues to underperform… so I continue anti depression therapy with anagrams.
Here’s my anagram competition between the Totalfpl Dream Team and the Scout Picks for this gameweek… Who wins? 😉
Defense A: Howard Skrtel Baines Enrique Evans = Sin ran never to be equaled rikshaws
Defense B: Ruddy Evans Skrtel Baines = Risky substandard eleven (sorry scouts, I don’t think it’s that bad really, that’s just the best anagram I could come up with, err ;-))
Midfield A: Pilkington Drenthe Miyaichi = Heady oil-thickening imprint
Midfield B: Walcott Mata O’Hara Surman = Mortal catamaran washout
Attack A: Rooney Van Persie Suarez = Every Ouzo earner’s pains
Attack B: ditto 😉
So… who wins?
(yup, I know, time for bed…, let’s hope for lots of points tomorrow, good luck everyone!)

54 points with 3 guys yet to play...And baines n fellaini havent played the second game...am feeling preety smug!

Moved up to 9,212.

Not too bad 🙂

do we think Young will go up tonight?

He's on 93% on FISO, want to get him but would love to hold off until tomorrow at least, though ideally until after EUROPA, but not sure I'll make till then, he could be the same price as Silva.

Victor Moses is GOD!!

Im glad I started you! ( And wagered that you'd score @ 10/3)

mcilroy on the prowl now