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Sunday Dugout Discussion

18 March 2012 2824 comments
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The Gameweek continues with a pair of Sunday Premier League fixtures – beginning with United’s visit to Wolves, as Wayne Rooney sports the armband for thousands of Fantasy managers. Our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open to catch the reaction from the Molineux clash, plus the encounter between Newcastle and Norwich later today.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s teamsheet brings mixed news for Fantasy managers. Wayne Rooney starts as expected, but Ashley Young drops to the bench with Antonio Valencia making his return from injury to earn a role on the flank. Danny Welbeck also starts and is likely to be out wide, with Javier Hernandez given the nod up front. Rafael lines up at right-back with Phil Jones missing out once again.

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

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

    Drenthe and Walters ---> Valencia and Allen, 4 point hit Should I do it now before the price rises or should I even do it at all?

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

      Allen ? LOL.

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

        There's no one better for 4.8 mil :L +he just scored, Swansea are on the up and his price might rise 😀

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

          dont be too pleased over a goal. get surman.(if you already have siggy).

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

      Definatley get rid of Walters anyway, he's been stinking my team out for like 10 gameweeks and didn't even get an assist, he did miss a pen though.

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    3. decisions
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      not sure about allen.. is that due to funds?

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

        Yep, but now I'm thinking Walters, Ryan Taylor ----> Valencia, Neil Taylor?

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

    thoughts on these options...

    1. dempsey > valencia

    2. mcclean > valencia & ba > yak (or any other 6.1 or under striker)

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

      2 by miles.

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

        is yak my best option??

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

          for that range, yes.

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

    I strongly advise to not get rid of city players or Dempsey as they will be absolutely pivotal for gw31. It's a pretty tough gw and these players will be the core of the scout picks as at least on paper they have the best fixtures of that week (with exception of united and arsenal who too have decent fixtures that week)

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

      i hope i will be here when youre wrong. 😀

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      1. Pratik
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        I am pretty sure you will be around but I am usually good at predicting at least the bad weeks. Have a look at the fixtures, it will be a low scoring week.

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

          Eh? United away at Blackburn, RVP at QPR, City home to Sunderland, even Spurs home to Swans. Hardly a week with few captain options.

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    2. Chrissy Waddle - 2025/26
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Disagree with the Dempsey transfer idea. Yes GW31 has potential, but considering their away form they have Chelsea at home, and more away games till the end of the season.

      He's my pick to drop to get in Valencia, and I still have Silva.

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      1. Pratik
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        After gw 31 drop dempsey for sure, but I think he really should do well that week.

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        1. Chrissy Waddle - 2025/26
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Yes, by which time Valencia will be over 8.0m and has great games pretty much till the emd of the season. Valencia is more of a rotation risk but his form makes him key to ManU right now.

          It's Dempsey -> Valencia for me this week.

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

    Any good reason for not getting Valencia?

    I don't want to knee-jerk but his price will be out of reach soon.

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

      Timing 😉

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  5. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    When Valencia's yellow flag goes it should reset his transfers to zero. Something to consider for those getting Valencia in today.

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

      Yes. I hope it will give me more time before getting him in.. 😉

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

    LOTS of players with 11 home players next GW....

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  7. Oliver Reed
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    currently have evs, evra and roonpig., is it madness to do evra>caulker and moses> valencia for a 4 point hit..

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

      No

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

      dropping evra yes, getting caulker not.

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      1. Lloyd Xmas
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        4 point hit,no

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  8. Mull
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts on this H2H match.

    50 + Valencia, Moses and Krul BP's
    vs
    28 + Siggy, McLean +4(Home advantage)

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Do you really to ask?

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

        Its fairly close when you count Siggy and the 4 points.

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

        Siggy is on 16 after BP's+4 and McLean only needs to get 2 to level it up before BP's.

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        1. Call Me Old Fashioned
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          I still think your BPs will do it for you.

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

      1st one. Just pray McClean does nothing.

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  9. Slumdog Mignolet
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Valencia in for Dempsey a good move? Baring in mind that I already have Pogrebnyak.

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

      yes then.

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

    Torres 'earned' £4million between his today and his last Chelsea goal. Nice.

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  11. Kuqi Monster
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    currently got schwarzer and sorenson so basically only have schwarzer given that sorenson doesn’t play!

    Next six fixtures for fulham:

    mun NOR bol CHE liv WIG

    Will only have 1 FT for next week and really want to do demspey -> valencia, worth taking a hit for a keeper (looking at mignolet) at this stage of the season? or just play schwarzer and hope that the tough games aren’t routs as I have plenty of other transfers I want to make i.e. ba, moses, taiwo

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  12. Henry Hill
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Losing patience with Ba, who do people think is best striker in that price range

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I am looking at Balo. Knee jerk t Cisse is tempting but him not completing 90 is worrying. Odem and Yak are out of my consideration now.

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

      Ade may turn good again if you can afford him.

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

    Silva > Valencia for free ??

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

      Yes

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

    Choose ::

    1. Suarez & Miyachi
    2. Valencia & Pogrebnyak

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

      2.

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

      1. Stay away from my players 🙂

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

        Do we have a h2h against each other next week ?

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

          Yup.

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    3. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      No-brainer. 100 %.

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

    If I was to get out Ba, already having Rooney and RVP, what would your top three choices be to replace him with regardless of budget.

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

      1. Balotelli.
      2. Balotelli.
      3. Balotelli.

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

      1suarez 2aguero 3adebayor

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

      Balotelli, Adebayor, Odemwingie

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    4. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Balotelli and Suarez.

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      1. Kuqi Monster
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        whats with all the balotelli love?

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        1. Call Me Old Fashioned
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          nailed on striker for a team contending for the title

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          1. 1966 was a great year for E…
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 1 month ago

            Not so nailed on if Tevez is back in the frame. Or if he gets sent off...

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            1. Call Me Old Fashioned
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 1 month ago

              Tevez is not a threat. Course if he gets sent off. Owning him will be fun, I am thinking it could a bit of fun. Ranked 300K need to do something different

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  16. Lawrø
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Walters, Ryan Taylor —-> Valencia, Neil Taylor? 4 pointer?

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      better

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  17. Lorenzo
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Worth doing A.Young>Valencia? I just brought Young in this gw and it would be a 4 point hit.

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

      At a loss. I think hold Young, particularly with the hit involved. Will play next GW, decent goal threat and on set pieces.

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

        Thanks Corrigan. That's what i was thinking, just needed some reassurance.

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

    For those who have dempsey.

    Are you playing him next week against Man Unites or are you benching him.

    I'm still not convinced in United's defense,

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    1. Kuqi Monster
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      getting rid this week most probably

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  19. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/759/event-history/29/

    Congrats to Mark for those lucky Caulker 6pts. What were the odds? Bolton postponed the game and Young getting 0pts. I don't mind Mark's points honestly but I think that next year one of the changes would be interesting to be getting only half of the points from the bench. It will emphasize the decision for the first 11.

    Just a thought

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    1. dogtanion
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      get over it!

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        I don't need to get over it, I had myself points like that tones of times, but I don't think that I deserve them all the time

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

      That's quite a good idea

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    3. 1966 was a great year for E…
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Most of the time FPL change things, they just end up making it worse...

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    4. Rasping Drive
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I think we all get lucky from time to time over the course of the season with points from the bench, I don't think it's such a big deal to be honest.

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Well have it this way. I saw one team in which Senderos was benched and Caulker was in the first 11. That is massive call IMO.

        I think that manager deserve rewards, doesn't he. Its skill right. Having him 3rd sub isn't the same value and they get the same points.

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        1. Dale Cooper
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          I think you're just whining and taking the game too seriously. At the end of the day, the game is about picking a squad of 15 players and putting the bench warmers in correct order.

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

          Agree with everything Daniel said. The game would be more skill and less luck.

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          1. FPL Daniel
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 1 month ago

            It is just my opinion after all. I think it should be taken into consideration for next season.

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  20. Dale Cooper
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Team:
    Krul, Mignolet
    SKelly, Evans, Enrique, Skrtel, Caulker
    Sess, Silva, Dempsey, Bale, Sigg
    Rooney, RVP, Ba

    0,6m in the bank, 2FT

    I'd like to get Valencia in, but am just short of 0,1 to do Sessegnon -> Valencia.

    Any ideas?

    The other solution may be to downgrade Skrtel or Silva and save the cash to replace Ba.

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

      I'd probably just do Silva directly to Valencia. In fact, I did!

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

      Maybe consider Ba to Welbeck too?

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  21. WinstonsFakeLeg
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Today was great for us who kept hold of Valencia when he was injured.

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

      You've earnt it.

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    2. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      bravo sir

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

      Yes sir. We'll be riding first class on the Valencia boat, while the people getting him in this week slum it out in the lower decks.

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

        What of the people who brought him in for this week? 😉

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

          Somewhere in between, you get a comfortable cabin. But not champagne, caviar and beautiful women tending to your every need 🙂

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  22. COMH
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Drenthe > Valencia
    Mata > Walcott

    Done!

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  23. ricdan
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Miyachi/Mclean to Siggi

    4 point hit. Is it worth it?

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

      For Mclean, yes

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

        cheers

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  24. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Valencia won't rise tonight, everybody chill

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

      How can you be so sure? (said nicely)

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        he is on 60% or something, he needs 10K more or something. He had 11K whole day. No chance for tonight IMO

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  25. Sarnab
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Valencia a rotation risk.. yes or no??
    It can happen that he is benched next week.

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

      I think he's more nailed on than Young or Nani are

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

        Young seemed to be nailed on bt he's not.. Nothing can be said what goes through the mind of SAF

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

          The consensus seems to be that Young and Nani are more of a threat to one another than either is to Valencia.

          But you're right, only SAF truly knows.

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    2. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Possibly, but great price and value for Utd midfielder with such good fixtures on the horizon

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

        I suppose that, if they're all rotation risks in United's midfield, then we may as well get the cheapest player of the 3.

        I may just bypass all that hassle and get Walcott instead though.

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  26. Reedy
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Hi chaps.

    My team for next week:

    ______________Reina_____________

    Caulker__Enrique____Skrtel___Jevans

    Ryo___Valencia (V)____Siggy____Bale

    ____Rooney________RVP (C)_______

    (Vorm; P. Cisse, Dempsey, S. Kelly)

    Bank: 4.1 mil 1x FT

    Who thinks I should take a punt on getting Fat Frank in (at home to Spurs) for Dempsey?

    I just think benching him is a waste and I could play Lamps ahead of Ryo if need be.

    Any other advice is welcome too. Cheers!

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

      Sounds like a good shout.

      Lampard also has decent fixtures for a couple of weeks after.

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  27. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Liverpool vs Fulham and Chelsea vs Newcastle (GW34) will be postponed, at least temporarily, due to FA Cup Semi-Final commitments.

    Thoughts on the possible blank and the date for the possible double?

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  28. Kuyt Dirkula +42
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    I've already done Dempsey > Valencia and Surman > Siggy.

    The next GW gives me

    Vorm
    Caulker BAE Jevans
    Valencia Bale McClean Siggy Silva
    Rooney(c) RVP(v)

    Can I possibly bench Kun away to Stoke over nay of my mids?

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    1. Kuyt Dirkula +42
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      *any of my mids

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  29. Sarnab
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Silva & Ba > Valencia & Suarez ( -4 hit)

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

      Yes or no?

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Can u wait? I think there won't be price changes tonight

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

          I'm in India and now its already 12.40 AM.. Feeling sleepy. If Val rises tonight then i'll lose 0.1m if I don't do the transfers now.

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        2. little_wizard123
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          I think Tony will rise tonight.

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          1. FPL Daniel
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 1 month ago

            Well it won't

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

      mmmm. not sure about Suarez.

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  30. Blind
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone got the bp predictions or a link to them?

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