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Everton stun United at Old Trafford to leave the door ajar for City and set up a momentous Manchester derby. City did the business as expected at Molineux, with Sergio Aguero netting for the third consecutive game to bring the title race to the boil.
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Here's hoping I'll get a reply this time... 🙁
I currently own RVP, Rooney and Aguero and am on a wildcard. Which one(s) should I get rid of in order to get Papiss and/or Jelavic into my team?
P.S. I bought RVP for 11.9. Selling him and purchasing him again for the Norwich game would lose me a huge amount of money, or does that not really matter at this stage of the game?
At this stage the money shouldn't matter. If you have enough to get him back and that's what you want to do, do it.
I reckon Rooney might be the better option though. RVP away to Stoke, who've started their summer holidays early and Rooney away to City.
Yeah that RVP value has no meaning at this stage of the season especially when far cheaper options in Jelavic and Cisse are on the agenda. Just lose whoever you think will score less than Jelavic or Cisse.
RVP's goals have dried up there is no getting away from that. And with no Arteta or Walcott he has even less quality service plus away to Stoke is horrible for Arsenal. And if you want him back from the Norwich game that is easy enough.
Rooney is worth holding on to imo. Scoring consistently even without being anywhere near his best.
You can actually afford to sell both and go big with the WC by getting in all the best DGW prospects. Chances are you could score massively andwould be able to take a 4 or 8 point hit to get RVP and Rooney back for their favourable (h) fixtures.
Woo Woo
Dog with a speech impediment? 😀
I personally would get rid of Rooney, but I know a lot of people will disagree.
There isn't really a right answer. With players like those, some all or none can produce at any given time.
So 3 replies so far and one woo woo, can't ask again now 😉
Get rid of Aguero imo and keep the two gunning for the golden boot 🙂
I would sell aguero and Rooney for both of those, but that's just me.
Eoin - I m in exactly the same position, currently playing around with the midfield and cant bring myself to transfer any of the front 3 out.
I think I agree with removing Aguero but I just have a funny feeling about Rooney's potential for the derby and I really want him for that. RVP and Aguero out, Cisse and Jelavic in. Could make or break my entire season.
youre a braver man than me, may well end up getting rid of 1 but the way i see it now is that rvp rooney and aguero will score more in 3 than most others will in 4
Right, tonight's template team, with a 4 point hit:
Schwarzer
Caulker, Simpson, Skrtel
VDV, Dempsey, Sigurdsson, Ben Arfa
Jelavic, Tevez/RVP, Suarez
Considering another hit of Tevez to Cisse or another defender in and drop Tevez/RVP. Any thoughts?
Tempting, Sunderland home to Bolton is a good prospect, but I don't really like playing 4 at the back. Could do though..
My knee is very jerky tonight, I think I'd better sleep on it and ignore the price roses and falls
Mata or VdV in? Already got Bale
Mata more of a rotation risk, wouldn't double up on Spurs mids though.
Pienaar?
Play Valencia, McClean or bring in Bale/HBA/Pienaar(-4) this week?
I brought in VDV instead of bale as VDV seems more likely to score atm its been over 12 weeks since bale had a good score. I also brought in pienaar as him and jelavic seem to 2 most attacking players for everton.
Walcott -> Bale
RVP -> Jelavic
leaving me with
KRUL/Mignolet (yet to decide, probz the latter though)
SIMPSON Caulker BAINES*
BALE DEMPSEY Sigurdsson McClean
CISSE JELAVIC Rooney
with Terry coming in for Baines if he's ruled out of the 1st game.
Decent or do you think I need someone like VDV?
One of Bale/VDV is fine, both isn't necessary IMO, the back line is good, though Ivanovic and Luiz will probably be available for the second game of the DGW causing Chelsea rotation.
I'd also possibly swap McClean for Pienaar or Ben Arfa or someone as Sunderland just aren't scoring goals atm
keep sessegnon or valencia?
Buy pienaar or dempsey?
and is it worth -4 to pick up an everton(DGW) defender for turner?
If I double up with Bale + VDV is it best to pick 1 Everton and 1 Newcastle to mix it up rather than Cabaye + Cisse or Pienaar + Jelavic?
I think it's generally best to spread your bets, don't double up on CSs or attack unless you're sure of the potential. When you have 4 decent prospects and are picking 2, different teams should give you a greater chance of points, you just have to hope the players you pick are involved
Anyone guaranteed through to the semis of the FPL Open or Elite 64?
Waiting on BAPS. I'm up 54-53 with my bonus from Cisse against his bonus from Aguero. Both were captains. Wild card is any other bonus from differentials (me Caulker/Walcott/Cisse vs him Lescott/Valencia/Aguero)
I have you down as playing Sporting Abeergut in the semis. 😉
I just cant seem to bring myself to get VDV in addition to Bale and BAE who I own already due to their pants form, despite their fixtures. Also unwilling to blow a limb by stepping into the Chelsea midfield mine field. I am only have a place in the semis of the PP cup and rank to play for!
Think this will be my DGW team with a -4
KRUL
BAE Verm Turner
DEMPSEY BALE PIENAAR Siggy
Rvp PAPISS JELAVIC
(Vorm Valencia McAuley Evans)
was thinking that tbh, but not certain on that. Probably fancy both to get a CS
After the taking a 4 point hit i end up with this for the DGW:
friedel*
BAE*, caulker, simpson*
bale*, demps*, mcclean, siggy
cisse*C, jelavic*, rooney
vorm,valencia,evans, kompany
*7 DGW players, 5.6m in bank, 80 point lead in mini league nearest rival still has wild card!!
Is Captain right and bench in right order
plan to bring back RVP for Cissie in 37?
I am not keen on the spurs defensive double, but if you have had them for a while then that is different
Jelavic or Cisse capt, I am on your side
Maybe swap evans and kompany, but that is irrelevant. You wont need them
To anyone else who did Rooney > Aguero/Tevez this week, how frustrating was the Man City game?
I think that the Man U draw, perversely, had a negative impact on Kun's fantasy points. Last couple of games, with the title resigned and the weight of expectation off, City were absoutely tearing through teams with no fear as they were at the start of the season. Then, with the title once again a possibility, they totally shat it and clammed up again in case they blew it.
I was literally screaming at the telly for them to attack as they were tippy-tappy-ing it sideways and back between each other. Even as a Liverpool fan, you have to hand it to Man U - they are consistently the most direct and incisive team in the league
Seeing how poor they were at handling the pressure, I really cant see City seeing it out
Yeah they did look to clam up again and stop playing without fear as they have done recently. I think Wolves were never going to roll over with their last chance to avoid relegation so it was a bit of a different atmosphere today.
The derby decider is going to be massive though. Still hard to call who will come out on top of that one.
I did RvP > Aguero, Rooney > Tevez. Do I regret it? With Rooney's score this gw of course, but I never expected City to bottle it like they did today. If they'd been playing any other team they'd have been in trouble today.
I think if Utd win the derby than obviously, the title is theirs. If City win, I could definitely still see them slipping up - away at St James will be just as tough imo for them.
Anyone know the latest news on Younes Kaboul?
My team:
BOGDAN
ENRIQUE-WHEATER-Caulker
Sigurdsson-DEMPSEY-Sessengon-BALE
JELAVIC-CISSE-ADEBAYOR
(Vorm-Evans-Kelly-Buszaky)
Got loads of dosh. What player would improve this team (thinking of taking Sessengon out for a DGW'er if so or even Baines in for Caulker)
sess out for hba or pienaar or vdv or bale
don't get baines! might be out for the season. also kelly ahead of evans on the bench. and i might even go pog over ade tbh.
and with a ton of money i might upgrade bogdan or wheater to better dgwers
Well I think no point changing defenders unless they could ever possibly get mega scores (Terry, Baines only ones who add value with goals).
VDV is more tempting over Pienaar as he plays further forward though will play less minutes. Real p[ity Mata or Gerrard won't play both DGW. Would be good bet if so.
Pog is interesting but again no point in taking out Ade if he is fit and favoured.
Ridgewell keeps stinging me off the bench. Who would have thought. And I benched Mignolet yet again for Schwarzer. Should have learned by now.
Ugh I did same with the keepers, which of them are you gonna play for the next week? Schwarzer for me anyway
Ditto. You should at least get half points for bench players.
You should at least play your bench players. Half points are a silly idea, you would spend more trade selling injured players even though you don't need them. Players like Ferguson would be even more useless.
Deciding who to bench and who to play is a good part of the game. You are rewarded/punished for good/bad decisions.
mostly punished in my case!
also a lot of it is luck too that sees you leave pts on bench
Anybody worried about captaining Cisse given Newcastles tricky DGW fixtures. Chelsea aren't conceding many at present and Wigan will be scrapping for their lives.
Thinking the same, but I'm pretty certain my rival will be going with him so thinking of captaining him to negate that player.. have more dgw players than him so will probably come out on top.
But very keen on Jelavic.. will decide later in the week.
I'm 92 points ahead of my rival who has Cisse and he will (c) him in the DGW for sure. Do I get Cisse or go with Jelavic who I have a sneaky feeling will score well?
If you're 92 pts ahead, it doesnt really matter - just go for who you think will do better. I'm about 8pts behind my rival so thinking of going with Cisse, as I expect he'll do.
Argh to keep aguero or not. Option is to bring in jelly for a 4 pointer. Aguero is a beast at home, city must win, he takes pens and i really dont fancy united to hold out defencively. Jellyman would cover all my rivals who also bring him in this week. Leagues tight 20 points seperating five of us. Help!?!
walnutt/kompany/mcclean > pienaar/*/dempsey for a hit, is it worth it.
* cahill or huth or kaboul
Newcastle + Everton both play at 3pm on Saturday for their 1st DGW matches. Everton then play on the Tuesday while Newcastle's match is on Wednesday. Do you think Moyes will be tempted to rotate with the second game in quick succession? Just thinking the likes of Gueye, Anichebe, Straq, McFadden might play ahead of Jelavic in one of the matches?
I think it's a possibility. Moyes is a cagey f ucker, never gives anything away at the pre match press conferences so we are unlikely to hear anything imo
anyone??
1) kelly or enrique?
2) worth shipping kelly or enrique for terry?
3) worth shipping rvp or tevez for jelly?
4) pienaar or hba?
1. Kelly
2. No
3. Maybe
4. Pienaar
thanks.
will kelly play both games of the double or is he still injured?
and any reason you say pienaar or just cuz?
Kelly supposedly back for the first fixture of gw36 - unless you know definitely otherwise I'd suggest holding fire.
Pienaar because of form + fixtures. HBA and Bale/VdV only have one of those.
Who do you think would be the biggest rotation risk for the DGW? Need 1 of each...
Terry/A.Cole/Cahill
Mata/Lampard
A.Cole
Mata
Poor old Terry Connor always looks like he is about to breakdown at any moment, I want to give him a hug every time I see him! He was really thrown in the deep end, tough job.
Owners have a lot to answer for. Poor guy never looked comfortable in the job. Literally thrown to the wolves.. no pun intended.
Haha he does look and speak like he is really upset. Seems like a good guy and a quality coach from what i've heard. The Wolves board are a disgrace the way they handled the sacking of McCarthy and chucking Connor knee deep in shit. Nightmare scenario for him to try and deal with.
Any opinons on how likely it is that A.Cole & Terry will start both DGW games?
All replies appreciated 🙂
Impossible to second guess. Not very helpful I know.
I reckon Terry will start both because, as I said above, Luiz/Ivanovic probably won't be back for the QPR game and then he will obviously start the Newcastle game because it's the decider.
I'm not too sure about Cole though, I think Bertrand may play against QPR and Cole against Newcastle.
What do you guys think on my DGW team?
Cech* (Vorm)
Terry* | BAE* | Huth/Cahill* (Vermaelen, Jevans)
Bale* | Dempsey* | Sigurdsson | VDV* (Valencia)
Jelavic* | Cisse* | RVP
Huth or Cahill for that defender spot?
And any other improvements?
Thanks 🙂
