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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	98.6%	Maybe
Saka	ARS	10.1m	88.9%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	88.8%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	84.0%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	83.7%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	81.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	80.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	78.1%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	77.8%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	75.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	74.4%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	72.6%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	72.6%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	70.8%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	68.2%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	67.6%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	67.6%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	67.2%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	67.0%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.4%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.7m	64.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	63.5%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	60.3%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.0m	59.6%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	6.1m	57.7%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	55.5%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	54.3%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	53.5%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	50.1%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	49.9%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	47.2%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	47.0%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	6.0m	44.3%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	44.2%	Unlikely
Doku	MCI	6.6m	43.3%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	43.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	39.6%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	38.6%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.5m	38.1%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.4m	37.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	100.0%	Very Likely
Gabriel	ARS	6.3m	100.0%	Very Likely
Botman	NEW	4.9m	100.0%	Very Likely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	98.0%	Maybe
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.4m	97.3%	Maybe
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	97.0%	Maybe
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	96.7%	Maybe
Young	AVL	4.4m	96.4%	Maybe
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	96.2%	Maybe
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	94.5%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Martinez	AVL	5.1m	94.6%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.3m	94.1%	Unlikely
Byram	LEE	3.9m	93.8%	Unlikely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	93.8%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	93.6%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	93.5%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	93.2%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	92.7%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	92.7%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	90.4%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	90.0%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	89.8%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	89.6%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.7m	88.7%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	88.7%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	88.3%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.4m	88.1%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	87.8%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	86.2%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	86.2%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.4m	85.7%	Unlikely
Hato	CHE	4.7m	85.6%	Unlikely
Agbinone	CRY	4.4m	84.9%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	83.8%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	82.8%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.8m	82.1%	Unlikely
Patterson	SUN	4.3m	81.3%	Unlikely
Aznou	EVE	4.3m	80.5%	Unlikely

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No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
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No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	B, Inj
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

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No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Gakpo	LIV	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
Up	Schade	BRE	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	A, £
Down	Fernández	CHE	B

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No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

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Season Predictions 2012/13 – View From The Scouts

17 August 2012 7054 comments

Andy

Over the last week or so the Fantasy Football Scout fold have been sharing our innermost thoughts with regards to some of the most “Burning Questions” ahead of the new campaign. To accompany our views there, here’s our annual quick-fire round of predictions, where we let you know the players each of us are tipping to shine in a new season…

As our entry from last year will show you we’re prone to making the odd mistake (or seven). Steve Kean, eh? Who would have thought he would still be in a job. Even after he got Blackburn relegated, as half of us rightly predicted.

Here follows our thoughts on the year ahead. Soak it in and then join the discussion and offer your thoughts and counter-comments down below.

Andy, that’s my good self, kicks things off for 2012/13 with what is no doubt a bit of a fancy for one player in particular. And it’s not even Gylfi Sigurdsson. This is almost partisan from our resident all-rounder.

The Premier League

Top Five (1-5): Man City, Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham
Bottom Four (17-20): Norwich, QPR, Wigan, Reading
This year’s Overachievers: Aston Villa
This Year’s Underachievers: Fulham
Top Goalscorer: Sergio Aguero
Most Assists: Seb Larsson
Team with Most Clean Sheets: Man United
Most Yellow Cards: Samba Diakite
First Boss to Bite the Bullet: Mark Hughes
Worst Signing: Marcus Rosenburg

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Top Points Scorers

Overall Top Points Scorer: Sergio Aguero
Top Bonus Point Darling: Sergio Aguero
Best Differential: Robert Snodgrass
Top Scoring Budget Goalkeeper (5.0 and under): Mark Schwarzer
Top Scoring Budget Defender (5.0 and under): Ryan Shawcross
Top Scoring Budget Midfielder (6.5 and under): Seb Larsson
Top Scoring Budget Forward (6.5 and under): Danny Graham

Second out of the traps is Big Dunc. One of two Everton fans on the Scout payroll our resident toffee can’t help but get a little bit excited at the prospects of his club. Is he mad? We’ll find out by May.

The Premier League

Top Five (1-5): Man City, Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton
Bottom Four (17-20): Fulham, Wigan, Reading, Southampton
This year’s Overachievers: Aston Villa
This Year’s Underachievers: Fulham
Top Goalscorer: Sergio Aguero
Most Assists: David Silva
Team with Most Clean Sheets: Man City
Most Yellow Cards: Lucas Leiva
First Boss to Bite the Bullet: Martin Jol
Worst Signing: Hugo Rodallega

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Top Points Scorers

Overall Top Points Scorer: Sergio Aguero
Top Bonus Point Darling: Sergio Aguero
Best Differential: Charles N’Zogbia
Top Scoring Budget Goalkeeper (5.0 and under): Shay Given
Top Scoring Budget Defender (5.0 and under): Fabio Da Silva
Top Scoring Budget Midfielder (6.5 and under): Steven Pienaar
Top Scoring Budget Forward (6.5 and under): Danny Graham

Having signed mid-way through last Stilicho gets his first Scout attempt to show everyone just how prophetic he is. His opinions on Norwich pretty much separate this gent from everyone else involved so he’s either a mad heretic or the one we should all be looking to in the future.

The Premier League

Top Five (1-5): United, City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs
Bottom Four (17-20): Southampton, Swansea, West Ham, Reading
This year’s Overachievers: Norwich
This Year’s Underachievers: Swansea
Top Goalscorer: Sergio Aguero
Most Assists: Antonio Valencia
Team with Most Clean Sheets: City
Most Yellow Cards: Samba Diakite
First Boss to Bite the Bullet: Michael Laudrup
Worst Signing: Fabio Borini

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Top Points Scorers

Overall Top Points Scorer: Gareth Bale
Top Bonus Point Darling: Sergio Aguero
Best Differential: —–
Top Scoring Budget Goalkeeper (5.0 and under): Simon Mignolet
Top Scoring Budget Defender (5.0 and under): Steven Taylor
Top Scoring Budget Midfielder (6.5 and under): Steven Pienaar
Top Scoring Budget Forward (6.5 and under): Danny Graham

Granville gets a weekly platform on the Scoutcast to discuss and debate with Mark on all things Fantasy Football related. In this post he has, perhaps unsurprisingly, decided to pick some answers from the red side of Manchester. What’s more surprising is that we can see some light blue too.

The Premier League

Top five (1-5): Man United, Man City, Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea
Bottom four (17-20): Wigan, Southampton, Norwich, Stoke
This year’s Overachievers: Aston Villa
This Year’s Underachievers: Stoke
Top Goalscorer: Sergio Aguero
Most Assists: Shinji Kagawa
Team with Most Clean Sheets: Man City
Most Yellow Cards: Samba Diakite
First Boss to Bite the Bullet: Sam Allardyce
Worst Signing: Fabio Borini

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Top Points Scorers

Overall Top Points Scorer: Sergio Aguero
Top Bonus Point Darling: Wayne Rooney
Best Differential: Jan Vertonghen
Top Scoring Budget Goalkeeper (5.0 and under): Adam Federici
Top Scoring Budget Defender (5.0 and under): Liam Ridgewell
Top Scoring Budget Midfielder (6.5 and under): Stephen Pienaar
Top Scoring Budget Forward (6.5 and under): Djibril Cisse

Also having his first dabble at infamy is Jonty. With no Premier League allegiances for this Brighton fan, his picks can come untainted by any frivolous behaviour. He wisely agreed with me about a certain West Brom player.

The Premier League

Top Five (1-5): Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool
Bottom Four (17-20): West Brom, Reading, Norwich, Southampton
This year’s Overachievers: Sunderland
This Year’s Underachievers: Spurs
Top Goalscorer: Sergio Aguero
Most Assists: Juan Mata
Team with Most Clean Sheets: Man City
Most Yellow Cards: Cheikh Tiote
First Boss to Bite the Bullet: Steve Clarke
Worst Signing: Marcus Rosenberg

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Top Points Scorers

Overall Top Points Scorer: Sergio Aguero
Top Bonus Point Darling: Wayne Rooney
Best Differential: Charles N’Zogbia
Top Scoring Budget Goalkeeper (5.0 and under): Jussi Jaaskelainen
Top Scoring Budget Defender (5.0 and under): Steven Taylor
Top Scoring Budget Midfielder (6.5 and under): Steven Pienaar
Top Scoring Budget Forward (6.5 and under): Danny Graham

Anorak may be our resident specialist when it comes to the men in black but he also likes to think he can be a dab hand at Fantasy football too. As far as top goalscorer predictions, he marks himself out as the black sheep of the Scout fraternity by being the only one not to tow the party line.

The Premier League

Top five (1-5): City, United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs
Bottom four (17-20): Wigan, Southampton, Norwich, Reading
This year’s Overachievers: West Brom
This Year’s Underachievers: Sunderland
Top Goalscorer: Wayne Rooney
Most Assists: David Silva
Team with Most Clean Sheets: City
Most Yellow Cards: Kevin Nolan
First Boss to Bite the Bullet: Chris Hughton
Worst Signing: Modibo Maiga

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Top Points Scorers

Overall Top Points Scorer: Wayne Rooney
Top Bonus Point Darling: Wayne Rooney
Best Differential: Gervinho
Top Scoring Budget Goalkeeper (5.0 and under): Ben Foster
Top Scoring Budget Defender (5.0 and under): Steven Taylor
Top Scoring Budget Midfielder (6.5 and under): Michu
Top Scoring Budget Forward (6.5 and under): Djibril Cisse

Having churned out more top quality articles than Anchor have butter, Paul is well versed on all things Premier League and as such we expect him to score 100% when we mark his results in May. Even if one of his answers is Emmerson Boyce, who are we to second guess?

The Premier League

Top five (1-5): City, United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs
Bottom four (17-20): Southampton, Norwich, West Brom, Reading
This year’s Overachievers: Villa
This Year’s Underachievers: West Brom
Top Goalscorer: Sergio Aguero
Most Assists: Santi Cazorla
Team with Most Clean Sheets: Man City
Most Yellow Cards: Cheick Tiote
First Boss to Bite the Bullet: Steve Clarke
Worst Signing: Oscar

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Top Points Scorers

Overall Top Points Scorer: Sergio Aguero
Top Bonus Point Darling: Sergio Aguero
Best Differential: Steven Gerrard
Top Scoring Budget Goalkeeper (5.0 and under): Simon Mignolet
Top Scoring Budget Defender (5.0 and under): Emmerson Boyce
Top Scoring Budget Midfielder (6.5 and under): Steven Pienaar
Top Scoring Budget Forward (6.5 and under): Djibril Cisse

Mark The guv’nor brings up the rear and clearly has a problem with Swansea’s prospects, whilst talking up that Southampton mob. Mark backed Grant Holt last season and, similarly, he’s going with Rickie Lambert to turn up with a similar goal spree. Oh, and he still fancies Leighton Baines. Must be the haircut or the record collection.

The Premier League

Top five (1-5): United, City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs
Bottom four (17-20): Southampton, Swansea, West Ham, Reading
This year’s Overachievers: Aston Villa
This Year’s Underachievers: Swansea
Top Goalscorer: Sergio Aguero
Most Assists: Juan Mata
Team with Most Clean Sheets: Man United
Most Yellow Cards: Cheick Tiote
First Boss to Bite the Bullet: Chris Hughton
Worst Signing: Oscar

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Top Points Scorers

Overall Top Points Scorer: Sergio Aguero
Top Bonus Point Darling: Sergio Aguero
Best Differential: Leighton Baines
Top Scoring Budget Goalkeeper (5.0 and under): Mark Schwarzer
Top Scoring Budget Defender (5.0 and under): Brede Hangeland
Top Scoring Budget Midfielder (6.5 and under): James McClean
Top Scoring Budget Forward (6.5 and under): Rickie Lambert

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Mrtehbigcheese
13 years, 3 months ago
eyy lads what do you think?

jask sub:federici

lescott a cole hangeland sub : demel , clyne

bale mata valencia guthrie sub : dyer

tevez aguero C graham

thanks

0.5 in bank to swtich aguero to rooney in gw2

btw any faith in torres
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THE BAD
13 years, 3 months ago
Pienaar or Michu???
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Granville
13 years, 3 months ago
Am I seeing things? Surely someone must have got busy with photoshop.

https://twitter.com/ManUtdStuff/status/236423767776186369/photo/1/large
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1. Fernando Torres
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Must be photoshop, he has only just signed!
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2. FORCA INTER
  13 years, 3 months ago
  it has to be eboue 🙂
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3. Optimus.
  13 years, 3 months ago
  rvp is already pregnant with fergies love child
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4. Luke Chadwicks Left Peg
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Looking dangerous!
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5. The Bandit
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Nope, Rooneys rug really is a mess......
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6. Adam
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Real - can be found on the ManUtd website: http://www.manutd.com/~/media/First%20Team%20Players/Van%20Persie/van_persie_training11.ashx?20120817T1110322660&mw=500
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7. Drip Doctor
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Hello sailor 😉
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8. Abominable Snowy84
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Who was 31?
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9. Gargamel
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Put Anderson's belly on RVP
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10. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
  13 years, 3 months ago
  He's pregnant?!?
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  1. blue cheese
    13 years, 3 months ago
    😀
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11. Doctor X
  13 years, 3 months ago
  It's on the United official website too 😆
  
  And no one was 31. It's a vacant number.
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  1. Doctor X
    13 years, 3 months ago
    http://www.manutd.com/en/RobinVanPersieLanding/VanPersieNews/2012/Aug/gallery-robin-van-persie-first-training-session.aspx
    
    Cory Evans was our old #31.
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    1. Demí
      13 years, 3 months ago
      It's his training number, doesn't mean anything.
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      1. LeBron - King of Argentina
        13 years, 3 months ago
        Hi mate. Do you think rafael will be nailed on at RB for us from the start or at least GW 2 ?
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        slappybag
        13 years, 3 months ago
        I'd say Rafael will start v Everton with Smalling and Jones still out mate
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        LeBron - King of Argentina
        13 years, 3 months ago
        Ta. I need Rafael to start at least from GW 2 as I plan to get him then.
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12. Piggs Boson
  13 years, 3 months ago
  I'm tempted to start with him to save a transfer gw2.
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13. SPorting
  13 years, 3 months ago
  you mean Rooneys hair?
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  1. Christina.
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Hello big boy
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14. Christina.
  13 years, 3 months ago
  It's Rio + Rooney(plus Rvp head off course)
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15. Fabio20
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Any one know if RVP is married? He's wearing a wedding ring...
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THE BAD
13 years, 3 months ago
Pieenaar or michu??
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1. Kevin Twine
  13 years, 3 months ago
  If you haven't got Graham, then Michu imo.
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2. Drip Doctor
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Michu to start with
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GreennRed
13 years, 3 months ago
Will Tierney start for Norwich v Fulham? Who are other good 4m defender alternatives, preferably with some attacking threat?
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1. deccoo
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Yes and best 4m defs are Clyne, Demel & Gorkss (DGW)
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  1. Luke Chadwicks Left Peg
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Why Demel? West Ham are leaky...
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2. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
  13 years, 3 months ago
  They've just signed Garrido. Very risky now.
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  1. GreennRed
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Cheers lads. Tierney's good enough for me. He'll keep Garrido out of that team too if he plays up to form. A very good left back and loves to get forward. If Garrido was so hot why is he on loan at 27, doesn't seem to nail a spot on any team.
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Fernando Torres
13 years, 3 months ago
Why do people think Clyne is better than Fonte?
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1. Fabio20
  13 years, 3 months ago
  fullback?
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2. HelloSidney
  13 years, 3 months ago
  No idea, maybe he's that bit more nailed on, but Fonte scored 7 league goals 2 seasons ago
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SH1M1
13 years, 3 months ago
hazard or mata for dgw?
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1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
  13 years, 3 months ago
  mata for security
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  1. deccoo
    13 years, 3 months ago
    +1
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2. Fabio20
  13 years, 3 months ago
  I went with both
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Bedknobs and Boomsticks
13 years, 3 months ago
Does anyone else think that ManU's fixtures over the first 10 weeks or so are a bit pants?

In that time they have: eve, liv TOT, new, CHE, ARS

Is this really a run of fixtures where we need to be woryign about leaving 3 m unspent so we can get a 13m forward who's roll we're not really sure about? I'm starting to lean towards my original plan of just getting in a mid.
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1. Drip Doctor
  13 years, 3 months ago
  FUL, sot, WIG. You will need Utd coverage for that.
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  1. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Valencia / Kagawa / whoever should do it...
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2. Doctor X
  13 years, 3 months ago
  van Persie is fixture proof 😉
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3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Me. 😀
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  1. Billy Gilmore
    13 years, 3 months ago
    What's the number doos?
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4. Qubit
  13 years, 3 months ago
  No you're not the only one. The only decent fixtures are wks 2-4 (FUL, Sot, WIG) and maybe 8 (STK), rest are pretty pants.
  
  What with the uncertainty around starting for various players id be getting Valencia if I wasnt worried about him playing RB. In my most recent draft I have no Utd players at all, which is a little unsettling!
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  1. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
    13 years, 3 months ago
    He actually did very well for me in the odd game he played at RB last season. Didn't seem to affect his returns at all!
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DOCLES
13 years, 3 months ago
Mata and Graham or
Torres and Michu

I was set on Mata and Graham, as my team looks more balanced, but now leaning towards the latter

What do ye think?
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1. Le Limpar
  13 years, 3 months ago
  That's a pretty much a coin flip in my book.
  Mata/Graham are less punty - but Torres is a more appealing captaincy option. Tough one.
  
  I have Mata and Torres at the moment - which is probably overkill
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zee303
13 years, 3 months ago
Only rRMT i will be doing, any tips welcome. Looks pretty solid to me but too bottom heavy?

De Gea (Al Hasbi)
Vermaelen, A Cole (vc), Zabaleta, Hangeland (Clyne)
Bale, Ramires, Yaya, Guthrie (Mclean)
Torres (c), Tevez (Graham)
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1. slappybag
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Solid team to me mate
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Willis.
13 years, 3 months ago
Any news on Stephen Warnock? Is he going to sod off or not? Either way, is Enda Stevens ahead of him in the pecking order now?
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1. blue cheese
  13 years, 3 months ago
  If fit, Lowton will start at LB. Warnock is out of favor.
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  1. Willis.
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Lowton is a RB, is he not?
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    1. blue cheese
      13 years, 3 months ago
      He can play on either side.
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2. Billy Gilmore
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Lowton and Lichaj will play as full backs I believe.
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  1. Willis.
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Sigh... will have to settle with defenders from the newly promoted teams as 4m picks then...
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    1. Billy Gilmore
      13 years, 3 months ago
      What about Bennett?
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      1. Willis.
        13 years, 3 months ago
        Don't fancy Norwich...
        
        What about Nelsen? Who's he competing with?
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        blue cheese
        13 years, 3 months ago
        Ferdinand, Hill and Onuoha.
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        Billy Gilmore
        13 years, 3 months ago
        Anton, Onuoha and Hill I think. Norwich look better defensively this season and prob better than West Ham for example.
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rdb
13 years, 3 months ago
Which option would you prefer?

A) Zabaleta + Clyne

B) Gibbs + Hughes
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1. Le Limpar
  13 years, 3 months ago
  A)
  
  Gibbs will share minutes with Santos.
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  1. rdb
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Thanks mate
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2. Doctor X
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Arsenal are a bit defensively weak without Kosc and Sagna.
  
  A.
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  1. rdb
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Thanks
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Le Limpar
13 years, 3 months ago
I think it comes down to this:

1) McCartney, Rafael - Miyaichi - Aguero

Vs.

2) Fabio, Zabaleta - Michu - Tevez

Help me??
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1. rdb
  13 years, 3 months ago
  2
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Mak_Gold
13 years, 3 months ago
A) Toure + McClean

B) Valencia/Cazorla + Dyer?
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1. Le Limpar
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Much prefer B which ever one you choose. Both top picks. A looks ropey and frustrating.
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  1. Mak_Gold
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Cheers.
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2. rdb
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Could go either way as toure has 2 good home games in the first three and would prefer michu over mclean!
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  1. Mak_Gold
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Thanks.
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Mrtehbigcheese
13 years, 3 months ago
eyy lads what do you think?

jask sub:federici

lescott a cole hangeland sub : demel , clyne

bale mata valencia guthrie sub : dyer

tevez aguero C graham

thanks

btw any faith in torres lads?
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zan
13 years, 3 months ago
my mids are , Mata, Bale,Pienaar, kaca

A) Tevez , Nani/Valencia, Zaba
B) Aguero , Noble, Kompany
C) Aguero ,Taarabt ,Lescott
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1. Le Limpar
  13 years, 3 months ago
  This is essentially will Valencia outscore Noble/Taarabt by more points than Aguero will outscore Tevez - to which my answer would be, yes - probably.
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  1. B.P.R.D.
    13 years, 3 months ago
    But don't forget, differences can be doubled with captaincy.
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stufail
13 years, 3 months ago
Final settled(ish) team:

RDG (Fed)
Zab Cole Hange'd (Demel) (Bennett)
Lamps Bale Pienaar Guthrie (Noble)
Tevez Torres (C) Graham

Not really looking for any comments - just thought I'd share the wealth! 😛
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1. stufail
  13 years, 3 months ago
  And £4.5m in the bank to spend as I see fit next week...
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2. Mitchacho
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Thanks for sharing, I'm going to comment anyway 😉 I think if you are going to have Demel and Bennett in your team then you may as well take advantage of the Reading/West Ham/Norwich rotation by swapping Hangeland for Gunter. Fulham are always poo away from home anyway.
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Mrtehbigcheese
13 years, 3 months ago
mata or aguero for captain
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1. RedForLife
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Had Kun all preseason but Mata is tempting. Mata for me just.
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2. bobby_bookah
  13 years, 3 months ago
  gotaa go with the DGW
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RedForLife
13 years, 3 months ago
Anyone out there not going with Torres? I really want a Rooney/ Aguero/ Petric frontline..
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1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
  13 years, 3 months ago
  I have been sucked in to getting torres.....Please help
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  1. RedForLife
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Surely it's reasonable to think Chelsea can score without much from him. I'm really leaning to Mata & Ivan as cover.
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FORCA INTER
13 years, 3 months ago
i'll say this one last time

forget Graham and get Petric

forget Cazorla/Yaya/Valencia and get Nasri
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1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
  13 years, 3 months ago
  why?
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  1. Billy Gilmore
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Because he said so 😉
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  2. FORCA INTER
    13 years, 3 months ago
    cause i think that both of the would do great at the start of the season
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    1. Infinite Sheldon
      13 years, 3 months ago
      You spelt Nani wrong.
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  3. Funkyav
    13 years, 3 months ago
    Nasri wont be guaranteed place once Silva is fully fit.
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    1. Infinite Sheldon
      13 years, 3 months ago
      70% chance of playing on average IMO
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2. blue cheese
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Gee, thanks.
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3. Call Me Old Fashioned
  13 years, 3 months ago
  carry on then
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4. Billy Gilmore
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Can you pick my other 13 players? 😉
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  1. FORCA INTER
    13 years, 3 months ago
    no sorry
    
    too many boring and generic draft this days
    
    i am sure you got exacly same draft as everyone else
    
    so if you get Nasri+Petric your team will dominate 😉
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    1. LeBron - King of Argentina
      13 years, 3 months ago
      Nasri+Graham for the win mate imo 😉
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    2. Christina.
      13 years, 3 months ago
      Thinks getting out off hand here at the moment. Can't keep up. Just wanted to say good luck for the start of the season.
      
      BTW, i don't have Petric/Nasri.
      
      😕
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SH1M1
13 years, 3 months ago
any1 know reading likely starting backline?
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steveb79
13 years, 3 months ago
Any thoughts?

DDG - (Jaask)
Lescott - Terry - (Colicini) - Hangeland - (Clyne)
Cleverley - Mata - VDV - Song - Allen
Tevez - Torres - (Petric)
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1. RedForLife
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Surely Petric plays at home to Nor
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  1. steveb79
    13 years, 3 months ago
    who would you drop though?
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    1. RedForLife
      13 years, 3 months ago
      Clev
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      1. steveb79
        13 years, 3 months ago
        do you think he will be a regular or would you replace him?
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        steveb79
        13 years, 3 months ago
        could go with larsson/McClean?
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fred1266
13 years, 3 months ago
shouldn't the scout update manunited side since Jones is out
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1. Doctor X
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Give them a second or two will you.
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The Holy Baby Named Harper …
13 years, 3 months ago
Hi

A) Lescott, Nasri, Noble

B) Kompany, Pienaar/NZog, 6.0 mid

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1. bobby_bookah
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Zab pienaar and 7.5 for mid
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Andrew
13 years, 3 months ago
Best £5M option in midfield?
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1. bobby_bookah
  13 years, 3 months ago
  none are standout, Noble maloney Kaca HRK guthrie are popular
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Evasivo
13 years, 3 months ago
VdV or Bale?
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1. bobby_bookah
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Bale
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2. Rui
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Bale. He's more expensive so you can downgrade to VDV or Siggy later if they become better bets.
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3. Kylos
  13 years, 3 months ago
  sigggy
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fridge
13 years, 3 months ago
Help please in finalising my team!

A) Aguero, Graham, Pienaar
B) Tevez, Bent, Michu
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1. bobby_bookah
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Tev, graham, peinaar and $$$
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2. rvp786
  13 years, 3 months ago
  that is a tough one indeed.
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3. MJ6987
  13 years, 3 months ago
  A.
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4. Call Me Old Fashioned
  13 years, 3 months ago
  A
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5. Le Limpar
  13 years, 3 months ago
  A by a country mile (well maybe not that much - but definitely A)
  
  Wish my toss up was that easy!
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Piggs Boson
13 years, 3 months ago
Hmm, Podolski & Michu or Cazorla & Graham...
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1. blue cheese
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Cazza + Graham
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2. bobby_bookah
  13 years, 3 months ago
  p and m both new to prem so id go caz and gra
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3. Billy Gilmore
  13 years, 3 months ago
  the latter imo.
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4. Kevin Twine
  13 years, 3 months ago
  Cazorla and Graham all day long imo.
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Chalkhous
13 years, 3 months ago
RMT.
I am going to use my wildcard after gameweek 2
Friedel Federici
Gibbs Williams Zabaleta (Gorkss McCartney)
Kagawa Hazard Lampard Guthrie (Michu)
Torres Tevez Podolski
Do you think Gibbs will play the full 90 minutes? (or should I even risk a cheeky punt on Jenkinson?)
Should I have Lampard or Cazorla as Cazorla might not play this weekend?
Guthrie or Michu on the field?
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vova
13 years, 3 months ago
So, I have played around with my team and this is what I ended up with:

DDG Federici
McCartney Cuellar Hangeland A.Cole Lescott
Bale Noble Lampard Y.Toure Guthrie
Torres Tevez Graham

2.0 in the bank for the obvious transfer (Torres to Rooney)

What do you think? I am unsure about Hangeland, Noble, Lampard and Yaya

I could downgrade Hangeland to a 4.0 or 4.5 and upgrade Lampard to Mata/Hazard. Also are there better options than Yaya at 8.0 or bellow?

Cheers
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