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Reinildo
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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	89.1%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	87.5%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	85.2%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.0m	83.0%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	83.5%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	83.1%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	80.9%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	74.5%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	73.3%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	73.3%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	70.8%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	70.1%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	69.4%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	68.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	66.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	63.8%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	61.4%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	59.3%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	55.4%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	55.5%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	55.3%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	49.5%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	49.2%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	48.7%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	47.7%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	47.4%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	46.6%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	44.4%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	5.1m	43.7%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	42.7%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	39.7%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	39.2%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	38.3%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	37.9%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	37.9%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	36.3%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.3m	35.6%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	34.4%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	34.6%	Unlikely
Adli	BOU	5.4m	34.3%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	100.0%	Very Likely
Summerville	WHU	5.6m	94.4%	Unlikely
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	93.4%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.1m	92.1%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	91.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	89.7%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	87.9%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	85.9%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	83.7%	Unlikely
Malacia	MUN	3.8m	83.3%	Unlikely
Valdimarsson	BRE	3.9m	82.5%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	82.4%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	80.3%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	80.5%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	80.9%	Unlikely
Kevin	FUL	5.8m	79.9%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	79.8%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.1m	78.9%	Unlikely
Areola	WHU	4.3m	78.5%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	78.4%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	77.4%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.3m	76.1%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	73.0%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	73.6%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	72.9%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	72.5%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	72.3%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	71.8%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	71.4%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	67.4%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	66.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	66.7%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	66.4%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	65.8%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	65.2%	Unlikely
Potts	WHU	4.4m	62.6%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	62.1%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.6m	61.6%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	60.9%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:02pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
Up	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C
No Change	Kayode	BRE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Rodon	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 5:57pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Gordon	NEW	B
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A
Down	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Stach	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:01pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:03pm

[sbu_large_image] Site Features

The Catch-Up – Gameweek 4

15 September 2012 1329 comments

Andy

Here at Fantasy Football Scout we like to think we bring Fantasy Managers a whole host of useful content in the build up to each Gameweek. We do, however, appreciate that you might not be following us day in and day out. For those of you in said group we are going to bring you a wrap-up of all the hard work that the team have put in as we close in on the Gameweek deadline.

This time around there’s been a two week international break following on from the closing of the transfer window giving us a bumper edition to kick things off…

Teamsheet Talking Points

All the chatter in the latter part of this week centred around the fitness of some of the new Old Trafford heavyweights. Both Robin Van Persie and Shinji Kagawa came out of Tuesday’s internationals with question marks over their fitness. Thankfully Friday’s press conference found Sir Alex confirming that both were fit and available. Panic over. Although we can’t help wonder if the old scoundrel is still keeping something up his “wee sleevey”.

Meanwhile up at St. James’ Park Alan Pardew has found himself in the midst of a minor defensive crisis with Tim Krul, Danny Simpson and Cheick Tiote ruled out of action for their Gameweek Four fixture. With question marks still hanging over Fabricio Coloccini, the Toon Army could be facing an uphill battle up against David Moyes’ Everton on Monday evening. It certainly seems like they might need to notch a couple to compensate for leaving the backdoor ajar. Big returns for Leighton Baines, Steven Pienaar and Nikaca Jelavic? See the Scout Picks.

As always, all of the weeks stories have been dissected and recorded in our Team News and Injuries & Bans pages for your convenience.

The Transfer Trail

As mentioned, the summer transfer window closed a mere 12 hours before the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) deadline shut. Some new faces look set to earn debuts in Gameweek Four and Scout Reports have been produced on a whole raft of new offerings.

The likes of Southampton splashed the big bucks to bring Gaston Ramirez in from Bologna. Aston Villa added to their attacking options with Christian Benteke and Pablo Hernandez joined Swansea for a club record fee of £5.55m. Here’s a snippet of our take on the latter…

“Hernandez’s arrival, however, places major question marks over the Swansea flanks. As a club record signing, the chances of him swapping La Liga for a place on the Liberty bench seem non-existent, meaning one of the two wide boys will almost certainly make way. Able to play on either wing, he looks favourite to oust Routledge on the left, allowing Dyer to continue his menacing form on the opposite side of the pitch.”

It’s not just new faces that intrigue us, though, as plenty of players made a late in the day move from one Premier League outfit to another. We’ve had a look at how this might affect Michael Owen and Charlie Adam at Stoke, Dimitar Berbatov returning to London to play under Martin Jol once more down at Fulham and Clint Dempsey leaving the latter outfit for pastures new at Spurs Lodge.

Looking Forward

Looking a little closer to home and assessing the upcoming run of Gameweeks, it falls upon us to Frisk the Fixtures and see which teams have a favourable run and which sides look a little more precarious on that front.

Looking in even further detail The Watchlist got it’s regular sprucing as we narrowed in on the players we feel are set to sparkle in the coming weeks. The aforementioned Nikica Jelavic and Leighton Baines lead an Everton flavoured charge with James Morrison representing West Brom ahead of Gameweek Four. The third option proving an interesting alternative to the norm…

“Priced at 6.0 in FPL and 6.4 in the Sky Sports game, the Scot looks a real mid-price differential to consider over the next few Gameweeks. With Clarke’s in-form side welcoming (RG, QPR, SOT) to the Hawthorns in the next eight and with trips to (ful, avl, wig) also on the agenda, his propensity to pick up the points could well appeal to those Fantasy managers looking for something different from the template midfields currently doing the rounds on site.”

Members Club

Our Members get exclusive content each week and we’d be remiss to not highlight the goodies that came their way for their season subscription. Data from the first three weeks was collated and assessed to provide some statistical analysis on the Defending and Attacking of each Premier League side to date. We followed these up with two more articles, with a Monitor examining the progress made by Norwich winger Anthony Pilkington under Chris Hughton’s regime, while Chris Glover made a triumphant return to these pages with a first of a new series. The “Moneyball” articles will find Chris delving into the budget market, attempting to decode an array of stats to find true gold – it all started with West Ham’s Ricardo Vaz Te.

Talking Tactics

One thing we know all too well is that Andy Carroll suits a certain style of play. Brendan Rogers couldn’t offer him that but Sam Allardyce, down at Upton Park, is a manager who certainly can. The other thing we know is that when we let Paul loose to frolic in the fields of Stat Maps and numbers we’re bound to get rewards. His Technical Area on West Ham’s loan striker is evidence of just that. Now the Hammers will just have to hope his hamstring injury doesn’t keep him out too long.

Over on the Fantasy Premier League website our Gameweek Preview under the guise of “The Scout” takes a look at the current strategies of Brian McDermott and Reading and Martin Jol at Fulham as well as a look at the data behind the most attacking defenders to date. There are a couple of surprise candidates coming out of Wigan worth keeping an eye on…

“Wigan Athletic’s Emmerson Boyce and Maynor Figueroa have impressed, with the pair offering constant delivery from the flanks in Roberto Martinez’s 3-4-2-1 formation. Playing on the right of midfield, Boyce has mirrored the supply rate of Everton’s Leighton Baines from out wide with 12 crosses and has also managed 3 shots.”

Weekly Regulars

Of course there’s also the Scout Picks, released only last night, followed swiftly by Big Dunc’s return in the Differential. Once again our resident Evertonian managed to sneak one of his boy’s into the mix.

Finally, there’s the small matter of your most important Fantasy player this Gameweek. Judging by those who have answered the Scout Poll (found in the middle menu of the homepage) Robin Van Persie is the runaway candidate for captaincy this Gameweek with a rather appealing home fixture against the Latics. Those without the Dutch hitman look set to choose between Eden Hazard and Santi Cazorla in their quest to better the masses and hope that Sir Alex springs a surprise. Will the United boss prompt a big Fantasy swing? We can only wait to see what he has in store.

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kaz 96
13 years, 6 months ago
crazy to go without cazorla with the WC active?
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1. ManofKent
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Not crazy, but I got him in for a hit...
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2. Camzy
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Fairly crazy if you ask me. One of the top 5 players I think you need in your team.
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3. Zep
  13 years, 6 months ago
  I think it's possible to retain sanity without Cazorla in your team...
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4. Rasping Drive
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Yup, you said it
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5. TeamSteam
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Not crazy at all. Sure hes good and has been lively, but Giroud isnt even close to beeing in form (dont even know if hes good at all) and they have two really tough fixtures after today.
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  1. Rasping Drive
    13 years, 6 months ago
    City leaking goals and Chelsea conceded two against Reading. Form over fixtures I reckon.
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6. jimski
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Nah - it's about the players one has rather than the team one doesn't have. It's perfectly possible to do well without Cazorla, even if he does do well.
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Valar(Keith)
13 years, 6 months ago
aw heck.. think i'll just leave kags in this week and hope he starts. can save 2 transfers for next week and reassess accordingly then
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mayz19
13 years, 6 months ago
I have a 5.2 remaining wonderingwhether to go one of davies/williams/rangel any other suggestions at that range?

WC
Foster
Baines McAuley .....
Barfa Santi Michu Hazard
Tevez VP Lambert

Bego Demel Cuellar Guthrie
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1. ManofKent
  13 years, 6 months ago
  I'd go Rangel
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  1. mayz19
    13 years, 6 months ago
    cheers
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2. Absinthe 42
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Laudrup's comment on Davies today made me switch from Rangel to Davies, and use the 1.1m.
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bebe_ftw
13 years, 6 months ago
considering benching graham & playing 3-5-2 this week.
allen out - snodgrass in (4pts hit) for my 5th midfielder.
what do you think?
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1. mayz19
  13 years, 6 months ago
  I dont rate allen snodgrass is quite the intriguing player to me I'm still waiting for him to produce another game before i make that gamble though.
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  1. TeamSteam
    13 years, 6 months ago
    Allen is an absolute cracking player. Not good for FPL though. I wouldnt take out Graham for a hit, Norwich havent really got the fixtures while Swansea still do, and theyre scoring lots of goals and Graham is basically their only strike option and i think hes on pens as well
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2. Absinthe 42
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Very tempted to do a Snodgrass transfer in just for this week, but for a hit I don't think so.
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Mrtehbigcheese
13 years, 6 months ago
any love for david silva?
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@FuzzyWarbles
13 years, 6 months ago
Tottenham XI: Davis; Lescott, Rafael, Davies, Demel; Michu, Bale, Hazard; Graham, Tevez, RVP (C)

Subs: Green, NZogbia, Gibson, Gunter

4 point hit already taken, 9 starters playing away, entire bench at home. this squad is a disaster.

anyway my transfers freed up 1 mil to help toward next week. I need to figure out if Pienaar is worth the extra dosh over the likes of morisson or lallana who im looking at based on fixtures short term. Im not excited to bring in pienaar for (swa) but I feel more confident i rolling him out every week vs the other two, and everton still have a solid run of fixtures. ive never been keen on WBA attack investment, nd ive only seen lallana play one match and didnt see much from him. Are there any other >6.0 mids worth considering starting GW5?
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1. ManofKent
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Of the three I'd go Pienaar
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  1. @FuzzyWarbles
    13 years, 6 months ago
    even though 3 out of 4 away from goodison when i would bring him in? you say of the three, any others in mind? snodgrass just looks too risky fixture wise starting next week.
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    1. ManofKent
      13 years, 6 months ago
      Morrison is better short term, but for a longer period I'd go Pienaar.
      
      No other stand out choices.
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2. Zep
  13 years, 6 months ago
  It's not a complete disaster, you still have 4 of the "most essential" players... a ot of people on here have mentioned they have very few home players this week... look on the bright side, you'll have 8 next week... 🙂
  
  In that price range only really Nolan, Snodgrass and Morrison jump out at me... Pienaar is well worth the extra 0.6m if you ask me... solid fixtures until GW14...
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  1. @FuzzyWarbles
    13 years, 6 months ago
    dembele too risky? not enough there? spurs love blinding my decision?
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    1. ManofKent
      13 years, 6 months ago
      I don't see dembele getting the fantasy points
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      1. @FuzzyWarbles
        13 years, 6 months ago
        i think he will approach modric like fantasy production given starts. that is to say, not as much production as hoped fantasy wise, alot of assists of the assists. but definitely key in the build up, and will get some modest hauls. I think at 6, thats ok, modric was always too expensive. still a decent 4th mid prospect if no one else is blowing it up at that price.
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        ManofKent
        13 years, 6 months ago
        I agree with most of that, just think for 6 there's better value
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mayz19
13 years, 6 months ago
williams or rangel?
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@FuzzyWarbles
13 years, 6 months ago
what say you of dembele?
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1. TeamSteam
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Monster player, not so much for fpl. Keeping an eye on him for now, 6.0 for a Spurs starter could be sweet.
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KING KOUNDER
13 years, 6 months ago
Pick one for this GW alone ,

A - tevez
B - Ade

Thanks !
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1. mayz19
  13 years, 6 months ago
  tevez
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mayz19
13 years, 6 months ago
im well tempted to change to a 442 from my go to 343 this week dont feel lambert will score
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1. ManofKent
  13 years, 6 months ago
  I think he'll show us the aresnal defence isn't as solid as it's looked...
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  1. Absinthe 42
    13 years, 6 months ago
    I have that suspicion too, but will still bench him 🙂
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Zep
13 years, 6 months ago
Random question, but does anyone know what Billy Ketsu's free transfer was for this week?

I checked and he made it really early before the International Break... I'm only asking because there is a H2H at stake... 🙂
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1. @FuzzyWarbles
  13 years, 6 months ago
  only responding cause no one else did, but ive no clue mate, i want to know Sporting's moves!
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2. Billy Ketsu
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Well, I've just checked your team Zep, and all I can say is I think I'm fecked before we've started.
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  1. Zep
    13 years, 6 months ago
    Ah Billy, you're here, care to put me out of my misery? 😉
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    1. Billy Ketsu
      13 years, 6 months ago
      Pienaar. Whom you already have.............
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      1. Zep
        13 years, 6 months ago
        Wow, now we have only 2 differentials...
        
        Cazorla + McClean v Hazard + Ben Arfa...
        
        I'm not so sure about that, this could go either way... 😕
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        Billy Ketsu
        13 years, 6 months ago
        It'll be fun. Best of luck!
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Christina.
13 years, 6 months ago
Ok,call me crazy. I've kept Bale. No Santi for me.

For now.

STICK TO THE PLAN. STICK TO THE PLAN.
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1. Zep
  13 years, 6 months ago
  You're crazy...
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  1. TeamSteam
    13 years, 6 months ago
    Crazy? Bale is fantasy gold, and surely Spurs cant suck forever. Santi is good, but his end product isnt the very best and they dont really have anybody atm to knock in his assists, and they have Chelsea and City next? Come on.
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    1. Christina.
      13 years, 6 months ago
      See below for my reason.
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  2. Christina.
    13 years, 6 months ago
    I thought you were shouting from the rooftops that ..."I think it’s possible to retain sanity without Cazorla in your team"?
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    1. Zep
      13 years, 6 months ago
      Whoa, wait a minute... you asked someone to call you crazy, so I obliged...
      
      Your welcome...
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      1. Christina.
        13 years, 6 months ago
        Ignore me. I haven't taken my medication.
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        Zep
        13 years, 6 months ago
        No worries... 🙂
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2. Acquafresca
  13 years, 6 months ago
  There will be a time when you'll need Santi. That time is from GW7 onward.
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  1. Christina.
    13 years, 6 months ago
    THAT's THE PLAN.
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3. @FuzzyWarbles
  13 years, 6 months ago
  bale will come good. of all my "underperformers", he's the last I will worry about.
  
  COYS 😉
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4. Absinthe 42
  13 years, 6 months ago
  I love your resolve.
  I feel the same but this SOT game is like catnip. To cats.
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  1. Christina.
    13 years, 6 months ago
    I have uncertainty with Jarvis/Simpson and also want to see if Petric is fully recovered from his knock and where he fits into fulham now that Berba is starting.
    
    So I decided to avoid the urge to go for Santi in for Bale. Already lost 0.2m on Bale the last 2 weeks and Santi had a rise last night.
    
    I'm looking at Lambert and Ridgwell/Mcauley in this week and will hopefully catch the price hikes for those players.
    
    I can do without the "Santi having 2 tough fixtures in the next two issue". Two FT for gw 5 and even a 3 trades for 4 will come in handy me thinks and might contra the fact I did not get Santi this week.
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    1. Christina.
      13 years, 6 months ago
      * 3 trades for -4
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      1. Absinthe 42
        13 years, 6 months ago
        I WC'd immediately this break, so sold Bale at 9.5m and got Santi at 9.0m.
        Perhaps after Sat I can get back Bale at 9.3m and sell Santi for 0.1m profit until GW7.
        
        Also perhaps I can form a meaningful & long lasting relationship with a super model.
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5. Billy Gilmore
  13 years, 6 months ago
  I'm currently filling in the forms for the insane asylum 😉
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Valar(Keith)
13 years, 6 months ago
Thinking HBA in for Kagawa this week and Baines in for Zabaleta next week..
Migs (Fed)
Zabaleta Rafael Hangeland (Gorkks Clyne)
Kagawa Bale Dyer Cazorla (Noble)
Rvp Tevez Graham

Sound? or save transfer?
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1. TeamSteam
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Save
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2. aree036
  13 years, 6 months ago
  I'd say save the transfer and do the two next week if need be
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3. Valar(Keith)
  13 years, 6 months ago
  thanks both.. 🙂
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4. Castiel
  13 years, 6 months ago
  I'd save it on the off chance kags will play
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Bielsa’s bucket
13 years, 6 months ago
Who's the captain of your ship then?
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1. Acquafresca
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Arggg, gotta be the dutch lad they call Robin!
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  1. Bielsa’s bucket
    13 years, 6 months ago
    I be thinking a punt on (c) Morgan or mayhaps Blackbeard 😉
    
    but ill probably (c) Mr Purse strings with Santi as my vice
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2. Absinthe 42
  13 years, 6 months ago
  ARRRRR, what the Greek lad said.
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La Di Da
13 years, 6 months ago
a) pienaar and berbatov +1m bank

or

b) Jelavic and Nolan

Thanks lads!
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1. TeamSteam
  13 years, 6 months ago
  AAAAAAAAAAA
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kaz 96
13 years, 6 months ago
for the next 3

A)HBA and ridgewell

B)cazorla and gorkss
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1. TeamSteam
  13 years, 6 months ago
  A)
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2. mayz19
  13 years, 6 months ago
  A
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XVIVX
13 years, 6 months ago
so i've been working up a plan, but it really depends on how things go this gw. my team for gw4 is:

foster, begovic
baines, rangel, jenkinson, demel, clyne
hazard, cazorla, yaya, michu, sterling
rvp, tevez, graham

i thought graham would be doing much better, but i don't think he's going to stay as my third striker for long. i could straight swap him with lambert, but i would rather have berba. so we'll see how fulham play, and go from there. but to fund that, i need to downgrade rangel and yaya. so my plan is, when sagna comes back, i will trade jenkinson for sagna, and rangel for davies which gives me 0.5. i can then trade yaya for hba then graham to berba.

what do you think?
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1. TeamSteam
  13 years, 6 months ago
  I think something always gets in the way of 4-step plans in this game and planning really far ahead is just a waste of mental energy. That said, transfers themselves arent looking too bad. Would be careful about that Davies kid though, Laudrup clearly doesnt think he`s capable of 30 games this year
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  1. XVIVX
    13 years, 6 months ago
    ya, but that's just the kind of person i am, i like planning transfers. the sagna transfer will happen no matter what (unless he stays injured). and to afford him, i have to downgrade rangel anyways. but i do agree with davies, will definitely need to watch him closely and see how laudrup feels about him
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    1. TeamSteam
      13 years, 6 months ago
      Yeah. If money is what you need, i seriously would consider downgrading Yaya first of the lot. Hes really not that good for FPL, unless he`s planning to play Garcia and move Yaya up. Sucks though, because there really arent too many 4.0 defenders to choose from.
      
      Btw im a planner myself thats why i know it doesnt work lol
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2. Acquafresca
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Too much transfers for my liking, which will most likely mean hits, which result in points lost.
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  1. XVIVX
    13 years, 6 months ago
    i'm okay with taking -4 hits. it's not being able to afford them later which kill me
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    1. TeamSteam
      13 years, 6 months ago
      Routinely taking -4 hits are very bad, imo. If you do it once every blue moon to manage your team for the long term, then fine. -4 is a lot to make up.
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3. @FuzzyWarbles
  13 years, 6 months ago
  i think i need to stop looking down your shirt. its two-dimensional, and craning my neck doesnt change anything. 🙂
  
  too much uncertainty with the players involved to plan too much but I would stick with graham. he's steady for his price which is all you can ask from a cheap 3rd striker. sell when the fixtures run dry, but im certain he's got a couple more goals in him before then.
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  1. XVIVX
    13 years, 6 months ago
    ya there's certainly no rush, but if berba starts putting in goals while graham just has good fixtures, i'll need to take him out because i'm a form over fixture kinda guy
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    1. @FuzzyWarbles
      13 years, 6 months ago
      im with you about berba if he comes out on fire this weekend. I have 1 mil in the bank and i already have michu so the temptation will be there to do graham->berba. but i cant spend a transfer on graham when im still getting the like of N'zogbia out of my squad!
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4. KING KOUNDER
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Same here , last chance for Graham.
  
  Looking at next 3 GW's , we could swap him straight for Long.
  WBA have tasty fixs.
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  1. XVIVX
    13 years, 6 months ago
    could work out, but i'm not sold on long.
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    1. TeamSteam
      13 years, 6 months ago
      I agree. Im not so sure that Lukaku wont be starting sometime in those 3 weeks. They even have Fortunè who could challenge, although thats rather unlikely.
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    2. KING KOUNDER
      13 years, 6 months ago
      Works for me , cause Iam planning to WC after GW7.
      So , best bet at a 6.0 forward has to be Long.
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5. aree036
  13 years, 6 months ago
  I say keep graham until his fixtures take a turn in GMWk 9. As lone striker and penalty taker I think he'll have a good season.
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  1. XVIVX
    13 years, 6 months ago
    that's what i keep telling myself, but the amount of goals the team has had, and he has 1 goal and 0 assists. i can't just bank him to score penalties all the time, however i have many dreams where dyer gets fouled in the penalty area, and graham just keeps scoring penalties.
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Scratch
13 years, 6 months ago
Baines (c)... who's with me?!

..nobody? i'll get my coat
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1. TeamSteam
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Erh. no. But you could strike gold, he`s clearly their most potent player and the heart of the team.
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  1. Scratch
    13 years, 6 months ago
    Everton have a great record at home vs Newcastle too and the RB situation makes it ever more appealing.
    I'll probably end up with boring RVP (c).. my rival doesn't have him yet so it's a stick I want to beat him with.
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2. @FuzzyWarbles
  13 years, 6 months ago
  in 3 FPL seasons ive captained Baines twice to the tune of 4 points & 4 points.
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  1. TeamSteam
    13 years, 6 months ago
    Thing is, when they concede (and they very well could do, Newcastle have some firepower), then you captain is pretty much f****d since the chance of defenders getting attacking points are pretty low, even with someone as good as Baines.
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    1. Scratch
      13 years, 6 months ago
      You're basically captaining a penalty taking winger from an above average side who has a shot at 4 point clean sheets.
      
      So yes, I will be captaining van Persie 🙂
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3. mo 10 years on FFS? Join my…
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Third in line!
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4. Zep
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Yeah, but all these stars aligning for Everton have me thinking Baines is in for 1 pointer... 😕
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FiveStar
13 years, 6 months ago
What the odds on Hazard not starting this week? Contemplating making him captain
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1. TeamSteam
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Dunno about odds, but he`ll start.
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mo 10 years on FFS? Join my…
13 years, 6 months ago
Final wc draft, how do we look?

Jussi
Rafeal, baines, jenkinson
Hazard, michu, pienaar, carzola
Van p, tevez, berbatov

Bego, guthrie, davies, gorrks
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1. TeamSteam
  13 years, 6 months ago
  CaZorla, not CaRzola. Good squad, though Jenks is pretty short term and United arent looking strong at the back with tough fixtures comin up
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  1. mo 10 years on FFS? Join my…
    13 years, 6 months ago
    I prefer the way that sounds to the twa£s commentating who say cathoola!
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    1. TeamSteam
      13 years, 6 months ago
      That might very well be the case, but atleast when you type someone`s name, type it the way its written. Pronounce it the way you want on your own time :p
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      1. mo 10 years on FFS? Join my…
        13 years, 6 months ago
        Coming 🙂
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2. Scratch
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Good team. Which Davies?
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  1. mo 10 years on FFS? Join my…
    13 years, 6 months ago
    Swansea. Will get cuellar in for jenks as he rotates well with read/ swa
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    1. Scratch
      13 years, 6 months ago
      Swansea signed a new left back though didn't they?
      
      I like the team a lot but i'm not a fan of having both Rafa and Jenkinson as they could lose their places at around the same time and leave you too much to fix on the wrong end of your team.
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      1. mo 10 years on FFS? Join my…
        13 years, 6 months ago
        I admit it is abit of a risk with davies but laudrup has said he will start so its his place to loose. Jenks is purely short term and depending the rafa situation, after afew weeks when uniteds defensive injuries clear up, they can easily become gibbs and cuellar/ hughes.
        
        I am confident that barring injury i will not be swapping my attacking players for the foreseeable. Although saying that, i am waiting to see on berbs and if he doesn't perform then downgrade to lambert to upgrade defence abit more.
        
        I figure its better going to berba over lambert from now as its easier to downgrade there. This is also when southamptons fixtures get better.
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3. aree036
  13 years, 6 months ago
  good rotation jussi - beg. but if you can get foster in for jussi i'd do it. West hams luck in defence will dry up.
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  1. mo 10 years on FFS? Join my…
    13 years, 6 months ago
    Its the only thing i am worried about. The only way i can do it is downgrade berba to lambert hmm
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    1. Absinthe 42
      13 years, 6 months ago
      Exactly the same place I am at.
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Acquafresca
13 years, 6 months ago
Pick one for future transfers:

A)GW5: Kags->Barfa
GW6: Terry->Baines

B)GW5: Kags->Barfa
GW6: Terry->Saylor/Williams
GW7: Larsson->Cazorla

So basically boils down to Cazorla vs. Baines
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1. Christina.
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Ideally both, although that's not the answer you want to hear.
  
  Santi + Peanut/Jelavic?
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  1. Acquafresca
    13 years, 6 months ago
    Trying to currently find a solution.. think there isn't on without a massive hit/restructure in my current squad...
    
    Who's more important? Ideally I can get Pienaar/Caz, but that means getting Peanut over Barfa for GW5..
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  2. TeamSteam
    13 years, 6 months ago
    Who`s Peanut?
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2. Billy Gilmore
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Hmmm, Prob A because of Larsson's imminent DGW.
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  1. Christina.
    13 years, 6 months ago
    That might not be until next year though?
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    1. Billy Gilmore
      13 years, 6 months ago
      Maybe, but someone said there's a gap about GW10-11 or something like that, so could be scheduled there. He's got 2 more weeks to wait regardless.
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3. XVIVX
  13 years, 6 months ago
  i think i have to go with b, although it is a tough call
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Christina.
13 years, 6 months ago
HAZ or tevez for v/c?

I'm thinking Haz.
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1. kaz 96
  13 years, 6 months ago
  tevez but i doubt it will matter anyway
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2. TeamSteam
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Mine`s on Haz. City will struggle at Stoke, everybody does because theyre a rugby side
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3. Pinoche
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Tevez....
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  1. Christina.
    13 years, 6 months ago
    BTW, i did not do Bale-->Santi.
    
    😥
    
    Hopefully not a season defining moment.
    
    These small decisions all add up though when I end up missing a top 1k finish.
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    1. Porkmeat
      13 years, 6 months ago
      Going to ride this Bale train wreck too 😀
      
      No Santi Claus 🙁
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      1. Christina.
        13 years, 6 months ago
        I'm hoping for a miracle and that Bale scores similar to Santi over week 4 - 6.
        
        Not worried to much about the Bale price drop and Santi price hike.
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    2. jimski
      13 years, 6 months ago
      I'd have Bale over Cazorla the next few weeks. (Hazard over either, but you have him anyway.)
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4. Porkmeat
  13 years, 6 months ago
  OptaJoe: 1 - Stoke City have only lost one of their last 11 home games against the teams who finished in last season’s top six (W3 D7 L1). Stubborn.
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  1. Absinthe 42
    13 years, 6 months ago
    Just been looking at those type of stats.
    
    They play way more defensively in these games and generally concede less than they do against weaker teams. So not too worried about playing Bego tomorrow.
    
    Famous. Last. Words.
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5. Acquafresca
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Haz for myself.
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6. Billy Gilmore
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Hazard.
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7. Crystal Pulis
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Tevhaz
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UnitednationsXI
13 years, 6 months ago
Team A:

Howard Davies
Rafael mcauly rangel Jenky demel
Fellani michu hazard Morrison Maloney
Podolski rvp Tevez

Team B:
Howard Davies
Rafael mcauly Rangel Jenky demel
Fellani mich Hazard cazorla Guthrie
Lambert rvp

Thoughts.....fire away
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hazza44
13 years, 6 months ago
Who do we like more fellers hazza44 or Baulchy??
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1. Billy Gilmore
  13 years, 6 months ago
  😆
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2. Christina.
  13 years, 6 months ago
  The guy whose dog had a shit on my grass. Only for me to step in the warm and steamy shit with my bare feet when I collected the news paper.
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3. Zep
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Come home Baulchy, we miss you... 🙂
  
  I did promise you in an earlier post that if you changed your name back I would answer any question seriously... so ask away once its changed...
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Perthite
13 years, 6 months ago
My defence needs work, but I will have to wait until next GW as not worth spending the 4 points.

Do subs look ok?

DDG (Federici)
Ivanovic Demel Hangeland
Michu Hazard Pienaar YaYa
RvP(c) Tevez(v) Graham
(Zabaleta, Noble Clyne)
0.0m in bank
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1. TeamSteam
  13 years, 6 months ago
  I would start Zaba instead of Demel all year long, even with the rotation threat from Maicon.
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Crystal Pulis
13 years, 6 months ago
Cuellar, Ivan and Hangeland
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gunner1994
13 years, 6 months ago
Play three: Cuellar, Ivanovic, Williams or Hangeland?
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1. XVIVX
  13 years, 6 months ago
  first 3
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2. ManofKent
  13 years, 6 months ago
  First 3
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3. Billy Gilmore
  13 years, 6 months ago
  C + I + H
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4. Absinthe 42
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Drop Williams. Always play Hange at home.
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aree036
13 years, 6 months ago
Which one as long term choice

A) Torres + Maloney
B) Pogr + Bale
C) Fletcher + Ben Arfa

(have hazard, no cover on the rest)
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1. XVIVX
  13 years, 6 months ago
  if you have hazard, i think c
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2. ManofKent
  13 years, 6 months ago
  c
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RealRedDevil
13 years, 6 months ago
HELP PLEASE !!!

I really need some veteran opinion since I´m hovering the WC button. Is it worth it for this :

FROM :

Friedel
Lescott – Hughes – Williams
Kagawa – Michu – Yaya – Hazard
Graham – Tevez – RVP

Federichi – Noble – McCartney – Clyne

TO :

Foster
Rangel – Reid – Hughes
Cazorla – Yaya – Michu – Ben Arfa – Hazard
Tevez – RVP

Elliot – Pog – Clyne – Clark

OR :

Foster
Rangel - Hughes - Reid
Cazorla - Yaya - Michu - Pienaar - Hazard
Tevez - RVP

Mignolet - Pog - Figueroa - Clyne

Is it worth it ??? I would be ever so greatful to get any opinion on this. I´ve been hovering the button all day and I´m leaning more towards pulling the trigger now unless someone talks me out of it.

Thank you in advance guys
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1. aree036
  13 years, 6 months ago
  too much money is locked in your mids. id say yaya out for low price e.g. guthrie/noble/malone and use that to upgrade defence. for that you could go clyne -> baines. tevez is good enough mc coverage for now.
  
  Foster rotates best with begovic
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2. KING KOUNDER
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Never a fan of wasting a forward option.
  Forwards are more likely to score goals even when they dont play well,exact opposite for midfielders.
  
  I would downgrade Pienaar & upgrade Pog.
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3. TeamSteam
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Nah you should just save it. Seriously, save it. You have the heavy hitters you need, and you should be able to manouver that squad around for the next few weeks. WC will come in handy later on. Atleast i believe that the longer you can save it, the more valueable it becomes.
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4. aree036
  13 years, 6 months ago
  I agree its too last minute. Save the WC.
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RealRedDevil
13 years, 6 months ago
HELP PLEASE !!!

I really need some veteran opinion since I´m hovering the WC button. Is it worth it for this :

FROM :

Friedel
Lescott – Hughes – Williams
Kagawa – Michu – Yaya – Hazard
Graham – Tevez – RVP

Federichi – Noble – McCartney – Clyne

TO :

Foster
Rangel – Reid – Hughes
Cazorla – Yaya – Michu – Ben Arfa – Hazard
Tevez – RVP

Elliot – Pog – Clyne – Clark

OR :

Foster
Rangel - Hughes - Reid
Cazorla - Yaya - Michu - Pienaar - Hazard
Tevez - RVP

Mignolet - Pog - Figueroa - Clyne

Is it worth it ??? I would be ever so greatful to get any opinion on this. I´ve been hovering the button all day and I´m leaning more towards pulling the trigger now unless someone talks me out of it.

Thank you so much in advance guys
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1. XVIVX
  13 years, 6 months ago
  with the team you have now, you definitely don't need to wc
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  1. RealRedDevil
    13 years, 6 months ago
    thanks
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2. Billy Gilmore
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Why would you WC that team? It's a good team, just a few transfers over the coming week will be fine.
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  1. RealRedDevil
    13 years, 6 months ago
    thumbs up, much appreciated
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3. Waitakere_
  13 years, 6 months ago
  Dont wildcard your team looks good.
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  1. RealRedDevil
    13 years, 6 months ago
    awesome... I knew I was talking non-sense into myself 😉 thanks guys.... and keep Kagawa in there right ? Had a sneaking suspicion about putting Noble in instead... rubbish again ??? or ?
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    1. TeamSteam
      13 years, 6 months ago
      Lol you must be insane. Kagawa for Noble when United host Wigan? Seriously? Wrap it up bro, youre done.
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      1. RealRedDevil
        13 years, 6 months ago
        hahahaha.... someone must have put something in my water 😀 thank for getting me to my senses.... it´s true... wtf have I been thinking 😉
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4. Camzy
  13 years, 6 months ago
  WC'ing is a bad idea now.
  
  You had two weeks to get price rises, but now have missed a lot of the good players. Also, most importantly, your team is fine.
  
  I'd venture to say any team with Tevez, RVP and Hazard does not need to be WC'ed.
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  1. RealRedDevil
    13 years, 6 months ago
    thank you
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