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The Stock Check – Gameweek 8 – Saturday Part Two

20 October 2012 3539 comments
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A fine Norwich performance has Arsenal slip to defeat at Carrow Road to deliver a hugely frustrating end to Saturday’s Gameweek 8 action. Here’s part two of today’s Stock Check…

On the Up

The Norwich Defence
Budget back fours continue to attract interest as expensive options fail to produce shut-outs and are forced to fall back on attacking returns. Chris Hughton’s side had showed promise following their opening day drubbing and demonstrated this again tonight with a gritty display. Their fixtures could be worse and the likes of John Ruddy may now earn some attention.

Grant Holt
A third consecutive goal for last season’s leading scorer at Carrow Road. Holt, at last, looks to have cemented his start in Hughton’s lineup and could yet offer some value as a budget striker option this term.

Going Down

The Arsenal Defence
Having started the season so strongly, with three consecutive clean sheets, the Gunners’ backline has failed to keep a shut-out since Gameweek 3. Over 50% of the Fantasy Premier League player base owns an Arsenal defender, with Carl Jenkinson the most popular option, but confidence in Wenger’s rearguard is diminishing by the week.

Vito Mannone
Any claims that Mannone had to the Arsenal number one jersey surely suffered irreparable damage this evening with a shaky performance and the error for the Norwich goal. Wojciech Szczesny may well be several weeks from fitness but he will surely be restored to the lineup once fit.

Santi Cazorla
The Spaniard failed to spark the Gunners this time, falling victim to bitterly disappointing performance from Wenger’s side which showed little in terms of goal threat. The recent clamour for Cazorla will see plenty frustrated this evening but the Gunners do at least have three home games in four to come in which the playmaker will be backed for profit.

Gervinho
Deployed on the flank once again, Gervinho epitomised Arsenal’s showing with ineffective display. His owners will now hope for a shift back to a central attacking role for Arsenal’s forthcoming fixtures but at least the injury suffered to Alex Oxlade Chamberlain could strengthen the Ivorian’s chances of retaining his starting role.

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

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  1. Fancy Feet
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Just love how Suarez proved to be the same old Suarez so glad I didn't invest

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    1. Crouch Potato!
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      13 years, 10 months ago

      Where is Forca? 😉

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    2. Smarty Pants
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      (20 + 2 + 5) X 2 = 54 points for me since I invested in him, so glad I did invest 🙂

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    3. meltedman
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      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Look forward to taking him out! At least i was lucky enough to catch his big haul.

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    4. El Asesino Pacheco
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      very poor fpl asset very predictable with the woodwork

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  2. Coldplay
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    What would you do with this lot?

    Cech Henderson
    Jenks Demel Baines Ridgewell Rafa
    Mata Nolan Pienaar Morrison Michu
    RVP Tevez Di Santo

    2FT 1.5 in the bank

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  3. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    fellaini to pienaar? or something more exotic?

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    1. Maxi_Mawoofingtons
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      13 years, 10 months ago

      you dont get more exotic than south african haha

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      1. JT's Dog
        13 years, 10 months ago

        You've not been to spearmint rhino then?

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    2. COMH
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      13 years, 10 months ago

      Just get yourself an Um-Bungo. Doesn't get much more exotic than that.

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  4. Reed_Rothchild
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    Four years ago Mark annointed Gerrard, Lampard, and Arshavin as the Holy Trinity.

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    1. Crouch Potato!
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      More like the Holy Show!

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    2. Pratik
      • 17 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Gerrard, Lampard, and Ronaldo, you mean?

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      1. Mark
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        • 19 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah...not sure where Arshavin came from....I might have said he pushed them around the time he was scoring four at Anfield but he never broke the stranglehold those three had. Anyway, it's hardly like it was a prediction - it was a bit of fun centred around those three players being so dominant.

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        1. Reed_Rothchild
          • 16 Years
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          You had him on your preseason Holy Trinity. You even had an article on it.

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          1. Locarno
            • 16 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            That would mean he didn't have Ronaldo in it. Which is ridiculous. You off your meds again?

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            1. Mark
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              • 19 Years
              13 years, 10 months ago

              Mmm..and the Holy Trinity is preserved in the FAQ - scroll down to the glossary.

              http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/fantasy-football-faq-and-glossary/

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              1. blue cheese
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                😀

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            2. Reed_Rothchild
              • 16 Years
              13 years, 10 months ago

              This was after Ronaldo left for Madrid

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    3. Mark
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      • 19 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Arshavin? Don't think I did. The Holy Trinity of yesteryear were Ron, Lamps and Gerrard.

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      1. Pinoche
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        You mean Ronh, Mark?

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  5. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
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    Is HBA > Mata too much of a knee-jerk? I want to ride Mata's price rise and...to be honest I wish I'd done this transfer before today...it was already in my mind... 🙁

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    1. Twelve years a slave
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Nonsense , you were rubbishing me for keeping Hazard , you claimed chelseas fixtures were terrible

      triggerlips 1 martintotallyunreal 0

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      1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
        • 14 Years
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        No I wasn't I was 'rubbishing you' for being arrogant and rude. Chelsea's fixtures are unfavourable...not terrible.

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  6. Van The Man
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Any Giroud owners out there keeping him??

    Got him in for Tevez(-4)!
    Seems a bit foolish now after his blank.

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    1. Manani
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      keeping for sure, until GW11, where jelavic/ba both have amazing fixture, provided that things don't work out.
      of course, if giroud hits form, keeping him longer than GW11

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    2. Corrigan
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      I'll see what the Samaritans say.

      Or chuck myself off a building.

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  7. meltedman
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    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    It looks like Michu and Nolan will probably get 12-15 goals each this season. Equal to Lampard at his peak when you take value into account.

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  8. cuterandy
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    suarez + michu > defoe + mata..worth 4 pt hit?

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  9. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Bego / Foster
    Baines / Gibbs / Hughes / Demel / Cuellar
    Santi / Bale / Michu / Peanut / Sterling
    RVP / Berbs / Ba

    1.3m

    Any ideas? Thinking Gibbs and Michu -> Saylor and Mata for a hit.

    Following week Hughes -> Wilson.

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  10. El Asesino Pacheco
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    The masses are always wrong never jump onto a bandwagon

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    1. The Pink Panzer strikes aga…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Generalisations are always true, except where highly qualified and under special circumstances which are prescribed.

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    2. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Yes, that RVP one last year was a right bastard. Glad i wasn't on it

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      1. El Asesino Pacheco
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        I got into it and his form dipped towards the end of the season never doing it again

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    3. JT's Dog
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Move to another church then

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      1. The Pink Panzer strikes aga…
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        😀 this was good

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    4. Demí
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      13 years, 10 months ago

      Boy are we privileged to have you around steering us in the right direction then.

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      1. Pratik
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        *chuckles*

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    5. Crouch Potato!
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Bandwagon is a word which is often over used, and used often out of context imo.

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    6. Jafalad
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      The "One Bad Game" crowd are another to watch out for, cf Cazorla.

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  11. Mr Sarcastic
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    WTF to do ??
    Keep or sell?

    Tevez - 3 of next 4 at home, but how much will he play + price going down like stone

    Michu - scoring and playing oop, but bad fixtures and I surely don't want to get rid of cazorla, pienaar or Bale

    AND is it must (almost..) to have newcastle cover + mata now?

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  12. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Lets talk Chelsea fixtures:

    MUN swa LIV wba MCI FUL

    That is 4 home games in 6. I know 2 of them are MUN and MCI but still at home and I expect goals in both of the games right? Also LIV and FUL games should be nice potential for pts, although we have bad recent history against Liv. Swa and Wba (city won with man down) are excellent potential so it looks good nah?

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    1. Mr Sarcastic
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Thinking to get Mata in for a hit or on wc, BUT not so happy with those fixtures.

      Only swa is good one in first five and that's away game.
      United and City will be tight, but then again they have conceded regularly...
      Liv and Wba have good defences.

      Not sure if he's worth a hit tbh.

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    2. McEwan
      • 17 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Tricky fixtures sure but got to go with form at the moment. They will score against moat so happy to have some attacking cover

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    3. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      yeah am trying to find a way to get Mata in.

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      1. rvp786
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        iv got

        michu pienaar nolan bale caz
        rvp lambert berba

        want to fit in mata too but howww????????

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    4. Pratik
      • 17 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      You gotta acknowledge the difficult fixtures.

      The question should be do you still want to invest in Chelsea's players despite the difficult fixtures? I might but I am still not convinced enough.

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    5. Corrigan
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      No armband material there and today could have easily gone either way.

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  13. CFC1990
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone fancy the Schwarzer/Begovic combo? They rotate well for until January with the exception of Gameweeks 18 and 21.

    Besides, we can get West Ham defensive coverage for far less than the 4.9m Jassk costs.

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    1. Kuqi Monster
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      I'm on WC and plan to get begovic and mccarthy and just play begovic every week!

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      1. CFC1990
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        13 years, 10 months ago

        That is a good option as well.

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  14. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
    • 14 Years
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    Does anyone think Rooney might not get 3 Baps because of the own goal? I've seen a lot of Rooney 3...understandable I guess...

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    1. The Pink Panzer strikes aga…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      And on the other side of the ledger, RVP had a cracking game aside from the goal and assist

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    2. Mr. Perfectionist
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      RVP will get the 3

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    3. Van The Man
      • 14 Years
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      I feel it maybe a toss up between Rooney and RVP.
      Would prefer RVP though!

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  15. xtina
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    what do ya reckon current average is?

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    1. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      With Van Persie being the most captained player (due to the dead teams) reckon it will be 30-35

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      1. fitzy
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        You got to remember hes only got like 30% total ownership and of that maybe 25% captained him.

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    2. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
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      About 5 more than me. It normally is on a Saturday night

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  16. LewanGOALski
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Foster | Federici
    
Ivanovic | Cuellar | Clyne | Zabaleta | Demel
    
Bale | Hazard | Gervinho | Maloney | Noble

    Ba | Tevez | Torres

    bank: 1.3
    2 FT

    Federici + Zabaleta + Torres --> Begovic + Saylor + Rooney
    for 4 point hit

    Yay or nay?

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  17. Reed_Rothchild
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I just did RVP and Fellaini to Rooney and Mata with no money left.

    I feel better now.

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    1. Smarty Pants
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      you should have done it yesterday

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      1. Reed_Rothchild
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Wish I had, but some people were saying that Chelsea had bad fixtures.

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        1. Smarty Pants
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          Those people were right. Chelsea had bad fixtures and still have.

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          1. Reed_Rothchild
            • 16 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            But Mata is fixture proof as far as I'm concerned

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  18. SPorting
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    all in all, not to unhappy with my new WC team.

    the doom and gloom round here about Caz, Giroud and Berba is a bit much though.

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  19. Del Monte
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Michu to Yaya or HBA?

    Or save transfer and do Michu and Giroud > Bale and Defoe the following week?

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    1. Del Monte
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      • 14 Years
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      Or somebody else under 8.4?

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  20. CFC1990
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone fancy Newcastle to start delivering defensively?

    They did well last season and now have easier fixtures.

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  21. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    So then, who's keeping Michu?

    I am, now seems to be OOP, already has 6 goals. If we are dealing with a mid who will score 12-15 goals this season then he may be essential, in the same way 17 goal Clint Dempsey was last season.

    Now then, how can I get Mata? Might have to be -8

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    1. McEwan
      • 17 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      I was ready to sell, now keeping. Will see where in the fixture list his 1 match ban kicks in, cant see him avoiding another yellow, then review it

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    2. Kuqi Monster
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      not me, always play the fixtures and mci / CHE / sot / new / LIV not looking good, I've just got mata in for him (I'm on wc though)

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    3. The Pink Panzer strikes aga…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      This is the most pertinent question of the night for me. My gut says now is the right timing to ship, but my head tells me the prospect of OOP could be tasty if sustained for a decent spell.

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    4. JT's Dog
      13 years, 10 months ago

      My plan was Michu-mata this week, not sure what to do now.

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  22. Kuqi Monster
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    going to enjoy playing with the wc this week, think might be able to make a bit of money as well...

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  23. blue cheese
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Any suggestions?

    Foster - Bego
    Baines - Demel - Clark - Davies - Gorkss
    Hazard - Cazorla - Nolan - Pienaar - Guthrie
    RVP - Suarez - Giroud

    2 FT. £0.5m in the bank.

    Suarez out, preferably.

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    1. Maxi_Mawoofingtons
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      crouch in

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      1. blue cheese
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers! 🙂

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    2. Evs
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      • 17 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Yep.

      Ditch him.

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      1. blue cheese
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Any suggestions on who to bring in?

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        1. Evs
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          • 17 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          Defoe for 2 weeks?

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          1. blue cheese
            • 14 Years
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            Definitely an option. Thanks, Evs.

            I did Defoe to Giroud today morning btw 😳

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            1. Evs
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              • 17 Years
              13 years, 10 months ago

              Ouch !

              But I can see why.

              Giroud still could come good next week...

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    3. Acquafresca
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Saurez->Aguero + Giroud->someone.

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      1. blue cheese
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Giroud out after QPR surely?

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    4. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Crouch and jelly

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      1. blue cheese
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers. 🙂

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    5. Jafalad
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Haz->Mata
      Suarez->just about anyone
      Giroud->Berbs

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      1. blue cheese
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers, Jafa. 🙂

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    6. Coldplay
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Too much on the forwards. Giroud or Suarez out for Ba and Gorkss to Wisdom maybe.

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      1. blue cheese
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Yep, Suarez is prob going out.

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    7. Van The Man
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Get JELLY!

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      1. blue cheese
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Yep, definitely an option. Thanks!

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        1. Van The Man
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          How long are you sticking with Giroud??

          Concerned Giroud owner.
          Got him for a hit in place of Tevez! 🙁

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  24. cuterandy
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    i think this is the right time to wildcard..the prices for players are going up..cant afford a balanced team otherwise

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    1. CFC1990
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Me too. You activating tonight?

      What is your idea team at the moment. Mine on last page.

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  25. Evs
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    • 17 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I wonder how many people put of the 2m odd still have their wc.... ?

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    1. Well you know, Triffic
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      I

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    2. McEwan
      • 17 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      if I was to open the guessing, I would say about 55% still have it

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  26. Reed_Rothchild
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I predict Mark will have an article about Kightly this week.

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    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 19 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Did you see in the Sky Sports game the provider have him as a Defender? That's sticking out like a sore thumb more and more by the week.

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  27. Acquafresca
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Should i get in RVP for a hit or wait until GW11 as planned?

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    1. OPTA FPL
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      wait and get Rooney in stead

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  28. CFC1990
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone fancy Newcastle to start delivering defensively?

    They did well last season and now have easier fixtures

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  29. asyrafdanial
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    3 transfer tonight...

    mata < hazard
    sterling < guthrie
    nolan < routledge

    should i feel better ?

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  30. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Cazorla to Mata?

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    1. Evs
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Not this week.

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