Gameweek 8 saw a handful of the key Fantasy targets produce some of their best performances of the season. Our members area is brimming with statistics to help piece together the story behind them but, as always, here’s our summary of just some of the figures that leap out.
Morning LR,
Still B for me...Open Controls
Yep i kind of agree with you and Triggerlips on that. Double STK though worries me a little. I mean spreading the risk and a solid NewC defense are appealing as well. They will get their act together, i am fairly confident.
Open ControlsAs i said yesterday Saylor coming on as a sub worries me.. Have you thought about Simpson..? If I am honest I haven't looked that hard at Newc defence but he used to be nailed on.
Hmm youhave me thinking that now may be the time to indeed invest.. Is China Mag around???Open ControlsChina Mag and Heco are the people i need confirmation from.
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Tevez(c)?
Open ControlsIf i play safe, Tevez/RVP. or Kun(c)
I might be in a mood to gamble, and i fancy Yaya(c)Open ControlsI can do Michu to yaya for free.
Rangel burning a hole in my pocket though.Open ControlsDont make that move. People will kill me for recommending Yaya. Doos, Flynny, Pasq and me the only ones who prefer him. We have a massive Anti-Yaya community around these parts. I still have a sneaky feeling he will be CAM.
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BTW, tevez/rvp i don't think will be "safe"
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RVP, nonsense.Open Controls
A friendly face, I'm bored (and drunk/high as shit)!
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What a good man.
Obviously wait ti see if Pienaar gets away with it first.
None of the hits seem worth it; I think you can get away with holding Pienaar for another week (even if the bullshit red stands for the derby)Open ControlsMorning Beric, good to know you will be avoiding them monday morning blues. None of them are for hits. Hows the new city treating you?
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Holt or Lambert for my All England team?
Cant decide Lambert has a Home game but Holt is on form....help!Open Controls
Play Pienaar or Sterling? EVE vs liv
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Pienaar suspended so that makes choice easier
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May19th, looking forward to gw38 already I see!
Open ControlsLol was day Chelsea Won the Champs league just havent changed it lol.
A good gameweek for you.Open ControlsStill works! Going to have to sort the teams before the wedding, dont know if I will make the deadline!
very good. Was happy with the XI, let me do Walters in this week with next few gws in mind. Wildcard active?Open ControlsYeh mite need 2 do swap few days early or could always do at wedding dance lol.
Yep Stoke got a great run im edging 2wards Crouch.
Yep Wildcard done but no doubt will drop me down the League.Open Controls
Rate my team,
Vrom (Cerny)
Baines - Jenkinson - Reid ( Ivanovic | Wisdom )
Bale - Hazard - Routledge - Nolan ( sterling )
RVP - Crouch - Ba
abit scare don have Mata and Rooney..Open Controls
my team for the following week
baines rafael verm rlise (demel)
gerv yaya michu (sterling, fellani)
defoe rvp crouch
wondering who to captain . also does this team ve the potential to bag 50 pts this week?
0 FT. 1.0 in bankOpen ControlsSo when is Mankini going to start playing Kun week in week out?
24/10 Ajax a
27/10 Swans h
3/11 West a
6/11 Ajax h
11/11 Spurs h
17/11 Villa h
21/11 Real Madrid h
28/11 Wigan a
1/12 Eve h
4/12 Borussia aOpen ControlsPretty much now i think.
Open ControlsI think I might just live a little.
Open ControlsWait till that CL game. Kun will start there too. I think i might too. Might be a shrewd move.
Also, i promise, if you stop whining, your week will turn. Just this one week ok?Open Controls
I'm planning on generally avoiding MC 'coverage'
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The killer is Villa at home followed by Real. Think a lot of players will be rested against Real 😉
Open ControlsThat's fine with me. I have alternative (c) options. Lots
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Thing about Rooney is, when he scores, he ALWAYS goes on a bit of a run..
Open ControlsNot when he's got Robin van Captain-material to steal his thunder
Open ControlsLast 2 matches don't seem to agree. Both are class. Loving the partnership, and loving the Welbeck-Rooney-RVP trio. Same 3 will play again vs Che imo.
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He does..and you know it..
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Always? Lets see shall we. I'll hold you to it if not. Anything less than 10 point next game or you'll get it
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sry my GK are bego n krul
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How many premier league games will pienaar miss, if it's 1 is it worth just benching for 1 game?
Open Controls@LateRiser, new city is excellent - and i'm drunk as a happy drunk man right now - here's what I'm listening too (give it a chance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4w7TzB_fsoOpen ControlsListening as i type.
Btw congratulations on having a good start with Everton. You have come a long way Mr.Moyes.Open ControlsI am aware mate. But show some love for Eve now will ya!
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The Gravatar is for the UEFA Council competition - and Everton are head and shoulders my second favourite English team.
My Mom supported them as a young girl.Open ControlsI am aware Beric! Ok fine, you are allowed to blabber away 😀
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Best replacement for Pienaar lads? I've got 6.8 to spend, I'm thinking Walters for the next few weeks. Any suggestions?
Open ControlsRVP - "Things are going well and our understanding is getting better all the time," van Persie told MUTV. "Everyone could see from day one that we were working well together. We like to play together and we help each other.
"Sometimes Wayne plays at the top, sometimes I do and then he drops in and then you have Danny coming in from the left sometimes too. I might also go out there for a few minutes in a game or Wazza does. I think it's only the second or third time that we've played in this formation, but the main thing is we've had a good game and got three points."Open ControlsRVP will score the most goals in a red devil shirt this year.
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Hi all. Some advice, please:
Jussi Rudd
Baines Ivan Jankinson (Fonte, Nelsen)
Hazard Cazorla Michu Guthrie (Pienaar)
RVP Suarez Fletcher
Bank: 0
Thinking of doing soemthing boring like Jussi->Bego.
Alternatively, Suarez->Tevez (but will I be constantly worried about rotation?) or Surez->Ba, and just sucking it up with Jussi who I dont see keeping any clean sheets.Open Controls
This week is going to be worse than the international there is no transfer I want to make!
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hey guys, im planning to get aguero this week..is it a good move? im jus worried whether he will start or not. how nailed on he is?
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Ba & Walters
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Repost from yesterday, is Dempsey's pricetag justified?
If not, I'll probably downgrade him to a 7m or below mid so that I can bring in some better forwards later on. Who would be the best choice?Open Controls
Nope. Not for how he has played in the last few games.
But Id still keep him for the next 2, great fixtures for TotOpen Controls
Na....get Lennon he looked good at the weekend and offers better value IMO. I have put him in for Michu this week. I do like the idea of Dempsey as a differential though, everyone's mids on here are pretty similar.
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he was utter shite on saturday
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Too many good options about.. Hate making a sideways move but actually contemplating Hazard > Mata
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2 ft this week, already done Graham to Crouch, with the other transfer should I do:
A) Tevez -> Ba
B) Michu -> Walters
C) Hazard -> HBA
thanx!Open ControlsYou could probably hold on to it
Open ControlsSurely you cant sell Tevez with Swansea at home next...
Open Controlsworried about him not starting, guess I will have to wait and see if he plays any part in the CL mid week
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None of them, really. I'd save it or change someone else.
Michu will pretty much be Swansea's striker now.
Tevez could get decent points against Swansea and HBA has done naff all for me the last three weeks.
Then again, every player I pick fails as soon as they come into my team.Open ControlsWell done to Qpr, btw. I had a feeling Eve will struggle. Peanut sending off obv helped. Qpr should have had a peno at the end.
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With Milner/Garcia/Rodwell/Silva out/potentially out of Swans(h) game...any punts? Sinclair? Nasri?
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Early Bird League Update
16 left last week now down to 7.
Entry open for managers that qualify.Open ControlsAm I in it already?
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/57/event-history/8/Open Controlshey you...sober up. I had an argument with you up top on the merits of selling Rvp!
Open ControlsOK I see you're argument, but I feel that Robin is way more likely to get the hat-tricks when you captain him than win you the game.
It's too late for me to sober up.Open Controls
GW4 & GW6 = knocked out.
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Who to bring in for Michu... HBA or a Stoke mid (Walters, Kightly, Adams)???
Open ControlsUmmm, why sell Michu? The guy is doing about as well as one could hope for a mid-priced mid.
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James, with the one eye...I think your link is buggered.
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Early saturday morning at approximately 2.30am after a few beers, I decided to take an 8 point hit in order to buy in Cazorla............... Bad decision you might say as it's rarely worth taking a hit at all.......and you'd be right. The sting is so much more painful when the midfielder I sold in order to buy him was Mata..... I've been taking a lot of hits until now but I think I have finally learn't my lesson. No more extra transfers!!
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Not as bad, but I removed noble for sterling on a FT. Was happy when sterling scored, then noble scored twice.
Open ControlsOk, that beats my Ba OG that took my Simpson CS away!
Open ControlsChelsea are having tough games at the moment and arsenal are having a couple of good ones so I didn't think anything of it. I worked out that on that decision alone I lost 24 points :-/ That's a whole lot of mistake!
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Join AA
Open ControlsNot a chance after this weekend of football disappointment. Is there a transfers anonymous yet?
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Doubling up on stoke defence for 9.1M (Beg and Wilson).
This will also allow me to do ACole > Baines
A) This is Madness
B) This is SPARTA!Open Controls
Hey folks
I have 1 FT and £4.3 in the bank.
Am thinking taking a hit to do:
Fletcher and Davies out.
Crouch in; and which defender?
Or I could just bring in aguero? But risky though as not nailed on ...
Foster, Begovic
Baines, Davies, Demel, Cuellar, Gorkks
Nolan, Cazorla, Michu, Bale, Guthrie
Ba, RVP, Fletcher
Thank youOpen ControlsGuthrie-->Yaya(I know...I know...)
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Hey guys, in light of Pienaar's red card my midfield is looking rather dodgy for next week,
Foster Federici
Lescott Rangel Clyne Demel Gorkss
Bale Pienaar Fellaini Michu Noble
RVP Aguero Ba
Obviously have faith in Bale, but Michu has some tough fixtures, Fellaini is a doubt and well Noble isn't going to score twice every week. 0.7 in the bank, do I keep the faith in these guys and use my free transfer to get rid of Rangel or Federici instead?Open Controls
Morning all,
Torres and HBA
Or
Ba and Mata?Open Controls
easy, Ba and Mata
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A) Fletcher to Holt
B) Fletcher to Long
C) Fletcher to ? (has to be 6.0 or less as I'm freeing up cash to do Fellaini to Mata)Open Controls
Holt and Long would be your prime candidates there. I would have said Lambert but him being benched has cast doubts.
I am looking to get Lambert out either this week or next week, and I would probably be going for Long. I think he just offers more threat at the moment.Open ControlsHolt has better stats than Long who also tends to be subbed-off. Long is on penalty kicks, though. Not an easy choice.
Open ControlsI guess it comes down to the fact that I don't really trust Norwich to turn it around.
You're right though, not easy. I think you also have to keep in mind that when looking for a 6m or less striker, they are potential bench material as well. Maybe pick the one who rotates well if one of your mid priced midfielders?Open Controls
Mignolet(Mccarthy)
Baines Demel Ridgewell (fonte barnett)
Michu santi barfa hazard (guthrie)
Rvp suarez Fletcher
2ft, 0.1m. GO!Open ControlsMichu to Mata and Fletcher to Holt/Long?
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11 years, 8 months agoMorning Deadzone! Hows it hanging? A few moves in mind. I am thinking A or B. Opinions welcome.
Bego Jussi
Rafael Gibbs Clyne Gorkss Baines
Yaya Michu Pienaar Sterling Santi
RVP Tevez Berbatov
0.7M
A) Rafael > Saylor + cash for midfield upgrade
B) Rafael > Wilson + more cash for midfield upgrade (already have Bego)
C) Rafael,Tevez > Kun(c) + Wilson (-4)
D) Pienaar/Michu > Lennon
E) Rafael,Yaya > Bale, NewC/Stk def