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Ba Doubtful for Anfield Visit

31 October 2012 678 comments
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Demba Ba’s Fantasy owners were handed plenty to worry about this morning after Alan Pardew admitted the striker faces a real fight to be fit for Sunday’s trip to Liverpool. Speaking this morning, the Newcastle boss went on to say:

“I think he’s 50-50 – at best. We’ve got Papiss back on the goal trail and Shola and Sammy so we’re happy with that. It is very important to have that. Papiss is fit and well and we are looking forward to seeing him this weekend.”

Owned by over 30% of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers and 10% in the Sky Sports game, Ba has been in sensational form this season. While Newcastle have scored just 11 times so far, Ba’s input has been absolutely crucial – with seven goals and an assist already racked up, he is the fifth top scoring player in the FPL game and has been awarded more bonus points (14) than any other player.

While Pardew talked up Papiss Cisse, there’s no denying the forward’s goal against West Brom was more than fortunate – the former SC Freiburg man has struggled for form this term, with his strike against the Baggies his first of the season. Considering Hatem Ben Arfa has contributed no more than a single assist in the last six Gameweeks, it’s little wonder Ba’s popularity continues to rise – more than 20,000 FPL managers have already snapped up his services this week; they now face an anxious wait ahead of Pardew’s Friday press conference.

With Newcastle’s fixtures still looking enticing, the majority of Ba’s owners will likely be content to hold for now. After this weekend, the Magpies play host to West Ham, Swansea and Wigan in the following five and also have a trip to Southampton in Gameweek 13. Form and fixtures are undoubtedly in the 8.4 priced FPL forward’s favour – let’s just hope his fitness is, too.

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  1. matej - cruising casually
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Here is my team:

    Jussi / Bego

    Rafael / Baines / Shawcross / Cuellar / McCartney

    Bale / Hazard / Cazorla / Ben Arfa / Sterling

    Suarez / Berbatov / Fletcher

    1.6 in bank. I don't have any Manchester cover, do you think it is absolutely necessary? I feel pretty good about the team- any possible improvements?

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    1. HelloSidney
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Exactly same GKs and Mids as me.

      Better defence for you, but I have RVP.

      Good side IMO but I'm not comfortable without RVP

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      1. matej - cruising casually
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        I'm not comfortable without RVP neither. 🙂

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    2. stooshermadness
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      You have Rafael. But that said, at the end of the season can you see anything but MUN and MNC as the top 2 goal scoring teams or at least 2 of the top 3 ? That should answer your question. Get one of Aguero/Tevez/RvP/Rooney. Failing that - Valencia or Silva (when fit).

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  2. LOCO ABREU
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    what do you prefer next week:
    A) Suarez and jely> RVP and Pog;
    B) Suarez and Baines> RVP and 4.0 defender.

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    1. iCon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      A

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    2. HelloSidney
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      You can't get RVP any other way?

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      1. LOCO ABREU
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        i want to keep Bale/Caz/Mata in midfield.

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        1. HelloSidney
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 4 months ago

          I'd FAR rather have Suarez than Cazorla.

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    3. James
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      A.

      Baines is FPL GOLD

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      1. RD84
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Besides the own goals 😛

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  3. Manani
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    so here is my team now, with 1 FT (probably save it)

    Foster (Begovic)
    Baines Cuellar Hughes (A.cole, Demel)
    Bale Mata Santi McAnuff (Pineear)
    Tevez Berba Giroud

    suborder is Pie, $$, Demel

    have a bit of benching dilemma tought, as everton is in good form, but mcanuff is having QPR away.
    not sur about benching cole too

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    1. COMH
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      I would get A.Hole sold in the next couple of weeks. Far too expensive for the returns you get and very little attacking potential.

      QPR are decent at home so I would keep MC Nuff on the bench. Bench Santi, play Pienaar.

      If Berbs is out problem solved.

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    2. LOCO ABREU
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      play pienaar. save or get rid of demel if you bought him at 4.0 to bank 0.1

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  4. Le Limpar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Price rise questions:

    1) Could I expect another rise out of Defoe before Saturday?
    2) Could I expect another rise out of either Caulker or Sterling (on top of the one they look like reaching tonight)?

    Thanks

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    1. Pasqualinho
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Doubt Caulker will go up tonight - it's the Wednesday slow-down. Will probably rule out the double-rise.

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    2. Round and Round
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      1) Probably
      2) Probably not

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    3. Chu Young Ping Pong
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      No
      No

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    4. Le Limpar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Thanks all. I'm going with R&R's glimmer of hope on Defoe then. Need that 0.1 for Zabs!

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      1. Round and Round
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        🙂

        Friday night rush should see Defoe rise methinks.

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    5. Crouch Potato!
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Defoe likely, Caulker no.

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    6. Scroobius Mac
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Possible but not probable
      No chance on Caulker. Small chance on Sterling.

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  5. NapalmDeath (Northern Chaos…
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Bench Foster or Begovic? Foster is (H), but Norwich are playing tonight and we all know how Stoke play...

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    1. SC not pearls before swine
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Nice timing! I just asked the same. As of right now, I'm leaning towards Foster.

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      1. NapalmDeath (Northern Chaos…
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        😀
        Indeed. Might be time to check out past fixtures.

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    2. LOCO ABREU
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      play foster

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  6. SC not pearls before swine
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Start Foster or Begovic this week? I've been going with the home player in their rotation but Stoke have looked really tight

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    1. Round and Round
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Tough. I have Cameron so going Foster. Go for Foster imo, West Brom are very solid at home.

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    2. Efan Ekoku Pops
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Foster.

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  7. Professor Abel X
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Foster or Bego this gameweek?

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    1. NapalmDeath (Northern Chaos…
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Same question for 3 comments in a row, nice 😀

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      1. Professor Abel X
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Strange! Something is telling me to go Begovic. You?

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    2. heartsattack
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      bego

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    3. 1mills
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      I've gone Begovic at the moment.

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    4. King Nemanja
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Foster

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  8. Jaswarbrick
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Begovic - (Vorm)
    Baines - Walker - Hughes - (McCartney) - (Stam)
    Cazorla - Morrison - Walters - Noble/Pienaar - (Pienaar/Noble)
    RVP - Aguero - Berbatov

    1FT, I'm leaving my team for this GW.

    Play Noble/Pienaar? Edging towards Noble

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  9. 1mills
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    If getting rid of Aguero due to concerns about his gametime, would Cisse be the "obvious" choice.

    Ba's injury makes it a lot easier to take a punt on Cisse.

    My other two strikers are RVP, Berbatov, plus as Aguero is at the top end I don't really have any price constraints at the moment.

    Or should I just keep faith that he will play.......

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    1. LOCO ABREU
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      wait till next week.

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    2. King Nemanja
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Or get Rooney

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      1. 1mills
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Can't double up on Utd attack. Seems to excessive.

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    3. Round and Round
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      I'd think Rooney is the more "obvious" choice no? Personally I'd just downgrade to Tevez as they will probably get similar gametime. Rooney if you can afford him looks great for next 10 weeks.

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      1. 1mills
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        As above, surely Rooney and RVP is overkill. When Utd don't score big, I will have all eggs in one basket.

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  10. Zizou
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    ok want to pick one of these as my budget midfielder

    sterling/mcanuff/gera (all on identical points)

    how many games will gera play, and is he now playing in the hole??

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  11. Golden Oldies
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    WSOP final table has ended after going on for last 12 hours...phew.

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    1. NapalmDeath (Northern Chaos…
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Oh! I thought it was in November these days...

      Who won? Another online teen unknown?

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      1. Golden Oldies
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        NO happened in October this year...8 of the final 9 were pros so was a high standard. the guy who won had already won a bracelet already this year so also won player of year title while winning main event too

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  12. Brada_wba
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    a) RVP and Sterling
    b) Tevez and Demps

    Help!!!!!!!!!!! haha

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    1. King Nemanja
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      a

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    2. Round and Round
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      A with McAnuff ahead of Sterling.

      B with Bale ahead of Dempsey.

      Probably B out of the 2 I've given.

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    3. white heart pain
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      A all day

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    4. Golden Oldies
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Both in A will be guarteed to get more gametime anyway....

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      1. Brada_wba
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Good point. A it is!

        Thanks guys

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  13. King Nemanja
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Rooney, Aguero, Tevez

    Who will score the most points in, let's say, the next ten gameweeks?

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    1. James
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Rooney. Then Aguero. Then Tevez

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  14. M@sTeR
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone know how to check the original price of a players we purchased? I just can't find it

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    1. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Click on "make transfer"...then click on "data view"

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    2. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      On the transfers page, click on the Data View tab. You'll see a Price Paid section.

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      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Purchase Price even.

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    3. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Transfers –> Data view –> PP

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  15. JD
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    having pienaar already... FELLAINI OR MICHU?

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    1. Chu Young Ping Pong
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Neither.

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    2. King Nemanja
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Michu

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    3. iCon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Michu

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    4. heartsattack
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Dude, neither. Two Everton is overkill and Mich has horrendous fixtures. For around the same cost Oscar could be a really good buy and for a bit cheaper Tarraabt and McAnnuf both look like they'll do well.

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      1. Crouch Potato!
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Man City was an horrendous fixture, was the best player on the pitch.

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        1. Crouch Potato!
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 4 months ago

          Also just checked their fixtures are tricky, by no means horrendous.

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        2. James
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 4 months ago

          Dont be silly. He got 2 points therefore he must be totally ineffective in difficult games

          (sarcasm, by the way)

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    5. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Michu.

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  16. JD
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    and CAZORLA TO BALE?

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      No.

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  17. SmokeyH
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Best sub £4m defender and sub $5m Midfielder?

    Looking at taking a punt on Nelsen and Gera at the moment!

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    1. King Nemanja
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      or Gorkss and Sterling for the same price

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    2. Round and Round
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Gorkss @ 3.9 and McAnuff @ 5.1

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    3. ManofKent
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Gera isn't exactly nailed on, but good when he plays...

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      1. SmokeyH
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Thats what I was thinking - always had a soft spot for him. Just hope he doesnt do himself an injury straight away

        Already have Suarez so dont want to double up on Liverpool with Sterling too
        No faith in Reading defence either (not that I have any in QPR either!)

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    4. Simon March
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      McCartney and Maloney imo - but you'll probably make some money out of Sterling.

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  18. cuterandy
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    guys, im planning to wildcard this week..had a look at michu's fixtures..its really awful..should i get rid of him for piennar?

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    1. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Nope. Keep. OOP.

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    2. heartsattack
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      He looked good last week but Man City were gash. Go with the fixtures and ship him out.

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      1. James
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Going with fixtures is terrible advice, I reckon.

        RVP and Suarez away to Chelsea and Everton were much better picks than Cazorla home to QPR. There is so much evidence to suggest that FORM > FIXTURES, by and large at least.

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        1. heartsattack
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 4 months ago

          While I agree with this it doesn't work like that with smaller teams. Why do you think everyone is jumping all over Stoke at the moment. It's MAINLY (though not totally) because they have good fixtures. If they had the same fixtures as Swansea people wouldn`t be considering the likes of Crouch and Walters nearly so much.

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          1. cuterandy
            • 13 Years
            13 years, 4 months ago

            that makes sense..i will ship him out..thanx guys

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  19. Tomfoolery
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Is Wisdom nailed on for the next month?

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    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 19 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      I wouldn't say so, despite his showings. Enrique is back amongst it now and Johnson is clearly going to start in one of the full-back roles once fit. Wisdom under threat - uncertain I would say.

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      1. Tomfoolery
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks, Cameron it is then.

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      2. HelloSidney
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah that's about right. This time last week I'd have said pretty much nailed, regardless of Enrique, on but he wasn't great in the derby.

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      3. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        I agree especially as he has performed very poorly in the last few games he has played.

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        1. HelloSidney
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 4 months ago

          That's not true at all. He was bad in the derby, that's it.

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    2. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      No. He will likely play, but with Enrique hanging around i wouldn't bee too certain of it.

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    3. SmokeyH
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Was tempted by him but had a bad game at the weekend and can see him being benched

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  20. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone else considering bringing in Pogrebnyak in and rotaing him with Sterling to get the following fixtures over the next 8?

    NEW, NOR, WIG, wig, avl, SOT, sot, AVL

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    1. King Nemanja
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Waste of a striker spot, imo

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  21. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    I know people have been saying this for weeks, but I've got a terrible feeling Tevez may be rested this w/e, considering City will need their strongest 11 against both Ajax and Spurs. I'm really going to struggle to field XI this week; really shouldn't have spunked my 1FT on the Santi âž¡ Mata vanity project.

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    1. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Nice surge up the rankings last week.

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      1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers. But tbh it's easy to fly up the rankings when I'm so poorly ranked! See you're slowly working your way back up the rankings too man. Keep at it!

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    2. King Nemanja
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      I reckon it'll be him and Balo start this weekend

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  22. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    New Post! 🙂

    http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2012/10/31/the-watchlist-updated-gameweek-10/comment-page-1/#comment-4216025

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  23. isacki: full casual
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Mark - just wondering if you're doing an attacking article on Southampton anytime soon? Or on Lambert v Rodriguez. Was going to post something, but will wait otherwise

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  24. JD
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    walters or kightly.. stoke seem to have good fixtures!

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  25. Arx
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    How does being flagged affect price drops?

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    1. sageypoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Bring in Nelson with the option of fellaini/michu to mata gw11(considering suspension tightrope, although I do have sterling backup) or bring in Baird without that option?

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  26. meerlight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Help, I don't know what I'm doing...

    The angel is being booted this week, but I'm bouncing around between his replacements and it's giving me a headache.

    The options:

    Newcastle
    My gut feeling is that necastle are going to start to get some clean sheets now, so:

    a) Santon; solid performances this season, without producing the points
    b) Saylor; Has the potential to out perform santon, but hasn't played for three weeks (apart from a 12 minute cameo in GW8)

    Sunderland
    c) Cuellar; playing well, 0.5 cheaper than the others, and there's a DGW due, but sunderland aren't doing great, and that DGW is at least 5GWs away

    My teams linked, but here it is anyway:

    begovic jussi
    baines, McAuley, Hughes, Demel, Rangel
    bale, michu, pienaar, cazorla, sterling
    ba, rvp, lambert

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    1. sageypoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Wisdom, Nelson are other options too, even cheaper?

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  27. sageypoo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Replied to thread by mistake. Would you bring in Nelson with the option of fellaini/michu to mata gw11(considering suspension tightrope, although I do have sterling backup) or bring in Baird without that option?

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  28. keotes
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Which defence would you invest in between these 2:

    Sunderland or Arsenal

    Celluer or Sagna

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    1. sageypoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Dependent on the rest of your defense, considering Arsenal and Sunderland don't overlap for good defensive weeks, so they don't substitute well.

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  29. सनकी
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    All the news has been about Ba. Not much about Berbs. Hows him?

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  30. सनकी
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Choose 1.

    A) cameron nelsen santon
    B) sagna nelsen gorkss?

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