One of the highlighted players in Moneyball was Chad Bradford, who looks nothing like what scouts and fans imagine when they think about a pitcher. When he throws, his hand drops down so low on release that his knuckles literally scrape the floor. That unorthodox appearance meant that teams ignored him despite his impressive underlying numbers, until Billy Beane and his statistical staff looked beyond Bradford’s funky delivery, focused on the process and reaped the rewards. Today, the short, skinny thirty-something Leon Osman is Chad Bradford.
hmm Osman huh, Chris Glover rarely gets it wrong
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out off pienaar , michu and nolan. what two would you play.
Open Controlsthe only thing that screams out to me is kolorov. clichy played alright last week and got an assist. plus isnt he preferred in the CL.
or maybe you could work on your squad and get out davis or clyne.Open Controls
Cheers. Was thinking pretty much the same bar I am keeping Clyne for bench fodder. I might get Ruddy out for Cerny (3.9) which frees up .6 to be used elsewhere.
Think I may get shut of Kolarov though.Open Controls
If you take the Ruddy out route, have a look at Tremmel (SWA) over Cerny (only .1 more, will play for 3 or 4 games and may get u some price rises).
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Pretty strong team, Juan is a worry though
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I think you are set for this week, id only consider tweaking your defense. Kolarov, Clyne, Davies could be moved.
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Goodbye cruel world...Mata is injured now... 🙁
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repost thanks for answer Beric
ok couple of questions
with cuellar a doubt I have Hangeland ahead of clyne on the bench.. agree?
I am playing mcAnuff ahead of Sterling.. agree?Open Controls
Hang eland first. Play McAnufff.
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^^^
Open Controlsit's really hard to bench him I agree but just feel McAnuff will get something against qpr
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Quick question, are any of you in mini leagues with your mates for money and do they know you use this site? Do they consider it cheating?
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i am. i don't tell my mates tho as we basically all pretend to put no effort whatsoever into it. so this site would be frowned upon, but hardly considered cheating. they're probably all on it too.
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Why would it be considered cheating? It's not as if we're all doing fantasically well. In fact, this site can sway judgement and incite punts that are ill-judged.
I'm here more because I'm addicted to FPL and enjoy spending time with my brethen. 😉Open ControlsDamn post failure. *walks from laptop with head hung low....*
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Why would it be considered cheating? It's not as if we're all doing fantasically well. In fact, this site can sway judgement and incite punts that are ill-judged.
I'm here more because I'm addicted to FPL and enjoy spending time with my brethren. 😉Open Controls
Sod it, Mata out and Dempsey in. Hope that Wigan have a 'mare
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These series of articles are going to be quite limited in the number of players that are both a) genuine alternative options with b) low ownership. Gotta say Osman definitely falls squarely into the 'differential' category for me!
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current squad with 0.1m in bank & 2 freebies
Foster
Baines | Hughes | Cuellar
Cazorla | Hazard | Michu | Pienaar
RVP | Berba | Ba
Begovic, Rafael, Guthrie, Demel
A) Guthrie -> Britton + save freebie
B) Demel -> Nelsen/Davies + save freebie
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Hey lads if you brought in Mata for a 4 point hit this week, and potentially only had 2 playing defenders - Saylor, Demel and Cuellar all unlikely to play would you be tempted to wildcard?
Team is linked.
Brought in pog and mata for HBA and lambert for 4 points.Open Controlsnah, suck it up i reckon. plan wc properly for another time
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Nope. Save it. Just hope Cuellar plays.
0 points for a non-playing defender isn't far off the 1/2 points I normally get for my cheap defenders. With a hit even a cleansheet will only make you 2, and you risk losing -2.
Mata plays next week and your team will look strong. Save WC for another time.Open ControlsWhat Eddie said, with knobs on.
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What are people doing with Ba?
Think I'll play him just in case although Pardew makes me fear a cameoOpen Controls
hmm thought the new post was going to be about my injury plagued team...a laugh for everyone 😉
Open ControlsI think a lot are in the same boat, Cuellar (a pain to have him since GW1), Demel (he needs to go I know) and Ba... almost feel lucky not having more doubts e.g. Mata
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I invested on him once last season, it was a nightmare... 🙁
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Suarez berbatov ba , am I mad to consider suarez(c) ? He is scoring in ccup , league and natiOnal ?
Open ControlsSee from the Twitter feeds that Zamora has been having Hip injections this week.
Must look lovely in a pair of jeans now I bet....Open Controls
Who do I play this week...
a) HBA
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Crouch
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Any other music similar to Daft Punk and Justice you recommend?
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Dunno if its very similar at all really, but I've been getting into 'Prefuse 73' all over again recently.
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Class of 73 bells; Perverted Undertone; Storm Returns; Sabbatical With Options.Open Controls
and if you like fun electronic music I very strongly suggest checking out Major Lazer, Buraka Som Sistema, Deadmau5
Open Controlsyou've got people like soulwax, digitalism, LCD soundsystem are pretty awesome. that's the sort of bands i'd group in that kind of genre
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A bit different but Animal Collective are seriously trippy, rather like Daft Punk if you ever saw Interstella 5555
Open ControlsNot heard of them mate. Listening to My Girls now.
Open ControlsNice track and good album choice. The whole of the Merriweather Post Pavilion album from a couple of years back is incredible, I think it was album of the year in several publications. If you're short of time try Daily Routine (my favourite track), Lion in a Coma and Bluish
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😆 was just going to type the same..i remember urban myths going around that air and daft punk were the 1
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Right, basically all my plans this week revolve around how long is Mata is out for.
Not out at all - keep.
Out this week - tough, considering Young, Valencia, Ramirez, yep and Walcott
Out next week too or beyond - sell for any of the above and possibly take the risk of considering Oscar for a change in role?Open ControlsI just desperately need any source of extra information about his condition...
Open ControlsIf he is injured long term...I would like RDM's head on a plate....
Goodbye cruel FPLOpen ControlsIronic because Mata's head fell off.
I think that goes under "Out next week too or beyond"Open Controls
in all likelyhood hes probably only out for this game
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just out of curiosity, when did said injury happen?
he played 120 mins, did he get injured in a post match celebration?Open ControlsMore likely a tight hammy that they are being cautious with.
Open ControlsHe was limping at the end and hanging round the center circle. RDM mentioned today he had a hamstring injury and was very doubtful.
Could be anything, maybe he exerted a cramped muscle or somethingOpen ControlsI'm not a physio anyway, read this!
http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2968128/title/newsflash-doubts-over-duoOpen Controls
About to make my transfer of the season - Jenkinson to Gorkss - massive stuff, anyone want to talk me down?
Open ControlsGorkss, better fixtures and long term DGW potential. I am sure I will have more important things to deal with over the coming weeks and know I'll be stuck with who ever I get in for weeks. Nelsen might be dropped?
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7 goals conceded at home against Arsenal reserve team, hmm
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Oooooh, hundreds of points in that.
I just can't touch a Reading defender for CS, and I don't trust his attacking points. Get Bardsley, he nails both!Open ControlsAh crap, too expensive presumably.
Open ControlsYeah just don't want to spend a penny more than I have to. I think next week could be quite expensive......
Open ControlsIf you can afford Bardsley at home to Villa this week, I'd urge you to - the extra 0.5 or whatever it is will be paid off in the long run handsomely IMO, especially with the DGW
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4vets how many hits if any are you taking to sort out your team?
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None... I think!
Foster, Begovic
Baines, Rafael, Cuellar, Davies, Demel
Mata, Santi, Bale, Morrison, Guthrie
RVP, Ba, Berbs
Demel > Nelsen
and praying Ba or Cuellar make it to the start. I think one of them will.
That said, after a bottle of wine or 2 tonight I may just dump Mata but don't know who for... Tony or Theo?Open Controls
Team linked
Have done Michu > Sterling
Good to go?
For GW11:
Vertonghen > 5mil or less defender
Torres > RVP/RooneyOpen ControlsYour funeral
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1) Rafael, RVP < Ivan , Suarez
2) Shawcross, RVP < Iva , Ba
3) Gorkss , RVP < Iva, Berbat
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Best option to swap nolan for?.
Morrison
Lallana
SterlingOpen ControlsSterling at the minute, although I would keep he will end up being a really high scoring player at the end of the season, most likely more so than all of them.
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Sorry for repost, just want a few more opinions....
Hey lads if you brought in Mata for a 4 point hit this week, and potentially only had 2 playing defenders – Saylor, Demel and Cuellar all unlikely to play would you be tempted to wildcard?
Team is linked.
Brought in pog and mata for HBA and lambert for 4 points.Open ControlsSo everyone is very confident that Rvp will at least score 1 or assist 1 ?
Open ControlsChico facing a late fitness test for Swans. I had a non-Mata Chelsea attacker I might be tempted to (c) him, as we all know what no Chico will mean
Open ControlsSeriously, Vorm is out, Chico might be out, it's non-Chico time!
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11 years, 5 months agoboom bang!