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The Stock Check – Monday

19 November 2012 1542 comments
Mark Mark
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A perfect set-piece routine that had Gary Neville purring set the Potters on their way, only for West Ham to find an unlikely source for their equaliser. Here’s the Stock Check following tonight’s muscular affair at Upton Park…

On the Up

Joey O’Brien
The former Bolton man struck his first Premier League goal to bring the Hammers back on terms as Big Sam’s men rallied for the second period. O’Brien once again lined up at right-back, leaving a fit-again Guy Demel stranded on the bench. The 4.0 prospect has started the last three league outings, earned an assist in Gameweek 11 and is now ranked second amongst West Ham’s defenders in the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) game. With bonus to follow, O’Brien is set to earn new suitors, although West Ham’s short-term fixtures remain a concern.

Jon Walters
A superbly worked goal reminded us of the quality that Walters has in his game but this was only his second strike of the season. Even as a 6.3 midfielder in the FPL, pushed up alongside Peter Crouch in attack, he’s been overshadowed by a gang of similar mid-price talent this term, not least Kevin Nolan in opposition tonight.

Going Down

Guy Demel and James Collins
Both have returned to fitness but have been kept on the bench for two consecutive matches by the Hammers. It seems that Collins faces a fight to earn a recall alongside Winston Reid as James Tomkins stakes his claim for regular starts. As for Demel, his prospects took a bigger dent has Joey O’Brien impressed again in the right-back berth.

Mark Noble
The booking tonight took him to four for the season, lifting him onto Anorak’s “Suspension Tightrope” and leaving him just one yellow from a one-match ban. Noble is owned by over 5% of the FPL player base.

Andy Wilkinson
The make-shift left-back limped off after 32 minutes after picking up an injury and will now presumably be an early doubt for the home clash with Fulham.

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

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  1. shirtless
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    • 14 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Glad I sat tight on my Hangeland transfer. So if it's Wilko and out that leaves Cameron to double up with Shawcross, or a Hammer? But not sure who to get from West Ham, and was hoping to save a bit of cash by doing Wilko rather than Cameron??

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    1. GRIMANDI [formerly boring M…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Just do cameron. WHM have bad fixtures

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      1. shirtless
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        • 14 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        It makes sense, for two Stoke home games.

        Was hoping to keep a bit more back, as want to sell Hazard and Pog and get Saurez and a bench player next Thursday after the midweek deadline. Getting Cameron this week only leaves me 0.4-0.5 leeway on price changes. Do like the idea of a West Ham/Stoke/Sunderland back three for cheapness long term though....

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  2. MrCadburysDickieBird
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Dear Chaps that persuaded me to take the C armband off Silva to Berbs, thank you for your comments but after a pretty average score this week, I shall now be going with my gut in the first option and stop unneccessary deliberationg over these choices, This week for instance I'm going to chuck the armband on Jelly, I now expect to have a decent week.

    FFS is great and I spend far too much time on here, but for the rest of the season, I'm going to use the "Force" and not be daft and get swayed too easily!!!! 🙂

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    1. GRIMANDI [formerly boring M…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Go for Cazorla this week mate

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      1. MrCadburysDickieBird
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        Cheers for that, I'll think about swapping it straight away..... 🙂

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    2. Phoenix Wright
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Well said. I think you should captain Walcott for next time btw.

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    3. Solenya
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Don't you worry everybody over here has learnt this the hard way 😉

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

      For every wrongly influenced choice there is one that you've subconsciously made because of something you've soaked up on here.

      Goes both ways. I wish I'd captained Silva too, thought about it.

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      1. MrCadburysDickieBird
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        I'm not going to disagree with that! thanks to this site I haven't bothered with Gerrard, Torres, Kuyt, and S, Given this year.....

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    5. HVT
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      • 15 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      I'd go baines - he's overdue a cs , an assist , a peno and all 3 baps .
      Jelly me arse 😉

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    6. Bubbles
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Well, it's your own fault, basically. It's your team, you decide who to captain/play, not some folk on a website. As you said, go with your own gut.

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    7. MDK
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      I did the same and dropped Nolan away to Newcastle as I was swayed on here.

      Nobody's fault but my own and as Granville says, over the course of the season you benefit more from the community on here than you realise. Just stick to your guns in future.

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  3. Granville
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    • 16 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    I've only just noticed that there is no UCL price rise/fall market this year. It's awful what they've done to the game.

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    1. Solenya
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Has been a total let down this year.Quit playing after gw1 haven't regreted one bit.
      Hope they improve it next year.

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    2. Son is Rising
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Agree, they've absolutely butchered it.

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  4. Kings of Lyon ★
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    New post chaps

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    1. A.T
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      +1

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  5. Heisenberg:Crystal Meth Pal…
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Any Southampton fans or football guru in the know about Puncheon?

    Want to know if he's nailed-on. Has played the full 90 two games in a row but before this he has missed games here and there and only played one full game.

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  6. Son is Rising
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Someone on the last page wrote about how not having RVP leads to a more balanced and hence better team. Why is a balanced team a better idea?

    If you have two teams who score a similar number of points each week then the team which relies on one or two players to bring in consistently big hauls is going to smash the team which spreads the points about.

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    1. MDK
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      They've had a few good weeks and feel happy with their RVP-less team.

      Lets see how they feel in a few weeks time after RVP has played QPR, West Ham, Reading, Swansea and Sunderland

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  7. Hitman MHK
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Foster --> ????
    a) Mignolet
    b) Begovic

    Cheers 🙂

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