Continuing our round-up of the Christmas period, it’s time to treat our members to a series of articles which examines each of the positions and analyses the form of the key protagonists over the past four Gameweeks. We start in defence, by casting an eye over the top tens for our ICT Index, plus a more in-depth look at the main performers in terms of goal threat and creativity….
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Two common 'rules' I keep seeing
1. Form over fixtures
2. Don't chase points
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For sure, they're just easy catchphrases people can use mostly.
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Well, it's just like the question of did the chicken or egg come first...It's imponderable
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If you take those terms as 'just so' then yes they are pointless. However they barely tell half the story, usually there are good reasons to back form over fixtures (for particular players from particular teams) and don't chase points (for particular players from particular teams). Circumstances are everything.
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I think sometimes we need to tell ourselves that the odds of winning this FPL game is low...Well for me at least!! Lol :DD
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Ranked 400,000 something, I will regretfully agree 😀
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It's my first FULL season... I'm doing better than I thought- currently just outside top 40,000. It demotivates me though, when I check out some of the FPL scores of the people here.. 🙁
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Nah, you're doing great Nutmegking, keep up the great work mate. It's one of my first seasons too. I'm happy to just be in the top 50k! 🙂
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Should I take a 16 point hit to do these 3 transfers or just use my wc?
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Just do Foster and Cameron -> Turnbull, Ivanovic.
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Already have Clyne and Puncheon. Is it worth tripling up with Lambert as well? Or should I get Benteke or Berbatov instead of Lambert?
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Keep Berbs, he will rock in Wigan match!
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Please rate my Wildcard team - am I missing something
Bego Turnbull
Gibbs Luiz Cameron Obrien Fonte
Michu bale noble mata Walcott
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I bet I'm the only person putting Rafael in my wildcard team!
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The best? You bet!
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So...did the chicken or egg come first??
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Depends who you ask
An egg will tell you it was the Big Whisk
A chicken will tell you he was crossing the road one day and saw an egg...but never say why. Only that he was trying to get the other side... 😐Open Controls-
Yep and then at the end of the day,
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I knew someone would say that!!
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The key point here is whether or not the 'egg' in this scenario is an egg laid by a chicken (which renders the question obsolete), or, indeed if, in evolutionary terms, this "egg" was laid by a creature other than a chicken, but which now has the biological make-up of a chicken egg...
In this scenario, I believe the "egg" came first, and as a result the chicken hatched from it and created a new species of animal...
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Listening to TI (The Team - rank 2) earlier was interesting.......
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Number 2 rank (The Game) called T.I. was on about 5 hrs ago.....speaking plenty of sense...
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Mind sending the link pls...
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Link?
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Berbilly....you of all people know I have no idea how to do that.
Search TheGame......look for first post time and start there?Open Controls
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Cheers. I will check it out.
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Wrote quite a lot between 8 and 8.30 pm. Just keep on from the page in the link.
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Is that his first post? Thought it was earlier.......
He made loads of comments...Open Controls-
He asked a question about whether someone got injured, but except for that it is his first post.
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Turnbull, Mata, Puncheon for dgw 22 (-4)
Jussi, Obrien, J. Cole, Sagna, Walcott, Caz for dgw 23 (-4)
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I'm not sure it's worth -4 for a GK...I've learned from past experience that GK doesn't really matter...UNLESS, you are chasing points.
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looks good. though not sure if i'd double jussi and o'brien...
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My early mistake of chasing points to bring o'brien 🙁 Hope he will recover on time and get a goal though. 🙂
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tell me about it :(. i've done the same (enrique to o'brien). on the plus side it's freed up a ton of cash so that's adds some flexibility for me
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You in the better situation. I had 0.4 in balance and silly did Shorey > O'brien due to the fear of Shorey goin' down and O'brien goin' up in price. Damn it
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Play Tevez or Walcott?
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current squad:
bego foster
nasty sagna cueller o'brien demel
bale walcott afro marveaux maloney
rvp suarez lambert
0ft and 3.3 in the bank
which route looks best?
a) suarez + maloney > ba + mata (-8).
next week: ba > pod/giroud
b) nasty > luiz (-4) (could also do foster to turnbull for another hit)
next week: lambert > pod/giroud
c) afro > mata (-4) (could also do foster to turnbull or nasty to luiz for another hit)
next week: save FT next week or mata > caz
d) walcott > mata (-4) (could also do foster to turnbull, nasty to luiz, or afro to hazard for another hit)
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I dont like a) and b) because Arsenal’s forwards are crap actually. Also, Suarez is the man of big match. Should trust him.
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I'd do c) or d) most likely d) as Walcott has a tough game this week, whereas Afro doesn't.
I'd also do Nasty to a Chelski defender.
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for -8
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Why are there suddenly so many people joining the FFS league?? 🙂
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Correction: FFS MEMBERS league
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HoFmeisters
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My career HoF has to be better than my live HoF stats so I can wait....
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I just signed up for them last week for that reason. Wish they'd change the league names to throw rivals off the scent but guess it's blood advertising.
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How much better is your live HoF compared to your 361?
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Must be the special price.
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Gibbs or Rafael for Long term?
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What would you lads do with this lot? Team attached. 2900 in the world.
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If your team is attached why did you mention your ranking? And why does it matter? Do we take this question more seriously now as a result? Ooohh so much at stake...potential winner in our midsts...everyone say hi before he's famous 🙂
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get rid of the red flags
I really like your midfield. Leave it the way it is
Get rid of hernandez
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I like hernandez for one more week.
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Fix keeper/defence.
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So what's this article telling all the members? Buy Luiz?
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Need some serious opinions Abt WCing
Begovic Mannone
Rafael demel Davies cueller Hughes
Michu fellaini bale Walcott sterling
Rvp Suarez berbs
1) should i use my WC?? I can take a 8 point hit to bring in 3 Dgw players and will also have 3 next week.
- if iI had to wildcard, from my front 8, I would only be taking out sterling and maybe berbs/fellaini…hence don’t wanna waste a WC mainly on defenders..
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If you say so 🙂
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I'd go Ivan if I could afford it.
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I really don't know the answer...despite reading everyone's views...I will probably go for Luiz...just
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Ivan. He may be not better but he will be luckier. My gut says so.
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Both decent options for me. Too hard to choose between them.
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how likely is it that ivan will get attacking returns if he plays CB? obviously if he plays RB we know he will 😀
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I dont like a) and b) because Arsenal's forwards are crap actually. Also, Suarez is the man of big match. Should trust him.
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Please rate the following in order of importance when picking players.
A) Season value (points divided by minutes played as compared to transfer cost) (reduced accordingly if a player doesn't typically play 90 mins)
B) Recent form (2-6 games)
C) upcoming fixtures (4-10 games)
What other criteria do you go for? (I realise for captain choices things change e.g. rvp might not have the best value but he is the best captain)Open Controls-
Probably for me..
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Do anyone you actually play football? And are decent at it??
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I'll be honest with you, I'm not the best at football!
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I used to be pretty good but then I stopped playing for different reasons. I loved it though when I was younger. *sigh*
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I play but I'm not decent.
Maybe once a month I have a good game and think I've finally become good at football. Then the next week I'm rubbish.
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Is that why you called yourself scored? to compensate? 🙂
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Gibbs or Rafa for the long haul? Got gibbs at 5.4. But united have very nice fixtures....
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After DGW that is
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After dgw Rafael has awesome fixtures for quite a while (until unit ed's very difficult last 6-7 games)
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Bench Michu or Santo this GW?
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One does not simply bench Michu OR Santo. Case closed.
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OK. So you're saying bench Walcott.
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+1.
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Oh right enough chatting, I'm off to revise, have a great weekend guys! See you all next Sat for some more babbling!
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Anyone planing Cazorla+Walcott combo for Arsenal DGW?
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Na
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Already have it since last week.
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Yup.
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Yes. Plus Sagna though I'm wondering if he's safe?
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Yes caz will come in for hazard next week to accompany Gibbs and walcott unless I get hit by injuries.
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1) Who would you drop to raise funds for hazard?
- Suarez...play utd away then nowich@home
- berbs.....play Wigan @home then city away
- fellaini...play swan@home then Swansea away
- bale.....play qpr away then utd@home
Whoever I drop, will buy them back with WC.
2) Currently don't have any chelski players hence the need to raise funds...is there anyone from the Chelsea midfield who will score a lot apart from mata/hazard.Open Controls-
1) Suarez, but would not get Hazard.
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who would you be getting rid of each of them for? think who you get in will also effect the decision. but i'd keep bale. all the other 3 are possibilities to get rid. afro doesn't have swansea home and then away...
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1) No one.
2) I have a bit of a feeling about Oscar...
P.S. Your email addresses don't work... 😉Open Controls -
1) none because I don't like any of those options... also partially why I've gone and played my WC already
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Has my team been hacked got a big V beside my Liverpool players and Williamson has a Liverpool shirt also Chesea badge beside my name.
Only shows on Safari on iPad though
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Cahill should start both games right?
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@Santiagounreal: are you not a member?
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No, I don't have a credit card. 😐
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It took me a while to become a member myself (no idea why), but joining I immediately went "this is cool, WTF took me so long". I recommend it.
Surely your mum could deposit to your paypal account?Open Controls-
I tried doing something like that but got confused and gave up. I'd really like to be a member as it looks like there's great stuff on offer. I love looking at stats too.
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