anyone having problems with fiso?

REMY HAS RISEN TO 5.8!!

I feel like screaming, I now can't get him in...

I need a beer to rethink this

Should have made it a three-way with Lambert.

Bale captain? When is that inevitable 2 points coming?

Any sub 4 million defenders not names Harte/Wilson worth a -4 hit and the loss of Demel for?

Already done my ft from mata to sissoko

Bunn
Martin - Davies - Harte
Bale - Sissoko - Michu - Punch
Suarez - Lambert

Bench: Bego, Zab, Demel, Walcott, Rvp

Should i

A) Demel -> Hill

B) Rvp -> Benteke/Lukaku just for this gw, will want rvp for the reading game

C) Save and play with 10

Best midfielder to get in for Fellaini? Up to 8.7m to spend?

Gonna repost this as lots seem to be discussing options from the relegation thrratened teams.

Thought i’d make a post about the relegation run-in and try to assess the options that could be good, taking into account fixtures too. So for the purpose of this post, i’ll assume; QPR, Reading, Villa, Wigan and Southampton are teams involved in this relegation dog fight. Newcastle and Sunderland should be okay now on 30+ points.. i can’t see them being dragged into it, especially the former.

Fixtures FROM GW 30 ONWARDS:-

QPR= villa, fulham, WIGAN, everton, STOKE, reading, ARSENAL, NEWCASTLE, liverpool
Reading= man utd, arsenal, SOUTHAMPTON, LIVERPOOL, norwich, QPR, fulham, MANCITY, west ham
Villa= QPR, LIVERPOOL, stoke, FULHAM, man utd, SUNDERLAND, norwich, CHELSEA, wigan
Wigan= NEWCASTLE, NORWICH, qpr, SWANSEA, west ham, SPURS, west brom, arsenal, VILLA
Southampton= LIVERPOOL, CHELSEA, reading, WEST HAM, swansea, WEST BROM, spurs, sunderland, STOKE

Rating the fixtures from an attacking/defensive point of view (1st = best, 5th = worst)

1- Wigan
2- QPR
3- Southampton
4- Aston Villa
5- Reading
A few defensive rotations:
QPR and Villa, giving:

QPR, fulham, WIGAN, FULHAM, STOKE, SUNDERLAND, norwich, NEWCASTLE, wigan.

Reading and Wigan giving:

NEWCASTLE, NORWICH, Southampton, SWANSEA, west ham, QPR, fulham, arsenal, VILLA

Wigan and Southampton giving:

NEWCASTLE, NORWICH, reading, WEST HAM, west ham, WEST BROM, west brom, sunderland, VILLA

Now looking at the players and teams that could be worth investing in, assuming you don’t have them already.

WIGAN:

I really think they could prove to be astute purchases for the run-in. Unlike the other 4 teams, they’re still in the FA cup and have atleast 1 guaranteed DGW due to no GW29 fixture.

GK and Defence:

Al Habsi is too dear at 5m. Maybe if he was 4.5m it could be worth it, due to Wigan’s propensity to give away pens, and his propensity to save a fair few of them.

Alcaraz is an interesting option having just come back from a long injury lay off. Similar goal threat to Caldwell. Being 4.2m makes him the better option of the two. Boyce for me is too dear @ 4.7 when you compare to Figueroa aswell. He’s got the best assist potential, due to being a Wing back, and the other 3 CB’s. In conclusion, i’d go for the cheapest one so it would be Alcaraz here. Should be nailed on now as he continues to gain match fitness, and his experience could be vital. Prefer his goal threat from corners, to Figuero’s shooting from long range aswell.

Wigan’s likely 1st choice defence: Al habsi/Boyce-Figueroa-Caldwell-Alcaraz-Beausejour
You can read Roberto Martinez waxing lyrical about Alcaraz here: http://www.wigantoday.net/spor…..witterfeed

Mid/Attack:

I can only see 3 options worth investing here, pretty obvious i guess. Maloney, Beausejour and Kone. Maloney is central to Wigan’s attack and has set pieces/pens in his locker. Known to be injury prone but recently he’s been playing 90 minutes with alarming regularity. Beausejour is reverse OOP but it really isn’t that much of a big deal, as he’s on set pieces and has great assist potential from his runs down the line. Kone will be the main source of goals for Wigan if they wish to pull off the great escape again. Like Beausejour and Maloney, he’s also a 90 minute man every game, if fitness allows. I really think at 1.1% ownership, he could really prove to be a great buy for a 3rd striker option. Just as a comparison. Maloney’s ownership is only 2.5% and Beausejour’s, 0.2%. Either of the 3 options could be good buys, but i’d tend to lean towards Kone due to there being so many better midfield options from the big teams.
READING:

GK and Defence

I think the two candidates that stand out here are; Federici and Harte. Obviously, look out for Federici’s injury update but he is 1st choice now, and a massive save magnet imo. Reading don’t have great fixtures, hence his saves putting him above other defensive options in the team. I also think Harte has nailed down a starting berth for Reading lately and would consider him the best option from their defence. Kelly is probably the most nailed on @ RB, but has the least goal threat so i wouldn’t touch him. Harte is the standout option at only 4m. Menacing assist threat from set pieces, and may be on pens when ALF/POG/HUNT aren’t on the pitch. Pearce and Mariappa are the 1st choice CB’s but not totally secure so another reason for leaning towards Harte. I don’t believe Shorey will get a look-in as he seems to have had a falling out or something.

Reading’s likely 1st choice defence: Federici/Kelly-Pearce-Mariappa-Harte

Mid/Attack:

No standout options here imo apart from Kebe. He got injured though so it’s one to watch. I wouldn’t fancy Pogrebnyak to do much, and you can’t buy ALF and just rely on him to get goals for you off the bench. He doesn’t seem to do anything when he starts.

QPR:

GK and defence:

Cesar in goal but probably too expensive @ 5m. QPR’s 1st choice fullbacks seem to be Traore and Bosingwa @ 4.8m. Looks to me like Traore is more nailed on though, and it seems Fabio and Onouha both play @ RB so could come in for Bosingwa at any time. Samba and Hill will be their 1st choice CB’s for the rest of the season. I’ve slated Samba for costing too much @ 5m(4.9 now) and not being a good enough defender and maintain that over the course of the season he’s not really worth it. However this is a unique situation with it being the relegation run-in, so if you have the funds i’d say Samba could be your key differential in the mini-leagues to try and gain ground. He stands out for me as having the biggest goal threat in their defence, and being a blocksmith, along with making so many clearances per game( good for PPI). So in conclusion, i’d pick Samba from their defence:

Harry on Jose Bosingwa. “He’s trained hard and is showing the right attitude again.” He seems to not show much commitment on the pitch compared to Onouha but does the simple things okay. I can’t see either being too nailed on, so another reason to lean towards Samba.

QPR’s likely 1st choice defence: Cesar/Bosingwa(Onouha/Fabio)- Hill-Samba-Traore

Mid/Attack:

Only good option i see here is Remy. Taarabt was recently dropped, and i do think he’s a luxury player who will again be dropped. Don’t think he’s completely nailed on anymore, especially with Hoillet impressing and QPR having won after he got dropped. Probably too dear compared to the other options at 5.8m too.

Harry Redkanpp recently spoke about how he hasn’t had the opportunity to play Zamora and Remy together too often, so when both are available, you’d think they would both start, especially @ home. Only problem is both Remy and Zamora seem to love the physio room, so could be really risky buys. You’d imagine Remy needs to stay fit for QPR to have any chance of staying up.

ASTON VILLA:

GK and Defence:

I wouldn’t touch anyone from Villa’s defence right now. They, to me, are the worst defensive team in the league right now. Wigan have conceded more, but have the experience during the relegation run-in that for me, puts them ahead of Villa. Villa’s defenders are very inexperienced, and they aren’t helped by a lack of a protective screen in central midfield. This is where they miss Petrov badly. Delph and Westwood are just not good enough, and the way i see it, they’ll just have to hope they can outscore the opposition to have a chance of winning games, and surviving the drop. Once again reiterate that i wouldn’t touch any of their defenders here.

Aston Villa’s likely 1st choice defence: Guzan/Lowton-Clark-Vlaar-Baker-Bennett(in a 3 man defence)

Mid/Attack:

Probably obvious again, but Benteke is the real standout option here. He’s a nailed on player who’s probably the most important to his team compared to any of the other 4 relegation candidates. Has penalties in his locker too. At 7m, with decent fixtures, he could be the man to go too. However another option i’d look at is N’zogbia @ 5.8m and only 0.7% ownership, compared to Benteke’s 8.8%. N’zogbia loves a relegation battle as shown by his exploits for Wigan. Lambert seems to have taken a liking to him lately, and he seems 1st choice/nailed on now too. N’zogbia has come into form massively recently, and seems to creating most of Villa’s chances/goals. He has set pieces (corners and direct FK’s) in his locker too. Recent form prior to the City game reads as: 1 goal and 5 assists in 5 games. Impressive stuff!

SOUTHAMPTON:

GK and Defence:

There was a bit of a goalkeeping merry go round with Southampton earlier in the season. Davies, Gazzaniga and Boruc having all been rotated between the sticks at regular points. However with the change of manager, Boruc seems to have now established himself as the no.1. Cheaper than most keepers @ 4.4m, and could be a decent bet, but with Southampton, i can’t really look past their budget backline.

Clyne and Yoshida seem to be the most expensive of Saints’ 1st choice back 4 @ 4.2m and 4.5m respectively. Fonte and Shaw are the cheapest @ 4m. It’s pretty easy here to say that Yoshida is the worst option of the 4, being the most expensive. Shaw’ seemed to have made the LB position his own, but recently he’s been rested and then troubled by injury, unlike Clyne who’s played pretty much week in week out. No doubt for me that Shaw’s still 1st choice though when fit(Fox is woeful), but if i were going for a Southampton defender now, it would have to be Fonte. Recently back from an injury which caused him to miss so many games. He’s also a big goal threat, and can be found raiding into the opposition penalty area on numerous occasions. Seems to be 1st choice when fit now.

Southampton’s likely 1st choice defence: Boruc/Clyne-Yoshida-Fonte-Shaw

Mid/Attack:

I think it’s a bit of a minefield here, apart from Puncheon and Lambert who seem to be the most “nailed on”. Puncheon was rested the other week, and was straight back in this week. Recently signed a new contract, he’s been one of their best players this season. Ramirez has dropped to just 5.2m now. He’s a good goal threat, has set pieces too, but rarely lasts 90 minutes. I’d also he’s less nailed on than Puncheon. Lallana has had injury problems and was injured again this week. Was a 90 minute man week in week out but hasn’t been that lately. Don’t think he’s too nailed on under the new manager, and for 5.8m, there’s probably better options too. Can’t really say much more about Lambert really. He was the bargain 3rd striker option since the start of the season, and it’s been a massive oversight by me to not have had him for longer. Goes without saying, that his goals will be crucial to steer Southampton to relative safety! Still a bargain at 7.2m with pens and fk’s too!

hows my team looking this week?

bunn (bego)
clyne wilson enrique mariappa (azi)
michu guthrie sissoko bale (walcott)
Suarez Beneteke(c) (rvp)

Very nice article. It's like Sophie's choice.

Alright lads!

I got 99 captain options but I can pick not 1...

Benteke
Cisse
Michu
Ramirez
Suarez
Gerrard

Who would you (c)?
I was set all week on Papiss but just bought Bentekkers and feel like chasing it with the armband.

Who would you captain?

A. Bale
B. Suarez
C. SNODGRASS
D. Sissoko
E. Lambert

Worth replacing a blank with Samba for a 4 point hit?

Huddlestone, Dempsey & Sandro all out and now Adebayor, Lennon & Dembele also flagged.

Suarez (c) it is.....who's with me? 😉

After going round and round and round, I'm going with my original plans and getting Sissoko and Snodgrass for Fellaini and Maloney.

Is it worth a hit to get a keeper in for Rudd to go with Szcnesny.

For example if I got Lloris I would have
@ Liverpool, -vs. Blank +4
vs. Fulham @ Swansea
vs. Reading vs. Reading
vs. Everton @ West Brom

Worth it?

I know there are lots of you out there who want to join Tippeligamanager, so here is the link guys! 😀
http://tv2sportentippeliga13.enetpulse.com/

Hoolahan, anyone?

Sod it. Dzeko>Hunt done! Pog out so good chance he'll get some time, and gets me 10 out with no hit. Leaves me the exact money to do Schneiderlin>Fellaini next week and go 3-5-2 with Power 5.1 (Caz instead of Theo!) and RVP/Saurez. 🙂

Bego (bunn)
Davies harte mariappa (azp baines)
Michu bale sissoko (mata walcott)
Suarez lambert studge
2.7, 1 FT

A azp/baines to je/walker
B mata to snodg
C save the transfer for a surgery next gw (mostly to get rvp back)

Save me some time, and tell me when United, City, Chelsea, Fulham, West Ham and Wigan are playing their rearranged fixtures?

Convince me GJ is worth 0.5m more than Enrique?

A: If I get Enrique then I can also afford Davies > Zab & Remy > Lukaku in a near future GW (assuming a couple of profitable prices rises)
B: If I get GJ then I would do Clyne/Pearce or Wilson > Zab and keep Remy.

I'm having a look at Ben Arfa - will he play? And how did he do last night?

anyone else keeping Aguero despite not fielding 11 this GW?
i would want him back for the DGW, which means it would be an 8 point hit..

You know times are desperate when...you find yourself comparing Wes Hoolahan and Jobi McAnuff 😯

Bunn (SOT) or Migs (qpr) cant decide.. and bentekers or lukaku 1 week punt?

which are more nailed on, Dawson or Jevans ?

Lads, who was (C) on The Professors team last week?

Kebe out for a couple of weeks, dont know if this has been posted before.

http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/readingfc/articles/2013/03/08/87357-reading-fc-dealt-kebe-injury-blow/

Closure to all Kebe owners.

Snod over Sess?? 🙂