The unusual rumble you hear is the sound of a Stewart Downing bandwagon – last seen or heard circa 2010/11, when the winger racked up 167 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) points in his final season at Aston Villa. Having provided just two assists over the entire previous campaign, Downing was written off as a Fantasy force this time round. After an uninspiring start, he has now produced attacking returns in each of his last three for Liverpool and has already received over 10,000 transfers in prior to this weekend’s trip to Southampton. In this latest article for members, we assess the statistics to see just why:
Never thought I'd see the day there was a Monitor - Stewart Downing article!
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not that unexpected. he was a regular in my FPL team during his Boro days.
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Lambert Michu Clyne -> Ba Maloney Enrique (-4) madness?
Will give me a team of:
Mignolet
Enrique Zabaleta Evans
Mata Walcott Bale Sissoko
Rvp Suarez Ba
It looks so good 😐Open Controls
Ooh!
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Who to bench out of this lot..
Fellaini, Walcott, Michu, Sissoko, Bale.
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Me and Granville are just putting the finishing touches to our doubles team and I'm quite confident we'll do well! It's amazing how much value is available at this point in the season - our £100m budget has stretched pretty far!
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Let's just say I can't wait for my nightmare to end.
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Not sure. It starts this GW so you've got around 23 hours to find a partner, register and organise your team.
I'm not sure if it's possible to register now but there's no harm in asking!
http://uefacouncil.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/doubles-competition-update/Open Controls
my partner went MIA. but i'm still putting a decent team, i'd say.
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Who goes first??
Lukaku, Sturridge or Lambert??Open ControlsNice to see Zorro in the background...behind Downing.
Open ControlsAnyone reckon Sissoko is more likely to drop deeper with Cabaye out and Barfa potentially in for the next game? Is it a realistic danger?
Open ControlsHmm, good point. What happened when Cabaye went off yesterday?
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Very unlikely I'd say.
When Cabaye went off, Gutierrez played in his role yesterday with SIssoko still in a more advanced role.
Likely to be back to 4231 in the league with Anita and Tiote in the 2 and Sissoko still CAM. Also Perch, Jonas and maybe even Bigi more likely to play in the double pivot than Sissoko.Open Controls
Tiote and Anita?
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Had a dream last night that RVP got a blank this weekend, as did Suarez & Bale but Gerrard hit a hattrick!
Make of that what you will 🙂Open ControlsDown, Down, Down, Down, Downing!
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REPOST, lost on the last article
Just a note about this narrative that’s going on about Michu’s record against Arsenal – in that league game that he scored twice, you need to bear in mind that he had zero shots on goal in the first 90 minutes.
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Of all the teams Michu has scored 1 goal against in the first half of the season he has not scored in the reverse fixture. However in all the games he has scored 2 goals in he has scored 2 in the reverse match (QPR)
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On the upping:
Downing
On the Downing:
what? 😯Open Controls
repost:
really struggling with deciding on captain between rooney and bale…
lets vote!
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anyone care to break teh tie with some sound logic?Open Controls
Lost at end of last article.
Hi guys could do with some advice, having a real problem deciding. Currently leaning towards D to keep Cisse and get RVP in.
A) Go without RVP save a transfer but and have a benching dilemma for this GW
B) Cisse & Sturridge > RVP & Anichebe for -4
C) Sturridge > Anichebe
D) Coutinho & Sturridge > RVP & Guthrie for -4
Front 8 is:
Bale | Walcott | Michu | Sissoko | Coutinho
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So! Who has to go for RVP?
Beg Bunn
Evra Johnson Davies Hatre Clyne
Michu Bale Mata Walcott Guthrie
Suarez Sturridge Lambo
£5.2 and 1ft!
Dawson, Remy are my prime 2nd transfers.Open Controls
possibly significant stat regarding evans' starting prospects tomorrow. ferdinand has started 1 of the last 5 home games, and that was the liverpool game which evans was injured for
Open ControlsEvans above rio? well I neville!
Open Controlsgambling on evans over rafael as i think he's more likely to start both reading and sunderland.
the hope is:
rafael - vidic - evans - evra v reading
smalling - jones - evans - buttner v sunderland
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Whats the defender flavour of the week? Looking to get Onuoha out and got 2.9 to spend
Current backline looks like this: Harte GJ Davies Clyne Onuoha
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Was that Downing's first price rise in the last 2 seasons? Quite feat impressive if it was.
Open Controlsfirst since his villa days at least. don't think his clean sheet points got the pulses racing last season 😉
Open ControlsActually owned him for about 3 weeks last season. Then ditched the week before his only attacking returns of the season (2 assists and 2 BPs vs. QPR IIRC).
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knows yoda much
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Bale or Suarez captain
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Trade done 🙂
Flair or Fail ?
Only time will tell . . .Open ControlsFlair, been tempted to do Cisse > Ba too but concerned he may miss sot to face Utd
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I just saw the Europe League and CL draw, Newcastle are a touch unlucky to get Benfica, arguably the strongest looking non-English side left. It's great to see all 3 clubs avoid each other though, easy to see an English team winning it now.
Interesting CL draw too...looks like Dortmund are favourites against Malaga...
Real, Barca, Dortmund and Juventus for the semis!Open Controls
This is a tough one guys would appreciate some feedback please
Who to bench??
Walcott - Michu - Mata - Bale - Sissoko
Van Persie - Remy - SturridgeOpen Controls
A) de Gea (REA) in for Mignolet (NOR)
B) Wilson (WBA) in for Cameron (WBA)
Your thoughts would be truly appreciated! 🙂Open ControlsMust be nice to think about punts at this stage....
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Anybody still after a doubles partner?
http://uefacouncil.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/doubles-competition-update/Open Controls
Hey guys, was thinking of Downgrading Michu to townsend & upgrading Sturr to Suarez, what do u think ? (Any other alternatives in mid cheapos?)
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