The draw for the first round of the 2019/20 FFS Cup

FFS Cup December 17

Fantasy Football Scout Cup VIII – Fifth Round Draw

We’ve reached the Fifth Round of the Fantasy Football Scout Cup, sponsored by Paddy Power, this weekend, and are on the lookout for a new face to lift the silverware after our two remaining previous winners, Goonerdave and sleepingmaster, were both eliminated:

Pryston North End FC and Albany City were the respective victors and will now take on Team Hayemaker and ec3dm over Gameweek 17. We’re also keeping an eye on Hillbillypete – having knocked out current champion Wild Rover, he continue to remain in with a shout of the silverware and is up against site regular The Sarjeant in the Fifth Round.

Our site moderator, Applebonkers, is also in the hat and is something of an underdog for the weekend, with his opponent BJ sitting just inside the top 5,000. Tony Hibbert’s Love Child is the top-ranked manager in this week’s draw – sitting in 570th overall, he now squares up to Nepalock.

Looking at some of the site regulars, Malcolm Tucker for England manager is up against 11 Men in Flight, Tommy Tynan’s Left Shin Pad will pit his wits against TOMDN, while 2ndMan is up against mickey30101985 for a place in the last 32.

As always, we name-check the highest scoring manager from the previous round. Both Michu at De Gea Bar and Andy Paps achieved this accolade, with 97 points apiece, and will now go head-to-head with Son of Rambo and dino_dem next time around.

The lowest-scoring team to advance to the Fifth Round belongs to Mr T. He’ll be hoping to improve upon a score of 63 points as he prepares to do battle with heco87.

If you want a full update on how the ties played out in the previous round, click here. Otherwise, click here for the Fifth Round details.

Once again, good luck to those still in with a shout.

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Blue Lion
10 years, 4 months ago
Will Kolarov be nailed on if Zab is injured?
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1. Caine & Co.
  10 years, 4 months ago
  opposite flank. dont know whos playing if not richards
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2. Piggs Boson
  10 years, 4 months ago
  It could be Boyata, Clichy or Milner that fills in there. So not necessarily...
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  1. QPR expects... glory!
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Would be perfect if it's Clichy to RB. I'm already eyeing up transfers to get Kolarov in for the GW19 Palace home game 🙂
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3. Blue Lion
  10 years, 4 months ago
  So other than Zab and Kompany who is the most nailed on in the city defence?
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  1. It’s A Joke
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Nasty when fit.
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4. Get up ya bum
  10 years, 4 months ago
  nope clichy is his competition. Could be worth a punt with wc soon
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Blue Lion
10 years, 4 months ago
I just realised that my Selling value is 105.2!!..shocking.. I am not going to ask yours, but i could do it a little differently. Whats your selling value excluding the three most common and nailed on players of your team..That is Ramsey,Lukaku and Suarez. If you are a non Ramsey owner just exclude Lukaku and Suarez.

I own Ramsey and i have a selling value of 77.5 excluding him. Including him i would have a selling value of 85.

Just wanted to know the actual WC potential of everybody.
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1. Billy Gilmore
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Yeah a selling value of 105.2 is terrible... 🙄
  
  My TV is only 105.3.
  
  74.7 excluding those 3
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  1. Blue Lion
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Thats not bad at all Berb...you are just about there.
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2. It’s A Joke
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Man, that sound slike an effort.
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3. Get up ya bum
  10 years, 4 months ago
  76.9 excluding them. 104.0 all up
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4. QPR expects... glory!
  10 years, 4 months ago
  TV 109.2
  SV 105.5
  Excluding Ramsey, Suarez and Coleman it's an SV of 80.8
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5. Lord Flashheart
  10 years, 4 months ago
  TV 108.4 (never owned Coleman or mignolet so pretty happy with this value)
  SV 105.1
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6. TorresMagic™
  10 years, 4 months ago
  103.3
  
  75.8
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Lord Flashheart
10 years, 4 months ago
Ramsey to Miralas worth it?
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1. It’s A Joke
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Why get rid of Ramsey? He's still getting points. I don't get it. People wanna get Walcott in for Ramsey when Walcott's more money and has played less and hasn't done as well. You could apply the same in some areas to Mirallas.
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  1. Get up ya bum
    10 years, 4 months ago
    It's about what they are gonna do not what they've done. I don't plan to sell Ramsay yet personally but it shouldn't be ruled out
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    1. It’s A Joke
      10 years, 4 months ago
      I get this game is somewhat about prediction (well, quite a lot about predicton) but I think it's a risk ditching someone who has been consistent and cheaper for someone who hasn't but could be, but that's teh game I guess.
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      1. Get up ya bum
        10 years, 4 months ago
        true. High ownership makes it a big risk.
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  2. Lord Flashheart
    10 years, 4 months ago
    I have walcot already for three weeks. Going forward he will get more points than Ramsey I believe.
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    1. QPR expects... glory!
      10 years, 4 months ago
      I'd agree but the positions Ramsey is still getting into suggests he is well worth keeping. That gravy train ain't stopping!
      
      I was always going to get Walcott this week (for Nasri) but with Aguero injured I managed to retain Nasri and upgrade to Theo from Amalfitano.
      
      I paid pts for Walcott but payback should be swift as his schedule is as enticing as brandy butter on Xmas pudding 🙂
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      1. Lord Flashheart
        10 years, 4 months ago
        Yes, you could do much worse than spending -4 on Amal to wallcot - very good move.
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2. Let's Talk about Cesc …
  10 years, 4 months ago
  no way
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3. Red Viper
  10 years, 4 months ago
  no
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4. Lord Flashheart
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Ok cheers guys will hold off for another week
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5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Just no
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Red Viper
10 years, 4 months ago
Kolar-luv, not again 😕
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1. Billy Gilmore
  10 years, 4 months ago
  It's always there, bubbling away under the surface. 🙂
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  1. Red Viper
    10 years, 4 months ago
    but it has always ended badly for me, its over for me now, no turning back 😡
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Make United Great Again
10 years, 4 months ago
Negredo for a 0.3 rise this week is seems
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1. Make United Great Again
  10 years, 4 months ago
  It*
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2. Red Viper
  10 years, 4 months ago
  roonpig too
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  1. Make United Great Again
    10 years, 4 months ago
    You got both?
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    1. Red Viper
      10 years, 4 months ago
      naah, had SAR, now SRL
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      1. Make United Great Again
        10 years, 4 months ago
        I see, I went SRN.
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3. QPR expects... glory!
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Yes, Rooney too. He's already gone up twice. Negredo goes up for the second time tonight and it's only Wednesday.
  
  Aguero has already dropped once and he'll drop again tonight. He looks likely to drop 3 times in one GW. Is that a first? I can't remember anyone being gotten rid of at such a rate of knots!
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  1. Make United Great Again
    10 years, 4 months ago
    It probably has happened before! Great news for Jan Wil card hopefully he'll drop a good 0.8...maybe even a whole million 😉
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    1. Make United Great Again
      10 years, 4 months ago
      But news this morning suggests he'll be out for 2 months :/
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      1. QPR expects... glory!
        10 years, 4 months ago
        If that happens we'll all need to leave a pile of cash in the bank following our WC's for his return 🙁
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        Make United Great Again
        10 years, 4 months ago
        Indeed 🙁
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        Pasqualinho
        10 years, 4 months ago
        You won't need a pile of cash in the bank - just Rooney.
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        Blue Lion
        10 years, 4 months ago
        This ..fool proof way to avoid the temptation to spend the extra cash.
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  2. Pasqualinho
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Has happened more times than you'd think. Lukaku, for example, earlier in the season.
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Lord Flashheart
10 years, 4 months ago
Rate my team too gone bonkers - it predicts 8.42 points for Suarez this week.... Never ever even in rvp's peak form, have I seen a player over 7, and Suarez is now at 8.5.

Anyone who wants to make huge strides forward this week should captain Rooney and pray extremely hard...
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1. Lord Flashheart
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Too=tool
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2. The Finnisher
  10 years, 4 months ago
  RVP's peak form wasn't even close to Suarez's current form.
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3. Mark
  10 years, 4 months ago
  The Professor did a major update over the weekend which we rolled out last night. He too has never seen such numbers from a player, not even from RvP in his pomp. There's no error though, based on Fantasy and market data, this is what the model is projecting at his current rates.
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  1. Lord Flashheart
    10 years, 4 months ago
    I know there is no error - a player averaging more than 10 ppg and playing Cardiff at home is very likely to even exceed this score - it's just a testimony to the amazing heights of form Suarez is in - right now he is the most in form striker in the world and there seems to be no stopping him.
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    1. Lord Flashheart
      10 years, 4 months ago
      The only comparables were messi and Ronaldo in la liga in the last two years.
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    2. Get up ya bum
      10 years, 4 months ago
      Yeah he really is pulling in Messi/Ronaldo amounts of goals and assists
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  2. QPR expects... glory!
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Not that hard to believe when you consider he's averaging 12.4 pts per game for the season. Aguero is next best overall at a mere 7.8 ppg!!
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  3. Deadeye367
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Mark, is there any way to get any of the earlier GW RMT data? I've been doing some stats analysis of it each week but missed a couple.
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4. Nabs Kebabs
  10 years, 4 months ago
  well hes averaging over 12 ppg and has CAR so its not really the tool thats gone bonkers. its him
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  1. Lord Flashheart
    10 years, 4 months ago
    I'm aware the tool is fine - I was expressing respect to the unbelievable form.
    
    Btw, parm posted on Sunday the best stat of the year - Liverpool have more goals from open play in the white heart lane this year than Tottenham 🙂
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    1. Jinswick
      10 years, 4 months ago
      I don't think that's right is it? Or were some of Siggy's goals freekicks?
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      1. Lord Flashheart
        10 years, 4 months ago
        It's right 🙂
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BigManBakar
10 years, 4 months ago
Would you rather have Man City attacking cover in Silva or a more 'explosive' option in Walcott?
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1. Make United Great Again
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Walcott
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2. marco_atk85
  10 years, 4 months ago
  I believe that Silva can deliver constantly 5 pts each GW. Very slight chance for 10 points but also very slight chance for 2 points. On the other hand Walcott can deliver 15 points next week and then 2 points for 4 consecutive weeks. (Look at the season start) Hence I vote up for consistency: Silva
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3. QPR expects... glory!
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Walcott
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4. EmreCan Hustle
  10 years, 4 months ago
  walcott
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BigManBakar
10 years, 4 months ago
Man City fear that Zaba will be out till the middle of January

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2013/12/18/4487474/manchester-city-fear-the-worst-after-sending-zabaleta-for
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1. QPR expects... glory!
  10 years, 4 months ago
  If Citeh knew what cleanies were we'd all be piling on once we knew which one from Clichy, Boyata and Nastasic would play RB whilst Richards is out
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  1. Messi & fabregas
    10 years, 4 months ago
    milner it says
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white lightning
10 years, 4 months ago
Thoughts on this -8 move. Will have 1.6 left after these moves. Seems like the gw for hits.

Aguero out, Welbeck in
Cabaye out, Y. Toure in
Terry out, Coleman in

Mignolet
Jagielka, Coleman, Clyne
Ozil, Ramsey, Hazard, Y. Toure
Suarez (c), Remy, Welbeck

Boruc, Oviedo, Mert, Burner

Thanks in advance
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1. zotter
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Dont fancy Welbeck personally.... go Lukaku, Theo and keep Terry if you can?
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2. Paully Walnuts
  10 years, 4 months ago
  2 good transfers, 1 awful one. Welbeck not a good pick at all despite the Villa game.
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Jam0sh
10 years, 4 months ago
Terry to Rafael?
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1. Get up ya bum
  10 years, 4 months ago
  I like it
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2. Lord Flashheart
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Is rafael nailed on?
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  1. Moin
    10 years, 4 months ago
    as nailed on as one can get
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3. Moin
  10 years, 4 months ago
  I did this yesterday..so yeah!
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DonTheSpecialOne
10 years, 4 months ago
Who's got no City players for this week?
My team;
GK: Cardiff
Def: ARS, cry, eve, eve
Mid: WBA, ARS, che
Att: MUN, LIV, eve
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1. Dogba
  10 years, 4 months ago
  I'd wager quite a few are going without City cover this GW.
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  1. DonTheSpecialOne
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Fulham away. Doesn't feel good. 😐
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    1. Dogba
      10 years, 4 months ago
      Away being the operative word. Either way look at how spread their points have been in the big-scoring games! Only Aguero has really been hogging the points.
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      1. DonTheSpecialOne
        10 years, 4 months ago
        Fair point. Negredo.. Wish I had room for an extra attacker!
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2. LewanGOALski
  10 years, 4 months ago
  None for me now.
  
  Though I still may go for Sess > Silva for a hit. Haven't decided yet...
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  1. DonTheSpecialOne
    10 years, 4 months ago
    I'm playing Sess!
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    1. Dogba
      10 years, 4 months ago
      Good man, at this point I'd seriously take an assist... worst buy ever.
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      1. DonTheSpecialOne
        10 years, 4 months ago
        Been an absolute nightmare!!
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3. NABIL - FPL otai
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Only their 'keeper, and tbh it feels like having none.
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  1. DonTheSpecialOne
    10 years, 4 months ago
    haha
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4. big oak
  10 years, 4 months ago
  i havnt had one for a while now
  had silva at the start of the season and then nastasic for like 3 weeks and in both cases it ended in tears
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  1. DonTheSpecialOne
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Last time I had Silva, he delivered! And then got injured.
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Jinswick
10 years, 4 months ago
Having already brought Rooney in this week, I just checked the RMT tool, which suggests I should only captain him once in the next 22 weeks 😯
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1. TorresMagic™
  10 years, 4 months ago
  There's only 1 captain option atm.
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2. QPR expects... glory!
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Yeah, but the tool says to Captain Suarez in the other 21 🙂
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3. Jinswick
  10 years, 4 months ago
  The breakdown being:
  
  Suarez x 13
  Lukaku x 8
  Rooney x 1
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4. Lord Flashheart
  10 years, 4 months ago
  The RMT tool is Everton biased.... Not sure why, but Baines lukaku etc. score extremely high - which means lukaku "steals" a few captain spots from Rooney.
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  1. Jinswick
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Probably guarantee of starts I guess
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5. Moin
  10 years, 4 months ago
  If you have Suarez stop thinking about captain choices
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big oak
10 years, 4 months ago
the old ghosts are coming back to hunt me this week (kolarov, ireland)
i aint making the same mistake again and again
no transfers this week
that's it!!!!!
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zotter
10 years, 4 months ago
Any news about Zabaleta? the FF site seems to be a tad optimistic rating him at 75%!!

If he is out, who do you think will play RB over Xmas? Does it open the door for Kolarov at all if Clichy goes RB?
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1. big oak
  10 years, 4 months ago
  according to the guardian:
  "the downside for Pellegrini was the sight of Pablo Zabaleta leaving the pitch with a suspected pulled hamstring in the early moments. With Micah Richards already sidelined with the same problem, City will go into the festive programme without an orthodox right-back"
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2. thetinkerman
  10 years, 4 months ago
  I am resigned to selling him for a hit to allow Brady > Wally.
  
  I reckon Boyata at RB makes sense but who knows? Zab > Lolarov would be tasty
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  1. zotter
    10 years, 4 months ago
    i have Zab and Kos at the moment, both unlikely to play.....
    
    take a hit? or go with Chester, Coleman, GJ
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    1. big oak
      10 years, 4 months ago
      the trio seems good enough for this week
      but the prices might hurt you
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      1. zotter
        10 years, 4 months ago
        Ill wait till Friday regardless on team news...
        
        I have Arnaotovic as well who is OK for this week, but will need to move on after this GW i think!
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Caesar Salahd
10 years, 4 months ago
Awesome, did Walker > Zab couple days ago and Aguero > Rooney. Hopefully Zab will be ok and I dont need a -4
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1. thetinkerman
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Ouch.
  
  Early transfers are never a good idea with midweek games... FPL #101 and all that...
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  1. Kevin Twine
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Says the man who's already done an early transfer this week 😉
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  2. Caesar Salahd
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Yeah, that was a stupid thing to do. Hopefully Rooney will be rested
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Proggy
10 years, 4 months ago
Guys, what to do with my team?

A: Aguero ----> Rooney (free)
B: Aguero ---> Negredo, Lallana ---> Hazard ( -4pt)
C: Aguero ---> Lukaku, Lallana ---> Hazard ( -4pt)
D: Aguero ---> Lukaku, Shelvey ---> Hazard (-4pt)
E: Aguero ---> Lukaku, Barkley ---> Walcott ( -4pt)

Thanks! 🙂
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1. Nabs Kebabs
  10 years, 4 months ago
  E
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2. NABIL - FPL otai
  10 years, 4 months ago
  I did A, but E looks nice.
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  1. hibster
    10 years, 4 months ago
    do part of e & save barkley to walcott for next week
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3. _nod
  10 years, 4 months ago
  E
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4. danishdynamite
  10 years, 4 months ago
  I did E
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QPR expects... glory!
10 years, 4 months ago
My midfield is now Hazard, Walcott, Nasri, Ramsey and Redmond 🙂

The latter is never going to get picked so am looking to downgrade in GW19 to generate some cash for defence. Options are slim as kind of hard to downgrade from a 4.6!

Is Pozuela nailed on enough to consider in case of rotation? Kind of like the look of Meyler too but will Hull continue with that formation?
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1. big oak
  10 years, 4 months ago
  u will need ur 5th mid with games on the 21st-22nd-23rd 26th 28th 29th and 1st
  especially teams playing on the 26th and 28th
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2. Nabs Kebabs
  10 years, 4 months ago
  waste of a transfer imo
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big oak
10 years, 4 months ago
any snow storm hitting the UK in the next 10 days?
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1. Hank Scorpio
  10 years, 4 months ago
  I've not seen anything forecast, definitely no threat to any games at the moment.
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fijuhmon
10 years, 4 months ago
Ramsey -> Silva/Walcott for a hit? Already have Özil.
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1. Dogba
  10 years, 4 months ago
  What? No.
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2. Hank Scorpio
  10 years, 4 months ago
  No way for a hit, that's crazy.
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Hank Scorpio
10 years, 4 months ago
Doubts and mild regret over my Aguero ---> Berbatov move are starting to sink in.

I just hope Dzeko can steal some game time from Negredo over the next month.
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1. zotter
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Silly move IMO
  
  but re the latter, yes i think he will, starting with Saturday, then Negredo v Pool, who knows v Palace (maybe Jovetic involved too)
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  1. Hank Scorpio
    10 years, 4 months ago
    I wanted the extra cash to upgrade in midfield.
    
    He's only a punt until the Jan WC, fixtures are ok.
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    1. zotter
      10 years, 4 months ago
      fair point
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      1. Hank Scorpio
        10 years, 4 months ago
        I accept the risk that it is likely to go either very wrong, or very right!
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2. Moin
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Dzeko will i guess..and their was this one more striker they have..don't know why he isn't playing..
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3. _nod
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Brave move!
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Moin
10 years, 4 months ago
Gonna start Coleman, Rafael, Gabbidon and Chester this GW and play a 4-3-3..crazy?
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1. TorresMagic™
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Lunatic.
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  1. Moin
    10 years, 4 months ago
    haha thought so..benching Whittingham and Kasami (don't thinking either will get more than 1 or 2 points) or should I play whitt instead of someone?
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    1. TorresMagic™
      10 years, 4 months ago
      Only said that due to no one here knowing your team.
      Makes sense with those 2.
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      1. Moin
        10 years, 4 months ago
        yeah thanks!
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2. Hank Scorpio
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Not crazy, depends on the rest of your squad.
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  1. Moin
    10 years, 4 months ago
    whitt, kasami and mert in the bench so thats why I thought of them as the best option
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    1. Hank Scorpio
      10 years, 4 months ago
      Seems an ok decision then - although I would still consider Mert.
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      1. Moin
        10 years, 4 months ago
        don't think their is gonna be a CS specially after Mourinho loosing to Sunderland in the Cup
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        Hank Scorpio
        10 years, 4 months ago
        Fair enough, not much in it anyway, so I think your selection is probably just about right then.
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        Moin
        10 years, 4 months ago
        Thanks!
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3. Les Bleus
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Who are your 3 mid? I'm guessing Ramsey and...
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  1. Moin
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Haz, Silva and Wally
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    1. Les Bleus
      10 years, 4 months ago
      That's a good mid IMO. No Ramsey though?
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      1. Moin
        10 years, 4 months ago
        nope! never had him..Don't intend to have him
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4. HuttonDressedasLahm
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Arsenal should easily get a CS against a team who managed 1og v Sunderland!
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  1. Jax
    10 years, 4 months ago
    doubt it. chelsea can score against anyone. they have been very inconsistent at stages this season.
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  2. Moin
    10 years, 4 months ago
    seriously doubt that..so gonna take that much risk
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gsmiggle
10 years, 4 months ago
My team is:

Begovic (Myhill)
Mertesacker, Coleman, Dawson (Turner, Clyne)
Toure, Hazard, Ramsey, Morrison (JWP)
Suarez (c), Rooney, Lukaku

With 2.5 mill in the bank, what transfers should I make?

Cheers
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1. TorresMagic™
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Any FTs?
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  1. gsmiggle
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Got 1 FT
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    1. TorresMagic™
      10 years, 4 months ago
      Unless you are going to upgrade a mid, I'd save.
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    2. boogle
      10 years, 4 months ago
      Morrison > Mirallas?
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Jinswick
10 years, 4 months ago
Good to go?

Panty
Evra, Ward, Terry
Hazard, Mirallas, Nasri, Ramsey
Suarez(c), Rooney(v), Lukaku

Davis, Ravel, Clyne, MOlsson
Bank 1.8m, 0 freebies
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1. TorresMagic™
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Looks good.
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2. Moin
  10 years, 4 months ago
  bench Terry (not gonna get a CS)...rest looks good!
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Messi & fabregas
10 years, 4 months ago
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2013/12/18/4487474/manchester-city-fear-the-worst-after-sending-zabaleta-for

milner at right back, and it makes sense to me
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1. HuttonDressedasLahm
  10 years, 4 months ago
  See below, I just said the same thing
  
  Good way of keeping Milner in the team too
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Hank Scorpio
10 years, 4 months ago
Chances of Lampard starting vs Arsenal?

120 mins last night, but rested on the previous weekend and the match isn't until Monday....
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1. Messi & fabregas
  10 years, 4 months ago
  he will start unitl monday night plenty of time
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  1. Hank Scorpio
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Fingers crossed.
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zotter
10 years, 4 months ago
Team for weekend:

Already done Aguero > Rooney, any more worth a hit?

£1.2 in bank

De Gea (4.0)
Coleman, GJ, Chester (Zab, Kos)
Haz, Silva, Ramsey, Arnautovic (Redmond)
Rooney, Lukaku, Suarez
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1. Hank Scorpio
  10 years, 4 months ago
  No hit, looks fine.
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2. Moin
  10 years, 4 months ago
  looks all set
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3. Les Bleus
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Looks fine for this week. I'd look to downgrade a defender and upgrade Arnautovic in the near future
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  1. Hank Scorpio
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Good call. Zab out next week, then upgrade Arnie the week after.
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    1. zotter
      10 years, 4 months ago
      yep, thinking of Zab / Arnie to Baker / Oscar ?
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      1. Hank Scorpio
        10 years, 4 months ago
        Would go for Wally personally over Oscar.
        
        Also, be careful with Baker - Vlaar is due back soon and could take his spot, he was shaky vs United. Consider Burner at Cardiff, or a Palace dude.
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    2. Les Bleus
      10 years, 4 months ago
      Sounds good to me!
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HuttonDressedasLahm
10 years, 4 months ago
I think people are missing the point about Zabaleta's injury

1. City aren't really doing cleanies, and I'm sure will do less so without him
2. Zaba is one if the keys to the City attack, without him AND Aguero I can see a slow down for sure
3. All this Kolarov talk is silly. He is a rubbish defender who had only played due to an injury to Clichy,
4. The only person who could realistically play "a bit like Zaba" is Richards (injured) or Milner, who would be -oop
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1. Moin
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Milner looks like the one who would play RB
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2. Messi & fabregas
  10 years, 4 months ago
  well said
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3. OShaughnessy
  10 years, 4 months ago
  1. MCI is the top defensive side this year when we look at their opponents ability to produce shots on goal.
  - Opponents have averaged a league low 9.9spg against City
  -To put this into context, defensive darlings Everton, have given up almost 2 more shots per game thus far
  
  2. Zabaleta isn't a 'key' to City's attack. He is actually relatively small part of what City do offensively even when compared to his defensive counterparts.
  - Zabaleta has 'only' managed 65 touches in the Final 3rd vs. Clichy's 73 & Kolarov's 88; each of who have logged far fewer minutes
  
  3. Kolarov has managed to produce 7 chances & execute 20 crosses; far more than Zabaleta's 5 chances created & 7 crosses.
  
  4. Hey, at least you wrote something we can actually agree on.
  
  Do a lil research next time & don't let the "eye ball test" fool you sir...
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DonTheSpecialOne
10 years, 4 months ago
Does Shelvey -> Fer for a hit make sense?

Do I;
1) Keep cool, bench Shelvey, play Ward and Mert in defense, no hits. (433)
2) Take a hit, bench one of Ward or Mert and play 343.

At 2 atm.
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1. Moin
  10 years, 4 months ago
  not worth a hit
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2. Hank Scorpio
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Is Shelvey suspended this GW?
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  1. Hank Scorpio
    10 years, 4 months ago
    If not, why bench him?
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  2. DonTheSpecialOne
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Nope, just crap. Terrible fixtures + I've got Coleman and Distin, so I won't play him anyhow.
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3. Red Viper
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Fer for a hit is madness
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  1. DonTheSpecialOne
    10 years, 4 months ago
    Good. I meant I'm leaning towards 1, not 2.
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Proggy
10 years, 4 months ago
Hey guys.

On my recent post, I asked which transfers I should make. People were telling me to go E (Aguero to Lukaku and Barkley to Walcott) (-4pt)

Nevertheless, I've decided to go with option C. Which is, Aguero ---> Lukaku and Lallana ---> Hazard. (-4pt)

I know I'll be bringing Hazard in, but who do I sell to get him in? Shelvey or Lallana? Right now, it looks like I'll have to sell Lallana. Shelvey has better stats and has played less minutes, Shelvey's more of a differential, and Lallana was on form at the start of the season, but Shelvey is on form now.

Thoughts?
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1. danishdynamite
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Neither Shelvey nor Lallana have especially good fxtures in the next 6
  
  If you need cash in a week or two's time, I'd sell the more expensive of the two.
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2. JoJoRed
  10 years, 4 months ago
  Are you keeping the other one (Shelvey or Lallana) to end of season or Jan wildcard.
  I'd hold on to Lallana (Did you buy him cheap?)
  Shelvey will play more withdrawn role with Michu and Pozuela there.
  Lallana is different class. Saints to play themselves back into form after a run of difficult fixtures.
  Maybe get rid of both in Jan wild card though
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  1. Proggy
    10 years, 4 months ago
    I'll probably be selling Shelvey in the Jan wildcard, and I bought Lallana when he was at 7.0. He just seems to be playing badly lately, FPL wise. And I feel it's safer to get rid of Lallana over Shelvey at the moment, as Shelvey is cheaper and performing better.
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Dopey44
10 years, 4 months ago
Already done Aguero to Lukaku with my free transfer, but would be great to get some opinions on the final spot:

A - Play Clyne (poss inj)
B - Play JWP
C - Play Rav Morrison
D - Take -8 hit, Terry + Rav ------> Walcott + Distin
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