Our first members article of the week delves into the data from the previous round of fixtures. We cast an eye over the displays of Liverpool, as well as Arsenal, Leicester and Southampton’s new strikers and also analyse a number of favourably priced midfielders from Spurs, Everton and Burnley over the season so far.
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Wildcard activated, do any of these moves look good?
A) Baines, Eriksen, Welbeck OUT / Pieters (if fit), Ramsey, Pelle IN
B) Baines, Eriksen, Welbeck OUT / PVA, ADM, Pelle IN
C) Baines, Eriksen, Welbeck OUT / Pieters (if fit), Chadli, Rooney IN
D) Eriksen, Welbeck OUT / Mirallas, Pelle IN
E) Krul OUT / Mannone IN
Today was a sobering reminder of how frustrating Welbeck can be. I'm also second-guessing my Baines pick, considering cheaper alternatives to Eriksen in the midfield, and looking for any excuse to dump Krul as Newcastle look like a dumpster fire at the moment. Any and all thoughts appreciated...-
Just get price risers. By the end of the week I'd keep Baines though.
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Of course, I'm talking about my final WC team.
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Post your pre WC team (if you can be bothered) I see people on here being far too eager to use their WC.
True about Welbeck being frustrating, but remember he's a lower-mid priced striker, playing for Arsenal. He will miss lots of chances, but he will get lots so a few will go. No need to compare him to Costa. I don't have Welbeck myself by the way, jus sayin'-
It was an impulsve, drunken decision. Was originally planning on playing it over the second international break...
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sorry lads just joined today any thoughts about falcao
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Morning DZ. I like trains.
1 FT 2.3m ITB
Bego
Debuchy Clyne Cahill Ferdinand Moore
Fabregas Ramsey Siggy Sterling Albrighton
Balotelli Rooney Naismith
1. Debuchy is a priority to go out. To whom?
PvA, Chambers, Duff comes to mind
2. Costa is obviously essential and I still don't have him.
Fan of Pelle so woud want to bring him in. Should I bring in one now for a hit?
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Kun is not a minefield. I say go for Chambers.
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1. Moreno. Good fixtures and attacking.
2. Balo->Costa asap. Take a hit here if necessary.
3. Agreed. Playing in the CL complicates matters even further.
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Number of weeks all the itchy trigger fingers had to wait for a Caulker haul?
5... 😎-
I think I have to let him go on the WC...
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On a WC, yeah probably...
I actually think I'll be keeping him until Jan WC now...
His fixtures dovetail nicely for me...-
Why do you want him to score this week, he'll ruin your Shawcross clean sheet!
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Activated. Enjoy your few days of tinkering!! Hope it brings glory to NZ after our sad friendly loss!
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Meh, it was just a friendly. Have to prepare for the real thing now... Cheers Walsh 😉
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Stil waiting for that bojan goal-
You'll be waiting a while 🙂
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Sweet vindication 😎
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Keep the faith, mate. 😆
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I will go off if he scores... 😀
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I'm not sure if you're being serious or not but I wouldn't be holding onto a 5 mil defender from QPR. Attacking returns are basically a crapshoot so I wouldn't bank on them either.
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*4.9 bargain mate!
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Don't ask about the subs
http://i.imgur.com/FiUVe5A.png-
Long, Bartley, Hamer and Boyd 😛
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Not even asked to pose for the squad photo...oh dear
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Looks good, but the subs kinda matter, and I'm guessing they're awful.
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They're abysmal
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dont u wish we could still captain bale ?
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Di Maria is the new Bale 😉
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Moreno Evans Taylor /Clyne Moore
right order for this week?
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baines will run a riot against crystal palace i promise
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or he could get a 1 pointer 😉
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naaah its about time he delivers properly, im taking terry out for him
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1 pointer incoming
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Zaha will be running rings round Baines i promise 🙂
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Risers: Ulloa Di Maria
Fallers: Ireland Barton Sessegnon Sinclair Willian Rossiter De Jong Maguire-
These updates are great, cheers A.R.!
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"Maria, Ma-ri-ahhhhhhh......."
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Excellent, the new players seem to rise faster
Welbeck last night ADM tonght-
Well worth waiting up for!!!!! Lol
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Get in, ADM.
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Damn. ADM again.
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The DM bandwagon must be stronger than I thought for him to rise again so soon.
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"Ulloa, Ul-lo-ahhhhhhh......."
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Ha ha!
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Thanks Ramessi.
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Thanks Mate. How about Pelle?
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How does this XI and subs look lads, should I be fitting Chambers into my defence if he's expected to start on Saturday? Have 1FT and 2.8m in the kitty but I don't *think* I need to do anything this week?
Bego
Duff Clyne Chambers
Eriksen Sterling Ramsey Siggy
Costa Rooney(c) Naismith
Bench - Chambers, Marney, Terry-
Chambers x 2?
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Don't get what you mean mate. You'd put Chambers in the XI? For who?
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You have Chambers in twice. Who is your fifth defender?
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Lol sorry. Lovren should be in my XI and Chambers on the bench
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team value check 202.1
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I hope I can make 101m on my WC like you!
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take it you have all the likely doublers in, dont forget next week too, the wildcard is a gift that keeps on giving
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Likely doublers in your eyes Trig?
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101.9
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102.1
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How's my team looking for this gameweek?
---------------------Krul------------------------
------ Bertrand -- Ivanovic -- PVA ------
-- Siggy-- Mata -- Mirallas -- Sterling--
---- Rooney -- Naismith -- Balotelli ----
Subs: Fabregas -- Clyne -- Dummet
I've decided to bench Fabregas over Naismith :s
The plan is Balo + Naismith + Mata > Costa + Pelle + Boyd next week
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r u mad benching fabregas ?
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Maybe 😆 Who would you bench then?
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super mario still not yet very convincing
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Play Fabregas. Quality players score against anyone. Bench Naismith who is nasty little cheapo that will run out of steam soon enough.
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Have to get AdM before he's 10.. he's gonna be a big one
Also, first time seeing Moreno play tonight and quite impressed... Not much CS's going with him getting so far forward and that clown Sakho behind-
Sakho and Lovren were woeful today.
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Why?
Did you see his stats v QPR?
No touches in the box
No shots
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This.
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I hope LVG may try the approach that give him more chances to score.
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I don't look at many stats really
I saw the QPR game and he looked bloody good and that was good enough
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Yes Moreno excellent
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United r still shaky for the love of god it was QPR, everyone relax too much knee jerking
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It was only Swans, Soonalan and Burnley as well you know.
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Both teams are much maligned at present. Yes, wait for the dust to settle...don't judge either too rashly. But the signs are promising for Utd...I'm hopeful this is the start of something good.
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We all went mad for Spurs after the qpr game as well so i definitely here you
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Start Zaha or Cahill this weekend lads?
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Zaha IMO.
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Cheers cap'n. What I'm on currently, just don't fancy him going up my double Everton defense 🙁
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Yeah that's annoying isn't it. I've got a similar situation myself in the Swans/Sot game.
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You gonna load up on those teams? Siggy + Naylor with Pelle + Clyne?
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And Forster 🙁
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I like it long term just gonna be a little troublesome for this GW. I can't see either side keeping clean in that affair.
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Neither can I. Hopefully McCarthy starts and I can play him to hedge my bets.
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Cahill. This won't be a repeat of the Everton match, will surely be a cagey affair. Yes I'm trying to convince myself
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I dunno what Chelsea are going to do tbh. All I know is they're f*****g up my season!
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I think I see you in the same boat as me! 😀
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Glad I'm not alone 😀
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Cheers Ruudy. Would surely make my team look a little tidier not having an attacker going up against my defense. Thanks for the input 🙂
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No worriwes ha. FWIW, I don't know what I'm saying...beery blur...bedtime 🙂
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Cahill - Zaha is so mercurial, 1 pointer a big possibility...
and this will be a tight game, don't be surprised if Chelsea keep a clean slate out of nowhere 🙂-
Fair....more food for thought, thanks AR.
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Zaha, Cahill at City is not a good fixture, no matter how big the bus
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Right, my defense needs sorting and I'm prepared to take a hit to do so for the long term. Got 1 point from 3 defenders.
Colocinni -> Baines
Chester -> Moreno
look good?-
I prefer Clyne/Bertrand over Moreno.
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Both are good picks.
Who else do you have in your DF ?-
Clyne PVA Taylor
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Which 3 would you play?
Clyne (swa)
Moreno (whm)
Ivanovic (mci)
Naylor (SOU)
Moore (MUN)
Forster from SOT is my GK.-
The middle 3
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+1
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Moreno, Ivan definitely then toss a coin between Clyne and Naylor.
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Cheers for the ourmatch.net suggestion. Class.
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Yeah it's a pretty amazing site. Usually they have two highlights one extended one of just goals, depending on the match. They also put the highlights up really quickly after a given match is over. The main problem is that they are all over the map with what language they are on, but that's the only complaint. No problem 🙂
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*marks site with book*
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Moreno, Ivanovic and Naylor
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Moreno Ivan Naylor
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Thanks very much. It's really between Naylor vs Clyne.
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Moreno Iva Naylor
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Decisions, decisions.....
Would you play Rakitskiy (Shakhtar) against Athletic or just take the 3 pts out of Mbemba? Never thought I'd be asking this....LOL!-
don't bother - athletic are rampant...
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Yeah, I was thinking same thing....especially on the road.
Thanks!
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Worth doing siggy to Adm?
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I don't think so. Apart from Chadli, Siggy seems the best 6ish MF to keep.
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This +1
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No
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no - siggy is immense, don't let one blank v the best team in the league change your thinking 🙂
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No. That makes very little sense.
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No. Absolutely one of the best value players so far. Loose someone else
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My midfield's pretty solid; it's gonna be between Fab, Rambo, Sterling or Sigg (schniderlin dosent leave me with enough money...) it might have to be Rambo!
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Krul
Ivanovic | Clyne | Caulker
Fabregas | Di Maria | Sterling | Sigurdsson | Henderson
Rooney | Costa
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Elliot | Ward | Moore | Wood
Priorities to ship out? Thinking Caulker, Krul, and probably Henderson.-
how about Henderson ---> Chadli
Krul and Caulker have decent fixtures this week 🙂-
Problem is, I already made a transfer. Chadli's fixtures aren't great after this week either. Just have to hope for the best with Henderson unfortunately.
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I see - well then no need to take a hit 🙂
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Given that it tends to be the highest scoring part of the game, Wood needs to be booted asap. I won't ask why you even have him in the first place.
Take a hit and do:
ADM -> Chadli (Ramsay would be better but you have spent your money on Henderson, Caulker and Ivan sadly.)
Wood->Pelle.-
+1 for Wood
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Same as having a 4.5 midfielder. I will literally never need him.
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Yes but you are missing out on an extra heavy hitter upfront and will ultimately cost you points.
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When do price changes happen?
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Happened about 25 minutes ago (2.45)
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About 2:40am every day.
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Usually between 2.45am to 2.55am
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Thanks y'all
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Great to see the Berb back in the CL where he belongs and of course doing the business as only the Berb can.
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Look up his unreal trap on youtube!
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From today?
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No a while back
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Oh yeah. An oldie but still a goodie no doubt. 😀
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Doos, you still about?
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Evening. Finishing up entry of all the teams for the Champions League Picks Challenge spreadsheet. Have not logged the points from today's matches but here are the picks.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wdBCsUAU2Gq1T7WnCdF9epGh2aJWaFdrklhSjrMcxWo/edit?usp=docslist_api
Bayern Chelsea Real and Barca are not surprisingly the favorites, but the action will really be with the teams with a wide distribution of points like Monaco, Leverkusen, Roma, and Zenit. Actually, Group C is the wildest of all of them as far as our picks go.
As for us, Dusan Citizen, Baby Tigrrrr, and Chicrah are the most original with at least six clubs outside the norm, considered here as at least 5 points either higher (green) or lower (red) than the mean. -
Giving Sterling two more games then hrs gone, never really wanted him, only got him to cover moves from others
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Moreno aside we have the same regrets it seems.
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He'll be essential bar injury all season i suspect Trigger!
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I can swap him for an Arsenal mid in a few weeks
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What if he continues banging in goals ... Liverpool looked toothless without him last GW, i expect BR will not make that mistake again. Having said that, not having Ramsey or Sanchez when Arsenal's fixtures tidy up could be devastating!
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Continues? im only seeing him running round like a headless chicken
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My thoughts exactly! Ramsey back in or Wally. Sturidge seems to be the key piece for liv.
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I think you are correcy, Sterling with Sturridge on the pitch is much better than Sterling without
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Totally agree
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Relax relax
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TBF he is buzzing around like a bee and stinging like a butterfly ATM.
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Still the 8th highest scoring mid, had a rest last weekend and Pool's fixtures are looking sexy. With Sturridge out he'll be taking more shots himself ...
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He does that some games and then looks like a genius next game. Deserves some time in fantasy imo. Sturridge out hurting him it seems, can't deny that
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ADM rises again..... 🙁
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When can we expect Walcott back? And when should we start adding him?
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after the next international break imo...
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Probably won't feature for another 2-3 GWs and will be used sparingly off the bench for a few GWs i expect. This could coincide with Arsenals improved fixtures so could be worth looking again around GW 8-10.
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Can't come soon enough god I miss him
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What defensive move should I make, folks?
Back line is: Krul, Ivan, PVA, Clyne, Taylor, Dummet (1.1 ITB)
A) Dummet - Jag, Kaboul, Duff, Trippier, someone else
B) PVA - Dier, someone else
C) Krul - DDG, someone else
C) Save the FT
Cheers ...-
A)Duff
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just take out dummet for someone else since he is not nailed
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Cheers all
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Is Rafael pretty secure right now at RB? I know he was running around like a maniac but I wouldn't mind gambling on some attacking returns.
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Yeah but like all our other defenders bar Blackett and Rojo there are always fitness concerns.
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I'm thinking shirt term so he is tempting.
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He does have a nice shirt
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D'oh!
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Sorry ... terrible DeadZone Dad joke ... forgive me TM
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Fair enough.
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Will be interesting to see how they fare against some real opposition. Next few weeks will tell tales about this backline you've fallen in love with MRU 🙂
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Referring to United's back line or my uber back line? 😀
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Haha ... I'm sold on yours 🙂 I want to see United firm up at the back consistently before I'd consider a defender. The 4-man backline they rolled out last week looked a lot tighter, only after consistent CSs against more reasonable opposition would Rojo become an option. MHO of course
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Understandable. But it was Blind and our fit fullbacks that made all the difference at the weekend. We were relying on the likes of Cleverley, Young and Valencia in those positions prior.
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Thoughts on Di Maria vs Herrera for man utd midfield coverage?
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I haven't heard anyone talk about Herrera and was wondering why. He looked great and was involved with everything against QPR. I am still not sure why he didn't get an assist on the ADM goal,when he drew the foul?.
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The former
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Based on the limited amount of information we have to go on, I would expect Di Maria to outscore Herrera, though Herrera may be better value.
Di Maria is obviously class player but with a historically limited goal threat he is going to be heavily reliant on assists. This seems to be working ok for Fabregras but I prefer my premium midfielders with a bit more goal threat, giving more points options. Remember Ozil last year?
I'd also need to see how Man U looked against a team with a semi decent midfield before judging the new formation and players.
Personally I'm not ready to get either in and I'm not chasing the Di Maria value. I may change my mind later if necessary.
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Any Baines owners thinking of breaking the rule this week? I just can't see another option I want to captain
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Not Adebayor? Costa?
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I don't have adebayor, would captain him if I did.
Classic gamblers mistake in that I'm chasing the lost Costa captain points from last week and feel its a good week to back against him where the mainstream who picked him this week may stay on him.
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CS, BPS and PK opportunities make for a decent C choice in my eyes!
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Wait a minute, who is Oussama Assaidi and why is he at 1600% price increase??
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The fella who was on loan from Liverpool. A bit tricky but doesn't really deliver.
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Signed by Stoke from Liverpool ... hasn't played at all yet aside from 9 minutes off the bench last week. Looks alright, if and when he gets a start. It is, however, Stoke.
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Rofl
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