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30 November 2014 4113 comments
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The Gameweek rolls on with the final pair of Premier League encounters – both presenting fascinating scenarios, fully stocked with Fantasy talent.

The day begins as St Mary’s where Ronald Koeman’s Southampton face their first grilling as applicants for the role of a top four side. It begins with the harshest of tests against champions Manchester City, presenting a lip-smacking battle between the league’s most potent striker and its most robust rearguard.

Sergio Aguero will be the latest of the Gameweek captaincy candidates to test his mettle, against a Saints back four that has conceded just once all season on home turf. That’s just one of the key battles on show, as City desperately look to seize the opportunity to close the gap on leaders Chelsea following the Blues’ stalemate with Sunderland.

Later today, our focus switches to north London where Everton pay visit to White Hart Lane in a match that pairs two sides with top six ambitions. A host of mid-price prospects are on show, with Fantasy managers holding out for an appearance from Leighton Baines and further encouraging displays from the likes of Christian Eriksen, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku and Kevin Mirallas.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. Randy_Marsh
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Nasri = 13% defending

  2. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Mangala playing = no City clean sheet

  3. Tommyg
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Think there should be a two tear ref system where the ref has a ref. Dodgy dicisions get a yellow and outright stupidity red.

    1. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      😆

    2. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Refs wouldn't judge other refs harshly, not going to happen. They protect each other as it is.

      1. Defcons are for Kinnear
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        What if its commission based?

  4. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    The referee, Mr Jones is having an absolute shocker. -Gary Lineker

    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Not watching what has he gotten wrong so far ?

      1. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        95% of his decisions

        1. RÏɠBY
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          he gave wanyama a YC within 5mins.. outrageous behaviour

      2. Woy of the Wovers
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Poor use of the past tense?

  5. Rasping Drive
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Joe Hart looks like Blakey off "On the Buses"

    1. RÏɠBY
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      😆

    2. 4vets
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Those were the days!

    3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      😆 Not many people know this.

      They are too young! 😉

      1. 4vets
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        It was filmed in Southend and other Essex locations too.

        1. Gnu
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          I heard that..... on my 45 second Essex history bus tour. 🙂

          1. 4vets
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Class 😎

    4. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      😆

  6. RubeRx
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Is it time for a referee review section on this site? I think its essential especially after this GW!

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      The problem is most of them are so inconsistent. If they were consistently poor, which would be useful to know, then they would be demoted down the leagues anyway.

    2. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Picking a referee is not part of the game

      1. RubeRx
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        ya but some are more prone to dish out yellows/penalties etc etc remember the city vs tot game?

        1. Chris_White
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Yeah I know, just messing about. I think there was something like this earlier

      2. RÏɠBY
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        but stats could effect the outcome.. some refs have bugbears with certain teams

        1. RÏɠBY
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          and players

    3. Tommyg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      No article is essential.

    4. Captain Shirokov
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Anorak used to do something along those lines.

      1. Reedy
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah, the 'Men in Black' articles. Never read them myself

      2. Captain Shirokov
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        I found it kind of useful actually. Which refs gave more pens than others, who gave more red cards etc...

    5. Sleep Talk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      I remember there being a weekly article for some time pointing out wh would be refereeing each game, and paying close notice to those that often gave yellow cards and/or set-pieces.

      Found it quite useful! 😀

    6. meerlight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Maybe in Team News they could list the ref

  7. Wingate
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Costa and Moore --> BONY & CAHILL ??

    Thanks

    1. Wingate
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      I have Hazard and Siggy.... (And Sanchez and Downing)

    2. Captain Shirokov
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Yes

    3. Big Sum
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      JT and azpi are better than cahill

    4. RÏɠBY
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      good shout

  8. Son is Rising
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Pellegrini seems to be taking it pretty well, Mourinho would have been sent to the stands by now!

    1. FPLEL
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Hahaha yep.

  9. HVT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    This is gonna be 0-0 ain't it?

    1. Mull
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah. Clyne and Bertrand can't get below 6.

    2. Tommyg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      You must be joking. Both teams playing open attacking footy. Goals will come.

  10. Celt Abroad
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    24 points this ref has cost aguero captainers

    1. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      You should sue

      1. RÏɠBY
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        that would be funny if a FFL player took a ref to court for ruining his season 😉

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          No.

          It would be an incredibly sad day for the human race if that happened.

          1. Woy of the Wovers
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            It would never get to court.

            1. RÏɠBY
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              you don't think a betting ring in china/south asia would pay off a ref?

          2. RÏɠBY
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            demba ba are you listening 😉

  11. Jack Frost
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Am I right that upon appeal the FA can only rescind Red Cards and not Yellow Cards? regarding Aguero's YC.

    1. 4vets
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Yup

    2. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      yup.

    3. RÏɠBY
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      yellows would take an age.. maybe if you get to protest against one a game similar to cricket
      that would work

  12. Galfadez
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Aguero really has to stop getting himself in the way of swinging legs here or he'll get red carded

    1. Tommyg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      This genuinely wouldn't surprise me today.

  13. Breadbin
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Bye Aguero.

  14. Takedog1
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Adm Costa >> rooney haz -4?

  15. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Saints are bossing this.

    1. Tommyg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Lol

  16. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Tadic not even on corners...

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Who took it?

      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Larsson?

      2. Punty
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        davis all of them

  17. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    0-0 written all over it......

  18. Donnie Brasco´s
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Firs time this season watching Saints Live....and defence looks awsome....perfect i wolud say

    1. RÏɠBY
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      they are pretty strong.. people selling clyne was odd

      1. Mash Potato
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        I thought so too

      2. NapalmDeath (Northern Chaos…
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Upcoming fixtures swayed most, I imagine. Possibly wrongly it seems!

    2. RubeRx
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      arguably their best asset. when u can defend, you always give yourself a chance of winning

      1. RÏɠBY
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        very much this.. that's how they got where they are.. premiership defence overall is shocking

  19. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    This game needs Shlong 😉

  20. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Come on City. Score please.

  21. Give The Todd Some Love
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    City need a shit load of new players

    1. RÏɠBY
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      navas > milner would sort it out

    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      *team spirit

      1. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        * Smells like teen spirit
        😉

    3. ronty
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Lovren for starters

  22. davies
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Liverpool would be so much better had they bought Fonte instead of Lovren.

    1. Owd Big 'Ed
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Really? Is he that good? I think they'd be exactly the same.

    2. Give The Todd Some Love
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Nah. Liverpool make everyone shit.

    3. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      wouldn't have made much difference. both looked good at soton because of the midfield protection. not been much of that at pool

    4. BabyB
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      And clyne and Bertrand

      1. chrisjdgrady
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        And wanyama and Schneiderlin

        1. Debauchy
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          *This

    5. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      It's not the players that are the problem.

      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        No, indeed.

    6. Ludo
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Not much in it. Lovren more spectacularly good or bad at times, Fonte more consistent and dependable. Lovren's age and potential made him obviously the better buy. It's about defending as a team. Stick Schneiderlin and Wanyama in front of the Liverpool back four and they'd start to look a lot different.

    7. RubeRx
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Fonte was a late bloomer, peaked at the latter stages of his career. You have to consider that he is 30 already and I think Lovren is 25

      1. RubeRx
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        To further my point consider that Fonte just got his first call up to the Portugal national team this yr

    8. Donnie Brasco´s
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Liverpool problem aint Lovren....Liverpool have many problems, no one lookings good, no one. Without suarez Pool are 50 less stronger.

    9. RubeRx
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      BTW Fonte (9) has more BPS than Clyne (7) and Bertrand (6)

  23. Wilshere Knowledge
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    I'll cry if Southampton keep a cs. 🙁

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      tears of joy?

      1. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Not in the slightest. 😀

        1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          😀

          Here's a high five on my way down the leaderboard (12k to 26k)

  24. HVT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    So the Sanchez 6pointer that most lolled at is the (c) score of the week!

    1. 4vets
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Rooney 😎

      1. Dont give a fuchs
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        \o/

      2. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Jammy git, he doesn't count as most on here don't own him,
        Don't be comming in here showing off when most here(c) Sanchez/Costa/Aguero!
        😉

      3. Saniul
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        That was a good choice.
        This was a early game (c) fail which didn't even hurt.

    2. Cesc, Drogs & Rock and …
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Austin?

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Austin here.

    3. Debauchy
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Bony , Austin , Rooney - but yeah , amongst the popular ones

    4. copps
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      another win for the early captain

  25. Give The Todd Some Love
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Have Forster and Aguero, not really sure what I want...

    1. Captain Shirokov
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Same here, I'd take a CS all day long.

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        I'd have taken that Aguero penalty or Forster penalty save !!! What a shocker from that ref !!!!

        1. FPLEL
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Indefensible decision, he was right there.

    2. Baz
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      a city penalty

  26. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    A Saints clean sheet would be brilliant 😀

    1. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Sergio Agreeo

    2. AlCapwnUK
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      started yun ahead of bertrand...FAIL

  27. Saniul
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    It took a 0.3 drop on Davis, and me finally selling him, for him to start being on set-pieces.
    Cue a Davis goal/assist. 😐

    1. Ludo
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      He's been taking them all season when he's played, or some at least... Tadic has most.

    2. Solenya
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      But seriously for the no. 10 position he plays in he should be so much of an option. Non existent in fpl terms.

  28. Saniul
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    So, who else had Sanchez (c)? 😉

    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      I did. Why?

      1. Saniul
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Not the worst (c) of the week, it turned out. 😉

    2. Mash Potato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Moi

    3. icywrists23
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      i did,everyone was laughing after he didn't get any major stats. all the costa people but then he ended up only getting them 2 points HAHA

    4. MadridistaRants
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Austin(C) FTW 😀

  29. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Any news on Baines lads?

    1. Exeter Gently
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      someone a few pages back said he didn't travel w the team

  30. DanWills
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Krul/ Jap

    Clyne Chambers Baines Dummett (Wisdom)

    Fab Downing Siggy Jedinak (ADM)

    Aguero Austin (Costa)

    1.8m ITB Free Transfer used.

    Any changes worthy of a -4 ?