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The Suspension Tightrope – Gameweek 16

16 December 2014 1667 comments
Anorak Anorak
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Five more players fell victim of the Suspension Tightrope over the Gameweek 16 action. Villa’s Alan Hutton disappointed his numerous new owners by collecting a fifth yellow of the season during Saturday’s midlands derby loss at West Brom – the right-back will sit out this weekend’s visit of United before returning to action for the Gameweek 18 trip to Swansea.

In terms of Fantasy popularity, Southampton’s Graziano Pelle was the most high-profile – fortunately for his 24% of owners, the Italian will miss tonight’s cup clash with Sheffield United and will therefore be available for the weekend visit of Everton.

The same scenario applies to Newcastle’s Daryl Janmaat. Handed a fifth yellow in the 4-1 loss at Arsenal, he’ll skip Wednesday’s Capital One Cup trip to Spurs but is free to play in the weekend Tyne-Wear derby against Sunderland.

The cases of Tom Cleverley and Tom Huddlestone are a little more complex after both earned their fifth caution last time out. Although Villa’s on-loan Cleverley is ineligible for this weekend’s clash with parent club United, the FA have confirmed that he will still serve the one-match suspension against the Red Devils and will be available for the Boxing Day clash against Swansea.

Huddlestone earned his fifth yellow of the season in Hull’s loss to Chelsea, therefore triggering an automatic one-match ban. The midfielder was then dismissed for serious foul play in the 2-0 loss at the Bridge – which earns three more matches on the sidelines and extends his suspension to four Gameweeks. Huddlestone will therefore sit out three home fixtures (SWA, LEI, EVE) and a trip to Sunderland – he’ll next be available for action on January 4, when the Tigers face Arsenal in the FA Cup Third Round.

Villa’s Kieran Richardson is also sidelined through suspension. The midfielder was sent off for serious foul play at the weekend and will miss the next three before returning in time for the New Year’s Day showdown at home to Palace.

The Tightrope now creaks under the weight of 30 players as we head towards Gameweek 17. This week’s new entries include Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, George Boyd, Marouane Chamakh, James Chester, Cheick Tioté, Jordi Gómez, Connor Wickham, Steven Gerrard, Mario Balotelli, Ryan Mason and Ki Sung-Yeung. Balotelli now has 20 PL bookings to his name – exactly the same number as he has Premier League goals.

Diego Costa owners will be a little concerned after the Chelsea striker joined Sunderland’s Lee Cattermole on seven bookings for the season after incurring the referee’s wrath against Hull. Given that the 10-yellow card deadline is in mid-April, Costa will need to curb his enthusiasm for fear of earning another suspension further down the line.

In terms of returning players, Cesc Fabregas, Charlie Austin, Lukas Fabianski, Calum Chambers, Steven Taylor, Moussa Sissoko and Gareth Barry are all back in contention for this weekend. Barry’s caution in Gameweek 15 took him onto 99 Premier League yellows – one more and he’ll be the top-flight’s first centurion for bookings.

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  1. n-doggg
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Dzeko going to play this weekend?

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    1. rickardinho
      11 years, 10 months ago

      maybe playstation

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    2. 4vets
      11 years, 10 months ago

      doubt it. wait until friday

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    3. Bubz
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Which play?

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      1. rickardinho
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Romeo and Julliet

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        1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
          11 years, 10 months ago

          Who will play Juliet ? .

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          1. rickardinho
            11 years, 10 months ago

            Mangala 😉

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  2. rickardinho
    11 years, 10 months ago

    If Matic was injured would you sell you Chelsea def?

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    1. AsAF23
      11 years, 10 months ago

      No. Mourinho is the real heart of the defence, one player out won't have THAT big an effect imo. If they lost Mourinho, then yeah I'd sell all my Chelsea defenders.

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  3. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 years, 10 months ago

    I'm gonna starting merging my team into long words

    Bamanaylor

    HazYaSanSig

    SakAuRoo

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    1. rickardinho
      11 years, 10 months ago

      You have Demba Ba in defense? 😯

      😀

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        11 years, 10 months ago

        yup, he's marking Steven Gerrard

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    2. FantaCity
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Think I just ordered your team from the local Indian takeaway 🙂

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        11 years, 10 months ago

        I highly recommend the Bamanaylor

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    3. Sponge-worthy
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Wazyurbench

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        11 years, 10 months ago

        GilBoCamtton

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    4. Indio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 years, 10 months ago

      No subs?

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  4. FantaCity
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Hmmmm! Courtois not even on the bench tonight - will he make it for Monday?

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    1. Limbo
      11 years, 10 months ago

      League Cup innit. Not likely to play even if 100%.

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      1. FantaCity
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Actually, now that I think about it ... if they were gonna play Cech for sure in the league, they might have played Schwarzer tonight
        It might be a good sign 🙂

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  5. Whazza
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Muller scores for Bayern

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    1. rickardinho
      11 years, 10 months ago

      If a goal is scored in Germany but no one is around, does it count?

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      1. Whazza
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Yes 😀

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      2. Sponge-worthy
        11 years, 10 months ago

        🙂

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      3. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        11 years, 10 months ago

        The tree falls alone in the forest.

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  6. Feed tha Sheep
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Need help with the what is best option (have 2 transfers)?
    A. Lukaku > Rooney/Giroud (keep Baines)
    B. Lukaku and Boyd > Giroud and Downing
    C. Lukaku Boyd and Baines > Rooney Downing Demi (-4)
    D. Baines and Lukaku > Rooney and Zag
    E. Baines and Lukaku > RVP and Demi

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    1. 11 Donkeys
      11 years, 10 months ago

      B for me

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  7. THE Wild Rover
    11 years, 10 months ago

    What a terrible game 🙁

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 years, 10 months ago

      UFPL is not that bad

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    2. THE Wild Rover
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Oh wait... 🙂

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    3. copps
      11 years, 10 months ago

      needs a goal

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      1. THE Wild Rover
        11 years, 10 months ago

        🙂

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  8. Screaming Midget
    11 years, 10 months ago

    When are people planning on using their Jan WC?

    My current plan is to use as the deadline for GW22 has gone - so in preperation for GW23 and beyond.

    2 weeks to catch any small amount of profit, and apart from the 31st (which will be mainly QPR), you'll also have all the transfers that have been completed before deadline day.

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    1. rickardinho
      11 years, 10 months ago

      the last day possible to include the deadline day signings

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    2. THE Wild Rover
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Depends on the state of your team come Jan. many will need to play it asap

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    3. Sif
      11 years, 10 months ago

      When Aguero is back,

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  9. Mozart_s Balls
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Costa -> RVP for free?

    Have Hazard. Unnecesarry or good diferential move?

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    1. SmoothRossi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Solid.

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    2. Jake Donahue
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 years, 10 months ago

      I think that's a good move

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  10. Declan
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Hazaaaaaaaaaaar'

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  11. rickardinho
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Hazard goal, lovely. Keep up your good form Eden

    In real life, feck.

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    1. 4vets
      11 years, 10 months ago

      He plays FIFA?

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  12. Willis.
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Wow that was really clinical from Hazard

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  13. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    11 years, 10 months ago

    OMG Hazard

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  14. Jake Donahue
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Who says Eden can't score away from home

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    1. rickardinho
      11 years, 10 months ago

      *against PL opposition

      🙂

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      1. Jake Donahue
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Derby are better than some in the PL

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        1. Screaming Midget
          11 years, 10 months ago

          They aren't.

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      2. Big_Andy_GAWA
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Would love that same combo on Sat !!!!

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  15. Bubz
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Where are all those Hazard haters from a month or so ago?

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    1. drughi
      11 years, 10 months ago

      how can you hate hazard ?

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      1. Bubz
        11 years, 10 months ago

        I know. I can assure you there was some particularly passionate haters around not long ago.

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  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Hazard never scores away 🙄

    Another stupid myth like never bench baines

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  17. copps
    11 years, 10 months ago

    fabregas assist

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  18. Big_Andy_GAWA
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Wish I'd done Chelsea to win to nil now. Was 7/4. 🙁

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    1. Kagawa-san-mia
      11 years, 10 months ago

      me too

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    2. Bubz
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Wtf. Those are ludicrous odds for Chelsea playing a Championship side with nearly their full strength defence.

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      1. Willis.
        11 years, 10 months ago

        No Courtois, no Cahill, no Ivanovic. Hardly full strength

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        1. Bubz
          11 years, 10 months ago

          I heard that Cech guy is an alright keeper.

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    3. FISSH
      11 years, 10 months ago

      wacked £20 on as soon as I saw the line up

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      1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
        11 years, 10 months ago

        You ain't won yet haha

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  19. Chambo
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Fàbregas assist

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  20. DA Minnion (Former great)
    11 years, 10 months ago

    There's your captain right there for this game week☺

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    1. 4vets
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Where? Where?

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      1. DA Minnion (Former great)
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Just there a minute ago. Think his name is hazard.

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  21. Nice 2 Michu
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Another fab assist, has to be on que to break records?

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  22. Big Sum
    11 years, 10 months ago

    I need Cesc back in my team :/

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    1. copps
      11 years, 10 months ago

      i may downgrade costa to get him back

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      1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Considering this.

        Costa is shite

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      2. Big Sum
        11 years, 10 months ago

        I may not get a chelsea defender to get him back 😛

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    2. Skokym
      11 years, 10 months ago

      i am thinkg about it, but i simply cannot squeeze him in, have
      Donwing, yaya, sanchez, haz

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      1. Big Sum
        11 years, 10 months ago

        I can do Siggy/Downing--->Cesc

        How about a 3-5-2?

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        1. Skokym
          11 years, 10 months ago

          3-5-2 was never my thing... but it could payoff!

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  23. bobinjo
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Kane good choice for a few games instead of Lukaku?

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    1. 4vets
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Yup

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    2. Jake Donahue
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Yep, two good fixtures and in form

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      1. bobinjo
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Is he nailed on now that Adabayor is back?

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  24. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Hazarrrrd

    Keep up the form buddy.

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  25. jordinho23
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Evening brothers

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  26. Reacher
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Is it time to offload Gylfi!?

    I think so but to who for the same value or less?

    A, Downing (on issue is Chelsea away coming up)

    B, Barkley (feel he could do on a run of goals)

    C, Other (cant afford Eriksen)

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    1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Eriksen or no for me.

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      1. Reacher
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah thinking this

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    2. Jake Donahue
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Stick with siggy

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      1. Reacher
        11 years, 10 months ago

        I just think Montero is now the main supplier fo Bony, & rivals have Downing

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  27. WUSS
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Fabregas or hazard ?
    Kane or sakho ?

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    1. XhakaCan
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Hazaar
      Kane

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    2. Game of Stones
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Hazard and Sakho

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  28. rickardinho
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Who would you rather own for the next 4 gw's?

    A) Terry (sto WHM sou tot)

    B) Baines (sou STO new hul)

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    1. 4vets
      11 years, 10 months ago

      A, as long as Mirallas is fit.

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    2. Big Sum
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Baines. I want to have the option to have 3 Chelsea's attackers

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  29. n-doggg
    11 years, 10 months ago

    A. Moore to Baines
    B. Siggy to Yaya
    C. Dzeko to RVP

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  30. copps
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Yaya got 4YCs in the entire last season

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    1. 4vets
      11 years, 10 months ago

      This ain't last season.

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      1. copps
        11 years, 10 months ago

        well if he's playing further up in agueros absence its likely he will pick up fewer cards

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        1. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          11 years, 10 months ago

          Glad to see someone use "fewer" ... there are too few of us.

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