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28 December 2014 2817 comments
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Sunday’s final match takes place at St James’ Park as out-of-sorts duo Newcastle and Everton go head-to-head.

Having ended Chelsea’s unbeaten start to the season, Alan Pardew’s side have subsequently lost each of their last three, though in Papiss Cisse, they have a forward in form – the Senegal striker took his tally to eight for the campaign by spoiling United’s clean sheet on Friday afternoon. We’ll also be keeping an eye on our Spot the Differential pick Moussa Sissoko – the Frenchman has scored or assisted in three of the last four in front of his own fans.

The Toffees have lost three of their last four as second-season syndrome kicks in under Roberto Martinez. A run of eight matches without a clean sheet has persuaded many Fantasy managers to look for alternatives to Leighton Baines – the visitors’ chances of keeping out their opponents have been dealt a blow after Tim Howard and Phil Jagielka were ruled out through injury. Further up the pitch, Martinez has dropped Romelu Lukaku, Ross Barkley and Kevin Mirallas to the bench as he shuffles his pack to deal with the festive schedule.

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  1. Every Dog Has Its Day
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    My time with Costa will come to an end this week! Not sure who to bring in though.

    1. Owd Big 'Ed
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Why? He's the best striker out there.

      1. Every Dog Has Its Day
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Gives me funds to sort out my team.

    2. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      😯

    3. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Don't do it...though he could be rotated...

      1. Every Dog Has Its Day
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Could get Fabregas and Silva.

        1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          Need to see your team to comment appropriately

            1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
              • 15 Years
              11 years, 3 months ago

              Wouldn't change much. Yaya 1 game left before ACON

  2. Somalion
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Can't wait to own Fabregas again.

    1. Owd Big 'Ed
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Regret getting rid of him. I'm a sucker for a goal threat though.

      1. Somalion
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        I love a goal threat myself but he's going to smash the assist record methinks. Yaya to Fabs after next GW.

    2. beric
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Meh i dont think ill get him

      1. Somalion
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        I like the consistency really.

  3. super zlatan
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Silva or Rooney (c) for next gw?

    1. Game of Stones
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Silva

    2. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Austin

      1. super zlatan
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Considering Austin too. Thanks pug

        1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          He won't score every week. Swansea are a bit fragile at the back if you ask me. They will attack QPR leaving gaps.

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

    who cares about easy fixtures that shyt doesn't mean anything to me anymore. just take random players

  5. RyanFootballChatbox
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    from a high scoring GW 2 days ago to god what just happened

  6. The Machine
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Oh damn just realized I have wilson first sub and he only played 6ins. Boyd taims on the bench then

    1. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      6 ins.

      About average

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Siggy to save you.

      1. Jax
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        with a 1 pointer

  7. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Kolarov beat Zaba again.

    1. Bouncebackability
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      🙂

    2. Bouncebackability
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Last Man Standing will be interesting when we are all eliminated after all being piss poor this week 🙂

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        It will be. Those with expensive defenders could be in trouble.

        1. Bouncebackability
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          Will be a few 20's around for sure.

  8. Tomas Brolin ate all Depays
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Heaton 4m
    Clyne Azpi Baines Zabaleta Yun
    Silva Sanchez Siggy Downing Fabregas
    Kane Austin Costa

    0.6m ITB .
    What should be my next move ??
    Would do up to a -4 eg Siggy and Baines/Zabaleta to Sterling and 5.8/5.2m def
    Or
    Just improve Yun up to Hutton?

  9. nikobg
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Neglected team ranked 916,934 will beat me for the cup, that's it.

  10. The ghost of a Pug's g…
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone else through to next round of cup? 🙂

    1. RyanFootballChatbox
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      me opponent with his all 3 of his defenders not playing 😀

    2. Declan
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      o/

    3. sweglet
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      opponent had yaya captain and sanchez vice ;D

  11. SPorting
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Bony vs Skrtel tomorrow.

    To hell with points, I just want a decent game.

  12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    zaba to get another zero next gw by not starting

    such bad luck

    1. mgilbert86
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      i sold, admitted defeat

    2. OLEgend
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      took him for a hit 🙁

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

      I reckon he'll start.

      1. Jax
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        wouldn't bother getting city defenders.

    4. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      He'll start

  13. Back on the horse
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    No Yaya hey. No problem, I've got goal scoring Boyd to come off the bench...

    unless Chambers cam-... nah, he wouldn't. not just for 1 min, that would be crazy.... 😯

    *logs off*

    1. super zlatan
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      🙁

  14. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Wouldn't mind cheeky pen for Everton.

    1. beric
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Providing it goes in!

    2. Demí
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Wouldn't mind a Baines hattrick

    3. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Pen save

  15. Clam. ☘️
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Put it this way everybody. It's much better to have a bad week (Eg. 15) during a low average GW (Eg. 30) than to have a bad week (Eg. 30) during a high average week (Eg. 60).
    15 points lost vs 30 points lost. Look at the bigger picture. #Positivity #HalfFull #AntiBemba

    1. mgilbert86
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      i had a bad week last week and this week

  16. The Machine
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Looks like fab will get 2 baps. Mane to drop to 1

  17. nosejob
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Is Sanchez suspended next week?

    1. beric
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      No

  18. SW6
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Darts really is the strangest sport around.

    1. beric
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Cheese rolling

      1. beric
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        420

  19. Grounderz
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Austin or Kane?

  20. Flying Assassins
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    51 after bonus with Austin (C) and Siggy left. Pretty happy tbh. Hopefully I'll get in top 2K!

    1. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      That'll be right at the top of the scoring. My cup opponent managed 3 cleanies

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

    you know after bony(c) last 2 weeks and him not doing a damn thing, I expect him to score 1-2 goals now when i dont have him as my captain. I could care less about him at this point. Might as well just get a random burnley player

  22. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Benteke owners knee jerking to Jovetic?

    1. beric
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Nah keeping tekkers, they only had ten men for quite a while

      1. Courtois in the Rye
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Are you captaining him as well next week Beric?

    2. The Machine
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah I think so, and captaining

    3. The Machine
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Funnily enough, benteke actually outscored jovetic

      1. beric
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        And will again!

    4. Robbens Diving Instructor
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      villa are awful. they create very few chances for benteke

  23. Just A Wooden Spoon
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Jeez, what a rubbish week, only Siggy can save my week now 🙁

  24. Viper
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Hutton likely to end up on 2/3 bps or is there a chance he drops out altogether?

    1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      3

    2. The Machine
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      He'll get 2 or 1 I think

    3. Demí
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Will drop to 1 or 2

      1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Why?

      2. beric
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Darn

    4. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Should get something.

  25. Tomas Brolin ate all Depays
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    My 5 defenders are currently on 1 point ( Azpi Baines Clyne Yun Zabaleta)

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Mine on 13 currently, Wasi, Hutton and Baines. Clyne and Yun 0

    2. sweglet
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      extremely unlucky but i did burst out laughing reading this

      1. Tomas Brolin ate all Depays
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        CHeers !

        I'm on about 30 pts . Thankfully captained silva

        Ah well

  26. Would an idiot do that?
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Who's a nice cheap defender?
    Got Hutton and Naylor already

    1. beric
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Dummet

    2. Kroos Kontrol
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Vergini.
      Hull DEF.

      1. Would an idiot do that?
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Robertson?

  27. davies
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Who's on the BAPS?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Stickies.

  28. boyler
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Any one do worse than 17 ?

  29. amol
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Where are these crazy points coming from?

    1. MattysFantasyFooty
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Most likely silva hazard captains

    2. Kroos Kontrol
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Villa Sunderland game. I had 3 CS from that game. Vergini Hutton Guzan. Apart from that, I had all 11 playing. Only Hazard performed (10 pts). Captain fail etc.