We delve into the previous two Gameweeks’ data this afternoon after the quick-fire schedule saw a couple of rounds of fixtures take place over the last six days. Southampton and Leicester’s wide men with an eye for goal, Liverpool’s raiding wing-back and Burnley’s in-form striker are amongst today’s candidates, whilst we also asses the lack of impact from a Palace winger and the Saints’ toiling Italian.
PREMIER LEAGUE'S TOP 10 LUNG-BUSTING PERFORMANCES
James Milner – MAN CITY vs Stoke – 13.56km
George Boyd – BURNLEY vs Newcastle – 13.55km
Tom Carroll – SWANSEA vs Southampton – 13.47km
George Boyd – BURNLEY vs Stoke – 13.34km
George Boyd – BURNLEY vs Man Utd – 13.30km
George Boyd – BURNLEY vs Aston Villa – 13.24km
Gylfi Sigurdsson – SWANSEA vs Man Utd – 13.18km
Christian Eriksen – TOTTENHAM vs Swansea – 13.17km
Harry Kane – TOTTENHAM vs Swansea – 13.12km
Marouane Fellaini – MAN UTD vs Southampton – 13.12km
George' Duracell Bunny' Boyd
Dude never stops running
He'll be after Milners record next time...like Coe and Ovett up there...
"Run, Georgie, run!"
George Boyd is a beast
Where's the data from mate? Been looking for distance covered statistics for most players for a while
Data courtesy of the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, Official Player Ranking Index of the Premier League.
Dortmund 4-2 up having went 1-0 down in the opening minutes 😎
Bout time, Jurgen.
Bayern are done for 😈
😆
having *gone
Yes yes, my fault.
football grammar is different than normal grammar. it even uses tenses which are unused in any other walks of life
can't help but love dortmund. really hope they get things together
Starting to get going, picking up a few wins. Thankfully!
Hope Klopp gets things goin again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osNuXgWsP_4
Lord I love Tom Waits.
As you should.
😎
Keep it in your Pantaloons Darth
Yes Mane lad......such a beast at 6.5m!
6.6 now
take it all back, rip off! 😉
Mane for old rope, now.
Nailed it!! 😀 😆
Ta!
Thanks for the spoilers 🙂
iPod shuffle, first 3 songs. Go!
You're allowed to ignore the crap ones btw 😉2 bad mice / 2 bad mice
Libertines. Death in the stairs
Squeeze. Is that love?
2 Bad Mice. 😀
Prefer Bombscare. What a tune!
If I had a time machine...Hehe. Didn't think anyone would clock that.
I love the early 90s dance scene. Still got a shed load of vinyl from that era.
I think it was the best time tbh. 90/91. Where were you going out back then?
Was based in Bristol so mostly at Lakota in Bristol, but also Birmingham and London.. Went to quite a few outdoor events too - Tribal Gathering etc. 😀
I am I said...Give me love give me light...Something
Is that abbey rd on the end Wakey?
Two out of three ain't bad Wakey. 😉
midlake - young bride
mogwai - CODY
sigur ros - all alright
zzzzzzzzz 🙂
Sonic Youth-I'm Not There
Sonny & Cher-I Got You Babe
Todd Terje-Inspector Norsesonny and cher? your tarnishing my picks with sonny and cher? sonny? and cher?
Bone fide classic that my friend. I make no apologies.
🙂 hey fair enough, i love that sonic youth song so will give todd terje a go. here goes 🙂
todd terje is a bit house for me 🙁
Check out his cover of Johnny & Mary with Bryan Ferry. Beats Robert Palmer's version IMO.
cheers man, yeah not for me
If you put Sony with Cher you don't have to look at Cher so much 😉
if you don't want to fall asleep;
the walkmen - the rat
james vincent mcmorrow - if i had a boat
augie march - one crowded hour
i'd love it if someone listened to these, not hiphop types, but anyone elseI haven't heard of any of those mate. Is it hip hop?
James Vincent doesn't sound very hip hop 😀
🙂 lol i meant if you like hiphop you won't like this so don't bother
Then I should have a listen 😉
love McMorrow.
Peter, Bjorn and John - Young Folks
Yuck - Chew
The Smiths - AskAsk should be the soundtrack to ffs.
With A Little Luck is mine lol
I Know It's Over - Jeff Buckley
Word Up - Cameo
Digital Love - Daft PunkShout outs to my boys Beck and Chromeo for Lost Cause and Come Alive.
why don't you play the game 😀
Possibly my favourite song ever. 😉
I really like the whole album, but I think Phoenix in the 1st one is something amazing. I don't listen to DP since a while 🙁
Phoenix is a great song, Discovery is their best album in my view though Random Access Memories is very good. Ah, you've gotta get back to listening so 😉
I'ts my pop period 🙂
Nothing wrong with that 😀
sounds painful and messy
f off
ooh, vulgar!
Jacket Hangs - Blue Aeroplanes
Hey Venus -that petrol emotion
made of stone -stone roses
yup, happy with that.
Angelina - Tommy Emmanuel
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Knights of Cydonia - MusePink moon is my favourite all time album. 😎
😯 Nice man, Nick's a legend, so ahead of his time too
upvote for pink moon
You play guitar Potato?
nah, I wish
would have had more girls if I did.
you?Ha true man, never too late to start though 😉
Aye, this songs great for the birdsHe's right, never too late to start. 😉
I played a mean bodhran in my youth though.
Essentially the same instrument, be grand! 😉 😀
🙂
both improve your wrist actionExactly! Easy as!
On top of other things 😉
A bodhran?
Well, that looks sensationally hard to play. You played that in your youth? Damn
Omar S - S.E.X.
P. Kalkbrener - Revolte
S. Paganini - RaveMelissa Morgan - Still in Love (Melissa's in the House mix)
Minds playing tricks on me - Geto Boyz
Believe you me - The Charlatans.Charlatans have done something new I think. Great band.
Will have to check that out. Some Friendly is a great record.
grateful dead - dupree's diamond blues
the band - the night they drove old dixie down
CAN - vitamin C
Fiction Factory - " Feels like Heaven "
The Cure - " Just like heaven "
The Smiths - " Heaven knows I'm miserable now "Heavenly 🙂
* " Heaven " - Bryan Adams
😉
Girls and Boys - Blur
Just Ain't Gonna Work Out - Mayer Hawthorne
Tomorrow Morning - Bob Mould (would rec this album to everyone)
Best Jones replacement???
Rose in sight of DGW
Could be an option!
Ivanovic.
Got Terry
Oh right, Ivanovic then.
Lets keep the cricket talk over here fellas http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/01/26/introducing-the-2015-fantasy-cricket-world-cup-game/
Ban those that continue, permanently.
Don't know rules for cricket 😛
If you would like to know the basics, I can explain it to you on the other thread.
This should help... 😀
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game
simples 😀
😆 nice
Lets just say its similar to baseball. But with 1 innings each instead of 9Thanks 🙂 But it's almost never on TV here 😀
Best way to learn is to watch it. Surely there should be some coverage somewhere, its the world cup.
So it's all just little of the old in-out, in-out.
Or whole a lot of it, it seems.
who's your most embarrassingly owned played of this season.
mine is mata, whom i own right now, still.
Definitely Balotelli.... for waaaaaaay too long
can imagine you getting him, then fantasising about all those points, that, tragically, never came
Same. Shame.
kaboul for sure
Javier Hernández gw1 😎
😳Needless to say WC was activated post gw1..
As is traditionif you're going to take a mad dog ridiculous punt, then GW1 is the time to roll
tough one to call this, I've owned some right duffers this season
Mangala
Mangala outscored Zabaleta from week 18 to 21 😎
For me, I guess I'd have to say Nasri given how Oscar and Santi exploded over the span I had himtrue dat, so did Kolarov
Delph 😳
cutlery
well delph is cheap, so not really that bad
Ramires...
TwiceThere's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas - probably in Tennessee that says fool me once, shame on - shame on you. If you fool me we can't get fooled again
Fool me one time shame on you, fool me twice I can't put the blame on you 😉
We've got some J Cole fans in!
😀
Ha this just made me laugh out loud in the Quiet Zone of my train. Got another 24 minutes of the old woman to my right giving me evils now.
the hull player Diame as a 4th mid on my WC
RVP
He's my most captained player (6).Lol
Hey, I caught a couple of the big hauls with the captaincy! 🙂 There was potential there... mostly 2pters though...
RVP single handedly ruined my season last year. he's dead to me
Defoe
Probably Schurrle, always thought he'd come good, never did.
hang it there MBK, he'll come good
🙂 , I should have learned my lesson from De Bruyne last season
I've owned Charlie Adam ALL season. Still have him. I'm stubborn.
Puncheon.
Try having Moses
Why have I not learnt my lesson there?Moses looking threatening though
Gave Zaba a torrid time in the last game. Some points are on the horizon.
Balo,Lamela,Mangala,Anichebe,Jutkiewicz
yikes, you seem to have a thing for bad boyz
story of the season
Blackett
El Ahmadi
Balotelli –captained twice..... Nuf said
I'm waiting patiently for Wollscheid to play badly so I can say Wollshite and be renowned for my wit.
Isn't he awol right now though?
Not that I've heard?
aWol?
Urgh, how did I miss that. Apologies, desperately unwell 🙂
Sheeid! You watch the Wire??
Senator Clay Davis 😉
Its more sheeeeeeeeeit.
Could you fit Wollscheeeeeeeeit on the back of a jersey though?
scheizer
😯 Potty Mouth
close to meaning full of sh. 1te auf deutsch. hope, as an owner though that he gets his scheid together
An owner here as well. Would like some cleanies but I suppose that's the risk with this new Stoke side.
Schulpp and Mahrez are 2 good options! but with 1 you are getting a OOP
But do you want an OOP def in a team who can get a fair number of minus points for goals conceded.......?
good point!
And you're get some decent OOP from PvA and Bellerin for the same price range and better defences.
Sturridge to Costa for next week?
You're the best manager. You should know.
Got more points than you last week, bitter much?
Why were you making posts claiming 75 points though?
Fair point, I was out of order
75(-8)...
Dat bench...
You're screwed GW27 😆😆 I know dirt cheap squad after the premium players
If you can afford field 11 on blank- yes.
I'll be taking a hit or two
Mmmm i'd sway towards no then. Studge is good. Costa in on the double
Not long in,cracked open a cold one hoping to see the scout picks until I realized it's Fa Cup week 😐
To make matters worse there's cricket talk 😥
LBW? 😉
Nop clean bold!
Less of it 😉
Shouldn't it be called BBW? As it can hit any part of the Body.
Is the hand included?
Not the one holding the bat. Everything else though, I think.
I dunno, I don't follow cricket.
Is it worth -8 points to bring in rose and green on the DGW
Unlikely.
Keep calm!
Wouldn't be doing that. Green will concede 1/2 minimum in both games and Davies and Rose IMO will share a game...
Just Rose because Green has Tottenham and Arsenal fixtures and CS is almost impossible and he can do some saves but he will do 10 points maximum and just 1 GK can do 7 with a CS and 3 saves plus bonus, NO, imo.
Ohhh and Ben Davies should play 1 game at least so NO and NO.
😯
Possibly the most ridiculous suggestion for transfers I have seen on here, sorry...! 😀
Last try.....................
Anyone looking to join in with the Telegraph Fantasy Champions League game. It's free to play and anyone welcome to join - just for fun.....we have a league of 5 atm.....the more the merrier......
League name .....kenstives
League pin .........8085522
Link to the Telegraph site......https://fantasyfootball.telegraph.co.uk/championsleague/leagueFantasy football for fun? Not sure I cope with a game that didn't comprise of agony and related irritation of continual failed transfers, hopeless captains, 11th minute injuries, 59th minute substitutions, missed pens, warm-up injuries, -1 off the bench. Each to their own tho.
Thanks, I kept meaning to add one of those CL teams seeing as first team is free, much appreciated.
hmmm, that late
Could be GW28/31. Try the reply button 🙂
yes, that late
em, wtf?Surprise valentine's gift?
Congratulations on becoming a dad 🙂lol !!!!
Anyone else tempted by Sturridge
in a strictly heterosexual manner of courseNot a bad looking guy, and a great dancer.
tremendous dancer. highlight of every goal!
So only women can answer this post?
that would be sexual?!
beautifully phrased!
Why thankyou Chucky 😀
such a come hither smile
RMT assuming I transfer Costa in:
Pants,
PvA, Bellerin, Terry
Hazard, ADM, Walcott, Ozil
Kun(C), Costa, Kane
Hamer, Baird, Wasi, AlbrightonGood for this week, then you can lose the extra points it gains you in hits for the week after.
If you transfer Costa in surely you have to captain him at home to Burnley? I can't see the gain otherwise.
Costa in this GW as captain is something I was planning to do. But defender issues (Wisdom, Jones) have forced my hand. Being able to field 11 in GW 27 is more important, much as I'd like to make the Costa move.
I think you are in the same situation. Baird and Wasilewski need sorting.Very valid point. I'm worried about not fielding 11 GW27. Saving the FT could make things much easier if Costa blanks
I don't believe a Costa haul is anything to worry about. Very few of the top 50k managers will be bringing him in ahead of a blank.
Actually that's part of the attraction. Captaining Costa for a haul could potentially give you a big win with so few others having him. But like I said, for me the pragmatic approach of using 2 FTs on defenders (much as I dislike it) makes more sense as I will automatically have JT, Hazard and Kane benched in GW 27 and need all my squad to play that week.
Bench headache.
Which 3 would you play out of these?
Bellerin(cry), Clyne(LIV), PVA(WBA) - no Panti, Wisdom(sun) and Puncheon(ARS).
First 3
Ta
Bellerin, Clyne, Van Aan
Cheers
Starting Wisdom is almost the same as benching him, except he may end up starting, so if you prefer that fixture, go for it. Unlikely Pulis would use him as a sub, though always possible. More likely to use attacking sub, generally.
sorry this may sound really stupid, but how do you link your team...
thanks"View Gameweek history" and then copy the link.
Next question that needs answering is "how do you post a reply and not a new post." 😉 😆
Much to my surprise, Aston Villa have a net spend of around £50m on transfers in the 2.5 seasons Lambert has been there. Seems that the US owners have a point.
There are some pretty dreadful buys: Sylla £2m, El Ahmadi £2.5m, Kozak £5m, Bacuna £3m, Tonev £2m, Jensen £2m, Rodriguez £2m, Bennett £2.5m, Sanchez £5m. Maybe it's my ignorance but half of those I have never heard of.
If Lambert was responsible for transfers then I guess he has little room for complaint.They didn't have anyone decent to sell. Spending 50m in that time is nothing compared to TV money and PL money they were receiving.
Not really true. The bulk of a PL club's revenues go on wages and aren't available for transfer fees.
Chelsea, who have hugely bigger revenues than Villa, have an estimated £40m per season available for transfer fees after wages and running costs are deducted. Villa have spent an average £20m per season during Lambert's tenure. For a club of that size that's a sizeable budget.Not fair to compare the two considering what Chelsea did before FFP (hoarding youngsters). They can sell many players for healthy sums as shown last summer and last month.
At a guess, Villa make a hefty profit every season regardless of what he's spent."Hoarding" is pejorative but I'll pass that over. It's irrelevent anyway. The figures quoted are based on standard revenues only. Chelsea have a net transfer budget of around £40m per season.
As for Villa, their latest reported accounts show a £51m operating loss for the 2012-13 season.
None of them on big wages though, the cost of buying players isn't just transfer fees, there's wages and agent fees to deal with.
A good player costs 10m or more. 50m gets you about 4 good players and some can be busts
Yep. That's why that list is so peculiar. £25m spent on 9 players, none of whom have given them much at all. It's as if Villa have been playing roulette and hoping for a cheap find they can make a lot of money on, rather than actually strengthening their team.
Did u know?
Jagielka and Stones have played 11 matches togheter and Everton haven't lost a game with them as centre backs.didn't they both play on Wednesday?
🙂
Until that game 🙂
Stones is a really nice option. Unfortunatelly I have no spots left for him in my team atm.
I might get him intstead of Jones
I was looking at Stones to replace Jones
But I don't have a Saints defender so I might get Toby insteadMy defence right now isn't so great. Azpi - Jones - Fonte - PVA - Wisdom
I only need to get Rose for Wisdom for the DGW. I just can't sell Ivan to Vertonghen.
Clyne Ivan Bellerin PVA Wisdom.
What is the latest on Aguero? Is his Hammy gone for a long time?
No, he should be fine for next week.
Its his back
yeah, his back, came off as a precaution
Thanks all
Pick 3 Def to play for this GW?
A Fonte - Home to the Pool
B Hutton - Home to STK
C Bruce - Home to QPR
D Azpi - Home to Burnley
E PVA - Home to WBA (Also have Pants in Goal)
Thanks ???CDE
ACD
Ye worried about doubling up on Sun defence?
Might go ACD with Pants in goal. PVA 12 pointer on the bench incoming!Given they just lost at home to QPR, I would spread the risk.
OCD
It should be O.C.D. !!!!!!!!
Feckity Feck Feck
Evening guys!
What do we know about Sanchez, Aguero and Oscar?They play for Arsenal, Man City and Chelsea respectively.
All younger than 30 years of age.
Chilean, Argentinian and Brazilian.
Em, anyone else?Thanks smartass gg
Kun said he was fine that's all I have heard
thx, that will help a bit.
Anyone interested in icc official site crick-fantasy?
I would but cricket is shite.
Only in it for the craic.
well, 240 already in ffs league so id assume so
I'm in. No idea what i'm doing mind, but I'M IN!
Sanchez needs a big score against Palace to justify his price and punish those with Arsenal "substitutes".
#only1alexisCant score from treatment table unfortunately 😉
He might make the cup game. He was only taken off as a precaution and the next EPL game is a week Sunday!!
Guys,
Any suggestions welcome ! What should I do next ?
Forster / Hamelf
BAines / Moreno / Cresswell / Bertrand / PVA
Miralles / Walcott / Hazard / Silva / Boyd
Aguero / Defoe / Kane
Thanks.Will keep an eye on Miralles. If I think he'll start against Leicester I think I'll keep. Am half thinking of getting Lloris in for his DGW. Would keep Forster for the Spurs blank.
Have 2 mill ITB...
Downgrade Cresswell upgrade Kev.
Baines to Ivan (after GW 27)Yeah, BAines to Ivo will be getting done, I'd say 🙂
Hamelf -> Beefelf
I wouldn't waste a move on a keeper. You current have 2 blankers so can get away with a 3rd. I'd get Rose or Eriksen in. I would do Mirallas -> Eriksen if you can, Everton are tightening up and Mirallas doesn't look nailed anymore.
Lambelf ...
🙁
I'd downgrade some of the def so you can bring in eriksen or somebody for dgw.
Funny you have baines and mirallas, how do they get on with each other 😉
Cresswell and Moreno both interesting, but they both don't have the fixtures atm..
You have some nice differentials, how did it go until now?
Bank? Ft?
But first thing: you wait until next Friday/Saturday or at least until after the European games like all of us 🙂Yeah, I brought the, both in on W/C just prior to THAT WBA game. Stood in front of the tele shouting at Miralles to give the ball to BAines. Incredible 😆 😆
Am at 2.5K, mate. If I'd gone ahead with a few 'other' decisions I'd be well up there...!!
without looking into it much, mirallas is your main priority, looking at mane/sterling/ozil, baines also id say can leave
Yeah. Miralles is a concern. If I think he'll start game against Leicester I'll ditch after that. If he starts game between then and now I'll ditch for Eriksen, I think...
miralles to fab for me next week... and bench in 27
downgrade baines to alder and then upgrade boyd to walters... 27 going to be key...
Alderweild ? Sure I have Bertrand and Forster, dude 🙂
Mirallas and Silva would be my concern. Play Kevin v lei then maybe swap for Mane is what I'd do.
Who is everyone captaining next week? Kun,Hazard or Kane?
Although Hazard has the easiest match and thus is the obvious choice, I think the CL tie in midweek will make Mourinho tell his players conserve energy and play for a 1-0 or 2-0 and take out the key players around the 70th minute. Kun and Kane on the other hand don't have midweek games.
Kane is the new Kun (in captaincy terms). That said Haz has the fixture and Kun is back in form.
So to conclude, Terry is due a goal, Walcott looks good and Ozil is on fire.
To cut a long story short Super Mario looks the obvious choice.Aguero.
Man City didn´t win the last two HOME games and they won with 4-1 in a tough match with Stoke with Aguero scoring 2 (almost 3) and with Yaya back and Aguero up front (not Dzeko) I can see him explode.
There's no point in bringing in Costa this week right??
If he scores well, there is.
*was
Weigh up the points he might get against a blank the following week
If it is for Pellé, then yes.
Nah it would of been for Defoe plus a hit as would need to have shifted one of Haz/Silva/Sanchez or Ozil as well.
Hoping Burnley park the bus.Not worth it imo
I can't bring myself to do it. Kane, Aguero and Defoe seem pretty golden for this week so can't really sell any of those. What is your strikeforce?
Kane Aguero & Costa
I can't keep track of the grav-less...
?? dont get that......
I think you can live with Defoe for one (or two) more week(s). That's what I'm doing. But I won't be shocked at all if he bags a brace and we all curse ourselves for not pulling the trigger.
Of course there is if you have enough FTs and he fits with your GW 27/8 plan.
Unfortunately for me defender problems are forcing me to use my FTs elsewhere.
Thanks for the article. My fave of the week along with the Preamble.
Yeah I love this one too
really justifies a couple of my picks, and frustrates me about them
Defoe or Giroud to sell for Kane? thanks
hahahaha
Or maybe aguero to ayoze?
no way
I was kidding. I thought you were too.
he's not. think there's a brain cell missing.
I am confused now. What do you mean? It is not so obvious to me...
No, I am not actually. You think I should save the FT?
I would probably keep them.
I made the mistake of going with Gayle over Kane over WC. I was hoping to get him after the blank but he ain't gonna stop scoringon*
Defoe.
Giroud
