| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | B |
| Up |  Sanchez | CHE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Pickford | EVE | A |
| No Change |  Roefs | SUN | C |
| No Change |  Henderson | CRY | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Verbruggen | BHA | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Chalobah | CHE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | A, £ |
| No Change |  Lacroix | CRY | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Tarkowski | EVE | A |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Senesi | BOU | C |
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| Down |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Fernández | CHE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A, Inj |
| No Change |  Wirtz | LIV | A |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | B |
| Up |  Ndiaye | EVE | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Down |  Mitoma | BHA | B, Vs |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | C |
| No Change |  Watkins | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A |
| Down |  Ekitiké | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | B, VsX |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | C |
Paul With clean sheets proving hard to come by for many teams, Goal Threat from the back is an ever-crucial facet when eyeing up Fantasy defensive options.
In this latest article for Members, we focus on defenders who have played four or more league games this season, selecting the top ten performers and, when applicable, compare their stats to last term’s in order to ascertain whether there’s been an improvement or a drop in their offensive threat…
KRUL(Vorm)
KOMPANY, BOSINGWA, ENRIQUE (SIMPSON, DeLaet)
ARTETA, RAMSEY, SILVA, SWP, (Dyer)
RVP, SUAREZ, BEST
Have not yet pulled the trigger, but thinking Nani -> Ramsey.
Like the feel of it, all 11 home games.
Also with RVP captain, that is 4 attacking players from Arsenal.
Reason am bringing in Ramsey is that I want to do following next few weeks
GW9: No transfer
GW10: Arteta -> Ethers, Best -> Rooney.
Love to hear the feedback ( am assuming most FAIL comments as I go with 4 arsenal attack next 2 weeks).
Taking different approach unlike last year where I took least risks and ended up at 618 rank.
Eh? You counting RVP as 2 players because he is captain?
I'm not too keen on Etherington personally. There are better options for that price. But other than that your logic seems decent enough.
11 home games lmfao , then next week you will have 11 away games
Have 2 free trades. What do you think of the following:
Aguero + Adebayor
to
RVP + 7.7 or under (Zamora/Sturridge/Someone else?)
Reckon you only need to make one trade this week, rest of your team looks solid (and you have Roondog coverage for this week).
Seems a bit pointless to trade them both out when chances are you'll want one or both back once they're recovered from their injuries.
Is it just me, or did the "My Team" layout just change? Instead of having a (H) or (A) next to a players team (under their avatar), it now has the team they are playing: EVE (H)
Is that new as of a few minutes ago, or am I crazy?
OK guys, getting rid of Bendy this week as he is ineligible against Arsenal....Klasnic or K Davies for a punt?
Any takers?? 🙂
Great! Another price drop for Moses. More & more, you are behaving like Boselli!
Wow you are really quick when it comes to price changes 😀 Just noticed Moses is the only one who dropped, or are there anyone else?
Lots of guys dropped and it's only Thursday/Friday. I didn't even have Moses in view, he was around mid 70% on totalfpl, I think.
jagielka, djourou and one other went down.
I hope Moses gets a solid points haul this week just to teach everybody a lesson - In my opinion, if there's ever a time for him to do something, its at home against a leaky Bolton after an international gameweek... he has plenty of shots on goal, plenty of passes, its only a matter of time before he does something! ( ihope this weekend...)
I'm sure the main reason people bought him in the first place is to be a decent bench warmer and surely they don't expect big point hauls from him. Now that he has decent fixtures and been playing quite well opp everyone is selling him..people are fickle.
I really hope he will finally do something impressive this week to get market attention and a handful points!!! C'mon man....
I think he will score (soon?) and then he will recoup a tenth or two quite quickly. I mean he plays right up front for crying out loud- as I remind myself that's where Torres plays- what could go wrong.? I already burned some tenths on Sess, who was a similar sure thing.. I avoided boselli last year, but heard that was a real PIA.
I don't want to be flip, but did Rooney use a knife, cause three games seems a bit harsh. Kind of a collateral message because it's Rooney??? - I didn't see the red card play, so should keep my mouth shut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OwS2LpIn14
If you want to have a look.
Looked petulant IMO, but save the 3 match bans for when someone is actually injured.
thanks for the video, my, my-- that happens about every other weekend to someone on my team and I am 63. Maybe not with heavily studded shoes or as hard as that, but wow- three games.
I'm not English, but that seems to be part of the play with some intentional "badness" by Roons of just flaling away at whatever was between his foot and the ball.
I have been watching all the Rugby World Cup games so maybe my threshold has been reset for physical contact.
Pretty much sums up my thoughts on it.
As an Aussie, we see worse than that virtually every week in our domestic competion and half the time there's isn't even a free kick given (which says a bit about both the Rooney overreaction and the sh*tty officiating in the Australian comp).
Australia should be pretty happy about sh*t officiating considering how they progressed passed South Africa!
I was talking about football mate, not rugby.
Funny. Can't wait til the Aussie-AB game. What's the deal with Kurtly Beale- hope he's fit for you guys. Thinking of keeping Adams Cooper on my fantasy team (Fox in Australia) or maybe switching him for Quade Cooper who got like negative fantasy points against SoAfrica. I have Digby, Pocock and Horwill. Good luck to all.
3 games is a tad harsh especially when Arshavin got 2 games for a similar reaction. But because it's Rooney...
It's based on his previous record of indiscipline, and comes as no surprise really.
He clearly isn't going for the ball - he just wants to hurt him. The intention was there, but it wasn't exactly a De Jong reducer. Shouldn't be three games.
It's bad for the tournament really. Like it or not Rooney is one of the best strikers in the world. You want to see people like him on the big stage.
anyone bored?
Need a title for a deliverable,
so far its called...
"A changing consumer in a radically changing industry"
Anyone thin kof anything better along those lines?
Maybe song titles...movie titles...
Im all ears 😀
What's a deliverable?
a research project, its not an essay or a presentation, somewhere inbetween.
Im doing it on powerpoint tho, so maybe presentation s the best way to think of it...
Im thinking a snazzy quote about opportunity from change would work well!
Are you delivering this to the industry, the consumers, or a general audience of both?
I have no idea. Use the words.... Fearless or Limitless.
State of Play--- Get Smart--- Protect the Blind Side
three more vague ideas, time for bed here in the States.
Who is your audience Walrus?
Who should i plonk in?
Ramsey or Petrov...seems like everyone in my league has both!!!
i like the sound of ramsey
Both? They do both have decent fixtures ahead and are playing well.
Team is
Vorm
Bosingwa Enrique Saylor (Raylor Ward)
silva Young NDyer Moses (Ferguson)
Roonpig RVP(c) aguero
Looking to take Young, Ferguson, aguero for
Nasri Petrov Suarez
Having ramsey may be too much arsenal cover when they arent exactly playing well and noone in my league has nasri
Mr. Roonatic....stick with him or get rid?
Rhetorical much?
who should i start this week, kompany or gabby
This a joke?
I would expect City to have a good chance of a CS, but if anyone of Villa's players is going to score I suppose Gabby would be the favourite. I would still back Kompany, but could see a reason for either.
thank you flynn, leaning towards kompany myself but i do feel it is a tough one, for the reasons you have pointed out, serious decision and certainly no laughing matter
Gabby for sure!! He's on fire. Bound to get an assist or goal!
He's been good against poor teams, City is Villa's first "big" game. While city have had four clean sheets.
Well its a personal choice. Every1 in my league has manc def so i see gabby as a differential. On the other hand if it doesnt pay off im willing to let go of those meager 3 pts.
That's certainly a good reason to pick him. It's one of those choices where it's unlikely both can do well.
exacty what i was thinking, can anyone hazzard a guess why jason thought it was crazy for me to ask which one, or is the poor ad just a bit slow
ad = lad
😉 The game is not as easy as it may sometimes appear, I think.
He prolly thought gabbidon 😛
ah that would make sense, could have been easily cleared up if he responded properly when i asked him why? thx for that elnino, i really couldint figure it out
I hope you pick the right one Itnot, you'll be in good Kompany. 🙂
ha, i think i have just decided on gabby, my thinking is if he does score it is a double body blow if i start kompany, losing clean sheet and having a goal plus bp on my bench, also even if he does nothing and another villa player scores i lose clean sheet anyway
A) ShawX & vdv/nasri
B) woodgate & silva
Alr hv dzeko! But gonna remove him soon!
im assuming you cant do shawx and siva
if not shawx and nasri
Yup cant afford both. But im really skeptical abt mancini's rotation policy. Only silva looks to be nailedon.
i think vdv will have very limited time on the pitch, if you are worried about city, maybe consider bale, should play 90 mins every week, personally i think he is about to take off
Yea i love his pace. Thats a gr8 idea actually. Cheers bud!
no bother, hope it works out for you
Good pick, doubts over VDV hamstring and his relationship with Harry atm. I would go Shawcross as Stoke certainty.
'Arry's latest comments suggest only good things
So price changes has occurred and Aguero did not drop despite being on -125% on FISO. So much for rushing the transfer to avoid his price drop.
He's flagged. So wait till he gets to 175+
Yes, he's flagged and need more than 100% to drop. Probably 175% as Elnino suggested.
You would have kicked yourself if you hadn't and he dropped. Predicting rises and falls seems to be far more difficult this year. If he doesn't go down tonight then it really is a fix.
Anyone think doubling up Chelski defenders is a bad idea?
Has been shit so far but has so nearly been a sweet play......
Clutching my crotch, and feeling the gut, I plunged for a 4 pts hit
OUT -- Aguero, Gabbidon, Given
IN ---- RVP(c), Woodgate, Ruddy
GK move was for money, and defence looked too weak .. I have a strong feeling Adebayor will play, and I will get my points back, yeah!
Ruddy
--Bosingwa, Woodgate, Simpson
--Nani, Silva, Arteta, Moses
--RVP(c), Rooney, Adebayor
(Vorm, NDyer, Brown, Boyata)
Lots of people captaining Van Pursestrings. The consensus is swaying me that way against my gut feeling that Sutenland game might be damp squib.....
Also have Arteta.
But being a Spurs fan, it does not matter if Arsenal damply squibs all over themselves ...
after all it is more important what is happening in the real world.
... right?
I customised the Optas earlier on and looked at the last 3 gwks. I was really interested to see Sturridge would show up. Now I know why he is so prominent in the Watchlist. He appears in the top 5 for a lot of data and that's without playing the full 90 in each game. Those looking to bring him in have some good reliable data backing him.
The other interesting bit of data was on team shooting stats. Which 2 teams would you expect to see the leading the way over these past 2 gwks for shots on goal and goal attempts on target?
CHS and ...Aresenal! 😯
The move to RVP and Sturridge is looking ever clearer now 🙂
Hey, Jafalad.
Ade to Sturridge seems like a great transfer for various reasons but I'm still not convinced about brave Sir Robin. Yes, Arsenal create a lot of chances ( did you see the Blackburn game, they could have scored 8 ) but they don't score that many of them. And I seem to remember this fixture getting a similar big build up last year - then Sunderland put in a heroic defensive display and got a 0-0 draw.
Having said that though I may panic and sell Aguero for Van P tomorrow. If the rumours are to be believed ( and I doubt it ) then he may be off to Dagestan in January 😯
SUN appears a different team this year particulalry defensively. With 9 new players too, I believe they are still sorting themselves out and they are going to take time to gel. I remember SUN kept 10 cs in the first hlaf of the season or so.
The advantage of getting RVP is that you have him for at least 6 weeks and can downgrade easily to Aguero with possible some profit from any eventuating price rises.
A forward line of Sturridge, Roonpig and RVP has a great feel to it. Possibly down to the lack of rotation that you get when you invest in City or Utd.
Who is off to Dagestan....and where is it: Mongolia? 😉
Sorry but if Sunderland look a different team, why do you have Bramble still ? 😉
Good point about SUN last year - I had Bardsley and Fabregas in my team at the same time during SUN's excellent run. Fab scored 46 and Bardsley 43 over the same number of games.
There's some talk of this nouveau-riche-mafia-gas-money Anzhi Makhaklavidia, or whatever they're called, making a bid for him. It's the same club that bought Eto'o.
I also see that Spurs are thinking about making an offer for Drogba in the January transfer window. Could it be that Ade's hamstring is a possible long-term worry?
Adebayor: my thinking is that he won't start tomorrow as it is too risky long term. However, Sturridge will play with Torres out these next two games so I see it as an opportunity to get him in and see if he continues to average 8 ppg.
Yes I had Bardsley in as well: he went from 4.3 to 5.1. I still think SUN can be a force at home. I'd rather have a 4.5 defender from SUN than QPR.
I swapped Bramble for Woodgate last week. I don't mind having an injured defender on the bench for a couple of weeks but not one who's in chokey. If Sunderland sort themselves out I can always go back to Brown but New and Stoke rotate perfectly until GW 20.
Ah good you checked to see if your 5 defenders rotated together. 😉
I was looking at Woodgate (reluctantly as he's an injury waiting to happen) earlier but it gave me a 4:1 rotation ðŸ™
What's up with metacognition? You promoting more thinking, Billy?
Nah, too much thinking is dangerous, we all know that 😉
It's just a reminder to myself about this game, and some of the advice we see on here 😎
Thats prolly cos they've had more.than decent fixtures in the recent weeks!
Thoughts on my team for this week?
Begovic
kompany woodgate bosingwa
silva(c) vdv ramsey petrov
sturidge rooney(vc) aguero
Vorm dyer(swan) taylor(swan) simpson.
Thoughts?
Hey guys need some advice!
My team has both adebayo and aguero:
Vorm(Krul)
Woodgate Saylor Enrique (Ward, Brown)
Ramsey Petrov Silva(C) Young (Dyer)
Adebayor Aguero RVP
Should i take any hits to change adebayor and aguero? coz they are highly likely not to start, and my only forward would be RVP 🙠any ideas guys?
Dont take a hit. Your bench looks good this wk.
dyer imo
Simpson. SWN are bottom of the shooting stats ðŸ™
Aight. Thanks 🙂 Dont fancy a newc cleanie tbh
Dyer easy IMO
Simpson.
Mind you, Narch haven't kept a clean sheet so far and they love a rash challenge in the box.
Vorm
Bos- Kompany- Enrique
Silva- VDV- Petrov- Sinclair
Surez- RVPc- Dzeko
Given, Simpson- Bannan- Orr
On wildcard, just went Ade to Dzeko, which will be swapped back when Ade is fit...
Any major problems???????
Cheers in advance,
Defence too expensive.
No Nani or Mata.
No Rooney 😯
Orr gets little gametime.
Do those gks rotate?
...apart from that...I like it 😉
Had all three main defenders from the start- So not really that expensive..
Not loving Man U's fixtures, yet when they improve RVP to Rooney or VDV to Nani isn't that hard.
Mata is the most overrated player in the league (fantasy wise) the new Deco!!
Orr is the best 3.9 defender on there, and i needed the .1 to get Silva in.
They have been, an i have never been one to expect big scores from GK's, a clean sheet is a bonus..
Not that expensive but denies you the heavy hitters where they are most needed.
Orr doesn't play so that would be 3.9 burning up your team.
Man U seem to scoring against everyone. I've learnt my lesson: Roonpig and Nani are a necessity this year.
Dont worry Esky it is a good team, but if it doesnt look exactly like Jafa's he wont say it is good, and he will just suggest transfers for you to make it look like his. Happens ALL the time.
Thats harsh. I can see an 80 pt week fr this kid.
Though id ratger hv sturridge instead of dz.
Why not do Given > Krul or Kenny? They rotate properly with Vorm and give you extra money to upgrade Orr to somebody worth having.
What does Sir Roger Moore, Sir Cliff Richard and Usher have in common?
🙄
Hallo?
Silly eybrows? 😉
Hoekom het jy nie net sê dit was jou jaarsdag ?
They've all got webbed feet?
They all played Bond......
Ok, what does What does Sir Roger Moore, Sir Cliff Richard, Usher and CHRISTINA have in common?
😕
They're all guys? 😕
No.
It's there birthday today.
😡
I know.....they all had dubious output.....?
I really need some advice with my team. 1 FT and 3m in the bank. Any thoughts?
Vorm, Krul
Bosingwa, Kompany, Simpson, Ward, De Laet
Young, Silva, Mata, Dyer, Moses
Aguero, Adebayor, Agbonlahor
Moses out, Ramsey or similar in.
Or Ward out, someone who doesn't play for Wolves in.
So, why does everyone keep saying VDV is a doubt? Redknapp never said he was a doubt, he played 90 for Netherlands and there is nothing on team news?
enrique or simpson?
'Arry said he had a hammy ...
Dont we all? 😉
"He sometimes has a problem with that Rafa," said Redknapp.
"He has had a few hamstrings since he's been with us, but he's important to us - he scores goals. He's an amazing finisher. Last season I think he got 12, this season he's capable of getting near 20 goals from playing in that position where he likes to play."
Im not gonna argue with the scouts, they say he isnt a doubt 🙂
play Tierney or Simpson this week?
Vorm,Ruddy
Enrique,Bosingwa,Kompany,S.Taylor,Taylor
Silva,Nani,Mata,Murphy,Tiote
Ade,Suarez,Sturridge
On wildcard, should i get rid off ade?
Any other transfers i should do?
Wheres your money gone?
I have Simpson for S.Taylor, Given for Ruddy, VDV for Murphy and Dyer for Tiote 😕
Where's the ScoutCast?! 😯
Anyone know what will happen to McAuley when Craig Dawson is back?
I've been in Canada for the last week and a half without Internet access so am not fully up to date with the news etc, below is my team some help would be appreciated.
Vorm, Krul
Taylor s, brown, de Laet, Bosingwa, ward
Mata, young, silva, arteta, dyer
Sturridge, Rooney, adebeyor
I assume, it being Friday, that there's no scoutcast this week, but have Mark or Granny explicitly said as much?
Yep. I'm afraid so ... 🙂
considering I am playing vorm, in case adebayor doesn't play, got my bench order correct?
dyer, naylor, simpson
not sure how I came to have 3 swansea players!
