With this afternoon’s clash at Anfield completing the gameweek, our Members can now soak up all the numbers from another weekend’s football via our Members area. All the Opta data and ICT Index scores are in and, as usual, we can now offer a match-by-match breakdown of the standout performers, with an early prediction of the EA PPI and Fantasy Premier League (FPL) bonus points…
Have RVP, Sturridge and Balotelli, and am unsurprisingly giving up on the Italian mentalist. Eyeing up the fixtures which should I pick of
A) Adebayor v Bolton (have VDV)
B) Aguero v Norwich (have Silva)
C) Some cheap striker and upgrade Ramsey/Eagles to Bale
D) Other?Open ControlsRemeber Balotelli is only banned for the Carling Cup match, so will likely play against Norwich with Aguero next weekend with Dzeko/Aguero probably playing midweek.
Despite that i see why you want him out, i'd go for A, i'm about to confirm Dzeko to AdeOpen ControlsA. Tottenham with a good schedule (including a DGW in GW20) ahead. B is not bad but you just don't know whether Aguero will be rotated ahead of the upcoming CL game. And C is OK too, if you go Ba, whose schedule improves soon. A though, probably your best bet.
Open ControlsThanks for the clear and unanimous response scouts! Yeah, my head says A because Adebayor is in form and Bolton have a tragic defence with Wheater suspended for ever. But B just looks so tempting as Aguero is practically guaranteed to start for what you'd imagine must be an attacking City lineup against a side I don't think has kept a CS. Also I've not had Aguero this season and am provably suffering from grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side-itis. Is it?
Open ControlsHmmm epic way of putting it! Right... well, I also looked at fixtures for B and they're much worse than A with che and ARS to come next two GWs so A it is!
Doing Balotelli > Adebayor right now.Open Controlsdo think ade can go on a run like rvp, i am afraid that nobody is close to replace rvp if he got injured
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The Pats stuff the Eagles 38-20 - get in !!!!!!
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S. Taylor puts in a match defining defensive effort yet R.Taylor gets bonus because he had one shot on target - ridiculous. Adebayor was always going to get the 3 - he had a heap of shots on target but most of them were laughable - soft and straight at the keeper. Players are getting rewarded for the wrong reasons.
Open Controlsunder a computer system you will always get that if it was picked out on performances id have Scott Parker in my team and players similar
Open Controlsryan taylor hasn't got the bp yet
Open Controlsbut i agree with the jist of it. a 75 yard bicycle kick that the keeper parries out of the top corner is worth the same as a scuffed pee roller from 20 yards.
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Sczezney > Ruddy
Barton > Ben arfa
Bendtner > Adebayscore
4 point hit (first of the season)
good move?Open ControlsDoes anyone know which BPL clubs are involved in Carling Cup games this week before the weekend?
Open ControlsChelsea, Man United, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Blackburn
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Drenthe??? He was my star transfer for last week 🙁 ? Any news for him?
Open Controlsi did not hear a thing but usually moyes goes into a defensive formation when he goes on a bad spell and Drenthe not the best at getting back you might see him out for a week or two
that is why i got howard and jag in my team in the last 2 weeks or so and its paid off had both on the field this week you could see the everton now of the last few years going on a spell of very low scoring gamesOpen Controlsim sure i heard something about a falling out with moyes?? i might be lying but sure heard it on livescore when teams were being announced.
Open ControlsMoyes said he was not fit in an interview.
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hmm should i keep rooney or change to adebayor? really dont want to kneejerk but it seems logical in every way!
Open ControlsDzeko... Keep or transfer for who?
Open Controlshow many people are now worrying about there bench at the start of the season i had all my money in 12 players and the rest were just 4.0 players but now ive uped by bench by lots with rotation at all the big clubs apart from Newcastle am i doing the right thing
Open ControlsBonus points ?
Open Controlsdidnt hear a thing would like to know what way they went for everton will howard get any
Open ControlsI wouldn't mid. Have him !! 🙂
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Howard not mentioned here !! 🙁Open Controls
there are predictions on totalfpl under "livenews" section
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is ade rising in price tonight?
I might quickly bring him in?Open ControlsSame dilemma
Open ControlsSuraez to Adebayor, leaves me a free transfer and 1.3 left in the bank for friday
OR should i jus hold off and let him increase since i have that cushion
( i dnt really want t as, my tezm value is low as it is!!)Open ControlsIf that is the transfer you really want to do then do it now
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Who do people think is best midfielder @ 6.3 or less? I've lost 0.6 on Taarbat, can't believe I still have him!
Open Controlsive gone with cabaye at that price takes corners etc hasn't really came off yet but i think it will
Open ControlsI can't believe you still have him either 😛
I had him from the start - looking for the new Adam - but got shot when he was about 6.3/6.2 and was annoyed i'd lost that much value, its always 'just one more week then he'll come good'
For 6.3 you can get Sess/Drenthe/Sinclair or downgrade further to the Pilkington/Eagles price bracket, not much in between..
I'm hoping Drenthe comes good but i wouldn't bring him in just yet yourself. Sess has had a couple of good games, but if Bruce does get sacked in the morning it could take a while to get back to the right tactics and scoring enough, Sinclair i like, or Pilkington to save cash tbhOpen ControlsI'm very tempted by O'Hara but waiting until their run eases up. I am so close to doing Suarez, Nani out, Hernandez & Bale in. Don't like to do the early ones but I have just the right amount of cash
Open Controlsditch taarbat, i though he might do it this season but he been useless, warnock will lose faith
Open ControlsI don't think he will ever play for the club again
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Go for Cheaper Allen & Ben Arfa.
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Ah its allowed considering ur team name!
I would say dyer, but you already have sinclair so...jeex i dunno not much out there, get yourself .3 and get in walters or larssonOpen Controlsagree think i will be changing cabaye to Ben Arfa but will wait till friday of course
Open ControlsAlready have Ba so would be doubling up on Ben Arfa, was thinking maybe Joey Barton as he seems to have settled now and could be great fantasy option like he was at Newcastle last year.
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do hits count on paddy cup ?
Open ControlsI want to pick up jagielka but don't know who to transfer out. My defense is Simpson Naylor Enrique kompany and brown. Any suggestions? Cheers.
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Do we think rvp will be rested as he is on the edge of a potential injury
Open ControlsAnyone know anything or have any links about Outdoor Adventurous Activities? Got an essay in for tomorrow and barely started it and can't find anything searching on here.
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Is this a good GW to WC fellas?
Open ControlsWho to give the armband to: RVP away to Wigan or Adebayor at home to Bolton? Both have a chance to land a hat full of goals!
Open ControlsRVP may be rested.
Open ControlsHave to choose between RVP and Aguero. Not sure yet. Hard to not captain rvp right now.
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shall i stick with lampard or not ?
Open ControlsTransfer him out now for Bale or VDV as they play against Bolton.
Bring him back against Wigan.Open Controlshe is very expensives, needs to justify his price on a weekly basis, im a mata owner but i though he was a modric, good player but not a great scorer of points but i think mata has the running on lampard, plus he is willing to shoot from anywhere
Open ControlsAnd Lampard is playing more deeper than before
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my mids lamp sliva dyet bale walters
shall i stick with lamp or who to transfer him ?Open ControlsSo is Silva really vital for december?
if he plays in mid week in the CC (unlikely) he'll probably be rested for NOR because of the match vs bayern, after that his next 2 fixtures are chelsea and arsenal, after that he would surely be rested for STO and sun and probably play wba and after that we can draft him in in the jan wc. thoughts?Open ControlsIf it wasn't for the value I'd lose on him I would be tempted to ship him out after the NOR game. I'd definitely want him back in, and he can still score big in tough games, so he'll be staying in my team. I think Aguero could be -> Chico for me after NOR. Don't lose much on him and I'd rather Chico as MUN coverage than Nani/Young....
Open ControlsWhy in the name of all that is reasonable would he "surely" be rested for Sto and Sun. I am keeping.
Open Controlsthats a good point, rotation is a big thing for city, i think he will be on the bench against norwich, and come on for 20min cameo like he did against newcastle. but i dont think he will play in the cc
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will bale or walters get bonus ? How much time for bonus?
Open ControlsI hope Bale gets it.
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Often when it comes to transfers we work with a palette of players we see as options. Based on team form, individual form and fixtures I reckon these are the best attacking options over the next six matches (ruling out a few familiar faces and indeed whole teams). I've split them by team in order of points within each team (according to me, lol). Thoughts?
Aguero, Silva, Dzeko
Hernandez, Rooney, Young
RVP
Mata, Sturridge, Lampard
Ba, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Best
Adebayor, Bale, Defoe, VDV
Larsson, Bendtner
Klasnic, Eagles
Walters
Long
Rochina, Hoilett
HelgusonOpen Controlsi though young would start hoovering up points - hasnt really happened, do you think we will see a change in the 2nd half of the season
i avoid bolton, not consisent enough
form player lists are dent, but differentals lists are interestingOpen ControlsAgree with all of that. Yeah Young has been hit and miss, but Nani is underperforming to the extent where Young probably already had better points per minute. I can't see MUN staying defensive rest of the season and I think Young will play a leading role in the scoring when it resumes. He will get usual assists from crossing but is also happy cutting inside to score. I expect from GW15 onwards he will average at least an assist a game.
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I still can't believe the news about Gary Speed, so unbelievably sad. I wonder did he know when he was on Football Focus that he couldn't take it anymore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OIg_rIj_vM
🙁Open Controls+1 it's probably the most unexpected sports news I've woken up to in years. I watch the interview and look out for signs there but there really aren't any, he speaks in such a relaxed and confident way, laughing towards the end - it's terrifying people can hide unhappiness so well. Thinking over his position when he died - Wales manager on the rise, all-round playing legend, no reported personal tragedy and no obvious pressures - it made me briefly wonder if he really did do it. But it seems absurd to think he had enemies. I think something very sad must have happened in his personal life that hasn't been reported yet.
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Meh, think I'm resigned to saving my 1 free transfer this week. Boring. Any bright ideas for this lot? 0.1m in the bank.... (also, subs right?)
Westwood
Vermaelen, Wilkinson, Brown
VDV, Silva, Ramsey, Sinclair
RVP, Aguero, Adebayor
Ruddy, Simpson, Woodgate, Reo-CokerOpen Controlsdo you think woodgate is the best way into a stoke defence, im not too sure over the last few weeks, not much game time,
reo-coker more yellows that points!!Open ControlsI did when I got him in. Now, I definitely don't. He is out of my team soon, I just don't think there isn't much appeal below 4.4m so my best route appears to be to wait till GW15 and then use 2 transfers to being in someone decent. Either Ramsey or Aguero the likely ones to make way....
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Which defender to bench from this lot? (I'm playing Westwood (wol) in goal):
Simpson (CHE), Wilkinson (eve), Brown (wol), Vermaelen (wig)Open Controlswalkers or BAE?
Open ControlsBAE, He's running the left with Bale and getting forward well.
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