With this afternoon’s clash at Anfield completing the gameweek, our Members can now soak up all the numbers from another weekendβs 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 pointsβ¦
Contemplating building my team around a top 5 of Rooney-RVP-DVD-Silva-Lamps for the Xmas.
Vorm Hilario
Caulker/Monk/McAuley Brown Wilko Enrique Simpson
VDV Silva Allen Johnson Moses
RVP Roo Helguson
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I'm aiming to get all nailed on players for the Christmas period..
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not impressed with any forwards bar RVP and a few around the 6-7 mil range
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Open ControlsToo late IMO to jump on the Barn Door transfer. Not worth 8.8m, esp considering he's going to be his quite self when DVD returns.
Open ControlsHis scores have still been brilliant, even when VDV wasn't there, definately worth 8.8, i'd price him at around 10-10.5 the way he has been scoring this season.
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worth more than caroll torres just to name a few
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8, 12, 4, 6, 8, 2, 2, 6, 13 and 14.
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That 5 looks terrible to be honest. RVP should be the only certainty. Even Silver doesn't have the easiest ride till Jan WC.
VDV - Injured a lot so is a new rotation doubt, xpensive
Rooney - Hasn't looked good of late, I wouldn't put my faith in him at this stage, xpensive
Lamps - Doesn't look good and is a rotation doubt, xpensiveOpen ControlsVDV – Injury prone, agreed. Rotation risk - disagree.
I wouldn't mind him playing 1 game in 2 GWs and giving me 10-15 pts.
Rooney – He's getting there...slowly. Wolves will be his comeback game, by which time most people would have lost faith in him.
Lamps – Expensive - agreed. But totally worth it - FKs, Penos, Corners, CAM. Not a rotation doubt IMO. He's our top goalscorer this season. As much I'd like to have him on the bench, we lack experience in midfield to do so. Saturday was a one-off.Open ControlsI dunno.
Pretty sure AVB is smart enough to realise Chelsea's two best games this season were against Wolves (the first half at least) and Swansea....Lampard didn't play at all against the Swans and they won 4-1 with 10 men, against Wolves they were killing it in the first half, dropped off in the second, and dropped off even more when Lampard came on.
Not saying he's a bad player, but Chelsea are better without him.Open ControlsHmm, no doubt that Lamps needs to be replaced eventually (possibly by Jan). But as of now, we have no suitable replacement at that position.
IMO, this Wol game (with no Hara & Hunt) isn't even worth considering. Even Wigan could have beat them by 2-3 goals. Our movement with Swa was very fluid without Lamps, agreed. But not enough to judge how reliable it could be all the time. I thought our best movement & creativity against Bol & Qpr - both with Lamps on as a very advanced role.
But I'd say AVB should defo try out Mata at LAM instead of LW. Only then, will we know.Open Controls
Shocked at how difficult it is to beak into top 100k. Had a stinker this week but has a decent few weeks previously.
Knee jerked. Gone for all the tottyOpen ControlsTotty are gonna go down..only a matter of time. Knee-jerks will suffer.
It's going to be good ol' Chelsea & United time...Open Controlsi've had a good go with chelsea and man u. mata/torres/nani/rooney all underperformed when I had them. Man U in particular look a different side to the beginning of the season
Open ControlsIf you saw the last 15 mins of the game against Newcastle, we could clearly see glimpses of the United at the start of the season. I think SAF defo has a trick up his sleeve and is waiting for the Xmas to unleash the demons.
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+lots we are looking much better and didn't deserve to come out with a draw. Newcastle were insanely lucky.
Open ControlsYo Fratboy! How was your Cup game (the one with you, me & demi)?
Mine was terrible. Haha
Me - 33. Him - 39 (after a 8-pt hit). Bad-K made the difference for him.Open Controls
People are getting good at this game. It is even harder to get into the top 50,000 naturally
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I agree with getting in the Spurs trio. Spurs are playing excellent football right now, and imo have the second best midfield in the PL. Perhaps Adebayor is replaceable, but there's a lack of scoring midfielders at the moment, so Bale and VDV seem well worthwhile.
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IMO, they have the best midfield in the league now Scotty Parker is there.. but I am a spurs fan so perhaps I'm biased...
Open ControlsI've tried with nani, mata & a more expensive forward line and they didn't produce so why not
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Bolton have only 4 fit defenders so good time to go Tottenham
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Tricky bench decision for my defence this week - which 1 to bench from these 4....I'm playing Westwood (wol) also if this affects your vote!...
Vermaelen (wig), Simpson (CHE), Brown (wol), Wilkinson (eve)Open ControlsEasy...Wilko. Stoke away after Europa...you serious?
Open ControlsFair point. Although after letting 2 in to Wigan at home, together with all the shenanigans going on at SUN, I'm not overly happy to double up on them either. Hmmm.
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bench simpson
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Wilkinson.
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What to do with this sorry lot?
Vorm - Hennessey
Simpson - NTaylor - ShawX - Kompany - Brown
Nani - VDV - Larsson - Dyer - Ramsey
Rooney RVP Klasnic Bank: 1 mil
Thinking I should get rid of at least one of my man utd players, preferablly Nani, really tempted by Baines and want to bring him in, but just short of ideas in generalOpen Controls
Team is
Vorm ( Given )
ShawX Walker Enrique Turner ( Simpson )
Mata VDV Silva ( Dyer Rodwell )
Ade RVP Sturridge
Options are;
A Sturridge to Ba
B ShawX to Jags
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Play it on form, so that eliminates option C (Sunderland are poor at the moment). I'd do B. Sturridge has hard fixtures but the players around him will create opportunities.
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Westwood, Given
Simpson, Taylor R, Rangel, Jose Enrique Ferdinand
Bale, Van der Vaart, Silva, Dyer, Eagles
Van Persie, Dzeko, Adebayor
Thoughts?Open ControlsAny reason not to get in N.Taylor and double up on Swansea defenders?
have 4.2 to spend on a defender, and the way I see it is you are more likely to get a cleanie from Swansea as opposed to WBA/Norwich/any other defenders that arent Wilkinson/Brown/Simpson.Open ControlsSpeaking as someone who benefitted from doubling up on Swansea defenders (I'll be it not on purpose) I would say hell yes, he attracts baps too!
Open ControlsSwansea defenders are THE best. They literally saved my gameweek, plus with the Vorminator, well it speaks for itself.
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My opponent doing Kompany β‘ Richards might have saved my cup tie
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Morning gents, hope everyone is well?!?
I am happy-ish with my team although I could do with some constructive criticism, anyone care to offer any advice.
Vorm Krul
Enrique Kompany Jones Brown Simpson
VDV Ramsey Silva Walters Dyer
RVP Rooney Sturridge
Cheers guysOpen ControlsRamsey out for Larsson or Sturridge out for Ba (or Henandez if you can afford).
Open ControlsRamsey and dyer are the only weak links in that team. You could say Rooney, but I just don't have the cajones to get rid of him!
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Me neither - he looked dangerous against Newcastle though I thought.
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Nice team, you happy to only have VDV as Tottenham coverage?
Open ControlsNot particularly I just don't know who else to get.
I don't think much of their defence, CS's seem few and far between. Adebayor is a 2 transfer addition that will require downgrading someone. Also as a rule I never have 2 players from the same team in each position type, so adding to VDV in midfeild seems to go against my beliefs ;).Open Controls
Cheers guys.....great advice all round, I will look at shipping out Ramsey/Dyer.
For Dyer anyone got any recommendations for a like for like replacement?Open Controls4.6.....no money in the bank!
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now that moses have repaid my faith in him since GW1, i can sell him without feeling bad
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first red arrow for 8 weeks and out the cup i go! well done to buzz utd
done a pissed up transfer when out at 1am sat night of lamps to bale, unsure if it was the right move!Open ControlsThe thing I've noticed about Bale this year is that he's getting most of his points late in games on the counter whilst the opponents are pushing for an equaliser, so it'll be interesting to see if his FPL form dips if Spurs stop having games their own way.
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I second the red arrow and early elimination from the cup. I was tempted to do vdv to bale but left it. I think spurs will rip bolton to bits this weekend.
Open Controlsdid u back bristol city to beat southampton?
again i decided to just lay the other team rather than backing us! made a few quid tho but shouldve gone with the winOpen ControlsNa mate I was away for the weekend so didnt bet much, came back yesterday to watch us lose 1-0 to killie and i doubled villa and city so that combined with a horrendous GW kind of put me in a c*nt of a mood.
I know you have rangers on to win the league with your mate, Rangers are a general 8/11 for it, Celtic are 11/10 everywhere, apart from Unibet where they are 9/5. That means you can bet on both to win the league, and make around 6% guaranteed profit, i think...Open ControlsGotta love those bets! Sorry you had a bad weekend π
Open ControlsAch these weekends happen, just cant dwell on it need to move on, onwards and upwards and that π
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KOL its 6/4 with unibet now
maynard wincast tmoro 9/2 get on!Open ControlsIs it ? B@s, it was 9/5 last night. I'll hop on the wincast, cheers bud
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Tosey... well played lad. You'll be fine at that rate, I'm always waiting for the wheels to come off of the bus!
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No Toseyyy. Lampard is the light of Chelsea. He shall guide us to GLORY!
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bonus is out?
Will bale get any ?Open ControlsNot yet and maybe?
There should be an article this morn.Open Controls
Considering Aguero out at somepoint in next few week.
Thoughts?
Thinking if United pick up their form Hernandez may be the way to go.Open Controls
yeh - looks like Utd are going to explode soon
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Ba and Barfa too much? Really want to get rid of Ramsey so hes my first choice.Open Controlsbig call... aguero home to Norwich, Ba home to Chelsea...
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Morning Tosey. You think Kun will play vs NOR?
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Hi guys, missed some of the weekend games, does Balo have a 3 or 1 game ban? Cheers!
Open ControlsF*ck it I am getting the Spurs holy trinity...
Average of 24 for the last 7 GW's and 6/9 at home for the next 9 games with fixtures of BOL sto SUN CHE nor swa WBA EVE WOL up until (and one GW after) the big double gameweek.Open ControlsTotty are going down, JoA. Bad idea. π
Open ControlsHaha with those fixtures? I dunno! π
Open ControlsWith easy fixtures, comes complacency. With Harry out, comes the deficiency.
I know, for sure πOpen ControlsMeh, you can't argue with form and fixtures.
Perfect hindsight would be nice but based on the 24 point avg and the upcoming fixtures it isnt a bad move I think.Open Controls
+1 not any better options around... we will cry the weeks Tottenham does badly... but in their current form I don't see that being too often...
Open ControlsI hope the baleIN bandwagon crashes and burns π
Open Controlswagon? have you seen his last 4 game weeks? I love people who said that getting bale last week was a knee-jerk! 3 double figure scores is NOT a knee-jerk...
Open ControlsWelgedaan Brian. Jy doen nog steeds goed. Top1000 finish vir jou!
Open ControlsI really hope a top 1000 finish is on the cards!!
Open ControlsYou not worried about not having any ManU coverage for Wolves at home? My fear is Rooney start going ape again after I sell him...
Like Mata, Sturridge. Only way for me to get Bale in as well will be to downgrade Rooney.
Thoughts?Open ControlsRooney is a VERY tough call... United haven't been doing well, but apparently there was a spark in them at the end of the Newcastle game that may just carry on now...
I really don't know what to advise!
I would keep Rooney 1 more week and if he still hasn't done something swap to Ba.Open Controls
give it till 10am BST I reckon
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Best midfielder for £6.3m or less? Pilkington has outstayed his welcome in my team.
Thinking O'Hara or Ben Arfa at the moment but swaying to O'Hara as I'll be getting Ba next week.Open Controls
De Gea (Ruddy)
Taylor R, Jones, Richards, Taylor, Simpson
VDV, Nani, Silva, Sessegnon, Walters
RVP, Helguson, Bendtner
0.0 in bank, 1 FT this week
I think i should keep faith in sessegnon, bendtner and nani for 2-3 more GWs.. it was just bad luck that the players who are most likely to score from SUN, QPR and ARS didnt score..
Any ideas?Open Controlssessegnon AND bendtner is too much sunderland coverage for my liking given their form. I would be looking at Bendtner to Ba, or even Sess to O'hara or ben arfa if you don't get ba.
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time for bonus ?
How mch time ?Open ControlsAsk your boss yet?
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I think there's not enough recognition for the Holy One! Surely, this should have been the talk of the forum...
Irony: Had him on the bench, to bless the other players.Open Controls
what is happening in case of tie in Paddy Cup? Coin drop? Number of transfers for a GW? I didnt make any, he is got two (we are tied with his -4 at the moment).
Open Controlsim down on overall as well π
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ready for a shock? silva has gotten 12 ppi, the same as lescott .
Open ControlsI think he had a few shots off target... silva doesn't really make a difference since everyone who matters has him...
Open ControlsNot so much of a shock for me. Didn't do much IMO, except that corner & the last attempt on goal.
Open Controlsok maybe silva not having a high ppi isn't a shock, what it shows is an og doesn't matter that much.
Open ControlsWhere you looking at it?
Where I normally look still has last weeks πOpen Controlshttp://www.premierleague.com/page/PlayerPerformanceIndex/0,,12306,00.html
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Ahh, fair point. You need to switch your Subject-Object then π
Open Controlsah right! got it now! thanks! π
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my only hope of a bonus point is moses π
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Absolutely typical he was on my bench when he actually does something. I'm not mad about it though, kinda proud (in an odd way).
Open Controlshah, π im proud too, even though baines was my highest scorer this week with 6 points 2nd place Moses made me smile so much more. He was my 1st sub but due to vdv and drenthe missing out i was able to benifit π
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Vorm / Kenny
Enrique / Simpson / Naylor / Wilko / De Laet
Silva / Lamps / Nani / Bale / Dyer
Ade / RVP / Sturridge
0.2m in the bank, 1 free transfer. Thoughts? Flown up the rankings recently into the top 5k, but have already played my wildcard and need to get a good squad going into Xmas. If VDV is fit, I think I'll be forced into Lamps > VDV, but if he isn't, I'm not sure what to do next.Open Controls
team as is
Vorm (Ruddy)
Kompany, Jags, Brown, Simpson (Barnett)
Silva, VDV, Bale, Larsson (Allen)
RVP, Aguero (Graham)
not sure what to do. have 1 freebie but can't do much. have .5 to spend..
looking at VDV > Walters and Graham > Adebayor
or Aguero > Ba and Graham > AdeOpen ControlsThe Stoke fixtures aren't what they were a few weeks ago, although Walters has been very consistent. I prefer the second option but next week if you can save up the two frees, I probably wouldn't do it for a hit.
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Couple of questions...
Is Balotelli suspended for 1 match (i.e just the Carling Cup) or 3? I haven't got him but his presence, or lack of, affects Aguero's chances of starting vs Norwich.
Also, is Adebayor's loan from City season long or just until the January window. Just that with Tevez on his way out, there may be a small possibility that he could be recalled.Open Controls1 game ban and it's a season long loan.
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Balotelli won't miss any league games.
No idea if Adebayor is a season long loan.Open ControlsBalo is suspended for one match, my understanding is that Ade is not part of Mancini's plans and that the loan is season long.
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1 match ban which will be served in the CC.
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Have kept the faith with Nani and Suarez for too long now, one of them has to go until GW20 WC. Currently thinking Suarez, can't seem to score even when he is playing well. Not too keen on Man Utd's new found low scoring ways either tho. Maybe both and do Suarez first?
Open Controlsunited still in shock over THAT result...
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Really stuck what 2 do with Rooney stick or twist?
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Alreet lads
Anyone looking for a cheapie midfielder, might want to consider Obertan. He's actually starting to look decent. played well against stoke and Man U. Nailed on until at least the next WC as Marveaux is injured. Pardew loves him. And we have great fixtures coming up. Won't score many goals, but should get a few assists. Worth a punt for 4.9 million. Having said that, you'd still be better off finding the extra .5m for HBA. As an OOP playing for an in form toon with great upcoming fixtures, all for 5.4m I reckon he's an absolute no brainer! Who's with me?Open ControlsBen Arfa is definitely a good shout. He will be the biggest bandwagon on here after the Chelsea game
Open ControlsWhy after the chelsea game? They haven't exactly got the tightest defence going. I fancy us to get put a few past them, and I would expect him to be involved! He's coming in for me this week.
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