Gareth Bale saves the gameweek, as Tottenham’s 2-0 win draws things to a close. Time for us to round things up, rummaging through the Opta data to pick out the statistics that matter, taking a punt at the Fantasy Premier League bonus points along the way…
Have not had Ba since GW1. Think this might have cost me dearly...
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Maybe. Unless you've had Sturridge instead. Although Ba has been better. I never had him in for any of his hat tricks 🙁
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Time to move you think?
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Ruddy (Vorm)
Walker - Enrique - Verm - (Simpson) - (Wilkinson)
Nani - Bale - Walters - Drenthe - (Allen)
Ade - RVP - Strurridge
Got Bale in for Silva before inevitable price rise. Kinda wanted to keep Silva, but you can't have them all.
I've 3m in the bank. Wilki is the next to go, but always something pops up.Open Controls
No City coverage at all? Bold.
Open ControlsI know but getting Bale in for the DGW was important, even if it meant sacrificing Silva. It's hard to predict you is going to start for City so hard to know what players to pick. I could go Wilkinson to Kompany, but I'll wait as I'm not taking a hit for that move.
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City score loads but it's always shared amongst them all, I don't see any problem not having silva - at least until gw24 it should be fine IMO. There are better options at the moment. I did silva to Valencia this week and it paid off.
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I did VdV to Valencia, also worked well. Am likely to wildcard Silva out of my side, lie you say City's points get spread around, Silva is consistent but doesn't bring in huge hauls. Aguero may be the only one worth having from City
Open ControlsHe's very consistent but not the type I'd ever captain because like you say he just doesn't get those ultra big scores. Nice to have him ticking the points over though, but I reckon he's not essential for the next few
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Hilfenhaus just got clocked at 152.5. Hahahahaha!
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Radar fail.
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Not very festive for those poor tail enders.
Open ControlsWanna take the cricket chat elsewhere?
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Have 2 free transfers for the upcoming gameweek. Obviously one transfer will have to be Evans OUT, maybe to Shotton? But looking for some suggestions on what to do with my second free transfer. I did wanna get Bale in, but would have to make a third transfer to afford that, unless one of Nani/Silva are removed. Also, want to get Sturridge in at some point. I have 0.3 in the bank. Thank you in advance for any replies!
My team at the moment is:
Vorm, Krul
Jones, Evans, Enrique, Simpson, Brown
Nani, Gower, Silva, Walters, Drenthe
Ba, RVP, Adebayor.Open Controls
Hmmmm BAE or walker in?
bae rising tonight so might not be a bad idea to notch em now... but he did come off at 70 today |:|
any news onthe reason for the sub?Open Controls
giving rose a runout + picked up a minor knock but should be all fine for the upcoming games
Open Controlsyeah thought the same myself, thouht id ask ere... dont really mind paying the extra for walker since its for the double and to replace richards for a few weeks, but might stick with bae 🙂
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Trailing my cup tie with 1 point. 2-1 in tie-breaking goals. Who will get most baps?
Me: Vorm, Caulker, Evans, Brown, Bale, Nani, Adebayor
Opp: Reina, GJohnson, JEnrique, Terry, Moses, Sessegnon, BaOpen ControlsThat will be close. I can see bale 3 and are 2.. For him I can see possible 3 for ba, maybe 1 for see and terry had a good match too
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You: 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0/1, 0/1
Them: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2/3
You probably.Open Controls
its just a cup guys.. calm down
Open ControlsAren't you going MADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD?
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How can I join a Global League? For some reason I am not in the Global Tottenham league...
Open ControlsYou need to pick them as the team you support.
Open Controlsdid that years ago. but to be sure, redid it just now. still no go
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You will just need to go into account and select tottenham as the team you support
Open Controlsdid you register as a Spurs fan?
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6th in the Blackburn league.... oh yeah
Open Controlsmaybe im in after the rank updates now that i reselected spurs?
Open ControlsFPL is doubting your commitment to Spurs... sock em.
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What should I do with this crap.
Howard (Vorm)
Enrique, Evans, McAuley, Simpson, Wilkinson
Nani, Mata, Silva, Sess, Pilkington
RVP, Ade, Ba
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Open Controlswould have been higher but I had McAuley 3rd sub again when he brings in a big haul second week in a row.
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Quite an accomplishment yes
Open ControlsAs its Xmas I suppose I must say well done.
Open ControlsPretty damn good. I'm on 55 before BAPs with a 4pt hit, pleased but aggrieved about the Evans CS that got away, Enrique CS done by an own goal and benching Raylor...
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1 FT for this week...
Should I drop Evans (0.1 profit) or Naylor (0.2 profit)?
Either to Caulker or Shotton ?Open ControlsNaylor definitely - Shotton.
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Yep terrible GW and an exit from the Cup (Inactive player with Berba (C) 🙁 )
1FT 0.0M in the bank how to improve on this....
Vorm | Ruddy
P.Jones | N.Taylor | Walker | Simpson | Wilkinson
Nani | Silva | Mata | Drenthe | Gomez
RVP | Rooney | MorisonOpen Controls
Why make stuff up about how you got knocked out?
Open ControlsTBH he probably wasn't, you can tell this stuff by looking at the number of transfers they made and player choices to pretty high probability.
Open ControlsWhat a joke. 🙄
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Liar Alert!
Open ControlsYeh only joking but pretty lucky all his players got a decent score and thanks to all my silly decisions.
Open ControlsGet a new manager that doesn't lie.
Open Controlsoooooo cutting
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Please rate these transfer ideas.. Basically, to sort out my 3 doubtful DF situation in this Gwk.
Krul - Vorm
Simpson - jones - Evans - Enrique - Naylor
Bale - mata - silva - Nani - dyer
Ade - RVP - Sturridge
A: Evans ➡ Shotton
B: Evans ➡ McAuley
C: Jones ➡ Walker or BAEOpen ControlsD: Naylor > Shotton. Wouldn't touch Evans until you know he's out. If you do have Jones, wouldn't get him out as he could start CM. Either way, wouldn't touch Spurs defence away to Swansea as they don't cope that well with sustained pressure and that's a hard fixture.
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"Jonny came off injured. He has a calf injury and will be out for two weeks," said Ferguson.
Open ControlsYeah, but this is Ferguson talking, didn't he say Jones would be out 6 weeks or something last GW? I think managers often exaggerate player injuries to confuse the opposition - before the Chelsea game everyone was like "Bale unlikely to play" because of Harry's "he's very doubtful" comments but he actually started.
Open ControlsCorrect me if I'm wrong but I dont think Ferguson ever said 6 weeks? That was just what the press came up with. If you read Harry's very doubtful quote in full, he also says 50-50 at best so it's mainly press interpretation. Saying that, they clearly do like to exaggerate at times.
Open ControlsCould dig through the Fergie quotes but on consideration yeah I suppose I can't recall a direct quote. True, the press do like to jump on bad news and the slightest feeding from the manager gets them going.
The wider lesson might be just to take what's reported with a pinch of salt and consider anyone who wasn't stretchered off the pitch as a possible starter.Open Controls6 weeks was mentioned at some point
some jumped the gun, and they might pay for itOpen ControlsI did take Jones out but it was in the knowledge he might still be fit but there were better things I could do with the ~2m he cost.
Did
Jones > BAE
Eagles > Valencia
Turned out good this GW but I am open to the possibility Jones could score against Blackburn.Open Controlspaying off handsomely so far id say
Open ControlsStill in the back of my head that Valencia could be rested for Blackburn and Rooney go wild (who the Evans-Nani-Valencia 'trinity' (haha) prevents me from getting).
Not expecting a CS from BAE at Swansea either, and Jones could contribute to the demolition of Blackburn. He's been desperately unlucky not to score more than 1 this season, many assist and woodwork chances.Open Controls
Top 25K in the world, and out of the cup to someone ranked outside the top 2 million.
Thank you GW18, thank you.Open ControlsA lot of crap players have done really well this GW, 40-50+. Dunno why, Rooney, RVP, Nani, Suarez (obviously), all did badly...
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No one really did well. im 3 points behind my cup opponent and he had Evra C- who of course assisted. I had Roon (C and Nani and Evans.
Cant believe you put Suarez in the same sentence with the other guys 😀Open ControlsEvra (C)... LOL
Open ControlsHis highest scoring player this week :D, so a face plant for me.
Open ControlsYou know what I think you can make it through.
You're 3 points behind but have Bale, Ba, RVP
= 3, 2/3, 0/1 BPs = 5-7 BPs
The only guy he has with any chance of BPs is Evra but I don't think he'll get any because the BPs from that game are likely to be
Berbatov 3 Valencia 2 Park 1
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It wouldn't be any fun if it were that predictable. Can you imagine Fantasy La Liga?
Open ControlsIt would be fun if Messi and Ronaldo were forbidden...
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I think a lot will have had berbatov and bale though - both Would have looked good options at the start to people who don't follow footie much ( because of their high totals last season)
Open ControlsThat is true... yep having both would probably get you to 50.
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Happened to me last year it actually snowed out every game exceot 1 and I didn't have any players except tevez who got 2. Ah the shame!
Open ControlsPlease tell me this won't happen to us sometime between now and Feb.
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My H2H opponent:
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2488604/event-history/18/
It can happen to the best of us. Or the worst of us.Open Controls
Well, this is annoying...
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Score update has begun... Subs have been transferred now..
Open ControlsIndia all out for282.
Open ControlsFinally! Australia with a first innings lead of 51.
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Sorry if this has been discussed already.
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Going out of the cup...
At the moment its 44-33 to him, a man that had JT captain with Torres & Lita upfront :/
Ya just have to laugh..
🙂Open ControlsWow he got 42 with just 9 players, no capt or vc, and no bale / berbatov. Pretty damn impressive! It's higher than many on this site.
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a) Evans, Pilks to Shotton, Gomez (-8)
b) Evans, Pilks to Senderos, Moses (-8)
c) Pilks to Moses (-4)
d) Pilks to Swansea mid (-4)
e) Don't do another transfer as it isn't worth it and potentially only have 9/10 players.Open Controlse
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Is BAE rising tonight on 98 on FISO atm, and when do the changes happen?
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So, 56pts pre-baps is a very pleasing score after my abysmal start to the season 🙂
expecting potential baps from these guys: Baines, Sess?, Bale, Ba, Ade.
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Biggest let down FPL wise this season ?
Mine has to be having Torres for a few weeks and putting him captain...Open ControlsNot owning Bale, Ba or Sturridge at any stage until..literally, right now!
Open Controls4 or 8 mate? 😛
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Thats end of season talk...
Open ControlsYear end cavalcade?
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paying 8 pts to get Bale/Baines/Ben Arfa in for Shawcross/VDV/Drenthe with Baines not getting points and Ben Arfa not playing
paying 8 pts again to remove Baines/Moses/Aguero and see Evans/Nani/Sturridge score 5 pts
all this hits business has cost me 25 pointsOpen ControlsWas gonna suggest Gervinho but can't after today...
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Considering bringing in Dempsey against Norwich.
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Should I do Evans -> BAE, before his possible rise tonight and in preparation for the DGW?
My team -
Vorm Krul
Vermaelen Enrique Brown Evans Shotton
Silva Nani Bale ReoCoker Johnson
Rvp Rooney SturridgeOpen ControlsReally wouldn't do it unless you can't afford the 0.1 rise. Evans will be extremely useful if he's actually fit to play which I wouldnt dismiss yet.
Open ControlsYes, you got ~25 mins.
Consider if it's worth it...
Evans doesn't play this week but plays next week and gets CS = 6pts
BAE plays all three weeks, doesn't keep CS against Swansea, and keeps 1/2 CS in the DGW = 10pts
Probably worth it.Open ControlsDynamic just to say I looked closely at the transfers required (320) and transfers in the last two hours (439) - it's extremely marginal, he might be short by 150 or so at 2.30, but there's enough error in the measurements that he might rise.
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