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…
Jesus good people! Not used to this late night malarky, thought the league tables would be well updated by now. Any idea when they will be to the usual nightowls?
Open ControlsCheers! Eyes are getting far too heavy now like!
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Just looking, for a 4 pt hit at some stage, I could get a DGW front 8 of
Mata, Nani, VDV, Drenthe, Bale
Ade, RVP, Sturridge
How on earth would I choose one of them to bench? I think I'd go for Mata or Sturridge, but Id be watching Wolves Chelsea with my hands over my eyes.Open Controls
id bench nani
Open ControlsYeah, he'd be the other obvious candidate. It's a tempting proposition that frontline, but it'd be massive selection headaches all the way. Almost worth not doing it just to avoid those decisions! Would make it easier to play Krul and Raylor though with Nani on my bench... Hmm.
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Madness. If Nani's in the right mood he'll get more points in one game than Drenthe will get in a month.
Open ControlsHes away to Newcastle I wouldn't count on it
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Any reason not to do Walters -> Bale for free right now?
Barring of course Walters good fixtures 🙂Open Controlswaters good ffixture and an OOP on pens, id save it a GW
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Is there anyone else you could transfer for bale?
Open ControlsIf Bale increases more than 0.1 then I can't afford him..
Only other option is Silva -> BaleOpen ControlsHmm tough one. I would personally take silva out but it's a bit of a risk. And spend the difference elsewhere next week. Depends if you could afford silva back by gw 24 when city's fixtures look really good
Open ControlsWalters to bale is not the worst thing though, I don't think Walters will ever get a really high score.
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Team is:
Howard, Vorm
Enrique, Simpson, McAuley, Evans, Wilkinson
Nani, Mata, Silva, Sess, Pilks
RVP, Ade, Ba
Welbeck to Ade is definitely being done
Which of these transfers would you do.
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 Controlsonly one id do for a hit is Pilks to Sinclair if you can afford it. I think Wilkinson will play
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Evans to Shotton for -4 perhaps.Open ControlsSilva to bale?
Open ControlsI'm not sure why Pilks has been frozen out at Norwich, he could get back in. Wouldnt have him as my priority transfer out. Id make Wilkinson my first move, get rid for Shotton. Definitely sideways, but Shotton is at least getting games at the moment.
Open ControlsYeah wilkinson prob first if you're worried about fielding 11
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anyone know why assouekotto was taken off early yesterday? is he injured? thx
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Damn looks like I lost my posted comment.. Its not showing.. it was a little long too.. all that typing.. :/
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GW19 thinking off going with Jones (c) Rvp (v)
Open ControlsFairytale choice, but Jones could drop back into defence with Evans being injured.
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gamble but hope it work then .......
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Which is the better move:
Vorm > Sorensen
or
Evans > Shotton
Can think of sever pros and cons on both parts...Open ControlsThat's the obvious one, could always offload him in the January WC if he doesn't keep his place. Still want to get in Sorensen though, don't see many clean sheets for Swansea in the coming weeks.
Would it be mad to do both? Have 2 FT's, but want to save it up for the DGW and not a fan of doubling up on a unreliable team defensivelyOpen Controls
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THANK YOU GARETH BALE SAVED MY WEEK. I might get to 50 now 😀
Open ControlsSeems only 3 scores of 60+ in the Xmas League.
Open ControlsHopefully ill get there after the bps
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After autosubs and update of gameweek points, overall points now updated - stand by for gameweek and overall rankings.
Open ControlsI'm distinctly average ....
Open ControlsWould have been below average without Valencia... Antonio, I love you. In a totally appropriate way.
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Vorm Krul
Enrique Kompany Evans Walker Boyata
Silva Mata Bale Cabaye Ramsey
RvP Ba Sturridge
Ramsey > Valencia
Ba > Morison
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Prediction on my cup tie please :<
Me : +2, Baines, Mata, Friedel?
vs
Him : Raylor + Adebayor (c)
Thanks in advance!Open ControlsYou win.
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very close!
id start checking the tie-breaker if i were you
1st: most goals
2nd: least goals againstOpen ControlsMata 2 Baines 2/3
Raylor 1/2 Ade 1/2
You win.Open ControlsSorry just noticed Ade(C)
MAta 2 Baines 2/3
Raylor 1/2 Ade 2/4
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Thanks guys for the replies! Just wondering since I'm new to FPL, what's so important about the cup anyways? Since we can't see how well a team does last season in the cup :/ and we most likely won't win it either.
Open ControlsEverything in FPL doesn't really matter since we're not going to win a prize...
just pride.Open Controls
i scored 52 without any hit in this low scoring gw .....but why still red arrow?
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Through to the last 16 of FFScout cup 😀
Got a problem this week though, Caulker and Milijas out, although Milijas is only bench fodder, I still need cover, also got Jonny Evans, probably out, leaving my defence...
Vorm
Simpson Jagielka Enrique
One free transfer, should I ride it out until next week? That way I can bring in a spurs defender and Drenthe at no hit... So I dont see the point in taking a hit, especially with the wildcard coming up....Open ControlsLeave it imo
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I'm considering Evans > BAE/Walker this week. Swansea away isn't anything to worry about imo
Open ControlsImpressive stuff hammer, looks like your blogging is helping your managing!
TOT have an awesome attack, WBA have goals in them and I don't see LIV-NEW finishing 0-0 so I think you will struggle for CS. I reckon the likeliest scenario is 6pts for Enrique and 2 for the others giving you 12pts from your defence. Would definitely look at swapping 1 defender for the cup as looking at this GW's fixtures it could be another low-scoring GW, whereas the one after could be high-scoring if you have DGW coverage. Hence the points advantage matters more this GW for knockout.Open ControlsThanks 🙂 Ranked 220th in the world too ;P
I think i'll check out my opponent first, he could be in a worse scenario, thing is, I only have 4.6m to spend, and there is no bankers for a CS at that price... So hardly seems worth the transfer, and surely Liverpool are going to have to play defensively? Newcastle are scoring well at the moment, and Liverpool are scoring poorly... Could happen...Open ControlsYou don't often see a team with Milijas and a top 1k rank. 😆
Open Controls4.6m isn't much but luckily there is an answer - Shotton, nailed on, Stoke at home to Wigan - playing away at Stoke is one of the worst fixtures of the season and has done many of the top teams in, they have ShawX back and their home CS record is good.
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not a bad week this week got 62 had both bale and valenica
Open Controls62? That's sh1t! I'd be embarrassed !
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Please pick 2 out of the following to start GW19...
BAE (swa), Jagielka (wba), Simpson (liv) and Larsson (MCI)Open ControlsBAE and Larsson (City will have to rest a fair amount of players I reckon as they host Liverpools 2 days later)
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Open ControlsThank you...it's what I have right now too!
For bench - order is Jagielka (wba), Moses (sto) and Simpson (liv). Look good?Open ControlsYup
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BAE & Larsson
Open ControlsDo we think Silva and Aguero will be rested for the Sunderland game as they are hosting Liverpool 2 days later?
Open ControlsQuite possibly, good shout. Silva and Aguero played something like the full 90 against WBA didn't they?
Open ControlsSilva completed the 90 while Aguero was subbed after 75
Sunderland is no walk in the park now with MON in charge, but still...Open ControlsWell it's mixed actually. With the surprise 2pts dropped against WBA, I think Mancini will be forced to go all out for the 3pts against Sunderland and play a full strength attacking team.
Looking at tiredness levels, Balo, Silva, Yaya played full 90, Milner 82, Aguero 75, Nasri 59. Barry played 31, Johnson played 15, Dzeko 8. They have 6 days to recover before playing away at SUN and 2 days to recover before hosting Liverpool.
Right dilemma.
Based on performances and Mancini's past behaviour I think Nasri, Dzeko, Aguero and Silva will start this GW, with the intention to sub the most tired ones off early if they get a comfortable lead. That could of course bite them in the ass the way it did v. Fulham.Open ControlsYeah its hard to say, for the first time this season I'm glad I dont own any of the attacking City players 😛
Open ControlsYeah in the light of two closely-spaced matches against a club with the best defence and one with an improving one, I have just doubted David Silva for the first time this season.
I may just have considered Silva > Mata...Open Controls
I have Jones/Evans/Naylor. Is it best to trade maybe Evans out?
Open ControlsWho is everyone's most annoying poster on this forum at the moment?
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gotta be cfctom, right?
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whats up with richards?
Open Controlscalf injury
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Want 3 spurs players for the double gameweek. Already have Bale and Adebayor. The 3rd ones gonna be either VDV or Walker. I'd be selling Nani or Kompany for them respectively. Bearing in mind the fixtures for the 2 people im selling, who would you say it's better to invest in for the double.
Currently thinking Kompany to Walker as Nani has a good match v Newcastle, and City will probably concede against Liverpool. However getting VDV in could result in high returns, and he's a proper differential now.
Thoughts appreciatedOpen ControlsKompany.
Im selling Richards for Gallas is there's no news by fridayOpen Controlsif
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As you are talking about the ever so "doubtful" VDV, I would wait for as long as possible before eventually bringing him in. The good thing is that there is a week between the two matches, so he will most probably start both if fit.
At least that's what I'm doing myselfOpen ControlsI don't think nani will do much vs Newcastle but the following week manis got a cracking fixture. I'd go for komoany to walker as 3 spurs cleanies in a row after this ge looks likely
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Jones -> BAE
Ba -> Adebayor
Yay or nay?Open ControlsDo it next week and save yourself the hit
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"Sometimes you want him to open his legs and do something a bit more exciting" - Alan Pardew on Gabriel Obertan.
Open ControlsSaw that... oo-er.
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