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…
Tendulkar might be batting later.
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Man City fixtures:
Sunday 1 January Sunderland Away
Tuesday 3 January Liverpool Home
Sunday 8 January Liverpool semi-final
Wednesday, 11 January Man Utd Fa Cup Home
Monday 16 January Wigan Away
You'd expect Mancini to field strong teams for the cup matches so i'm thinking Silva will be rested at least once, quite possibly against Sunderland this weekend. For me, it's looking more and more like Silva --> a fit VDV for GW20. F*ck the loss of value.Open Controls
Interesting. Luckily, I got back in love with Bale last week, but VDV had twinkly toes all last night. However, it just feels wrong to get rid of Silva...I was thinking of shipping out Smalling and BAE for McAuley and Caulker, then swapping Walters to VDV. Worth it?
Smalling to McAuley
BAE to Caulker
Walters to VDV
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three transfers will cost ya points, maybe get modric and keep BAE, or do u have ade as well
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WBA nor Swansea are likely to keep too many cleansheets over the next few gws. And I didn't think VdV did that well at Norwich?
That said, VdV is someone I think everyone should have a plan B for i.e. a way to draft him in if need be. I don't think you should be too attached to Silva. He isn't completely in-disposable especially given City's recent away form.Open Controls
Any advice??
Sorensen
Evra Jones Enrique
Silva Nani (C) Sess Dre
Ade RVP Stur
Subs: Simpson Dyer Wilko Westwood
Silva to Bale before rise tomoro, BAE for Wilko next wk, Bale Cap??Open Controls
I need a bit of help, not sure what to do with my two free transfers. I want to use them the best I can. Thinking one will have to be Evans out for someone, but not sure what to do with the other one. If I have to make a third transfer to improve my team, I am prepared to take a 4 point hit.
My team at the moment is:
Vorm, Krul
Jones, Evans, Enrique, Simpson, Brown
Walters, Drenthe, Nani, Silva, Gower
Ba, RVP, Adebayor
Thank you in advance, I have 0.3 in the bank.Open ControlsEvans, Silva, Ba OUT. Walker, Bale, Sturridge IN. Would that be worth a four point hit guys?
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wooooooooooo finally broke into the top 100k. 🙂
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Well done 🙂
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Two things, before I finally do go to bed:
1. I reckon Drenthe won't have a DGW. Doubt he'll start at Tottenham.
2. Week 22 is going to be horrific. City vs Tottenham and United vs Arsenal. Pretty much 80% of my team will be involved in those two fixtures.Open Controls
well wildcard before then, im wildcarding before 21 or 22 so will account for that. also i currently have bale and ade for the dgw, should i look to get vdv in for silva or get gallas/bae in for shawcross, was also looking at walters to osman but doing all three would be a 4pt hit which rarely pays off
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Fair point on 1, I presume it's related to Moyes' "I need someone who can defend away against threatening teams" statement. Will keep monitoring his progress.
On 2, you have 2 GWs of transfers after the DGW to pull as far away from City, Spurs, United and Arsenal coverage, then fix it in the WC.Open Controls
Wouldn't want much MU coverage after gw22 anyway.
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K have 15.7mill to spend on striker and midfielder suggestions plz???
Open ControlsFix your link & tell us who you have.
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Open Controlssorted cheers...now go go go 🙂
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O fellow night dwellers: I am in a pickle!
Already did ba > Studge to get this:
Vorm (Kenny)
Enrique, Simpson, Brown, Evans, Naylor
Bale, Silva, Mata, Nani, Gower
Sturridge, RVP, Adebayor
Nightmare of a transfer last week as I did Dyer>Gower....who, unbeknownst to me, has lost his starting role. I'm piping mad about that one.
anyway, I have a minor defensive nightmare here. I want to do a points hit to get Shotton in for naylor, but surely that is foolish, right? I mean, it would be better to have Brown play and get 0 if City score four than play shotton who could very well concede and give me a net gain of -2. Surely I should hold on until next GW, even with a horrible D line, right?
also, next week, I am thinking mata > Drenthe and Evans > Baines for a 4 point hit. Yes, I know, Everton will probably be poor for the double, and I would get rid of baines with the WC, but still....I feel like going into thew double with just Ade and Bale is not enough. I ALSO know that it would be reasonable to do Evans >BAEorWalker instead of Baines but I figure if I have the money why not grab a pen taker for the double?
So I need help on two matters:
is a defensive hit worth it, or should I stick with a poor score from Brown?
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I wouldn't take a defensive hit for anyone but Baines and he has a DGW of Wigan and Bolton.
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I think you could go 3/4 players for the dgw, but I don't think Baines is the answer; I don't expect Everton to do much against Tottenham at White Hart Lane.
I'd say leave defense and keep your options open on additional dgw coverage. The players I am monitoring and considering are:
Drenthe (Currently have)
Jagielka
Osman
Bale (Currently have)
VdV
Adebayor
BAE
LennonOpen ControlsI dont expect everton to do much either, and it would hurt to get rid of Mata, but if I do, the only way to justify it with a hit is double gameweekers. Since I already have Bale, Drenthe would be the only choice.
That leaves me with a buttload of money to upgrade a defender. You really think Jagielka or BAE will outscore Baines?Open Controls
For DGW id go Osman over Drenthe. Much more likely to play both games. BAE has a decent chance of outscoring Baines with higher probability of clean sheets.
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Do this trade if you are willing to let go of Mata and no more. Osman is the better prospect up front for everton and BAE has the better potential for clean sheets than either Jags or Baines in that game week.
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Barring a pen, I think its reasonable to assume that Jagielka will probably score the same as Baines, given Everton's form this season so far. At the moment, I'm hesitant personally to pay the extra 2+million on Baines without demonstrated attacking form; it just doesn't seem worth it given what you can do with the £ elsewhere.
BAE will, for me, outscore both of the above. I think its fairly likely that Spurs will keep clean sheets in both their dgw games, whilst its equally likely that Everton won't.Open ControlsGood call then....off to try to figure out how to get a third spurs player.
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You have 3 defenders to play this week so no more hits. Save it for next week when you will certainly need 2 trades available.
The dgw. You need to ask yourself how you see the dgw games going. Personally, I am seriously bypassing EVE altogether. No one's scoring and there are no cs. It's too much hassle getting rid of Nani et al and back in again.
Three maximum dgw players for me. Bale and Ade are givens. Trying to work out a way of importing BAE into my team.Open Controls
I can only see one way of getting in BAE for you and that is by getting rid of Enrique.
Open ControlsGood enough then. Honestly no point of getting rid of Mata if what you say is true. Gonna be really hard to get BAE though. I will wait until next week when it will be easier.
thanks Jafa....now off to tinker until I can figure out how to get BAE.Open ControlsI figured out if I downsize Brown to either hanley from blackburn or kelly from fulham, I can do evans to BAE if BAE doesnt rise again.
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I have the funds to change BAE to Walker. Worth it or save the cash??
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Think Australia will win the test. They will get a lead of 200 and then bundle out India for around 150.
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GAMEWEEK NINETEEN:
VORM
KOMPANY-SIMPSON-JOSE ENRIQUE
BALE-SILVA-ETHERINGTON-WALTERS
ADEBAYOR-ROONEY-STURRIDGE
BENCH: MURPHY-WILLIAMS
ANY SUGESTION?Open ControlsVorm Ruddy
Walker Jones Kompany Barnett Naylor
Nani Silva Walcott Sinclair Drenthe
Ba RvP Sturridge
1 FT, thinking Sinclair to Etherington and Silva to Bale for -4pt
Then next week Nani to RvP and Kompany to Baines for -4 again
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my team
vorm ruddy
richards simpson shawx naylor jenrique
silva bale b.johnson drenthe nani
rvp ade sturridge
0.1 in the bank
i am planning for dgw for 3-4 weeks,at the moment i have 3 bale ade drenthe,i like to have four........
my intial plan was nani>vdv,but his form isn't great but inj. risk,so i was thinking shawx>bae..........
but now that's not possible..........
help me out guys,how to get 4 cause in my minileague almost everyone got bale,ade and few also have drenthe(none have all 3),but to make headway i need dgw working for me..................Open ControlsUpgrade Gower to..Osman, Sessegnon, Jarvis, Richardson, Ramsey, Barton... A lot of options for 6.7 and under
OR
Upgrade Whitbread to Skrtel or Jose Enrique?Open Controls
I think that RVP will get a few bonus points.. Watcha think ?? He got a hell lot of shots on target + successful dribbles + successful crosses..
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No chance. Hennessey 3, Gervinho 2, Johnson 1
Open ControlsWas thinking the same, listened on the radio and sounded like a storming performance. His rivals: Gervinho scored and Benayoun assisted, but Gervinho didn't really sound nearly as dominant, same for the Wolves goalscorer. With Ade getting a mad 3pts last week who knows? RVP could manage 2.
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all I'd say is that if Ade gets 3 last week and RVP gets none it would be good to see the stats explaining why.Open Controls
Having watched the game I can't understand how anybody on that pitch was more deserving of bonus pts. The most creative and dangerous player on the field.
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what about walker (tottenham) to jose enrique (liverpool)
tottenham is gonna be local vs west brom and everton...Open Controlscan i help some help please
my team is thus
1 free transfer 0.3mill to spend
really feel like i need to sort this transfer tonight before price rise
vorm ruddy
enrique jevans kompany simpson shawcross
allen walters nani silva bale
sturridge van persie adebayor
the masterplan is something along the lines of this
save the transfer this week
next week go shawcross to gallas and walters to osman
or possibly silva to vdv not sure which ones to go for (can only get one more spurs in so help please on this decision)
after gw20 use my wildcard to the full between 4th january and 14th january to fully exploit double price rises to lots of money, as this is the longest gaps between gameweeks involved in te compulsory widcard. thoughts please???...Open Controlskeep walters, silva to vdv is sensible, possibly evans for Gallas or Hibbert
Open Controlsthe problem is if i do silva to vdv i cant get gallas is as i already have two spurs player, and i dont want hibbert i dont think that will pay of. so which 2 of these 4 transfers are the best to make
silva to vdv
walters to osman
evans to gallas/hibbert
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Was just reading back a few pages and... lmao at the lad making up a story about his cup opponent having Berbatov(c)
Bizarre. .Open ControlsHappens with no changes and putting joint top scorer overall last season against west brom
Open ControlsNo I mean.. a few people clicked into his team and his cup opponent didn't actually have Berbatov at all. He just made it up for some inexplicable reason 🙂
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+1, would have been better with no link.
Open ControlsYeah you can see from my post I found it plausible at first but when I actually checked the opponent's team I was gobsmacked...
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K have 15.7mill to spend on striker and midfielder....suggestions plz??
Open ControlsWho are you selling? Try the watchlist thing on the home page & give us some options.
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Ladies and gents, you can sit in the front WC or the back WC:
A) GW21: 2 Jan - 14 Jan
B) GW23: 21 Jan - 31 Jan
Which WC should you take?Open ControlsLate one is GW24 : 31 Jan 19:30 - 4 Feb 11:30
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Erm. I don't get your dates!
But I'm looking at GW22 since there's a turn around of fixtures for Utd & Tot. Also, we get to see the team sheets early before the deadline.Open ControlsI'll be doing it then to but give yourself a plan to bring in any bargains from the transfer window.
Open ControlsThought about that. Wouldn't get any player without having a look at him in the playing 11 for a week or two.
Open ControlsYep. Just included the two longest WCs (12 and 10 days) for player trading. If there were no surprises in the previous week, the player trade aspect becomes less important. Will look out for GW22, looks nasty.
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im picking a- going to make a load of money as have 12 days to try and get players who will rise double in before shipping them out, such as spurs and everton players for example
Open ControlsI think you overestimate the money making affect of the wildcard.
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Sorry just put down the two longest WCs for maximum player transfer profit. I wouldn't WC in a short WC, you only get one.
Open ControlsStill got my original WC so I'm going for the first or second GW.
Open ControlsYou managed not to touch it in 18 GWs?? Wow... well January is your oyster. GW22 is looking like a plan to accommodate the fixture hell for City, United, Arsenal, Spurs.
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The last international break was very slow for transfers and I find it is much better in a normal week for the amount of transfers in.
Open ControlsTrue the last one was slow. All depends on the performances of players the week before, and if injuries cause panic selling / buying of alternatives. In fact the WC might be more of a protective mechanism to protect yourself against sales in that case...
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vorm
simpson kompany enrique
nani mata silva bale
morison rvp ba
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damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn
wanted to bring in BAE as part of 3 transfer plan, had to be before price rise
watching match, see him take a hit to the head
watched him get subbed off
waited for any postgame report on BAE, fell asleep
woke up seconds after price changes
damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn
anyone know any 3.9 defenders worth considering? 🙁Open ControlsOuch.
Kelly, Caulker. Kelly probably the better option with Fulham firming up and Swansea having awful home games.Open Controlssadly, i have kelly already 🙁
im actually thinking whitbread
dire daysOpen Controlsi see hall played today. was he filling in for someone more nailed on or is he nailed on enough for the next couple GWs?
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Morning lads! Really enjoying the test match so far. But zilch sleep whatsoever. 😕
Would appreciate your help here.
Vorm
Enrique Evans Shotton
Nani Silva Bale Mata
RVP Studge Ba
Subs – Given Moses Simpson Brown
2 FT 0.3 Bank WC available
Which transfers would you do for GW19?
A. Silva > Osman & Evans > Walker (then Ba > Ade in GW20)
B. Silva > Osman & Ba > Ade (then Evans > Walker in GW20)
C. Silva > VDV & Evans > BAE (allowing me to stick with Ba till he swans off)Open ControlsA all day if you're sure you want to dump Silva.
I'll be going VDV / Osman for the dgwOpen ControlsHi ElNinio!
Hey have you thought about something completely leftfield with the dgw in mind? It involves your WC. You only have one dgw player currently in your team. So play your wc in week 20; get 5 dgw players in knowing you can get rid shortly after.
😕Open ControlsHey Jafs! Definitely want to get 3 Tot players - Bale + Walker/BAE + Ade/VDV. Maybe 1 Eve player but reconsidering - their form is outrageous.
Currently looking at WC in GW22. Yourself?Open Controls
A looks good
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adebayor and bale vs west brom and everton...
who should be the captain?Open Controls
What do you think for DGW:
A.) Howard, Osman, Drenthe
B.) Howard, Baines, Drenthe
C.) Baines, Osman, Drenthe
D.) Jagielka, Osman, DrentheOpen ControlsI think you're getting a bit carried away with the prospect of a double gameweek 🙂
Open ControlsOk so it's A, C or D....please choose the one you would go with if you were to do this.
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Howdy. I didn't catch the Tottenham game but noticed BAE got subbed early - any injury worries? How did VDV look? I'm tempted to trade out Evans to BAE tonight (it would leave me with 0 in the bank). Anyone think VDV would be better to have for the DGW? Thanks...
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vdv and jags or modric and baines?
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