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…
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So lets hear your horror stories of crashing out the cup?
I'll be kicked out buy a guy ranked in the 1.8 mill range, who had 8 players playing, has never made a transfer, had his best 2 players benched (Bale and Baines), has only had an above 50 score twice, that being the last 2 weeks, and is from Macedonia.
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I would have topped it.....until that Macedonia bit.
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U had a bad week.....
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Macist?
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Alexander was a Macedonian ... 🙂
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Who played for Burnley in the Premier League! 😉
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Congratulation to your cup opponent, cause he is from Macedonia 😉 I will try to reach him in order to make transfers in the next round and to go all the way 🙂
Give us the linkOpen ControlsOh, yes! And here is another one!!! Mornin', Daniel! 😀
Open ControlsMorning Michael, It will be very interesting morning for me, cup wise. I need 2 BP from Ba, RVP, Silva, Nani, Sturridge even. If that doesn't happen I am out, from a lad who captained Drogba. I got out of the PP cup with 61pts I believe I deserve some luck this time
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I liked how they had the cup system worked into the website this yeah, shame we didn't get to use it much. I've only got myself to blame for selling Ba too early for Sturridge. They should let 'Average' enter the cup one year and see how far it gets.
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Morning all,
Not been on since before Xmas. Been having fun with the relatives!
Anyhoo - anyone know when Ba buggers off to ACON?
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Gw 21 appanrently... I can see studge's price rising another 0.3 or 0.4 by gw 23!
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I'm currently 0.2 short on Ba -> Ade. Does anyone have any bright ideas? Was thinking Walker -> BaE to dodge losing a DGWer. Would mean a hit though to do both this GW.
Alternatively, is having Bale, Silva, Mata and Nani overkill in midfield? A shift down to Walters would free up cash to get in Ade and Sturridge/upgrade Moses to someone useful...
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Should I replace J Evans for Shotton?
Or save my transfer for the DGW?
Bear in mind I have to play N Taylor or Simpson if I do not bring in a replacement.Open ControlsWell if we go by last week time it will be Friday! It's down to how long the PPI people take to update that. You would have hoped they'd make the effort for this since they knew this GW was coming, so I'm optimistic it will be in a couple of hours.
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Vorm (Krul)
Jones, Baines, Enrique (Macauley, Simpson)
Nani, Bale, Silva, Walters (Gower)
Ade, RvP, Sturridge
0.1 in bank. 2 FTs. Thing is, there aren't any transfers I want to make. Would you:
a. Walters > Drenthe (not great this week but allows me to bring in VdV for Nani and Howard for Krul for DGW)
b. Macauley > Shotton, only because looking ahead to GW20, my defence looks weak so this would give me a solid 3. Issue is I would prefer Macauley for my WC team and can see him going up 0.1 in next couple of weeks which would scupper other plans
c. Make no transfer, losing it forever down the boulevard of broken dreams
?Open ControlsC would be a Green Day for you...
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To all Ba owners, wait for the transfers, we will be able to see the team sheet for Friday game. We'll know if Ba is starting
Open ControlsA sneaky Friday 7:30pm I think because the Newcastle game was moved back so they shifted it rather than make a DGW. It will catch out a lot of semi-casuals
Open ControlsGameweek 19 Transfers
Transfers for Gameweek 19 must be confirmed by 30 Dec 19:30.
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He got a knock, check the tweets
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i dont tweet so ill take your word for it, im still tossing up whether to push the button on him yet, he has been incredible this season so far. willing to give him right up til african cup or whatever its called, anyway, how will we see the squads before lockout? im in australia btw
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Am I the first person to say that Gareth has Baled me out this Gameweek?
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my team for this week
friedel(vorm)
mcauley,richards,evans
mata,valenica,bale,silva
RVP(C),ba,adebayor
subs-enrique,simpson,dyer
i prollly would have terribe week cause i already focused on DGW
in case that RVP wont play mata is a good Vc?Open ControlsI like the Valencia differential. At 2% ownership I am seriously considering him myself this week to free up funds for Ba -> Ade. I might even have him as a VC pick over Mata given how many goals Utd scored the other day...
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you, but the guy in second in my minileague got his team out of jail with some Bale Money
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in case of tie in the cup does the one with the highest rank qualify? or the one with most goals, then assists, then....???
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Best forward for 8.3 ? Have RVP, Sturridge and Ba, want to get rid of Ba....
Open ControlsI have already planned to do Adam -> Bale.....and maybe do enrique ->walters next GW. But still need a forward, want Ade of course, but can't find a way to get him in without destroying the rest of the team
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what will be your up front after WC guys?
these days everyone have RVP, Adebayor, SturridgeOpen ControlsRVP KUN Sturridge
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http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1216408/event-history/18/
Here is the link of my fine Macedonian friend who unwittingly smashed my dreams much like the Macedonian bush python smashes the back of the lesser spotted South African mouse.
This will probably be the most embarrassing defeat of my life.Open Controls
Ok, so im two points ahead of my cup opp pre bonus. Baines is the only one he's expecting bonuses from. i have ba and there is an outside chance that may be RVP(C) will get a bp, or even shotton. who will go through
Another query i have is that if both of us have the same score, same no. of goals scored, what is the criteria of counting the no. of goals conceded? are the goals conceded counted from the whole team or just the defenders? also, he had 2 players that did not even play, does that put give him an upper hand in terms of goals conceded? im in great confusion. any help would be appreciated. Thank youOpen Controls- Open Controls
From what I remember last year, they take the stats from every player, so they all count for conceding. I would be counting on the bonus as it sounds like they'd win the tie-break.
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Keep DVD or sell? I will surely have Ade upfront, but if I don't have DVD that means Tot defender, no hit and no losing money on Nani or Silva. I don't like to, but feeling obliged to keep him, now when I hold that much
Open ControlsI held on to him for ages too, but finally gave up and shifted to Bale. It's worked out, so I would say twist rather than stick. Particularly if Bale plays through the middle again, like he did last night. Made it much more likely he'd be on the scoresheet rather than just assists...
Open ControlsWell I already have Bale, if I sell him it will be for Osman
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DVD looked really fit last night. I'd keep having come this far. Also no real good options for mids.
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Tiote + Vermal -----> Valencia + X ?
Any suggestions for X player 4.2 in the bank
My team:
Vorm (Ruddy)
Enrique, Evans, McAuley, Simpson
Silva, Nani, Mata, Bale
RVP, Adebayor, YakubuOpen Controlsim asking this again because i think i may have been misunderstood, my apologies.
FOR THIS GW ONLY: Sessegnon(MC) or Drenthe(wba)?Open Controls
3 questions
1) is it a good idea to get rooney for the blackburn game only then trade him out straight away to load on tottenham players before DGW (no hits involved) ? im planning to make him captain since utd always thrash blackburn especially at OT
2) will rvp be given another go to smash the record or will he be rested?
3) need ba to rise one more time so that I get an extra 0.1 before I transfer him out...any chance his price will rise again given he plays liverpool then manU?Open Controls
1. If you want to, personally don't see the point.
2. Who knows? It won't be to smash the record, it would be because we need to 3 points.
3. He might get flagged as he has a knock so maybe not.Open ControlsBa is on something ridiculous like -27000 NTI on fiso. Not sure if it's a glitch, but I'd say that makes 3 unlikely if it's a trend.
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He just went up. That's how Fiso treats all risers.
Open ControlsWell that is not quite true. That -NIT is because he will have second rise
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Worth considering Cahill or Saha for DW?
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Apart from Christina, M Blue and Dr Evil's weekly trouncing, things are looking pretty tight in the L5 this week.
It all comes down to the chipping and putting 😉
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/538534/standings/Open Controlsdid i mnetion that i was the loser of the week 😳 ?
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morning Jafa...had a slightly fortuitous win against Doosra 🙂 thanks to the able bale
Open ControlsDaddy's here! 😉
Open Controlstop of the table clash up next for you this gameweek ER
Open ControlsAhem. Right then - THIS IS IT *MJ-esque*
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Oi! 😡
Watch your back in the L5, Salma - Facer's got your number 😉Open ControlsAll set for the big clash! Had my second-string team playing this week, to have my first 11 all guns blazing against Facer! 😉
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We've not been able to track Merseyside Blue down...or Amex Centurion. So if anyone knows their FFS usernames, please let us know. Ta 😀
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Amex Centurion is the poster called Manamongst, the Man Utd fan.
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Chin up, Udit. India victorious down under! 😀
Open ControlsI'm losing by one point to someone called Balakrishna Punuru who seems to be a member of several hundred leagues.
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Shouldn't Ba be yellow flagged?
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The Wildcard can be used in GW20 ?
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Anybody with member account please help with BP for:
Bale
Baines
Sessegnon
RvP?
Walters?
Silva?Open ControlsPay up or don't bother.
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Will Silva play this week? He could be benched right?
Open Controls75% chance of being benched in one of the two games IMO.
Open ControlsHmmm... I might sell him instead of DVD. Look his fixtures Sunderland (A)
03 Jan Gameweek 20 Liverpool (H)
16 Jan Gameweek 21 Wigan (A)
22 Jan Gameweek 22 Tottenham (H)
01 Feb Gameweek 23 Everton (A)
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vorm or krul for next week? vorm has tottenham at home and tottenham are a beast, krul has liverpool away and they're not scoring goals but they're still liverpool and both keeper will get save points.
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Yes I did. I even managed to walk for 25 minutes today 🙂
Open ControlsSo your transfer this week was Walker > Zimmer, was it?
Good to here you're progressing.
By the way, who is Dr Evil in L5?Open Controlsgood man...excellent...best advice now is to follow the physios instructions as they are now the most knowledgable health practitioners for your condition...best of luck mate...keep going man
Open ControlsVery true that. Seeing the physio weekly. Have plenty of breathing and stretching work to be getting on with. Trying to strenghten core muscles.
Open Controlsyour probably aware that the foundation to any core stabilising exercises are co-contraction of the deep trunk muscles, Transversus Abdominis (TA), multifidus (MF), Internal Oblique (IO)...these are the main muscles for active support of the vertabrae and thus lumbar spine stabilisation...most exercises i couldn't recommend without doing an assessment, but this exercise will underpin every other:
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/corestab.htm
let me know if i can be of any help mate...jasonwedgwood@hotmail.co.ukOpen Controls
Great site, thanks - and timely. If you've a trustworthy contact in Dubai, I'm in serious need...
Open ControlsHi ATF...thats a shame mate, I'm based in the UK, would have loved to help...most physios don't like back problems, the complexity of aggravating factors puts them off, but my background is exercise physiology, and I enjoy back problems, i take a more holistic view than most other physios. If you need any advice with the exercises or any general advice, then drop me an e-mail being as detailed as you possibly can...if you possess your medical notes that would be a major advantage...
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which Spurs defender is most nailed on for DGW?
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Stupidly brought in P Jones at 6.8m last week when I heard he would be fit for the WIgan game. Now people are transferring him out by the bucket load... should I cut my losses and get rid? Or hang on and hope he plays next game?
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