A superb Stamford Bridge encounter brings Sunday’s events to a close and allows us to take a step back and start examining the action in more detail. Our Members can now lose themselves in our selection of key stats from the matches so far, and assess our view on where the Fantasy Premier League bonus could be heading…
Does it still make sense to bring Valencia in? (at 8.3)
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His price is still reasonable imo. I'm not sold on him though with the options on the wings coming back. I'd wait till the fixtures improves
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last comment on previous pg
who to start next gw? ox-chamberlain or mcclean?Open Controls
McClean imo~
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78 with Bale & Enrique to play and BP's, broke into the top 5k for the first time ever. I'm lovin' it 🙂
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Well done man, I was having a nightmare at the start of the season, my aim was to make it into the top 10,000 this year, and realistically that is still possible. I've improved every year since I started, was floating around the top 10,000 last year near the end of the season and had the worst last month ever, ended up coming 60,000 somthing and losing my mini league. Learning from my mistakes though.
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OK I've gone for it. Did it just before price changes.
Welbeck > Ba, Sess > McClean (to fund move, 1.7 in bank now)Open ControlsThanks peeps. Good to know I haven't been too stupid
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Whick 1 should put as sub :-
Siggy ~ Sess ~ Bale ~ Valencia ~ Silva
Aguero ~ Ba
Atm, Sess are chosen~Open Controls
Just see Granville's 4th place prediction for the toon!!! Good on ya! Though even I would resist from saying that we will finish in 4th. But the fact that arsenal, chelsea and liverpool are a bit rubbish, and have other distractions, and we have already played man utd twice, and city away, means that it is a possibility, but only if we avoid any more injuries. If either of our centre backs get injured (colo especially) we will have major problems. I think we messed up in the transfer window by not getting any cover in. Bassong from spurs would have been perfect.
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Toon fan here too! Still buzzing from that strike from Papiss!
4th would be incredible but probably a step too far in my thinking.
Yah agreed we need cover in CB, pity that our rumored transfers didn't go through.
Any update on Ryan Taylor's injury?Open Controls
Only this as far as I know... http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20120205/taylor-and-best-injury-news_2281670_2601036?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter. No breaks, just swelling
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Dare i show my face round here?
Worst 2 FT decision EVER. Epic Gameweek fail. If you enjoy a good horror story, sit back and be amazed.
when i wc'ed a couple gws ago, it was always going to be sturridge->ba, always. Just a matter of when he gets back. saved up two transfers for this gw. my plan was sturridge->ba. save the other tranny, have 2 more free next gw. no problem right?
I went D Cisse. And that's only the beginning. I looked at my team and decided i need to bench one of my good mids this week because of my defense. too many players going against each other. I thought about how i could get a big splash defender with the 2nd tranny, and play a 4-3-3. Then save two transfers again for Bas next home game, dropping cisse and that big splash defender. That defender is Thomas Vermaelen. OOPS
Now, which mid do i bench? well i have sess & dempsey, against one city defender and two stoke defenders. Naturally i bench sessegnon. oh and one of the stoke defenders is Huth.
SO, in summary, had i stuck to my guns, made just 1 transfer, my outfield would have been
Richards, Huth, Santon, Silva, Bale, Dempsey Sessegnon(6 + BP?), RVP, Aguero, Ba(6 + BP?)
and i have 2FT upcoming.
instead i replaced Sessegnon and Ba with Verm and D Cisse for a total of -1. and the extra used transfer.
about a 15 point swing, a 4 point hit coming, team value probably dropping, red arrow for the week and an ulcer bursting in the pit of my stomach. EPIC FAIL. and the worst part of it all is i probably recommended huth as the defender to bring in and Cisse as the striker to bring in to everyone that asked my opinion this gw. Well my opinion is crap. I completely shit the bed.
How's everyone else's weekend?Open ControlsChin up Fuzzy. A Spurs win tomorrow will remove this bad taste from your mouth.
Open Controlsthats exactly what im thinking!!!
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heh, now i cant even log on. Maintenance going on. Anyway, exciting Super Bowl. Time to get ready for work. See you dead zoners in a few!
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Fuzzy that does hurt.. happen's sometimes though. My transfer was inspired this week (Walcott in) however not giving the dutchman the armband has proved costly, & 8 points + BP on the bench from McClean stings.
Open Controlsyeah i know i cant complain much if i had rvp captained, it just hurts that the week i get a huge armband, its cancelled out by all this other crap....that i didnt even have to do!!!
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This is the number one reason why fear over 'too many players against each other' is ridiculous. Play your best team: don't worry about who plays who.
Rotten luck there, Fuzzy. Was in the chatroom with you when it all went down: really tough.
But if Spurs win, it will all be worth it.Open ControlsAgreed Newman, made that mistake for the last time. Best 11 every week.
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8k drop 🙁Open Controls
Spurs win, I hear?
Liverpool will have other ideas Newman! Although I'd prefer a draw ideally.Open ControlsI'm sure you would! I actually think Spurs are very vulnerable tomorrow with our top 3 strikers potentially out. Scary.
COYS nonetheless!Open ControlsWell how many goals have they contributed in the last 5 weeks anyways? Meh. It'll still be all about the Bale's, Modric & Scottie. Kranjcar looked quite sharp too! Enough quality with Spurs to trouble Pool. Sahaaaaaaaa debut for Spurs? 😉
Open ControlsKranjcar was great against Wigan.......but its Wigan.
I think VDV was starting to play very well, too. He is a big loss. Ade....sure, he wasn't great. But he was always a threat, and that more than one can say for Saha, who I do think will debut.
If I'm Redknapp without the big three, I think I play Saha alone out front with a midfield of
Bale Parker Modric Sandro Kranjcar
I don't see pool breaking through a Modric/Parker/Sandro central mid. Although that would kinda force us to play for a 0-0. Meh....difficult.Open ControlsYou underestimate GARETH BALE my friend. I cannot see a CS for Pool/Tot. Hopefully it'll be a good match.
Open ControlsIf by good you mean one sided slaughter for the victorious Spurs, I agree.
Love Bale, don't get me wrong, but he can't do it all on his own.Open Controls
Chin up Fuz. You've had a few good weeks, it's bound to happen at some point. Kill it in the next one!
Open Controlsthans ENR. and everyone. you lot should have seen me saturday. the moment Cisse got up from that tackle, i knew a red was coming, before he went for RJs throat, i could just see the way he reacted and went toward RJ it was over. I jumped out of my chair screaming "I KNEW this idiot had attitude issues!!! i KNEW it!!!
Spent 12 minutes screaming. Finally get situated back in my seat, calm down......Huth BS RED.
I went batshit.Open ControlsSome serious bad luck, but it's sign of good things to come if you're willing to correct it. FPL teaches us the hard way - I got my lesson for taking the City defence too lightly this GW.
Btw, Huth should never have been in your team btw with Stoke's poor form & their hectic Feb schedule 🙂Open ControlsYour roommate told us all about your meltdown.........it was hard not to laugh.
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Hey guys, anyone know the likelyhood of Huth's Red card being overturned? And if so, this doesn't have any effect on his score for this week right?
Open ControlsGutted. Hate the giants so much.
Open ControlsChelsea - United all over again 🙁
Open ControlsI think you're confused, Nino. New England losing is a BAD thing.
I keed.Open Controls
Great game and even better for my bank balance. Had 3 bets, Giants to win, Giants +3.5 and Bradshaw to score a touchdown. Epic last quarter. Bad luck Katie could easily have gone your way
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I feel like I might stick with my frontline this week: Zamora RVP Graham, And with a midfield of Dempsey, Silva, Sessegnon Valencia and Dyer I think I have a decent shout at some points there. It's defence I'm worried about with Young injured, Simpson up against Spurs and Mignolet's success working against RVP's success.
It's definitely going to be a week particularly vital for choosing the right captain, much like this week with RVP, except it's not so clear cut next GW. No obvious Cleansheets sticking out at me, ideally Dempsey will destroy Stoke for me but he may not be as effective without Zamora.Open ControlsI think you need Bale. Yes, I know, bad fixtures, but he's just too good not to have right now.
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sticking with Dzeko and Fletcher instead of opting to bring in Ba and Zamora......thoughts?
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Lindy, Vorm
Enrique Kompany Senderos Caulker Simpson
Silva Bale Valencia Dempsey Dyer
RVP Aguero Ba
SICK AND TIRED of Sess killing me. Valencia out for Sess? Fine with my defense right now: Lindy injury sucks, but I don't mind waiting to do something about it. Honestly, it is probably Valencia to Sess or hold the transfer. Opinions?Open ControlsIs this the week to do it when they play the gunners? Good transfer overall I think.
Open ControlsThey're at home, though. Gunners defense far from confidence inspiring. I just have a feeling Sess will do well. Although I have to admit I like Valencia's odds, as well, even if it is pool. Toughie.
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Depending on tonight, I'd do it. Come to think of it, Pool will defend for their lives at OT. It won't be easy to break them down even away from home. Nani will surely play at home & Young is SAF lurves Young, could mean Val to RB. Enough uncertainty to shift to Sezz, who's turning into a must-have slowly but surely.
Open ControlsThe other reason I like that move is the money. Even though I missed all the Sess price rises, It would still give me enough in the bank to do Aguero>Rooney when United's fixtures change. I also think I may be able to get Evans or upgrade Lindy to Schwarzer with that cash.
Open ControlsMan, why didn't I have the balls to go Rooney? Both my potential cheeky punts in WC (Mata, Rooney) scored well. But I hope did the sensible thing in the long run.
Fulham defence is completely unreliable at the moment, don't get Schwarzer. Krul def worth the extra 0.2 or even Mignolet if he rotates with Vorm.Open ControlsDude, Mata is fantasy garbage. He's struck gold now..........he'll be ice cold for weeks now. Rooney is trickier, but Aguero is smarter. The difference will be 2-3 points between them this week. We both know aguero will outscore Rooney the next several weeks.
Also.....Aguero showing form now justifies the armband for 26-27.
Honestly Elnino, both Krul and Mignolet rotate horrible with Vorm. Everyone says Krul rotates well with Vorm, but they don't. Several weeks where they both have bad fixtures. Same goes for Mignolet.
Schwarzer is only good match.Open ControlsVorm may not rotate with Mignolet, but I'd fancy Sunderland to keep a CS against any team outside Top 6, be it away or home. Trust me, they're playing like a Top 4 team. We all know how MON works his magic and is known for a solid defence. It's time to shift to Krul + Mignolet if possible, my friend.
Open ControlsI can't do it man: it takes way too long. I think Swans are the way to go. Theyve dropped a lot of cleanies lately, but most of those have been very, very close, and theres no better Shot stopper than vorm.
Krul and Mig also have problem fixtures.
25: tot or ARS
26: LIV or ars
31: LIV or mcy
all three of those are toughies. Home to Liverpool could be worse, but certainly isn't easy.
Just looked through Vorm/Mig....and its not good either. 23,28,38 are problems.Open ControlsNothing both these can't do. They're playing like a top 4 side, definitely capable of keeping a CS against LIV & ARS at home.
Look at Mignolet's home record in the recent weeks, if you aren't convinced. They've also conceded the fewest goal attempts in the league after City in the last 6 weeks.Open ControlsOo, that is impressive. I didn't know about the Sunderland defense stats. I will say, their fixtures have been very, very kind in that run.
I'm just not sure I can waste two valuable transfers on a keeper pair that don't actually rotate that well. I would almost rather just get a Sundy defender to cover, since, Vorm and Schwarzer rotate better.Open Controls
I would stick with Valencia at least for the liverpool game, Sess is up against Arsenal and might not be as likely to score highly. Your front three look tasty but might not deliver the goods next week, all have less than ideal fixtures
Open ControlsAway to Villa is hard for Aguero? I don't think so. I mean, I guess his away play is questionable, but still: not hard. RVP and Ba, sure. But Aguero should score.
Open ControlsHe rarely scores in away matches, and scoring a penalty against Fulham hardly suggests that he's firing on all cylinders, but he'll probably come good
Open ControlsHe played really well, and the assist was well taken. He was very dangerous and clearly has confidence back.
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If the appeal for Huth was failed, what should be the best move with 5.7m?
Vorm - Sorensen
Kompany - Senderos - Evans - Simpson - Huth
A: Huth > Kelly .. double Fulham for their good fixtures. Also, insurance in case Senderos still injured.
B: Huth > G.Cahill .. will he keep his place and start?
C: Huth > Bardsley .. not good fixtures, but team form.
D: who else?Open ControlsWhat's this on Senderos injury?
Thought about Cahill also but with Terry back does he go back to the pine?
Was looking at Taiwo myself.Open ControlsNothing official about Senderos yet. He went off during the game because of injury and it's just my caution about him. Btw, thanks for Taiwo choice. I forgot QPR have good running of fixtures too.
Open ControlsCheers Natt. Really hoping I don't lose him. Need him to play coming GW. fingers crossed for good news. No problem. Looks a solid option with good fix & attacking threat.
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Fulham defense is not too good, so even with good fixtures, I don't think a double up is wise. Cahill awful, Chelsea awful. Of those, I like C.
If you can get santon, I think he would be the better pick. Newcastle IS a defense you can double on.Open Controls
my current new-team:
krul/mignolet
richards/evans/enruique/simpson/delaet
bale/silva/mcclean/dempsey/sigggy
aguero/rvp/ba
thoughts are welcom...:)Open ControlsHeard Ade may be out of the Liverpool game due to injury? Any truth or updates to this?
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Have a horrible feeling i removed Enrique too early , now i have BAE coming off bench instead. Just know Enrique going get points,
Im so worried i hve backed liverpool clean sheet and enrque to score , i will need financial compensation to lessen the pain if he does wellOpen ControlsI'm sorry to say I agree with you. No Ade, no VDv, no Defoe, no Lennon....Saha lone striker........has to be a cleanie, right?
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I took BAE and enrique out for Taiwo and Huth. It was the magic of WC. Because you CAN make many changes, you HAVE TO do them. No matter if it makes damage to your team.
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Feels terrible for people who have adebayor.
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The president of Finnish football association became yesterday the president of Finland.
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Hehe. Just seen the guy ahead of me in my mini-league captained Cisse ahead of RVP. Ouch.
Open ControlsI'd love to have Sigurrdson in my side, he looks awesome, created 4 goals in 4 games and only once played the full 90 minutes. I have a feeling having Graham might reap rewards with this lad around. Swansea are such a great looking side, they're spoilt for choice at the minute in midfield really.
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Bored and looking ahead to next week. Who the hell to bench next week?
Sorensen, Vorm
Kelly, Taiwo, Simpson, Richards, Evans
Dempsey, McClean, Silva, Bale, Sessegon
Ba, RVP, Aguero
Thinking Sorensen, McClean, Taiwo and Simpson in that order.Open Controls
I am trying to set the stats in the member section to 4 last gameweeks, but still only get "cumulative" and "last gameweek" up.
How can I change this?Open Controls
Pretty unsuccessful wildcard then.
1) Huth sending off
2) Kompany injured
3) Migs -> Sorenson failure
4) Siggs stuck on my bench
5) Got rid of Rooney, Sess and Mclean
That said, am I ok to save the transfer this week? If not, best replacement for Huth?
Schwarzer
Kompany, Rangel, Caulker
Silva, Bale, Dempsey, Sigurdsson
RVP, Aguero, Ba
Sorenson, Moses, Simpson, Huth
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Kompany will play, you should be alright there. Despite Moses' fixtures i'd prefer McClean as a cheap mid to him, but yeah you should be alright without a transfer, wait and see if the card is rescinded
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thinking of getting rid of valencia for siggy think its worth it? on the other hand im inclined to wait and see whats the news on raylor
my team : vorm, sorensen
raylor, bae, kompany, senderos, cahill
bale, sess, mcclean, valencia, silva
rvp ba aguero
any advice?Open ControlsRyan Taylor will get much more acquainted with the bench in the second half of the season I am afraid. Injury or no injury. I believe this is the Newcastle preferred 11 (any Toon's here are welcome to correct me).
Krul; Simpson, Colocini, Williamson, Santon; Ben-Arfa*, Tiote, Cabaye, Gutierez; Ba, Cisse
* I think Ben Arfa will be allowed on once Tiote and Cabaye are back.
Having said this, I am considering Valencia ➡ Sigurdsson myself. I have a feeling he will match Valencia's returns, and even if he only provided two 3rds of Valencia's points, he would still be better value. The question is not if, but rather what do I do with Lindegaard? Upgrade to Krul. Or wait and see another week.Open Controls
To all the generic RVP-Aguero-Ba managers, are you guys worried they're all playing away next week? 😕
Open ControlsThere's an argument that Ba and RVP score BETTER away. Augero is an issue, but Villa's defense is shocking.
Fantastic ranking, ILA. Hoping to catch you someday.Open ControlsGotta bare with Aguero this week I guess, and hope he'll rip BB and Bolton up next..
Thanks Newman, doing brilliantly yourself. Quick question, will you be playing it safe to preserve the "good ranking" or are you planning to take big punts to might as well tryna win the game?Open Controls
Play it safe and let the punters fall!
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Cheers all, so everyone captaining VP again I presume?
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Hi all
Interesting GW so far, 71 with Enrique and Bale to come, even though I was a stoopid monkey and captained aguero.
2 problems I see in my team but not sure how to solve,
1. Backline, Enrique has horrible fixtures in the short term, and Raylor is (presumably) out for a few GWs?
2. GK... happy with Krul, but should I swap out Lindegaard in the short term or hang on? The risk is he is out for a few weeks, that would be fine, but then is he necessarily going to step right back in?Open ControlsLooking at getting some CHE or MUN coverage in for GW26. Best option to bring in for this lot, and for whom? Was thinking Mata or Sturridge, but don't really want to lose any of the front 3, and would need to lose Silva, Bale or Dempsey for Mata! Should have 2 freebies and 0.0m in the bank....
GW26 TEAM:
Sorenson
Kompany, Simpson, Rangel
Silva, Bale, Dempsey, Moses
RVP, Aguero, Ba
Schwarzer, Sigurdsson, Caulker, Huth
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chelsea is awful right now so just stay clear if possible.
Gotta keep bale and Silva at all times.
Gotta keep Dempsey until GW 30.
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Your mid and forwards are strong enough and your defense is looking weak IM so I would work on your defense. Aguero is holding a lot of your funds for only ok returns. Maybe punt on keane or whatever value striker you fancy in gw26, and free up cash for some defense transfers in the next few weeks. That's what I'd do anyway. Going for chelsea/united coverage for the sake of it is not worth it for me btw.
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How do people see our chances away at spurs on saturday? We are still missing both our centre midfielders, but Guthrie has been class this year, and even Perchinio has looked decent in the defensive mid role that last couple of games. We have got a good recent history of results against them as well. I think we are a bit of a bogey team. And now we've got the double dembas, I think we can get at least a point.
I've got Raylor and Best who will both likely miss the game. If I want Best to become Ba, I am going to have to take a hit OR wait until the next game. I'm leaning towards getting him in now before his price rises much more. There are usually goals when we play spurs.Open ControlsDepends on the Spurs squad, if they're all fit they're still a class above you guys imo. Massive achievement so far though, can see you guys sticking on the top four position for a bit.
Open ControlsDon't get me wrong, I agree that Spurs are in a different class to us. A full spurs team playing on the top of their form, would beat a full toon team on top form. We can give them a good game though, and if a few of their big names don't turn up, and all of ours do, you never know.
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I'm afraid Spurs will rip them apart.I fancy a 4-1 score.
Open ControlsWhat do you base that on? I can understand people predicting a spurs victory, but what leads you to think that we will be ripped apart? Man City didn't rip us apart at the emirates. We drew with Man Utd at Old Trafford. On top form, Spurs only beat Wigan 3-1 at home. You really think they will beat us 4-1?
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Thinking about dropping Cabaye for Sigurdsson, anyone think I'm wrong?
P.S. Ahmad Bradshaw is officially won the unsportsmanlike moment of the year award. I have never seen someone want to will a game-winning super bowl touchdown less.Open ControlsJust seen the highlights from the Chels-United game last night.
I think the United fans should consider themselves very, very lucky to have gotten anything from that game. If I was a Chels I would feel very hard done by.
Howard Webb did not cover himself in glory yesterday. To be honest, those two pen situations were Christiano-esque. Especially the Wellbeck one - just like Adam Johnson's the night before, sticking out a leg while diving to the ground.Open Controls
