Silva > Valencia (free) surely makes a whole lot of sense right?

Mac seeing as you recommend keeping Bale, would you say having VDV and Bale would be overkill keeping in mind Spurs form and fixtures? If so then which 1 out of the two, VDV or Bale?

Worst substitution ever?

It's 0-0 in the last two minutes of the German Cup semi-final on Tuesday. Having played for penalties throughout extra time against champions Borussia Dortmund, second-division SpVgg Greuther Fürth decide to bring on their trump card in the 118th minute - reserve goalkeeper Jasmin Fejzić, who is an expert both at saving and scoring penalty kicks.

But the penalty shootout would never take place. In the 120th minute, Dortmund's İlkay Gündoğan takes a speculative shot from the edge of the penalty area which comes back off the post, bounces off Fejzić's back and trundles into the net (see video below).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL8SHMHY9p8

So Greuther Fürth go out due to an own-goal scored by the keeper that they'd subbed on two minutes earlier. Unluckier still was Max Grün, Fürth's first-choice keeper who went off for Fejzić, as he went out of the Cup despite not having conceded a goal in the entire competition.

Just had another look at Spurs' fixtures. GW31 they have Swans who are no longer pushovers away. Then they go to Sunderland who are good at home. Anyone else think GW33 is a better time to get Ade?

I could do Bale ➡ Theo this week (maybe with Young ➡ Valencia for -4)

Morrison>Surman this week..

Yes or no? 🙂

So who's more likely to win this h2h? Captains unknown as of now

al habsi
vermaleen, evans, carragher
siggy, bale, young, dempsey
rooney, suarez, rvp

VS

reina
skertel, wheater, evans
siggy, bale, valencia, miyachi
rooney, suarez, rvp

with dempsey on bench

wish bale had gotten atleast 1 BP.. wouldve taken me to the decent 70.. still 69 isnt that bad

Greetings all.

VERY quiet day at work so some thoughts on the heated debate that is the third striker spot for the run in. Having been all set on getting Adebayor back in for gw31 and Spurs supposed upturn in fixtures I, like many here, am now having my doubts due to his niggling hamstring and Spurs poor form. After this week their next 3 are SWA, sun, NOR and suddenly this doesn’t look quite so appealing. Neither Swa or Nor are conceding many goals of late and Sun are still pretty solid at home. I might change my mind but for the time being I think Bale may be enough from the Spurs attack and wait and see on Adebayor.

As a side note to this, I can’t believe how many people I see considering selling Bale, he really is the most consistent option in the Spurs attack and although his points returns haven’t been massive lately, if you watch him play you know a big score is always a possibility. Last night was again an example of this, Spurs were pretty poor but he could have bagged 2 goals and at least another assist with a bit more luck.

Fixtures are also favourable for Liverpool and Chelsea to a certain extent but Suarez is all too often so unlucky/poor(?) in front of goal and Drogba/Torres are both high rotation risks and neither are particularly convincing options at their price.

The majority of us have already filled our 3 Man U spots by now (Rooney, Evans, midfielder) so a second Utd striker is an unlikely option and RVP is the only forward option for the Gunners.

There are obviously several cheaper options but for one reason or another not many really appeal at the moment. Holt, Odemwingie, P.Cisse: possible rotation risks, D.Cisse: horrible fixtures, Ba, Pog: question marks over form. Graham could be a good option (although not for me as I already have 3 Swans) or maybe the Yak but again fixtures aren’t great.

All of this brings me to the conclusion that a City striker could be the way to go for the time being and reassess in a couple of weeks . From gw 31 next 3 are SUN, ars, WBA, 2 favourable home fixtures and although City have been poor away I would almost expect an away match against one of the big boys to suit them better than playing away against one of the lesser lights.

Rotation is an issue with a max of probably 2 from 4 of Aguero, Balo, Dzeko and Tevez to start in any game but with the PL their only priority now, Mancini will surely look to pick his strongest line up. Dzeko is little more than a squad player of recent months and although the return of Tevez clouds the issue somewhat, he looks nowhere near fully match fit and nearly as fat as Benni ‘who ate all the pies’ McCarthy did playing for my hapless hammers last year! This surely will restrict him to a super sub role for the time being, leaving a choice between Kun and Balotelli (who is brilliant and/or a complete liability on any given day.)

So, Aguero back in for me next week then I think...... until of course somebody here, or this weekend’s matches make me change my mind again completely! What say you?

mingolet or vorm??

Ok I have finally conceded defeat on the five at the back idea. It ended somewhere between a disaster and a hard luck story.
Defenders rarely get bonuses unless they score and/or keep a clean sheet in a low scoring game.Mid fielders are the way to go! Like Walcott who got 2 of a bonus.
I now find there are problems all over my team
1)Turner in a team that is not trying, nothing to play for.
2)Schwarzer lets in late late goals on a regular basis.
3)Sagna is not as good a pick as I thought he would be for his price.
4)Morrison the West Brom variety is likely to be rotated, according to Roy Hogson.
5)The Liverpool defence seem to be redefining "the liverpool way" and I have two of them!
6) Oh and Pogrebnyak got no service in his last home game for Fulham!

I wish there was a third wildcard!

If I have no TOT cover and want to get one next week, who is the best option?

A) VDV, seems it is back in the game
B) Bale, pretty consistent
C) Ade, closest to goal but unpredictable.

Vote, now.

Anybody see tommos face when QPR got the 3rd? Priceless!

I lost my important Europa league game by 2 Points 🙁

Opponent got Santon 1 and Caulker 6 Points from bench

anybody know whats on going at fpl and why it hasnt been updated?

Facing RoysCallerAnne in my H2H this week, HUGE match, MASSIVE, we both have two transfers, we both are currently lining up like this :
Schwarzer
Jevans Richards Caulker
Myaichi Mata Silva Dyer
RVP Roo Suarez + 4 points
Vs
Reina
Jevans Raylor(?) Simpson/Shotton
Myaichi Nani(?) Bale Siggy
RVP Roo Ba.

Who's your money on?

if you could only own 2 of Theo, Kun and Verm which 2 would you pick?

NEW POST!

Folks,

is there any rational reason why should I buy Bale rather than VDV as only TOT cover?

silva to walcott for a hit?

If I'm not to doped up on zicam, ESPN stats show that Deuce has never scored against Utd...interesting!

How's this little lot for next GW

Mignolet
Dempsey, Bale, Valencia, Walcott, Ryo
Rooney, RVP

Pog, Kelly, Lopez

What's with delay on update? Are Bolton playing this GW or not now?

Ba to Odem for a -4 anyone?