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Monitor – Gareth Bale

30 March 2012 791 comments
Paul Paul
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With a couple of assists to his name in the past seven Gameweeks, Gareth Bale is slowly slipping in the estimations of Fantasy managers. The Tottenham midfielder has dropped in price of late, down from 9.7 to 9.5 as the attacking returns all but dry up.

Perhaps it’s the pressure of the chase for third that has affected his performances. Possibly it’s been an unkind run of fixtures that have curtailed his opportunities – Harry Redknapp’s side have fallen behind Arsenal after facing (liv, NEW, ars, MUN, eve, STK, che) since Gameweek 24, in a difficult run that has produced a single victory. Even then, though, in that 5-0 win over Newcastle, Bale picked up no more than 3 points for his Fantasy owners, as Emmanuel Adebayor stole the show with a 21 point haul against the Magpies.

In today’s Members article, we take a look at our own ICT Index and analyse the Opta stats in order to ascertain just whether Bale has suffered a downturn in performance, ahead of an obliging run of fixtures for the north London outfit:

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  1. blind faith
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    thinkin ba>>cisse this week
    then next week i can do kelly (ful)>>verm
    which means come gw34 i can put out 11 men 🙂

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  2. Raf
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Al habsi

    Kelly verm bae evans

    Valencia bale Dempsey

    Ba roon rvp

    Bench miyachi siggy Simpson

    Is this correct bench? I'm not sure about Kelly.

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    1. kennethrhcp
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      id start ryo ahead of him, norwich score goals & ryo is playing wolves

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  3. sumatera
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I think I am gonna go Skrtel > BAE for my FT

    dont know why but it seems like one of my biggest decisions of the seasons

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  4. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Two to bench from
    Enrique, Sinclair, Ryo or Simpson ?

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    1. kennethrhcp
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      simpson & enrique... i think, not really sure though. sinclair on pens sways it i think. i've a similar one if you wouldnt mind giving your opinion?

      start 2 from: sinclair, siggy, mclean, taiwo, simpson?

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  5. ricdan
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    NEW POST!

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  6. Can you believe that
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    New post

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  7. unoaime
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Skrtel, Evans, Caulker, Simpson, Shotton

    2.4 in the bank. Need to plan my defence all the way up to GW34 to be able to field 11.

    What should be my transfer?

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  8. COMH
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    4Vetti - Have a look at my reply on the previous page if you could and see what you think.

    Cheers

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  9. Call Me Old Fashioned
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Guys anyone know if Taiwo is nailed on. I got him atm and his minutes have been erratic. I need to play to field a full XI in GW34. I am already planning to save a FT to do Simpson--->Turner for GW34. Ideally I would not want to use a FT to do Taiwo--->McAuley when I would just use for GW34.

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    1. A.
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Hughes likes Traore too, and they're swapping the LB spot between them.
      Traore is currently injured, so it looks like for the next week or so Taiwo will definitely play, after that, who knows?

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      1. Call Me Old Fashioned
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        right i may as well hope Taiwo plays in GW34 and risk fielding 10. I want to carry 2FT to GW35 use one for Ryo and take another 2FT to GW36

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    2. kennethrhcp
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      im gambling on he plays & will keep him. even if he plays 45 id be happy

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  10. jimski
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Kompany or Vermaelen?

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    1. Kirby
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Verm.

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      1. jimski
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Any particular reason?

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        1. Kirby
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          Kompany and his injury, would be better to wait until he's definitely back playing.

          Verm has nicer fixtures too, along with better attacking abilities.

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          1. Evs
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            Kompany...arse can't defend ='fact

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  11. rangerdad
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Already have RVP and Walcott - am I wrong to consider Gibbs as a cheap way into their defence ?

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    1. Kirby
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Nope, he's a pretty good option, just not got the overall attacking ability of Verm which is why he's priced so high.

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    2. A.
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      I can't afford Verm, much as I want him, but am tempted by Sagna over Gibbs, despite the price difference there.

      Gibbs is competing with Santos for the LB spot now they're both fit, and was subbed last game for the last 25 minutes, so Gibbs may not start every game

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  12. A.
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Looking ahead to keepers for GW36, I have Vorm and Schwarzer and a dilemma.

    Vorm had WOL, Schwarzer has eve/liv

    Who to play? I half feel Vorm will score more, but Schwarzer should get at least 4 points as Everton and Liverpool aren't prolific

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    1. Kirby
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Schwarzer due to DGW.

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  13. Corrigan
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    WE HAVE A NEW POST

    AND I NEED A NEW BA

    sorry for waking the children up

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  14. Evs
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    • 16 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Let's be honest gang...

    Facts -

    There is no way you can get 11 on the field and and 11 Dow playersngw 36 without at least 12 pts

    So... Taka it from me

    1 don't get Dgw thirsty
    2 get ample players gw 34 I.e. 8 min
    3 play the fixtures... A dgw player may not be better than one who has one game !!!

    I.e. it don't mean X2 pts!!!

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    1. Kirby
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      That is my thinking.

      I should have around 10 GW34 players, then only a selection from the best performing teams for the DGW while keeping the consistent players like RVP.

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      1. Evs
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Kirkby... You are bright lad, not like ite knee jerkers here!

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        1. Kirby
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          *Kirby 😉

          And thank you, I hope we're both right! Sure DGW players are good to have, but too many can easily pose more of a risk than less of one.

          Best to play the odds and get a level field on players with the punts of the consistent players with a DGW.

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    2. Says
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Agree mostly, but would say play good players for good teams over play the fixtures.

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  15. Superdry7
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Anybody think gary cahill will feature this weekend? looking at a cheap option that has potential to score highly

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    1. threeputt
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      i think he will as i dont think he played against benfica ?

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    2. Kirby
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Yep, I think he'll start.

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    3. Absinthe 42
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Yep I think he's the preferred League starter.

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  16. RedGun
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    is begvic nailed on for season?

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  17. 12 inch of fury
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Young and Skrtel out

    Valencia and Verm in

    ?????????

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  18. CRAZY TRAIN
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Ade lol

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  19. NotoriousDRE
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    hey guys some help please....leader has bale & demps.....so i want to match him with cancelling. How does Pog & Vdv sound as cover? Was thinking of Ade and just hope the ful/nor game is a tight one.

    what u guys think?

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  20. Says
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Should I play Ba or McClean.. leaning towards ba

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  21. Lawrø
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I still haven't decided my captain yet /: Rooney or Van Persie?

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    1. TonyVilliers
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      I have the same problem. I'm edging toward RVP but 38% in captain's poll are doing the same. I'm only concerned about maintaining my leads in my minileagues so it's the safer bet. The problem is that of the 4 below me, only one has RVP and only one has Rooney.

      QPR v Blackburn but both away. RVP has a weaker defence and Rooney has vengeance on his mind I'm sure!

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  22. TonyVilliers
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    OK. Should I sub Bale for Ryo?

    Preparing for abuse in 5,4,3,2,1...

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  23. reubster
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 9 months ago

    Prescient, Sir Paulos.

    Lennon makes all the difference to Spurs. I'm sure that's why there's the talk about Hazard coming to the Lane, with Lennon so often injured Spurs need a similar replacement to keep the balance of the team intact.

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