It’s back on. Sergio Aguero’s finishing and the toil and creativity of Carlos Tevez come to the fore as City rout the Baggies, closing the gap on United thanks to Wigan’s shock 1-0 win at the DW Stadium. Gameweek 33 closed with a night of intrigue and our members can now digest our selection of the key statistics from all ten matches, along with our punt on where the Fantasy Premier League bonus points will be heading…
Plan was to ditch walcott for dempsey for gw 35. or should i get dempsey in for bale?
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Gw34 Team
Vorm
Vermaelen - Evans - Turner
Valencia - Siggy - Sess. - Walcott
RvP - Rooney - (Cisse)
SUB: Schwarzer, Bale, BAE, Simpson
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Keep Cisse it will be worth it. He is Newcastles RVP whereas anyone can score goals for Citeh
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A reminder for those in CL & Europa!
The Live Draw for the next phase will be later today. Catch 'em live on the "Live Draw" tab. Everyone available (irrespective of whether you're participating/qualified) are welcome to join.
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Will do 8)
Open ControlsInspired turn of events last night, Jack. I think it calls for a post-matchday press conference. 😉
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I missed the draw last time round. Don't plan to miss the last draw now. Btw who are the other 6 who have qualified?
Open ControlsYou should, Pratik. Haven't checked it out yet - love the suspense and hence waiting for the Baps to come out 😉
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Team is here
Krul Mignolet
Vermaelen Enrique Simpson Evans Caulker
Dempsey Bale Valencia Sess Sigurdsson
Rooney RVP Adebayor
1 ft. 0.1 in bank
Should i ditch ade and/or bale? have 10 for gw 34. Was planning to bring in dempsey next week for walcott. Any thoughts ideas welcomeOpen Controls
one question. what is bottom 5 league that most of you talking about?it is the player from bottom 5?
Open Controlsso many league that i dont even know...is it only for membership??like europe league and cl.
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We have a bleeder!!
2,439th in the world (with 14 likely BPs to come!). Oh yeah!Open ControlsBlimey! 8 greenies in a row. Nicely done, J'wick.
The going gets tough when you're in this bracket. Keep it going!Open Controls
grr lost about 30 points by forgetting to do my team on monday
3 day benders are not good for fpl, but good for everything else 8)Open Controls
Open ControlsI'm in big trouble this week and I'm not sure whether I should just run with it and aim for 10DGW players in GW36 to make up for it or whether I should make a trade this week. The trouble is I currently have an unbreakable team for GW35 so I can't really bring in a midfielder like Sess and I'm unwilling to give up on my Spurs players as they have a good run coming up.
GW34 WEAK! 1FT
(Krul, Begovic)
Richards, Evans, Rangel (Cahill, Kelly)
Valencia, Siggy, Surman (Bale, HBA)
Rvp, Rooney (Ade)
4.9m in the bank. Save?
GW35 STRONG! 2FT
Krul (STO)
Richards (wol), Evans (EVE), Kelly (WIG)
Bale (qpr), Valencia (EVE), Siggy (bol), HBA (STO)
RVP (CHE), Ade (qpr), Rooney (EVE)
Subs: Rangel (bol), Surman (bla), Cahill (ars), Begovic (new)
Rooney > Cisse (STO)?
2FT for GW36. Richards > Baines/BAE and Siggy > expensive midfielder
This is sort of the plan but I would like players such as Walcott or Dempsey. It might be wasteful to trade out Surman for Sess in GW34 too because I'd still be left with 8 players and I'd only use Sess twice at the most if I choose to play him in DGW36. Any thoughts about what I should do would be much appreciated, thanksOpen ControlsHow does Skertel-->Caulker followed by Miyachi->Sess sound for this gw? Don't wont to get rid of Bale and then get him back for dgw. Next gameweek (gw35) though I definitely want either of Miyachi or Petrov, so I think I will have to get rid of Valencia though.
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First set sounds ok. Not sure about the 2nd set yet.
Open ControlsYou unsure about Miyachi->Sess? I am getting Miyachi or Petrov back for the next gw.
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I'd rather have Petrov over Ryo. I'd also rather VDV over Bale. Thus selling the likes of Ryo and Bale could work out if you get their team mates instead down the track. Caulker is a good transfer too
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I don't like Caulker personally. Swansea look awful and I think they've been punching above their weight for far too long. I wouldn't be surprised to see put a good few goals past them.
Open ControlsI had also want Petrov over Ryo, and that's the major reason I am shipping Ryo out in the first place. Petrov is likely to get much more gametime than Ryo over gw35 and gw36.
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Solid transfers. Though I'd consider a Sundy defender over Caulker. You can play them with confidence at home.
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For gw 36 vermalean or enrique to a totty defender?
Open ControlsStill have Enrique also? Out at the first chance you get.
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For those reluctant to ditch Bale...........
Have a look at all the great possibilities that open up by dumping him , he frees up so much cash, personally its allowing me to bring in Aguero.
Reasons to dump
1) No game this week
2) Has done nothing for weeks (Since Saha arrived )
3) Yes he has a double , but anything can happen between now and then , he has FA cup etc , plenty of time for him to get injured etc.
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I'd be interested to hear who you would bring in for Bale who would free up so much cash.
Open ControlsAgree with your first 3 reasons. I don't reckon VDV's a better option purely cos he isn't going to play both games over a period of 3-4 days; more so if Totty go through to the finals. Whereas Bale's a beast and is totally capable of starting both games.
One of the biggest reasons for me though is the lack of good in-form finishers in Tot, which reduces Bale's assist potential to a huge extent. Well Defoe's a good finisher but barely gets gametime and doesn't link with bale on the left. Also, Totty are out of form and we just can't expect them to win games. Not even at home.Open Controls
I just shipped VDV for Sessegnon on the basis that I reckon Spurs will progress in the FA Cup and VDV is just too much of a rotation risk if they were still to be in the Cup. That being said, if they don't, I would still be wary of VDV and have left Adebayor on the bench this week as he is more of a likely DGW starter (despite Saha and Defoe starting this week - Saha was poor by all accounts anyway).
With Spurs having to win their last five, the heat is on, but, Harry knows VDV can't take the abuse of 3 games played over the course of 6 days, so, for that reason, I took the calculated risk of taking him out.
Bale, despite being off form, is more nailed on for DGW, but I am happy with Adebayor.Open ControlsIf Harry doesn't light a fire under Spurs he shouldn't be paid. Spurs have a lot to play for in the league and for that reason I'm more likely to keep Bale. Bad form but I think Spurs will pop again.
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What has Saha got to do with it?
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Yep, its special cos MCTOWN's there :D. So please join 2686868-588632.
Open ControlsIrony about playing a "full team" for GW34 is that most will have Vorm and Caulker/other Swansea defender who will most likely concede against Blackburn, hurting after last game, but buoyed by their performance, which means you are looking at around 5 with a save point for Vorm and Swansea defender, meagre returns.
The big points this week may come from Sunderland and Arsenal, and most all who are competitive will have RVP(C) and possibly Sessegnon (you'd be mad not to surely?). United will grind out a win at home, but it will be a 1-0, 2-0 affair I suspect, no goal fest by any means, and, on the basis of current form and positioning, Rooney doesn't look like exploding.
Man City away to Norwich looks like a 2-0, possibly 3-0 affair to City, but, will Mancini go with Tevez and Aguero again (Aguero's away form is pants) or will Dzeko get a start, will Kolarov get a start, will Silva start again.
So much up in the air, not a lot of fixtures, I don't think the unprepared FPL team is going to lose too much ground this week unless they have 6 or less.Open Controls
Champions League Knck out !!
Me: 64 + Dempsey bonus
Him: 63 + Walcott bonusOpen ControlsEveryone feel free to join 2686868-588632!!
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Midfield: Demps, Bale, Valencia, McClean, Rio.
Worth holding on to Rio for 2 DGWs? But will he play? I can afford to upgrade him to Arteta which would give me a player this weekend. (only have 6 ATM)
Thoughts? Thanks!Open ControlsAlex Song is a good choice, and so is Ben Arfa.
I don't think you should put Rio because he has rotation risk. I'd say get Ben Arfa now, he is going to rise more likely than not. Btw, please join 2686868-588632, everyone feel free to join!!Open ControlsAbsoutely do not get Ben Arfa this week where you have a complete skeleton crew in FPL, I think Sunderland will do a job on Wolves, pity you have McClean, otherwise I would say Sessegnon is essential this weekend.
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Coyle has said something about taking care of Ryo and not exhausting him, I think he will only start one and come on in one, so, for me, I don't think he's worth it. Also, if you only have six, I would say most definitely.
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GW35 captaincy?? Any takers?
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any reason why Mcauley did not paly today? Just rested... I have tevez gonna captain him.... Madness? need to catch some points
Open ControlsMy only concern with Tevez is Dzeko will surely get a start between now and the end of the season, and he might be perfect for an away game at Norwich, who are generally big and physical in the Stoke vein.
Would be an awesome punt though, could really pay off, fancy City by at least 3, but I think Aguero is a safer bet.Open Controls
Is anyone getting any AVL players in for the DGW? If so, who?
I've had a look at Collins (SUN, BOL) but thinking it'd make more sense to use the transfer to bring in another TOT/CHE/NEW DGWer for GW36, especially if TOT as they have nice fixtures in GW37/38.Open Controls
Just had a look at my overall rank. I am 1337 d00d!!11 ph33r my skilz!!11!!!
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Morning Acqua. Congrats on cracking the 10,000. Halving your rank in two game weeks at this stage is pretty damn impressive! So 1,858 points would put me in 9,561? That's 19 points for Mrs China Mag, and 24 points for myself. After factoring in baps (Barfa, RVP and Dave(c) for me, Dempsey, RVP(c) and Dave for her), do you think that i might have a chance of breaking in myself next week with 10 players in GW34?
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Take in this fact: I am 4pts behind ML leader, and he is ranked 8.5k, after bonus I will be 1point ahead of him and be around 8.5k! So little separating us all!! Keep up the good work and keep the greens coming and hopefully we can both (and mrs. china mag) sneak into the top 5k come season end.
Let me have a quick look at your teams.Open ControlsCheers. Its not so long ago I thought breaking the top 10,000 before the end of the season was beyond me. Things have been pretty good since then! I think the top 5,000 has to be a new aim. Definitively achievable for you, maybe a little bit out of reach for me, but i'll give it a good go! Highest ever finish was around 44,000. A bit crap when you consider i've been playing fantasy football for about 20 years!! Never got this serious though. 10,000 was a minimum that I set for myself to make all of the hours that I spend on the damn game worthwhile!!
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And it would be very short sighted of me to use an FT to make 11 players this week, just so I can break the 10,000 barrier as soon as possible. Wouldn't it? Must keep my eye on the end game!!
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I don't know man. If you have someone not playing that you don't feel too hot about, why not do it, and then consider a hit or two once gw36 rolls around?
Open ControlsIt would be Santon - somebody, so not sure it would be worth it for a hit (would be free now, but mean a hit for GW36 to get the team I want)
Otherwise Bale - Sess. But I worked out that if I want Bale back for the double it would cost the equivalent of two hits, so I don't think its worth it.
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Ya, you should be safe with 10, I'm assuming all the dead teams will have around 6 or 7, even my ML opponent(my bro) has to use 2FT to field 9!! Seeing i can already field 11 and will have 7DGWs soothes me on the inside.
And looking at his transfers: Ade+Bale+Enrique ->Aguero+Walcott+Caulker for a hit makes me even more reluctant to see his DGW team. Surely I'll out-do him in 36.Open Controls
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Anyone brave enough to go Sess (c) this week? Or is it a case of sticking to what works, and handing the armband to 'the only must have' Robin Van Persie.
Open ControlsRooney's loitering around the outskirts of midfield obscurity, combined with Aguero's point harvest last night, has little red Rooney ➡ Aguero bulb flashing on my FPL dashboard.
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Go on then, marks out of 10 for this lot? 1 freebie and 0.6m if anything stands out, although I think it's best to save it!
Mignolet (WOL)
Kompany (nor), JEvans (AVL), Caulker (BLA), Turner (WOL)
Walcott (WIG), Sessegnon (WOL), Valencia (AVL), Sigurdsson (BLA)
RVP(c) (WIG), Rooney (AVL)
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