| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Sanchez | CHE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Pickford | EVE | B |
| No Change |  Roefs | SUN | C |
| No Change |  Henderson | CRY | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Verbruggen | BHA | C |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Chalobah | CHE | B, Vs |
| Up |  Senesi | BOU | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | B |
| No Change |  Lacroix | CRY | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Tarkowski | EVE | B |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | B |
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | B |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Fernández | CHE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | B |
| Up |  Wilson | FUL | A |
| No Change |  Wirtz | LIV | A |
| Down |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A, VsX, Inj |
| No Change |  Ndiaye | EVE | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| No Change |  Mitoma | BHA | B |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | C |
| No Change |  Watkins | AVL | B, Vs, Inj |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A |
| No Change |  Ekitiké | LIV | C |
| Up |  Bowen | WHU | B |
| Down |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | B, VsX |
Paul As Mark alluded to last week, our Members Area is now on the verge of offering new analytical tools which allow you the option of selecting a specific Gameweek or range of Gameweeks when checking out the statistics.
With this in mind, we’ve looked back at Gameweek 16 to highlight some of the stand-out performers to ascertain a possible link between their OPTA Stats and the subsequent awarding of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Bonus Points…..
with all the talk of liverpool anyone else thought about saving the cash and doubling up on chelsea in 3 weeks? im thinking of malouda and lampard for
BOL AVL wol BLA
The trouble is Chelsea players are not cheap, most are rotation risks and Lampard has been out so long it may be January before he is back to his best - and his price may reflect former glories.
I wouldn't be surprised if Lamp plays 60-70mins on his return. 32 now, no spring chick etc, take a little time to get back to his best.
malouda and lampard combined is cheaper than gerrard and torres
Protip: Defoe always scores in bunches. Thinking about bringing him in for Elmander/Drogba
protip? whos the pro?
seeing I'm a long suffering Spurs fan, I should know
every time i get defoe he does fook all decent.
HOWEVER, if terry isnt playing next monday, or doesnt look like he will be, i might give him a go. lovely fixtures it must be said. But does he start with vdv back?
whats defoe's record v the big teams?
Pretty good, recently scored against Arsenal and Chelsea.
That's a good question. Seeing that Pav/Crouch hardly have a goal to their name, I want to think that Defoe will be starting. However, Crouch has been effective knocking down balls for VdV so I have no clue.
Maybe Defoe at home, Crouch away?
Protip #2: Defoe is a flat track bully...
So I'd wait on that transfer.
Lennon's final ball is improving, but still not good enough to be a FPL powerhouse
Carroll out for torres or elmander out? I think alot of people will be weighing this up. What do people think?
Probably Carroll, but depends when you bought him... he's very consistent and the likelihood of Torres getting injured is always there.
Fortunately I'll be removing Piqionne for Torres so less of an issue.
Who's your 3rd striker?
Both premature imo.
Elmander has cracking fixtures and is on form.
Carroll is on form, and it would be wise to wait and see a dip in that before transferring him out on the assumption this manager business will affect him negatively.
I'm also yet to be convinced by torres as a fantasy prospect.
Who should I start out of...
Konchesky, Ridgewell, Baines, Vidic, Foley.
Nani, Arshavin, Cahill, Brunt, Ferguson.
Carroll, Torres, Berbatov.
I don't know who should be on the bench out of them!
Also any changes you reckon I should make?
Foley and Ferg were my obvious choices! I don't know who the last sub should be. Surely Man U will concede? Possibly Vidic on bench?
Vidic could also score a goal, whilst a CS isn't out of the question.
I start Vidic pretty much every game, regardless of the opposition.
I'm playing Vidic. I only have one sub this week, and it's a Birmingham defender.
not trying to cause alarm, but was vidic not left in a really bad way at one point in the game last night? nothing out about him injured no?
Who has an opinion on Ben Foster Vs Paul Robinson this week? I keep getting it wron, and I think I've missed 11 pointers (although Fosters was against Chelsea which I think is fair enough) from each of them.
So obviously I'm underestimating their goalkeeping skills. This week they're facing Bolton and Wolves, both away. Bolton carry the greater attacking threat, but I figure they could actually score.
I'd go for Foster.
I think Bolton will score for certain... not necessarily win (I think MGP will also score), but they'll score.
It's impossible to call. Flip a coin. Foster has spent most of the season getting clean sheets when you don't expect it and not getting them when you do. Blackburn have been pretty useless away from home but that could easily change. Both away so no choice there.
I can't see how anyone can give any meaningful advice here.
yeah, I keep getting it wrong, so coin-flipping isn't such a bad call.
I have a Birmingham Defender, so I was thinking of splitting it that way 50/50 on a cleanie, but I've benched him.
I don't watch football though, so you'd be surprised what details can help me.
What is the exact date the January wildcard becomes active?
Should I play...
1. P.Jones (away to Bolton) or
2. Jara (away to Villa)
for the weekend?
jara, he gets forward, and if they win, damn good chance of bonus
higgins is gone awful shite in the snooker, all jokes aside
When I was back in uni in Sheffield, I worked at the Crucible and got to see the whole finals one year for free. It was boss! Trying to find someway of watching the snooker over here actually. You know any good sites man?
its called gambling chris. plus, when you can play, as i can, its mildly entertaining sans wager
sorry, Soop
I'd rather play pool or something myself though. Do you find that watching it when you have a bet on is more exciting then?
And is the primary point of gambling the excitement, or to make money? I always presumed it was about making money
Both mate, if you go down the bookies some of the people watching is incredible. There are some absolute characters in there and they go bloody mental when they win or lose. It's epic.
hahah 😀
I've never liked betting shops though. Don't know what they're like now, but they used to be really seedy places. I'd not spend more time than I had to in there.
i remember one 60 year old had 50 quid on gallas to score first v chelsea i think it was years ago. he spent 20 minutes running up and downt he pub screaming with his arms in the air.
funny stuff 🙂
soop, its a bit of both
Once in my local bookies there was this old woman who was probably in her 60's called Barb - hardcore gambler would smoke 40 a day in there. She always used to say, regarding betting on the dogs: " Trrrap five ev'ree tiiime laaads." Then when trap five didn't come in, she'd say: "See a-told ya, never pick dat bloody trap! never comes in dat one!" She never knew what the hell she was on about!
Finch you're in China aren't you...Muppet, failure.
myp2p.eu chris,
hit live sports at the top.
Hey, a post from RBJ without any abuse. I think that's the first one I've ever seen.
Cheers mate, can't gamble in Philadelphia, but the link was much appreciated. Did you see the WUM is back? Original as ever.
Drogba is better, but that's why he costs more.
Who would you replace either of them with?
I've the same dilemma. But as I plan to bring VDV in, it'll be Malouda > VDV and keep Drogba for now.
Chelsea have a nice run of fixtures after these next 3 though, so I'll no doubt want to bring Drogba/Mal/Lampard back in for GW20 onwards.
It's essentially
A. Drogba and Gerrard (on track to be fit)
or
B. Torres and Malouda
Or Drogba, Torres and VDV 🙂
Any profit in doing Elmander (OUT) for Defoe (IN) transfer (FT) this GW?
Has anyone worked out how their captain choices have done so far?
Week 1 - 12 = 47 points. Overall Ranking - 321,374
Week 1 - 16 = 96 points. Overall Ranking - 49, 739.
Just goes to show how important that is!
When is the next FPL torney, how do you enter?
hello peeps, Is etherington or walters stokes pen taker?? Anyone else got ivanovic and wish they didnt! Get rid??
it's etherington. problem is the way stoke play doesn't lead to many penalties
This is for RBJ. What are the questions worth avoiding this week as they have already been asked a million times?
1. If you could only have one of these for the rest of your life, which would it be, apple or pear?
2. I can't feel my ass, do I need to go to the doctor?
3. What's the score?
oh my son they are many and varied.
such classics as- should i get coleman out and kyrgiakos in is a particular irker of the RBJ mindset 🙂
Why is everyone going for Kyrgiakos over any other Liverpool defender? Is he more attacking?
Everyone excited about the start of the Club World Cup? ..... anyone? No didn't think so. What a load of Blatterballs.
Foster
Coleman,Konchesky,Vidic
Nani,Nasri,Bale,N'Zogbia,Ferguson
Drogba,Elmander
Myhill,Figeuroa, Tevez, Kolarov
2 free transfers, should i take out the two manc lads?
3.3m in the bank
dont be stupid. look at their fixtures.
anyone have any soccer bets for tonight?? im looking at an accumulator but its hard t know who will start a full strength team.
just wait steve till team news out man. won on snooker so tempted to sticik some cash on marseille
In Defence I have
Kolarov, Sagna, Vidic, Johnson, Nelson
was thinking of
a) Johnson -> Kyrgiakos (to save cash)
or
b) Sagna -> ?? someone with better defensive prospects for the next few weeks
Any thoughts?
Arsenal haven't kept a clean sheet since wolves and have tough games coming up. Long term he's probably a good bet though.
Carroll out Odemwhatshisname in.
1. Yay.
2. Nay.
Hi Captain Yawn.
Churchill - yeah I'd go for it. Although possibly not this weekend.
Using the insult of a borderline simpleton. Another great day in the life of Jamsiep.
"Borderline Simpleton" rotflshmsfoaidmt 😀
Not only would it make a great name for a band, it sounds like something Sherlock Holmes would say to Lestrade, which makes it awesome.
I bet if you said it in RL, it would take most people ages to figure out exactly how badly they'd been insulted!
Yes, especially as you don't have brunt
nay, carroll is a season keeper imo and has been as consistent as any striker out there. has had 5 or more pts. each week for over a month.
anyone else thinking of captaining carroll this week?
what other options do i have? this week is up in the air. it's either him or nani, but liverpool worse on the road than arsenal and he's proven to be trouble for any defence.
These are unchartered waters as far as Newcastle go though. I'd go Nani over him for sure - if nothing else there should be a few goasl in that game.
Captain??? A managerless Newcastle vs Liverpool?
regardless of who is manager, carroll is their #1 striker and will be playing the same way. he's still the same player, so the fact that there's no permanent manager doesn't stick w/me. are you guys expecting some massive changes or something? no, it's going to be the same newcastle team out there.
Well reports are that the players aren't happy about it. Morale/confidence are pretty big factors in my opinion.
Look at Inter, last season they absolutely smashed it. Mourinho leaves and they get lumped with Rafa (lolz). They're already 10 points behind Milan this season despite having pretty much the same team.
Even if it doesn't affect them at all, which i'm not ruling out altogether, you have to consider that it is a possibility - and that alone makes it a risk not worth taking imo, to be honest it would have been a risky one regardless, with the Hughton business too it's just too much.
Begovic
Coleman,Huth,Spector
Nasri,Milijas,Gerrard, Fat Frank
Gyan,Balotelli, Rodellega
Dream team for the weekend?
are you Milijas' agent?
STALKER MORE LIKE
I wish...He'd be out of Wolves by January
anyone thinking of a punt on marseille tonight? neither team anything to play for, nearly 2/1, marseille very marginal favourites.
could do worse bets. but i dunno about backin against chelsea
Partizan belgrad are FORTY THREE TO ONE TO WIN ON BETFAIR TONIGHT ! LOL!
I've put a couple of quid on the draw 🙂
13/1 At yeah?
That's the one.
43/1 is a good bet according to this:
http://www.euroclubindex.com/asp/matchodds.asp
truetrue
plus, if they can keep arsenal out for a while, that price will drop.
good bet to place with a view to trade
so if I put a quid on, I get 43 back? That's a pretty good deal.
Drogba out Odemwingie in.
Leaving me 13.5 in the bank. Lets have a party!
After watching Chelsea get bossed around the second half by an out of form Everton something needs to be done. Playing Drogba every week and expecting a different result is borderline insanity.
He was actually one of our better players on Saturday... Won a fair bit in the air but never had any support. Plus Tottenham's defence is a shambles, see last night, and they are missing about a dozen midfielders.
anybody else handbanding defoe this week?
with no obvious option, i'm gonna do it
Afternoon all,
PLease can I ask you to RMT for the forthcomming GW, Looking to do Elmo to Huth in defense, although this still leaves me £4.3M in the bank to play with, any ideas on how to spend it,
burning a whole in my pocket
wish you could get points for money in the bank each week :0)
RBJ, you gonna make the ballsy move to captain Odemwingie?
no way!
