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The Stock Check – Gameweek 1 – Saturday

18 August 2012 3433 comments
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A new post-match regular. With the Scout Notes to follow, the Stock Check is a quick thinking, non-exhaustive blast – an at a glance appraisal of those teams and players who have their stock rise and fall as a result of the day’s matches. Today, it’s all about the new arrivals: book your ticket for the “Michu Chu Train”…

On The Up

Swansea City
We knew they had good fixtures to come but nobody expected them to explode at Loftus Road, so often a fortress under Mark Hughes last term. Michael Laudrup is already an honoury Welshman after a stunning result in his first senior game in charge. Fantasy managers are sniffing around the Liberty with renewed vigour.

Michu
Gylfi who? An outstanding debut for the Spaniard. Michu fired the Swans in front with a first half strike to announce himself in the English top flight, while that goal owed a lot to the calamitous Robert Green, the second was an assured finish from a smart Swansea move. With strong fixtures to come, the bandwagon is already roaring.

Nathan Dyer and Wayne Routledge
Heavily backed as a budget option last season, Dyer cropped up with a brace in the demolition of the R’s, while Routledge contributed a pair of assists. Laudrup had suggested that he wanted his wide men to tuck in and support Danny Graham – they did so with some effect.

Fulham
Martin Jol’s side clicked immediately, delivering a 5-0 spanking to poor old Chris Hughton. Again, there were some impressive attacking displays on show, while the clean sheet reinforced the faith that many showed in the likes of Brede Hangeland.

Mladen Petric
Like Michu, Fulham’s Croatian put his name to the top of our Watchlist with a two-goal salvo to justify his Scout Picks inclusion this week. At 6.0 in the FPL and just 6.8 in the Sky Sports game, he’s a ready-made third striker option: today’s brace will surely provide the catalyst for investment.

Alex Kacaniklic
A 4.5 option in the FPL game, the Swede got the nod with Karim Frei injured and took his chance with Fulham’s fourth. Can he retain his start? Certainly Clint Dempsey doesn’t look a likely threat.

The Sunderland Defence
Full of cheap options, a makeshift Black Cats back four put up a barrier at the Emirates that Arsene Wenger’s side, sans Robin Van Persie, just couldn’t blow down. Fantasy managers will be circling Martin O’Neill’s rearguard as a result.

Liam Ridgewell
A clean sheet and an assist in a win – Ridgewell has set himself up nicely for bonus recognition. We know about his attacking instincts; if Steve Clarke has firmed up the Baggies, then Ridgewell demonstrated today that he could be the key figure in Fantasy terms.

Zoltan Gera
A superb strike for West Brom’s opener – can the Hungarian hold off the claims of Chris Brunt for a starting role and deliver value in the midfield bracket?

Jermain Defoe
He has to take his opportunity while the safety catch is on the Spurs cheque book. Today’s goal confirmed that Defoe can deliver and Fanatsy managers will be twitching at the prospect of Tottenham’s favourable home games to come.

Demba Ba
Remember him? Denied a brace by Hatem Ben Arfa’s reluctance to surrender the spot-kick, Ba stepped out of the shadow of his compatriot Papiss Cisse to remind us that he can score goals. A 7.5 prospect in the FPL, he’ll join Defoe on the mid-price Watchlist.

Hatem Ben Arfa
According Alan Pardew, Ben Arfa was definitely out of the game – he wasn’t, he was very much in it. He won the winning penalty. He took the winning penalty. A new development at Newcastle given that Demba Ba was thought to be the designated spot-kick taker. Is he now in the box seat? At 7.5, he’s another set to gain Gameweek 1 transfers.

Going Down

Scott Sinclair
Ousted from the Swansea starting lineup and dropped to the bench at QPR, the left-winger looks to be out in the cold after refusing to sign a new contract at the Liberty Stadium with Man City sniffing. A 14.2% ownership will be greatly concerned, particularly given that the cheaper alternative, Michu, delivered on his debut. Sinclair absence = Danny Graham on spot-kicks? Graham owners will hope so after today’s frustrating blank.

Adam Federici
Backed by so many going into Reading’s double fixtures, along with the Royals’ back four, Federici fumbled for Michael Kightly’s effort threw away our clean sheets and delivered a massive slab of early frustration.

James Tomkins
Relegated to the bench for the home clash with Villa; this was billed as a rest after his summer in the Great Britain Olympic squad but was still a major surprise for the season opener. With 5.8% ownership in the Sky Sports game, there will be plenty disappointed and concerned that Tomkins could face a battle to earn a recall – particularly with the Hammers keeping it clean.

Jan Vertonghen
Surprisingly omitted from the Spurs lineup for the trip to Newcastle. We had such high hopes for the former Ajax stopper who has the goal record to present a viable differential at the back. It looks as though he could face a battle to establish a starting role – although Andre Villas-Boas can’t have been impressed with his defence. William Gallas captain? I know, we can’t figure it either.

Rafael Van der Vaart
Another player who found himself on the bench, the Dutchman emerged to replace Sigurdsson on 68 minutes, only to leave his leg flailing to bring Hatem Ben Arfa to the deck for Newcastle’s penalty. A starter for home matches?

Liverpool
Luckily, few were backing them with their nightmarish fixtures. The 3-0 defeat at West Brom confirmed that Brendan Rodgers has a job on and Liverpool currently remain bereft of true Fantasy potential.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. Messiah Hazard
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Just checked my points score and I see that 50000 other players have the same score... Can anyone tell me how players on the same score are ranked in FPL...

    In the rules page I found something about same points in the cup competition but not for FPL...

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    1. Djerbil
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      13 years, 5 months ago

      randomly now..later by the no of transfers made

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  2. Djerbil
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    This page has been rumbling on for the last 50 mins..This is How I like the Dead Zone.....

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Nice timing 🙂

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      1. Djerbil
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        😀 ..It did for about 50... Nice to see so less face-less people around and so little RMTs..

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        1. King Kai
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          _l_

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  3. Twelve years a slave
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Nothing wrong with 4 point hits early in the season.
    Important to be on the bandwagons , and to ship out players who are going to drop in price.

    Building team value is important early on.

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    1. Fernando Torres
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      +1 I did this last year and ended up at the end of the season with a team value of 112 and top of my league.

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      1. Twelve years a slave
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        last two season have been about 50.000 at xmas and both times finished in top 1000 all because of being able to take advantage of high team value. Need to check the price sites every day.
        It the difference between a 10k finish and a 1k

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      2. Orion
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        +1 Did the same thing... 🙂 mine was around 111 😀

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    2. blue cheese
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      13 years, 5 months ago

      All this is messing with my mind! Aaaarrrgggghhhh

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      1. Twelve years a slave
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Also 4 point hits keep the team fresh , making it less likely to need a wildcard.
        Im not talking about hits every week , maybe twenty 4 point hit over the course of a season

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        1. blue cheese
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Hmm ... Thanks for the advice 🙂

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        2. Billy Gilmore
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          😯 20 is a bit much imo.

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    3. Joggers Nipple
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      13 years, 5 months ago

      I agree with the points hits if value is dropping/ players not playing but really dont get people doing transfers right now with 4 games left of the gameweek

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      1. blue cheese
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah. Removing players who haven't even played yet makes no sense!

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      2. Matt
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I'm waiting till tomorrow evening to decide about Michu then the Chelsea game will have finished and I can decide who gets the chop first and whether Michu actally comes in or not

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        1. Joggers Nipple
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Good idea. Injuries and red cards can happen and who knows if another player gets 2 goals a whole new bandwagon will start

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          1. Twelve years a slave
            • 15 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            Problem with the Chelsea players is that they dont play their eay game until wednesday , so its difficult to know which one to remove until then

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      3. Desertbug
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I was never planning on keeping Cech beyond this DGW, planning to ride Vorm through first couple months. Put in transfer already, to avoid price rises catching me by surprise. If you have a plan and are looking a few weeks ahead all of the time, you can save yourself significant bucks by making your moves early in the week. I did get burned once last year, with a midweek injury, but on the whole, I think I probably saved a couple million in aggregate on purchase savings.

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    4. Nighthawk
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I took 3 hits in total last season and finished 4,256th

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      1. Desertbug
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Admirable restraint. I took a few more than that en route to my 2,377 finish. Thing is, that sometimes, when the upcoming fixtures are promising enough, the yield gained by making that extra move and getting two players to reap benefit of a sweet three game stretch is worth it. Things got really dicey at the end with the DGWs late last year, and without a couple of hits, I wouldn't have been able to have team lined up the right way.

        Yes try to minimize the need by thinking ahead, but no, they aren't inherently evil.

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        1. Get up ya bum
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Totally agree. Last couple seasons I've been quite conservative with hits and ended around the 10k mark. When I finished 78th though I spent points most weeks and they usually paid dividends. Make of that what you will but each should be judged on their own merit imo.

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      2. Twelve years a slave
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        thats where you went wrong 🙂

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    5. Gaz Downright
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      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I completely disagree. Another FPL myth.

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  4. Dr. Rog
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Can get to this team with a few carefully timed transfers over the coming weeks
    Meanwhile I have 3swansea players which buys me some time to get to the right team

    Quite happy with the first week my defence is sweet happy with the team no wildcard required
    DDG Verny
    Zab kaboul cuellar demel four
    Bale caz barfa michu kac
    Tevez Rvp petric

    And jump off the muchu bandwagon and onto the piemaar one in time
    No rush for fulham players anyone notice they are playing away twice now

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  5. baulchy
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Who is going Torres to Rooney and who is going Torres to RVP???

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    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Not sure just yet. Hard to know if RVP is worth his price tag tbh

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      1. Dr. Rog
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I went Rooney in order to jump on muchu bandwagon

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    2. Matt
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I'm waiting till later today/tomorrow preferably today as I could make 3.0 in savings potentially for RVP but probably Rooney

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    3. Liastro ⭐️
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Planning on the earlier yet I'm trying to get on the Michu bandwagon too!

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    4. Fernando Torres
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Torres to RVP probably.

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    5. blue cheese
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Neither just yet.

      Probably N'Zogbia or Mata -> Michu for me. Probably.

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      1. Dr. Rog
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Think roo could be the flat track bully at home and RSVP the class act away

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    6. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Surely we need some form to judge first?

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  6. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone watch the villa match? I thought lambert teams would always score at least one goal... Hence getting d bent!

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    1. Joggers Nipple
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Aston villa have a very poor team. Imo just because Lambert is there doesnt suddenly mean N zogbia and Ireland will instantly become better players, they are still shit. And these are the guts Bent is relying on to supply him.

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      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Worrying. 3 home games in their next 5 may not be much good... The thing that gets me toughis that lambert managed to get a norwich team freshoutofthe championship to 7th top scorers in tne league last year. Surely he cold get a villa team doing something similar?

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        1. Joggers Nipple
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Im guessing that the Norwich team last year were all players that Lambert bought or at least had time to work with. He has inherited and very poor team imo

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        2. Twelve years a slave
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Way too soon to panic, the decent fixtur means they deserve another chance to stay in your team

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          1. Joggers Nipple
            • 16 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            For sure, if you have then keep. Just saying that they never interested me in the first place.

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  7. mazzarscar...the wholy trin…
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    self control it is
    this is my team and think its perfect hence saving transfers gw 2
    friedel
    raphael zabaleta Cole A.
    dyer mata Valencia bale(C)
    tevez torres graham

    federicci Kaca Demel Hangeland
    thoughts..where do I need to Improve….maybe vorm for friedel

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  8. Liastro ⭐️
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Will Rooney play behind RVP when both are on the pitch?

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  9. GoonerByron
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Arghh.. I wish this was the Euros game so that I could take Michu, Cuellar and Demel off my bench and into my team!! 😀

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    1. Liastro ⭐️
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      +1000000

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    2. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Even in the Euros game you could sub players back into the team who have already played... So you couldn't look at the points and rearrange your team...

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      1. Messiah Hazard
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Sorry meant to say "you could not sub players in who have already played"

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  10. bdwhite91
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Petric on penalty duties as long as he's on the pitch, correct? He was already subbed off when Sidwell took it.

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    1. Sarnab
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I think so

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  11. Messiah Hazard
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Will Michu score more points against West Ham or is bringing in Man City defender a better idea for GW2...

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    1. GoonerByron
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      When Man City are away to Liverpool? 😐

      Get Michu in..

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  12. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    At least michu is cheap, even after a 0.5 price rise hed still only be 7.0m! Ben arfa is also cheap & looks like he'll continue where he left off last year

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    1. Nighthawk
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      A point rise goes up by £0.1m in value.

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      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Yep

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  13. Sarnab
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Price Rise not yet done ?? Why?

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    1. blue cheese
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2012/08/18/the-stock-check-gameweek-1-saturday/comment-page-21/#comment-3670895

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      1. Sarnab
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        So it means he will rise tonight.. Ok then after seeing chelsea's game I'll do Sinclair > Michu

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  14. Twelve years a slave
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Nothing more satisfying than a massive bandwagon starting on a player you zlready own (Michu)
    Although its also annoying that everyone then has him too

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    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Was that the best debut ever by a fantasy football player? I cant remember a better one

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      1. Billy Gilmore
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Aguero last season.

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      2. Jinswick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Ravanelli (hat-trick on debut)

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    2. Joggers Nipple
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Trigger agree. Add to that he was on my bench

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  15. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Let's try again after my recent shambles of a post:

    As has been pointed out, it's important to build team value early on in the season, and point hits are therefore more acceptable early on as a result. That said, which would you plump for from these options?

    a) Lampard & Torres -> Dyer & RVP(c) (4 pointer)
    b) Mata & Torres -> Michu & RVP(c) (4 pointer)
    c) Podolski -> Graham
    d) Podolski & Torres -> Graham & Rooney(c) (4 pointer)
    e) Something else

    De Gea
    Zabaleta, Cuellar, Clyne
    Lampard, Mata, Bale, Pienaar
    Torres, Tevez, Podolski

    Bank 0.0m
    Federici, Guthrie, McCartney, Hughes

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    1. _Freddo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Points hits now are not a big deal as the game has only begun, I will be taking one this week to clear my Chelsea out to get the team I wanted to begin with, nothing can be won or lost in week one.

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    2. Twelve years a slave
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Just looked at your team.

      Not leaving any money in the bank has limited your options . Guthrie to Michu would of been the obvious choice.
      Given your circumstances i would say Lampard must go for Michu which would give enough to do podolski to Van Persie

      However i would wait until all games are played , as there could be injuries etc

      lampard michu
      podolski van persie

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      1. Twelve years a slave
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        On reflection

        Lampard to Michu now probbly best bet , and wait till later in week todecide other transfer

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      2. Jinswick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah, I basically made a few really stupid last minute changes (originally had Graham and Dyer in my team).

        Unfortunately Lampard -> Michu only saves 2.5m, which isn't enough for Podolski -> RVP.

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        1. Twelve years a slave
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          tricky , i wouldnt want Podolski in my team

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          1. Jinswick
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            Yeah, I don't know either. I'm thinking the 'safe' play is to do Podolski -> Graham this week, and then do Torres & Lamps -> RVP & someone like Kagawa/Michu in GW3 (for a hit). It's a bit of a mess really.

            The alternative is:

            Mata & Torres -> Michu & RVP(c) this week for a hit. No room for price rises though, so I'll have to move fairly quicky if doing this.

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    3. Crystal Pulis
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      2 out of Mata/Lamps and Torres have to leave within 3rd GW me thinks. Overall I like your team. i’d go Podolski->Graham(G will come good. You need some SWA attacking cover under Laudrup). I think you can get Santi instead of iPod for ARS cover(I think he’ll be the next Fabs). Not having Aguero scares me too…. Tevez->Aguero????

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    4. sick city
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Defo B

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  16. Liastro ⭐️
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    What does it take for a price rise then in terms of transfers?

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      1% of people to transfer the player in.

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  17. KujaliaFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    184 pople have transferred in Alex Song. Seriously?

    See Michu's numbers. 23132 transfers in. Get him now, while he's still 6.5 🙂

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    1. Nighthawk
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Price changes happen at 1:00AM, so you can do it after you've seen the Wigan v Chelsea and Man City v Southampton game.

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      1. KujaliaFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I've already transferred out Ramires for Michu. So if Mata is rested in GW2, I will suffer a little. I don't want to take any chances though. Want to be sure to get him at 6.5.

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    2. Gaz Downright
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      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Meh.

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  18. Djerbil
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Excuse me, Why is there a difference between The Gameweek Rank and Overall Rank atm??

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      All the players with the same score must randomly be assigned a different rank.

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      1. Djerbil
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        ok..cheers

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  19. Dr. Rog
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Why did noble not get any points thought he scored

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Nolan scored.

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    2. blue cheese
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Nolan scored!

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    3. Sarnab
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      lol 😀

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  20. St Mirnoff
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    any chance torres, a cole, yaya, zabaleta or tevez won't play so i can get michu off my bench?!

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      2 chances of that.

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      1. St Mirnoff
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        fingers crossed. his 16 + 3 on bench will be a kick in the nuts GW1

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  21. St Mirnoff
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    what sites show possible price rises?

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      http://www.fiso.co.uk/crackthecode.php but it's not accurate yet

      http://development.totalfpl.com

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      1. St Mirnoff
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        thanks

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  22. Matt
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    After all this "bandwagoning" Michu still stands at only 3.9% ownership. How quickly is that gonna rise?

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    1. Gaz Downright
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      22k transfers in. That's about 1%. Do the maths.

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  23. Dark Mata
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Why has total FPL not got any price rise predictions, where are they this year?

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    1. blue cheese
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      http://development.totalfpl.com/pricechanges

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      1. Dark Mata
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Just found thanks, think I need a new name for this season......

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  24. bigfoot
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Did Carzola get Best On Ground??

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    1. blue cheese
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      *Cazorla

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      1. bigfoot
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        i knew that 😛

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        1. blue cheese
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          and I did not understand your question.

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  25. Manani
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    😆 2 CS in my bench, nearly my whole team got 2pts. except 1 CS 🙁

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    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Same here, demel & cuellar on bench, played staylor & fabio... D'oh!

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    2. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I got 6 points from 5 starters and 12 points sitting on my bench from jaask and cuellar :/

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  26. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Two good 3 or 4 goal wins for chelski & city would go down well, with about 50 points from lamps, torres (c), tevez, nasri & zabaleta to make up for not believeing the michu hype last week 🙂

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  27. Manani
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    oh, and any bandwagon worth jumping in?

    got graham yesterday, and is well pissed that he only got 2 🙁

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    1. blue cheese
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      You have 15 hours to get Michu at £6.5m.

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      1. Manani
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        so you think i should use my FT on michu, instead of bringing in rooney?

        did he played really up the field yesterday?
        i just saw the 2nd goal, and he was class

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        1. blue cheese
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          I didn't say that! And I didn't watch the game.
          I don't know who to bring in. I'll probably transfer out Mata.

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          1. Manani
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            how the heck do you know my team!?
            it wasn't it link!

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            1. Billy Gilmore
              • 13 Years
              13 years, 5 months ago

              He's talking about his team.

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            2. blue cheese
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 5 months ago

              You're getting thrashed by KoL btw 😀

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              1. Billy Gilmore
                • 13 Years
                13 years, 5 months ago

                And you're somehow winning 🙂

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              2. Manani
                • 14 Years
                13 years, 5 months ago

                where can i check it?

                disappointing week, nzog failed me, so did graham 🙁

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    2. @FPLStrategist
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Graham will come good over next 2 weeks.

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    3. Manani
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      also, let me clarify this.
      the price change happens in 3:00am UK time, right?
      so I can watch today's match before doing any changes. correct?
      although there won't be any better banwagon than michu

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  28. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Any spurs fans have the lowdown on the VDV conundrum? Is that him established as an impact sub rather than astarter now? Really should have stuck with safe option bale... Athoughi supposed there's only 1 point between them at the minute

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    1. Gaz Downright
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Sandro was available, and Siggy preferred for this one. Simple as that.

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    2. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      not a fan but I don't think its black and white. He will start plenty of games surely and score well but its clear he's not "nailed on" especially away

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      1. Demí
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        +1 ... Can't see AVB playing Siggy and VDV at the same time on many occasions, and when Siggy starts, he's the most likely to make way when things aren't going well for VDV and vice versa. Makes them both abit redundant in FPL imo unless 1 gets injured. This is why i'd much rather pay the extra .5 for Bale

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        1. Get up ya bum
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Indeed Demi. How you faring mate?

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          1. Demí
            • 15 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            Not bad Champ, yourself? Good to see you on the boards again. Looking forward to the new season. Hope i can crack the 5k this year.

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    3. Joggers Nipple
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      VDV and Siggy are similar players and will share pitch time imo

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  29. baulchy
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Lampard, Bale, Valencia, Piennar. Who should i trade out for Michu??

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    1. Liastro ⭐️
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Wait for today's games.

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    2. blue cheese
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      You didn't get Gerrard?

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      1. Billy Gilmore
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Shocking that 😀

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    3. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      *shakes head in dismay

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    4. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Lampard as he has no GW3...

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  30. Twelve years a slave
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Is Man u coverage really essential???

    Im having second thoughts , Rooney and VP competing for the same points , so good chance they both score less thn last season , unless UTD winning 4 0 every week.
    Im sure they will do well , but for the money there may well be plenty of equally good alternatives.

    Other much cheaper strikers who are the main outlet in teams such as Jelavic, Petric etc

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    1. Manani
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      i am thinking bringing in michu this week (although already have graham), knee-jerk, i know.
      and wait till GW3 for united's possible coverage.
      probably abandon the plan of bringing in rooney/rvp, and keep torres, and bring in valencia for mata instead

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    2. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      And that is why I'm getting Valencia.

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    3. Pinturicchio
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      If SAF returns to how he used to play a few years ago, as e.g. Michael Cox is speculating, Rooney could find himself out on the wings as workhorse and provider more often, and his haul is going to be reduced significantly (even if he wasn't competing directly with RVP).

      ...which is why I switched him out for Jelavic near the window. We'll see how that goes. On 34pts so far with two Chelsea, captained Aguero, and two others still to play.

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