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Price changes... happened around 3:30 AM
Rise: Michu
Fall: SongOpen Controls
Kieran Richardson wants to leave Sunderland.
If he does, O'Neill will surely sign A Johnson?Open Controls
I think Johnson's on his way to Sunderland and City are going to bring in Sinclair. I don't think Johnson's a player who likes sitting on the bench every week.
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I'm even considering Lennon now, due to his display Saturday and the fixtures.
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Lennon looked far more dagerous than bale, suprisingly so. I may double up
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My genius transfers just before deadline:
Petric -> Aguero,
Hazard -> Ramires,
Ivan -> Cashley.
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I won't act until price movements force my hand, but assuming RVP looks decent tonight, what do we reckon?
a) Keep Torres and Bale(c), or
b) Torres -> RVP(c) (4 point hit)
De Gea
Zabaleta, Cuellar, Clyne
Lampard, Bale, Michu, Pienaar
Torres, Tevez, Podolski
Bank 3.0m
Federici, Guthrie, McCartney, HughesOpen ControlsMy problem too: Bale looked nothing like a captaincy option the other day. So need to get something in, but as main rival already has Rooney and is 25 ahead, it doesnt feel optimal.
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Too early in the season to compare points. Do whats best for your team.
Open ControlsYeah, I'm normally against point hits (only took 3 last year), but RVP (FUL) is a prime captaincy option, with 2 great fixtures to follow, and like you say, none of my other players really stand out. It's very tempting. Also means a further transfer available for GW3, which could be Lamps -> Nani/Kagawa/VDV/Siggy, and would mean I wouldn't have to play all my claggy defenders that week!
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Yup him or Rooney in. Keep torres and bale. Oh wait, already a hit taken. Na wait for a bit.
Open ControlsNo hits taken yet, but Torres -> RVP/Rooney would be for a hit. Not overly excited with my GW2 captaincy options as things stand!
Open ControlsWait and watch Jins. Bale and Torres are good options for GW2. Not captaincy for Torres though.Bale and Michu your best options. A hit for united coverage would make sense only if you captain them.
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I hate taking hits so would probably wait. What transfer have you made? No Utd coverage is rough though. I'd make my decision on how well RVP and co perform tonight.
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Michu 6.6!!!!! Only just got the train
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I got him in yesterday at 6.5...
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Guys pls help I don't know if I should sell Nzog for Michu? Im going to click confirm... Quick yes/no pls
My team looks like this:
Fed Friedel
Clyne Rafael Lescott Hangeland McCartney
Toure Bale Mata Nzog Pienaar
Torres Tevez Graham
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If Adam Johnson does go to Sunderland, how do you see Sunderland lining up?
(I may do Larsson-->AJ then).Open ControlsHe will be a points magnet. Becomes a season keeper for me.
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Just check team value of rivals, so all of them just got Michu 😕
Open ControlsDeadzone is dead?
Open ControlsMichu ownership rises from 2.5% to 6.1% 🙁
Open ControlsI know everyone is planning on getting rid of Torres for either RVP or Roon, but is no one worried Torres might score a brace or something? I mean Newcastle at home ain't the worst fixture, he is the lone striker and will Colocini even be back? Thoughts? Surely it can't be worth a 4 point hit at least?
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These are the thoughts that were running through my head last weekend. "Surely he must score against Wigan. He's the only striker!" Well that turned out good...
Open ControlsIts worth it only if your getting in a United captain material player in. Though i have the torres and aguero problem and im in no hurry.
Open ControlsYeah I'm not planning on taking a hit at all, but just thought I'd ask as I see a lot of people taking hits to get Torres out for Rooney/RVP. Could end up backfiring.
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the question for me isn't 'will torres score', it's 'is torres half as likely to score against newcastle as rvp/rooney is at home to fulham'.
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So rises and falls are about 1% is that right. Roughly speaking 20,000 in or out means a price rise or drop?
Open ControlsTypical Deadzone iz Back!!!!
Open Controlsanyone know why Lambert didnt start? i thought he's the first choice
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Too early to be fixing my lineup but since it's so quiet here which 1 would you bench this week from
Cole, Clyne, NobleOpen ControlsI'm in the same boat but with Ivan instead of Cole. I'm benching Noble but he will be first sub
Open ControlsBench noble.
Open Controlsivan will have been replaced, potentially, by then. the azpilcueta deal's supposed to be going through in the next couple days assuming no snags.
Open ControlsIvan will still start though, surely the new lad will need time to blend into the squad
Open Controlsmaybe but he's been touted as a huge prospect for a long time, and i get the impression roman puts pressure on his managers to at least semi-regularly start players he's shelled out for.
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Noble. Although it's a tough one.
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Noble, hands down.
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Clyne hands down. Noble is just one penalty away from a 8+ return. Whereas Clyne has a ceiling of 6.
I can't believe you guys are seriously considering playing a newly promoted defender over a penalty taking midfielder...Open ControlsJust thought about it and realised it depends if it means a 433 or a 343. It is better to go with the 343 which could very well mean benching Clyne
Open ControlsIf you have the option of playing Cole, Clyne or Noble, you WILL be playing 4 at the back if you choose a defender, otherwise you wouldn't have the choice, you'd have to bench Noble to satisfy formation.
I will always play 3 at the back if I have the choice. Defenders are the lowest scoring position (not including keepers) and potential wise, they just can't compete, especially not when up against a player taking penalties like Noble.Open Controls
Clyne will assist this season. Will noble score more than 2 pens?
Agree though, i was thinking more of my own situation stupidly ( i have guthrie)Open ControlsWhat do you think about michu and rooney for lamps and torres camzy? Worried about ivanovic and acupeltza ( however you spell it!)
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Michu n graham too much? I may save transfer just in case there is another unexpected injury next week as i have 4 currently not available for gw3. Or shall i get in lennon/ kagawa for laps now?
Open Controlsthe person in your link already has michu and kagawa, is it not you? 😛
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very similar situation out here... for the kinda fixtures Swansea have, Graham and Michu together might be good... Graham might well be on pens wit Sinclair not starting! i would wait n watch Kagawa n Lennon is somebody i don't prefer!!
Open ControlsNot imo. I have knee jerked from Mata to Michu, more than happy with both of them for the foreseeable.
De Guzman, Chico and Michu may end up being upgrades on Siggy, Allen and Caulker. Laudrup apparentl making good on more attacking football.. could be a rich stream of fixtures.
Its clasping at straws a bit.. but given that Mata was due a rest and with a blank gw3.. my move makes sense to me. I guess alot of it has to do with who you're getting rid of.Open ControlsThey have been scoring goals for fun in pre season.
So as above, michu and rooney for lamps and torres?
Or kagawa and bent?
Will see how they fair tonight but liking the swansea doubling with good fixtures.
Not worth a point hit though is it?Open ControlsJust do one. Torres at home to Newcastle isn't the worst fixture. Gives you another week of games to judge.
I'm holding fire on Rooney/RvP; personally, I'd assume that RvP will score more goals but that's assuming more or less equal game time. Rather keep my powder dry on that one.. don't want to knee jerk between them wasting transfers.Open ControlsGood point. I guess i have double defensive united cover for next week. Interested to see how kagawa fairs and how the points are going to be spread between him and the front 2. Fergie interestingly indluded kagawa in his description of his best 4 strikers since 1999 last week
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🙁 I have Agüero , Mata , Torres
I hope Agüero gets the all ok for GW2
and Mata n Torres play betterOpen ControlsI am playing clyne over zaba. Bench noble
Open ControlsI don't have him, but will Ivanovic be dropped from the team completely or will they put him as a CB when Azpilcueta arrives?
Open Controlsgood question. to me, cahill/luiz + terry is a more rounded partnership than ivanovic + terry. then again this chelsea team seems to be playing so deep maybe it doesn't matter :S
i wouldn't risk it. i'm getting rid after GW2 and hoping he gets a game then.Open ControlsHard to say, but I hope he won't be dropped. Easily Chelsea's best defender in my eyes.
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Not really. Don't think Azpi will walk into first XI straight away.
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why song fall in price he's not in the team anymore
and michu riseOpen Controlsi guess so the plonkers who haven't already transferred him out are put in the shit 😛
i think it's all done via a formula though, playtime being one of the attributes, percentage of ownership lost being another one, etc. hence why aguero's not dropped - that big number of transfers out is still only a tiny percentage of his overall ownership
sorry if this is nonsense xD just what i gathered.Open Controls
Hey guys!
Team is linked in my name but I'll post it anyway...
Federici (de Gea)
Ivanovic | Zabaleta | Hangeland (Cuellar, Demel)
Mata | S. Cazorla | Y. Toure | Guthrie (Noble)
Torres | Tevez | Graham
+£2.5m
How does Toure --> Nasri and Torres --> Rooney sound this week? (-4 points)
Na$ri really impressed me coming from a Gunner, reminded me of his spell at Arsenal...Open Controls
I think Nasri will be hit and miss (with more miss). Torres needs more time. Think hard about knee jerking him out.
Open Controlsdefinitely not nasri. if he was sticking with today's formation every week then he'd probably play in 3/4 of the games or more but with the 3-4-1-2 lurking as well it's gonna be less than that (most likely competing for 1 place with silva, unless they push silva deep, but in the CS they did a straight swap between the two)
Open ControlsYeah, valid point! Not certain on Yaya and all as well but meh 😉
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Yeah, just don't feel comfortable with a DM in Yaya TBH...
I don't have any UTD attacking cover though, surely a proven scorer like Rooney needs an entrance..?Open Controlswait until tomorrow. fergie might play rooney deep in midfield for all you know, or maybe he'll have a stinker and both RVP and kagawa will look amazing - fergie tends to favour form players with his rotation. no reason not to wait, there won't be any more price changes before tomorrow's game, they happen once a day.
i'd get rid of mata or ivanovic instead of toure, before GW3 when neither plays.Open ControlsYeah cheers 🙂
The plans were...
GW2: Torres --> Rooney
GW3: Mata --> Bale
GW4: Ivanovic --> Vermaelen
Something like that unless someone gets injured...Open Controls
True, I took soo many hits last season so -4 means nothing to me 😉
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No need to take a hit to get in Nasri for Liverpool away.
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Anyone else finding it too hot and humid to sleep?
Open Controlsis it ur team? http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1658/event-history/1/
Open ControlsErr.. yeah! That's me.
That doesn't seem very fair.. wheres your team? 😀Open Controlsi linked my team already Tang 🙂
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Midday here in bali. Hitting 30 on the thermometer
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Azpilicueta
Read the first line. Is wikipedia ahead of everyone?Open ControlsSo assuming that Aguero is out. I have Torres-Tevez-Aguero
Aguero->Rooney/RVP
a)yay
b)nayOpen Controlsno reason to make that assumption ATM.
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Some1 update me with aguero plz, is he going to be ok?
Open Controlsdefinitely. no. probably. he's dead. r.i.p.
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Song 25978 transfers out: fall 0.1M
Aguero 32495 transfers out: nothing
So Aguero price is protected?Open Controlsit's to do with percentage of overall ownership rather than just numbers of transfers.
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it's about initial ownership
Open Controls^or that. i know it has something to do with level of ownership 😛
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Aguero should really not drop for the next 7-14 days, as long as he is the protected. He is injured after all.
Can anyone tell me approximately how long ago did the price changes happen, & also how long ago did the bonus points come out?Open ControlsAnd bonus points, didn't expect them to come out so early?
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Baps came out at 12.30 IST
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Thanks NItin.....Do you think it's always going to be like this now?
Open ControlsNo idea, Pratik.
I just want this shambolic Gw to end!Open ControlsPratik, regarding the Bundesliga scores, Brian has 28 but in the website it says 23. Any idea why?
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2395/event-history/1/Open Controls
bonus points a few hours ago.
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5.9 with dempsey
7.4 with song
4.4 with modric
7.4 with derdinand
whyOpen Controls'cause a lot of people don't look at it again once they've picked their team, or did auto-complete, or picke their team based solely on points from last season, or any number of other things 😛
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