Tottenham spring to life at the Madejski to bring the weekend’s action to a close. That gives us the opportunity to delve deeper, plunder the members area data and pick out the points of interest from the nine Premier League encounters so far…
If I was on a WC this week, i'd be strongly tempted to treble up on whm/stk defence!
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Not West Ham. If you're a member I'd suggest you have a look at the season ticker for weeks 5 to 21 and press the sort by diificulty button.
Open ControlsI'm not sure its a knee jerk after 3 clean sheets in 4 games. Its something that Mrs China Mag might go for, if she hadn't already WC last week. Its a bit punty for me. But could be awesome!!
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Hey Mr Mag,
Hows yr game week gone. Whats yr gameweek score till now.
Tott doing well so u thnk Tott cover is reqd,Open Controls
whom should I get?
Current team:
Cech,
Lowton, Hangeland, Cashley,
Duff,Dyer,Bale, (C) Hazard
Graham, Tevez, Bent
Sub:
Jaaskelainen, McClean,Nelsen, WilliamOpen Controls
My actual team is this:
Foster Federici
Lescott Baines Cuellar Demel Clyne
Hazard Michu Yay yay Guthrie McClean
Dimitar Robin and Tevez
I got Dimitar and Foster instead DDG and Petric
In the next weeks I'll do this:
Cuellar -> Some stoke defender?
Lescott -> Ridgwell
Federici -> ??
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Very similar lineup to mine. If you like to know i'm currently waiting for next GW to see if Federici keeps his place. Lescott is on my watchlist to get rid off maybe Gibbs?
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News article on front page says Federici out for next week
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i'll keep yaya, he'll play even with CL, Tevez, taken off at 60mins, so, obvious CL rotation thr, i think swap Tevez for Podolski maybe?
Cuellar, y stoke def? swap lescott and federici to a keeper that'll get csOpen Controlsyup
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Repost:Who to bench? Rafael, Baines or Ivanovic, i’m putting Buttner on(if he doesnt play, auto sub)
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Tried to go big up front but couldn't possibly end up with even a half-decent mid and def.
Sirigu-Gutor
Ramos-Vinicius-Maicon-Gibbs-Beria
Holtby-Santi-Martin-Kehl-Lucho
RVP-CR7-LeoOpen ControlsAny opinion of my team?
current team:
foster/FEDERICI
demel/hangeland/cashley/LESCOTT/FABIO
n.dyer/michu/hazard/mcclean/M.NOBLE
tevez/berba/rvp
the 4 players in CAPS have been flagged up for potential moves. I used my FT to do Petric > Berba so any move now requires a 4 point hit.Open Controls
Is RVP mandatory in a WC team, thinking of currently dropping him under current circumstances(i.e Rooney back in light training, tough fixtures, etc) Also lets me get in more big hitters in the team
Draft 1:
Foster- Bego/Jussi
Baines-Ridgewell-Saylor/Gallas-Demel-Gorkss
Hazard-Cazorla-Bale-Michu-Sterling
Tevez-Jelavic-Berba
1.1 in the bank 😯Open ControlsRVP isnt
Open ControlsAqua- Mate owe you an apology. I was in a foul mood the other day and was bit rude to you. Hope that apology is ok, you one of the good guys on here
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thinking it could be worth the risk to go without him. could backfire but i'm getting a bit nervous ownign him now with more rotation looming. just i have more priority transfers first
gorkss to cueller/hughes
sterling to kaca/guthrie
might try to get hba in there
rest looks very goodOpen ControlsWho would you get HBA over?
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Bale>HBA
Jelly > RVPOpen ControlsStill puts me -2.0 🙁
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hba over michu. or cazorla who i'd hope to see more than 1 assist in a 6 goal game. haven't been able to see spurs play yet so don't really know how bale has been playing and how dangers he has been, apparently his goal was lucky...? and hazards fixtures go downhill in a couple weeks so you could see arguments for getting hba in for any of them though i'd say probalby get him for michu
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How much did you buy RVP for? Might wait a week or 2 you can always downgrade
Open ControlsBought him for 13. I think I might still keep him for now.
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I think that him being rested on saturday, even with no rooney should have set off MAJOR alarm bells for anyone with him. I certainly wouldn't be going anywhere near him with a WC.
Why not just Bego/ Jussi?
I would hold off on saylor for a few weeks, We have a nice run of fixtures starting GW11, by which time we should have our injuries sorted out
Gallas won't play all games will he? I would have thought that caulker and dawson would be selected ahead of him (i haven't checked to see if he has played the games up to now)
I think that sterling will be rested a lot. But should be fine for your 5th mid.
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which GK would you recommend that rotates well with friedel?
Open ControlsTW. I've got Marveaux coming off the bench for me this week. Is that an omen to say that today is the day he is going to start?
I still maintain that he will be in the first 11 before long. I just hope it happens before I get the chance to transfer him out!!
The return of sammy ameobi, sammy ameobi, sammy ameobi, sammy, for the europa league team, might lead to marveaux being promoted.Open ControlsChina your thoughts above would be greatly appreciated. On WC. 🙁
Open Controlsreally? good luck! who's he coming on for?
would love to see him get consistent starts in the team and do well and start a marveaux bandwagon 😉
perhaps... its def possible just not sure how possibleOpen ControlsI was playing zabaleta in a 4 man defence, with tarabaat first on the bench!!
We are definitely more suited to playing a 4-3-3, and Marveaux would be better at the left sided role than Ba.
Also, as we don't have many strikers, it would be sensible for us to play one of the dembas in the league, and one in the cups, with the other on the bench to bring on if necessary!
NB Please nobody bring in marveaux, or keep hold of him just on my say so! This is just a hunch, with nothing pardew has said to back it up!!Open Controls
Jassk/ Ruddy
Cole/ Lescott/ Clyne/ Hangeland/ Cellular
Hazard/ Kagawa/ Noble/ Guthrie/ Michu
Graham/ Tevez/ RVP
Thinking Kagawa to Bale this week?
Bit of a knee jerk but with MU fixtires getting harder having just RVP is ok by me.
Also planning Ruddy to Bego soon. Grahams last chance, like the look of Fletcher
Any other probs you can see?Open ControlsSurprised you're still giving Graham a chance. Perhaps it's cause of his good fixtures.
Yeah i'll ditch Kagawa cause SAF might pull a quick one and play Rooney in the hole. Bale looks good due to its lowered price 9.4 i believe plus good fixtures although AVB is around. Got cash left over? Santi maybe?Open Controlsthanks. Graham keeps getting one more week due to more pressing matters but his fixtures still look so good, one more week it is then!
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Haven't been around here all weekend....RVP? What's the buzz around here regarding this man?
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Not much really.
He got rested for midweek. We should have seen it coming. He stays in.Open ControlsI wonder if this will be a weekly occurrence whenever United play. I'd feel much safe with Torres and Aguero when they return, and someone like podolski as my third striker. We shall see.
Open ControlsI think Hernadez and Wellbeck not having great games on Sat will help RVP,
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Last season top points. An explosion is coming i'm feeling it!
Open ControlsHaha, ya beat me to it.
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Yea, but top points when he was the main striker, on PKs, corners, direct free kicks, etc. Now that he's at Utd with SAF who knows how much of a pts hog he will be...this must be taken into consideration
Open ControlsIf Fergie is willing to rest RVP for an "easy" home game in the champions league, when they are playing a team that beat them last season, with no rooney to choose from, then you all should be very very afraid.
I've said since the start, that what is the point in having a great squad, with two international strikers in the reserves, if you are not going to use it to keep your best players fresh for the big games?
I would be wary of getting him now even at last seasons price, on an average run of fixtures. Now he is ridiculously expensive, and about to embark on a horror run of fixtures, with the champions league in full swing!
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Rested after he had played 2 internationals and picked up a knock. Welbeck and Hernandez were fresher. Also, take a look at United's group it's a joke and they'll be qualified by November. Ferguson will want to get off to a CL flyer, then they have tough league games starting at Anfield. Given that Wigan was a breeze it made total sense not to play a star player that'd received an impact injury 4 days prior.
And in response to the inevitable "but they had an easy group last year too".. no, just no. Ferguson won't repeat that mistake.Open Controls
38 with Pienar, Baines to play
Any potential transfers u gna make this week like Berba/ Fletcher/ Defoe...Open Controlsto be honest i advise wait on transfers this week, alot of Champions League and Euro League games so injuries cld easy occur. Transfers in and out also dont look so mental this week
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"You cannot change a goalkeeper every time he makes a simple mistake, because then you have three bad keepers. The confidence is needed." Arsene Wenger said.
Alex Ferguson should learn from AW -.-Open Controlsfergie learn from Wenger? Now i love to watch Arsenal play and have great respect for Wenger but when looked at in real terms of winning stuff Fergie is streets ahead!
Open ControlsWhy'd be bench DDG? I still don't get it. He got it all wrong.
Open Controlshe got a clean sheet, what else can a gk do?
Open ControlsThat's not the point. DDG would've got a CS as well.
Open ControlsI guess you are a DDG owner? Get rid. Two good rotating 4.5 keepers is always the way to go in this game.
- they get more save points
-Many big teams concede the odd goal when quite easily beating smaller teams- see Spurs last night
- If you want Man u cover in defense get a 5.5 right back
-Last year Al Habsi about 140 points and Hart about 165. Think of the price difference plus if you had a good option you might have got more by dropping Al Habsi and playing your sub sometimes
- Get Jussi and Bego. Leave all season unless one gets injured and upgrade the rest of your teamOpen Controls
i disagree Lindergaard is equally good. I deserves the starting 11 until he f***s up
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Freidel - not nailed on no cs
Federici - inj
Clyne - poor saints
Fabio - inj
Rangle - swans def injuries and suspension
Noble - no attacking returns
Yak - damn
also want to take out Nazri for a Everton player
time for a wildcard??Open ControlsMate post the rest of your team. Who is Yak?
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Fabio(0) Rafael Hangeland Clyne(0) Rangle(0)
Noble(0) Nazri(0) Kagawa Michu Bale
RVP PogrebnYAK(0) Tevez
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Time for a WC my friend. Join the club this week 🙂
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I have 2 free transfers. Which 2 should I do:
1) Friedel->Foster
2) Pog->Berba/Fletcher
3)Zab->Baines
4)Zab->Demel
If I do Zab->Baines I can't afford Pog->Berba/Fletcher. If I do Zab->Demel I could then afford Pog->Ba or Cuellar/Rangel->Baines
Thanks!Open ControlsPog to Fletcher and Zab to Demel
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Fred + Cuellar inujred, DDG + Zabaleta don't play, Grhaham sucks. Am I allowed to WC now, please?
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just repalce ddg and zabaleta and thats it
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Morning all.
Lambert > Berbatov would just be an unnecessary knee-jerk wouldn't it?Open Controls
Morning DZ..
Can u just help finalise me my Team for Week 5??
Foster
Demel Gibbs Gorkss
Haz Caz Dyer HBA
Tevez RVP Jelavic
Bench: Juusi Guthrie Hangeland Cuellar
Qns: 1) Can I save a FT on this Team or are there any pressing Concern??
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Still considering a WC to fix my dire defence.
Here is what I have come up for so far as a WC team, thoughts?
Changes out: DDG, Federici, Zab, Jenkinson, Fabio, Clyne, Hangeland; Noble; Graham
Begovic, Foster
Baines, Gibbs, Demel, Davies, Nelson
Hazard, Cazorla, Pienaar, Michu, Stirling
RVP, Tevez, Berbatov
- Is it worth the WC considering I need to change my entire defence bar Hangeland?
- Is the WC team decent?
I would hate to take multiple hits for defenders so this could be as good a time as any to use my WC your thoughts would be much appreciated.Open ControlsI'd be worried about Davies and Nelson. Maybe pick one cheapie who is not nailed on, but two is asking for trouble imo
Open ControlsShould I WC do you think? The current defence is really bad.
Open ControlsI probably wouldn't WC. I wouldn't want to get rid of graham just yet. You've kept clyne for his bad fixtures. Southampton have a great run of fictures coming up, and he is attacking, so you could keep him for your bench. The others you can deal with over a few weeks, maybe with a hit here or there.
Open ControlsYes this is a fair point. I brought in Jaaskalinen for Federici with the FT so I have the keeper sorted for the short term hoping DDG will win his spot back in due course.
I will end up this week with
Hangeland (wig), Clyne (AVL), Zab (ARS): sub: Jenkinson (mci), Fabio injOpen ControlsLooks fine to me. Certainly no reason to WC. I will be playing Zab myself
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your wc team looks almost identical to the team i have now:
begovic, foster
baines, jenkinson, demel, davies, clyne
hazard, cazorla, yaya, michu, sterling
rvp, tevez, berbatovOpen ControlsNot bad. I like the keeper combination as it saves value when comparing them to the price of the defenders in the same team. They also rotate nicely.
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Yeah.. Good WC team.. You might have to WC imo..
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Open ControlsThanks for the support for this WC team guys. I really like the idea of getting a new defence. Is it worth using the Wild card though just to change my defence + Noble and Graham?
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Who should I take out first DDG or Lescott and who should I bring in out of the options listed below
DDG: Cech, Sczesney, Jussi, Foster, Vorm
Lescott: Vermalen, Gibbs, Cole, Rafael, McAuley, BainesOpen ControlsCheers to all who replied to my post. Especially China Mag and Scratch, always a pleasure boys. I'm going to see what happens...RVP may not be worth having (for my squad) once Aguero gets healthy, Torres figures his sh*T out and Podolski starts revving up my Gooner engine even more. I'm going to bed...until the CL then! Night all
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I have the worst GW in my 3 years in this game. Thanks to my 4 silly transfer I made this GW with 12 pts hits. I made: 1) RVP in for Suarez (-7 pts diff), 2) Ben Afa in for Bale ( don't know yet but bale score a goal already??) 3) Bertrand in for Chico (almost no diff here) 4) Sterling in for Allen (Sterling Bench)
I'm not at all happy with my team atm. What should I do with my current team I need some advice please:
Bego , Federici
Barnett, Mertesac, Cuellar, Clyne, Bertrand
Michu, Lampard, Ben Arfa, Yaya, Sterling
Torres, RVP, Tevez
Should I Wild Card?? or keep this team? I would love to hear what you guys think. Thanks. 🙂Open Controls
suddenly happy i own Noble and Bale. Faith repaid. went to sleep expecting 43 points and woke up with 48! nice
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What should I do this week?
Zab or Vert > Saylor or Hughes?Open ControlsTina... in dire need of some WC help.
Draft 1(without RVP)
Foster- Bego/Jussi
Baines-Ridgewell-Saylor/Gallas-Demel-Gorkss
Hazard-HBA-Bale-Michu-Sterling
Tevez-Jelavic-Berba
1.1 in the bank 😯Open ControlsWhy Jelavic?? I think Eve are a bit over hyped by their surprising start! You could get better options at his price! Podolski is a great pick imo..
Open ControlsI personally think that Bego/jussi is the way forward.
Open ControlsAgreed. Forgot to change that.
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Whoops. HBA was Cazorla.
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most of you did well with ur new teams and wildcards in place, i only got 19 points but still got 3 players for tomorrows game
Open ControlsWCded last week! 33 points! Great week i must say!
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Wrong.. Its should be much more than that imo..
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Berba anyday!
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Hows this look for GW4:
http://oi45.tinypic.com/2guikya.jpg
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for -4, Petric/Simpson/Jarvis --->
A.Berbs/Ridgwell/Noble
B. Berbs/Barnet/Nolan or morrison
?Open ControlsI have foster, so it would be doubling up on WBA def for READ/villa/QPR
Open ControlsB for me. With Morrison.
Open ControlsI'm just so scared with Morrison. I don't have a good track record with WBA milfs. Brunt springs to mind. Never fit when I select him and I always sell to early. Like Jarvis currently.
😡Open ControlsVery true. Can you squeeze some cash for Peanut?
Also, thoughts on possible RVP-less WC team above?Open ControlsI'm not going for Peanut. Yet. Might do Bale-->Peanut for week 6 & 7 (SOUTH/Wigan)
Re Rvp - I won't be comfortable without him. He has had a rest now and Fergie will have to play him with the tough PL fixtures lying ahead. Upgrade Jelly to Rvp by downgrading Saylor/Ridgewel/Hba/Gallas.
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I'd do A. Like Noble for a cheap option. Not convinced enough by West Ham attacking in general to invest any more expensively in their m/f (i.e. Nolan)
Open ControlsOh, didn't notice the Morrison option in B. That looks pretty good too.
Open ControlsYEah, I'm still pissed off I never got Nolan for gw 1 after having him all pre season. Then on a WC in week 3, I swapped nolan to Jarvis at 11h28 on the Sat morning prior to kick off. The rest is history.
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