Arsenal’s battling performance at the Etithad and a dramatic second-half turnaround at the Lane bring Gameweek 5 to a close. Our members can now let the dust settle on their Fantasy scores before gorging on all the stats from all the weekend’s matches, or just read on for the numbers that piqued our interest…
that awkward moment your mother in law gets fake boobs...
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Pics or it didn't happen.
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Jesus wept. Run from the House. Screaming, if necessary.
Open ControlsI don't understand this jesus wept thing English people say?
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I'm english, but I don't fully understand what it means either
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Shortest verse in the bible
Open ControlsThe comment isn't knew, but at same time appears to be kinda an internet meme. As sure not an everyday phrase in real life.
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people say it in the States as well...but they tend to be older folks...in the south.
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Its sarcastic, meaning "I couldnt give a flying f***"
Or at least thats how I always interpretted itOpen ControlsIt is, of course, ironic.
It means that a small event of GREAT tragedy has occurred - and that would, of course, move Jesus, who can see all, to tears ... 🙂Open Controlsbut jesus was surely the epitomy of compassion and empathy? So I see no reason to assume it would require an execptionally tragic event to move him to tears.
George Graham wept, now there would be something.Open Controls
married into class
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Goin out stations for the week.....gotta do my transfer tonight...
Cuellar or Zaba to get rid first???Open ControlsCuellar...Zabs you could probably still squeeze another week out of. But their fixtures aren't defender friendly.
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Is it time for me to WC or can i get away with it?
Fed Foster
Cuellar Baines Cole Demel Gunter
Bale Michu Noble Mclean Kagawa
RVP Tevez GrahamOpen ControlsAny other Saints fans here? Anyone at the match and didn’t think Ramirez was best player on the pitch? Lambo was great, but amazed when MOTD highlighted him and not Gaston. Two fantastic balls he played to put us 1-on-1, weren’t even shown.en shown, as one wrightly and one wrongly were given offside.
Fantasy rewards don’t always reflect real-life footy, but right now I don’t care, he was class apart. Our front four all played out of thier skins (Lambo / Lalla / Puncheon / Gaston) in second half, but wow! Not usually this gushy, but just confused by MOTD highlights and player focus, anyone at the game could see Ramirez was a class apart.
Real problem though, haven’t got Fellani yet either. So Fellani, or Ramirez?Open Controls
I don't know if someone commented on this earlier but what are people's thoughts on Terry retiring from England. I think overall it's for the best.
Open ControlsI'd like to salute John Terry's international career. Unfortunately I'm in Berlin right now and those kind of salutes are illegal.
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Did he give a reason?
Open ControlsMentions the FA charge but more likely due to the fact he's no guaranteed first choice anymore.
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I don't agree with with retirement from international football. full stop. easy and obvious to say as I'm not an international footballer myself. I can can see how in practice it could be for the best, but never how in principle. If he's not up to it just don't pick him.
Didn't the French once ban any players who retired from playing in thier league?Open Controls
Team linked, what to do:
A)Dyer and Kagawa to Fellaini and Pienaar + 0.6
B)Dyer and Kagawa to Michu and Pienaar + 0.2
C)Graham and Kagawa to Fletcher and Fellaini + 0.4
D)Graham and Kagawa to Fletcher and Pienaar + 0.8
If I go with C or D, I am planning of doing Fletcher to Berba for gw7Open Controlsall for a hit
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Lost on bottom of page, interesting words from Pardew
Alan Pardew admitted afterwards that he wanted one of his two regular penalty takers, Demba Ba and Hatem Ben Arfa, to take the penalty. That may have happened had the Newcastle manager not been serving the final game of a two-match touchline ban for pushing referee’s assistant Peter Krikup during his side’s victory over Tottenham last month.
As a result, when Newcastle won a penalty in first-half added time, neither Ba or Ben Arfa took the kick. It was a fascinating moment.
Ba had bemoaned the fact Ben Arfa had taken the ball, in a moment of confidence during that Spurs game, to score from 12 yards. Thus this time, when Steve Morison upended Mike Williamson, Ba went looking for the ball, only to find the stand-in captain Jonas Gutierrez with it. He gave it to Ben Arfa and in turn, after deliberation, he tossed it to Cissé. The forward then blasted the penalty over John Ruddy’s crossbar and his confidence seemed to go with it.
“I like my penalty takers to take it, that would be a start,” said Pardew. “I could understand the group giving it to Papiss. It talks about the spirit in the group that they wanted him to score but it wasn’t what I wanted.
“I understand why they did that. They want Papiss to score. Players look after players. They genuinely wanted him to score the goal. The fact he missed it was a blow to the group. We felt it in the dressing room at half-time. That was why it was important to ignore it.Open Controls
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rPVLJzeZ9i8
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Think he would have lost more than his hand
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Gervinho/Cazorla doubling up is tempting, didn't realise Yao was so cheap.
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After today Gervinho must be at risk of being dropped.
Open ControlsDid you watch the game? Its says a lot that he took Podolski off not Gervinho
Open ControlsNot necessarily. The Gnu was fecking awful. I think a LOT of hope was involved.
Open ControlsHe cant control the ball or shoot, but defences still shit a brick when they see him charging.
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7.3 for an OOP Arsenal attacker...
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Yes I watched it. What do you think Gervinho done well?
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He was a couple of bad touches away from another brace. I think they would have faired better without Ramsey on the pitch; as he was getting in the way and didn't really play his position. Also, beating Clichy around the outside is impressive in my book and I would be very afraid if I was RDM and putting Ivanovic's name on the teamsheet for RB. I would prefer both, if you have Newcastle and Everton cover I would say go for it.
Podolski looked a bit gassed.Open ControlsHe was a couple of good touches away from a brace about ten times last season. He's always just a smidgeon away from greatness and probably always will be.
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Ramsey was a big part of how a draw was earned. As well as create the best chance of the game he ran his nuts off tracking Sinclair and was Arsenal's seconded highest distributor with 82 passes at 89% success - 2nd only to Arteta.
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Gervinho was terrible in my opinion. He's good at getting past people, but his finishing is so woeful. Sure he scored 2 last week, but one was a tap in from literally 1m. This week he was probably the worst player on the pitch, missing 2 great chances to put Arsenal ahead (missing is a bit of an understatement actually)
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Really want to do tevez for Gerard but of course it is not possible, so thinking of swapping jenkinson for glen Johnson.
I just feel Liverpool are about to turn a corner.Open Controls
i wish i had your faith....and i hope youre right
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Gallas ----> Baines
Michu ----> Fellaini
Torres ----> Fletcher ... DOne!! Hope it is worth it..Open Controls
Fed foster
Baines demel clyne a.williams cuellar
Hazard santi michy mcclean guthrie
Tevez rvp graham
1.5 already done my FT
Feel i need to get rid of graham, would be for a hit though:
A get berba
B get flether (already have mcclean and cuellar)
C other
D keep until gw 9 ( red and wig home look good fixtures but graham sucks soooo much...)
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I am getting rid of Graham.....i would advise you to do the same. Stoke is a tough fixture and you have Michu as attacking cover. You will wish you got rid of him when you see another 2pointer this saturday coming.
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I really can’t believe this, the guy on my league made like 4 transfers (12 points) and he’s in first place. I’m 11 points behind him and i only made one hit last week. wtf?
I'll get Fellaini right now for a hit.
Now, ridgwell, merte or someone else instead Lescott?Open Controls
I think this year taking hits has paid off at a much higher rate than the last two years. Plus you gain value very quickly which is good for January's WC. Plus, almost everyday, 3x as many players are losing a tenth as gaining. Maybe it's the internet use and herd mentality. Larger herds.
Open Controlsmaybe you're right.
I'll do the hit, anyways, fellaini will rise twice this weekOpen ControlsFellanni is an example where hits have paid off, there must be 10 players like that. It just seems unusual this year, last two years, you just grinned and bore it on rarely taking a hit.
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Why get rid of tevez?? He will start next week.
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Which option would you pick. Have 1 FT
A) Zabaleta + graham --->baines + zamora (have exact money to do it now)
B) Ivanovic + graham --->baines + berba/fletcher (have exact money to do it now)
C) graham ---> berba/fletcher
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Seriously considering getting in Gervinho this week.
A midfielder playing as a striker almost guarantees points. Will he stay there though, or will Giroud get another chance? And if he does will Gervinho be guaranteed a spot on the wing where Arsenal have plenty of options?
What do you guys think?Open ControlsGervinho--- I saw two plays today where he demonstrated a lack of basic goal scoring skill. He hustles very well, but seems to spaz in the final seconds of an opportunity. IMO
Open ControlsI know he missed a lot of chances, but I'm wondering if he'll be playing as a striker long-term (until January at least)
Open ControlsHis two goal week was the exception, Nolan is more consistent. IMO, plus there are other better mids in that category--HBA, Pienaar, even Walters is steady, too.
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All agreed on transfers before price rise/drop??? 4pt??
Torres + Graham + Friedel > Fletcher + Ba + HowardOpen ControlsDo it
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Best Defender+Striker Combination for 13.6? (Already have Tevez, Demel and Baines). Looking to replace A. Cole and Graham.
Thinking something along the lines of: Berbatov/Fletcher/Lambert + Ridgewell/Gibbs/Rafael/McAuleyOpen ControlsTorres or Tevez - > Ba or Lambert
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Figueroa - > Baines?
(Have 3 mil in bank)Open ControlsLeague Cup coming up this week, anyone thinking of waiting for transfers till Wednesday night or will rises mean its better now, even though that means taking a risk?
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Lol, erbody is coming up with the same names eventually:
Defenders: Ivanovic, Baines, Cole, Cuellar, Demel, Rafael
Midfielders: Fellaini, Pienaar, Santi Carzola, Bale, Michu, Hazard, Nolan, Toure, Ben Arfa
Strikers: Fletcher, Berbatov, Tevez, van Persie, Ba, Lambert
I shall not commit to this! Im going with totally different players! Hoorah!Open Controls
Hazard to Gerrard?
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Go for it fixtures are improving from next gw!
Open Controlssterling WR? save some cash, might pay off over the next 3
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I wouldn't Gerarrd is playing too deep for his cost, if he was playing behind Suarez then maybe but not at the moment.
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A Liverpool player looks a bit more appealing now, given their fixtures, but don't think I'd spend more than 4.6 on any of them.
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Problem is that hazard has NOR at home after the arsenal game - potential captain material.
I'm looking weirdly to bring glen Johnson because I Gerard plays a bit too deep.Open Controls
I am going Hangeland and Noble to Baines and Fellaini just need to get funds so?
A - Hazard to Ben Arfa
B - Tevez to Fletcher
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how does this look for next gw?
foster
baines, rafael, davies
cazorla, hazard, pienaar, michu
rvp, tevez, berba
my only concern is who to play between foster and begovic.Open Controls
Play beggers fo sho
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Think ur too late for ba now tbh
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Seriously struggling in mini league played wc after int break gw3 and played gw6 ft already wat can i do to improve this team
jaask (cerny)
Ivanovic baines nelsen ( demel bdavies)
hazard michu yaya nolan (sterling)
Rvp berba tevez
plz help PLEASEOpen ControlsI really would not panic!!!
Tevez, Toure and Hazard will not normally have such low point scores.
I would be happy with that team.Open Controls
If not, then I am labouring under an awful illusion ... 😉
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