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Sels

Gabriel Magalhães
Chalobah
Mukiele

Bruno Fernandes
Rice
Semenyo
Fernández
Rogers

Evanilson
Haaland

Dubravka
Maguire
Hill
Kroupi

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Ekitiké	LIV	8.8m	77.0%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	91.5%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.4m	79.3%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.4m	85.4%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.5m	85.5%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	89.0%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.6m	84.4%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.8m	81.1%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	7.0m	71.5%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.6m	70.4%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.6m	64.2%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	75.0%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.7m	68.5%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.3m	68.3%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	7.8m	65.6%	Unlikely
Ayari	BHA	4.8m	71.3%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	65.3%	Unlikely
Estêvão	CHE	6.4m	65.2%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.3m	55.2%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	61.9%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	59.6%	Unlikely
Summerville	WHU	5.5m	54.9%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.8m	50.8%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.3m	56.1%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	53.0%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	51.3%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	50.6%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	44.5%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	49.6%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.3m	46.4%	Unlikely
Collins	BRE	5.0m	47.9%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	47.0%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.0m	43.3%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	38.5%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.3m	42.4%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	42.9%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	6.1m	37.6%	Unlikely
Nallo	LIV	3.7m	40.3%	Unlikely
G.Jesus	ARS	6.4m	37.2%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.7m	38.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.7m	106.8%	Very Likely
Schade	BRE	7.1m	93.1%	Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.2m	100.6%	Very Likely
Bradley	LIV	5.0m	99.9%	Likely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	89.2%	Likely
Møller Wolfe	WOL	4.3m	99.5%	Maybe
Saka	ARS	10.0m	90.0%	Maybe
Kovačić	MCI	5.9m	97.4%	Maybe
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	96.5%	Maybe
Nichols	ARS	3.8m	95.9%	Maybe
Meslier	LEE	4.2m	95.3%	Maybe
Mount	MUN	5.9m	93.5%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	93.0%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	92.7%	Unlikely
Acheampong	CHE	3.8m	90.9%	Unlikely
Kamara	AVL	4.9m	92.0%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	91.9%	Unlikely
Brierley	BUR	4.5m	92.1%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	6.0m	86.9%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	86.5%	Unlikely
Yoro	MUN	4.2m	86.4%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.8m	84.9%	Unlikely
Wood	NFO	7.2m	86.6%	Unlikely
Bajcetic	LIV	4.3m	86.6%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	86.6%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	85.9%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	85.7%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	83.2%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	81.9%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	79.7%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.2m	78.0%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	77.4%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	71.2%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	79.4%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	74.6%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.2m	73.1%	Unlikely
Isidor	SUN	5.2m	71.6%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.1m	71.6%	Unlikely
Dennis	BOU	4.0m	72.4%	Unlikely
Vicario	TOT	4.8m	71.2%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	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, £

Last updated: 31 Jan, 2026 1:27am

	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

Last updated: 31 Jan, 2026 1:36am

	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

Last updated: 31 Jan, 2026 1:43am

	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

Last updated: 31 Jan, 2026 1:46am

GW25 Chip Poll

Members

The Numbers Game – The Charge From the Back

18 February 2011 1140 comments

Mark

With a break from Premier League action this weekend, we’re presented with some breathing space to allow us to take stock and assess strategies for success for the remaining Gameweeks.

This season has seen the evolution of template midfields and attacks with the same names rotation across thousands of Fantasy squads. As a result the defence has become a key area for differentials and while clean sheets have been hard to come by all season, the quest for defenders who can return attacking points and Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Bonus, remains a key one.

In this latest Numbers Game article for Members, we take a look at the Gameweek OPTA statistics gathered over the past four Gameweeks to analyse those defenders who have offered the best potential in these areas.

This content is restricted to Chief Scout Members. Click here to register and get access to industry-leading stats from Opta and StatsBomb including Defensive Contributions data, the Rate My Team tool, Points Projections, 150+ Member-only articles, exclusive Team Reveals, a customisable Season Ticker, two Transfer Planners... and more!

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cucumber
14 years, 11 months ago
Fabregas to Cahill this week and get RVP in Next week for arsenal cover. Good Move?
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1. ...---...
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Surprisingly, only 0.5% of FPL managers have seen fit to bring him in thus far. I know it's early days yet but at this rate only 1 in 10 teams will have one of the leading midfielders in their ranks who has 4 out of his next 5 games at home and a double gameweek looming.
  
  Excellent!
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  1. Rasping Drive
    14 years, 11 months ago
    But he's playing like a muppet
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    1. ...---...
      14 years, 11 months ago
      I have EVERY confidence Timmy will be back on top form by 3pm next Saturday!
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      1. Rasping Drive
        14 years, 11 months ago
        I think he looks knackered. He needs less games rather than more. Having said that I will probably be bringing him in for Fabregas.
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njfsdkffslkf
14 years, 11 months ago
Is it steve claridge commentating?No?
Drogba shoots just wide from 20 yards then whoever chips in.
"come on didier its the cup! smile". Well Didier was born in Africa it doesnt mean the same to him as it obviosly does to you. Nor does he have to show joy in order to be deemed effective.

He then says "if i was out there id leave one in him see he is really up for it".

The co commentator then clarifies " of course within the law"

This forced love in for the "magic of the cup " gets worse every year. 3rd cup for a reason. Ive see no difference in demeanor between any of the foreign players and the English/ Irish/ Scots etc.
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1. Bubbles
  14 years, 11 months ago
  "Best cup competition on the Worldᵀᴹ" - urgh.
  
  The horrifically patronising commentary for Crawley later on is going to get annoying very quickly.
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  1. jamsiep
    14 years, 11 months ago
    I f*cking hate Crawley. I hope Utd murder them.
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    1. The Stock
      14 years, 11 months ago
      +1,000,000
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Blyth Spartans
14 years, 11 months ago
According to skysports live commentary colemans only contributions so far are a 'clumsy foul' and a 'clumsy handball' is he having another off day?
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1. Gargamel
  14 years, 11 months ago
  He's a good prospect but he's not there yet imo, and the rest of the Everton squad isn't good enough to carry players like him, Osman and Beckford.
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  1. Blyth Spartans
    14 years, 11 months ago
    So does that mean he is having an off day?
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    1. Marknlard
      14 years, 11 months ago
      What a lovely name you have.
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      1. Blyth Spartans
        14 years, 11 months ago
        Yup bordering on beautiful if were honest
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2. Namtab Nomolos
  14 years, 11 months ago
  He said “if i was out there id leave one in him see he is really up for it”. Referring to leaving one in on the place Drogba is injured already.
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Akers
14 years, 11 months ago
LOL @ Malouda. Embarrassing stuff.
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
14 years, 11 months ago
Lol @ malouda he can't get his ring off
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Drip Doctor
14 years, 11 months ago
Wow, i haven't logged onto the FPL website in 3 days, feels weird.
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njfsdkffslkf
14 years, 11 months ago
Arteta actually seemed to get forward. He seems to have lost a yard of pace.
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1. Drip Doctor
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Im still deciding between him and Cahill for the DGW. Can't see big points from either to be honest.
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  1. njfsdkffslkf
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Im trying to decide if its worth going for 1 of Baines , Arteta, Saha to make me have 3 Eve players. All are risks .
    
    Baines looks the best option.
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    1. Attila the Bum
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Coleman is surely the best option (relative to price) no?
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      1. njfsdkffslkf
        14 years, 11 months ago
        Yes. I have him but i was speaking about Saha, Arteta and Baines.
        
        Baines is getting forward alot and his delivery is very effective.
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        Attila the Bum
        14 years, 11 months ago
        Ooops sorry. Well Baines and Coleman is going down my route of doubling on Everton's defence - a lot more risky than I thought it would be! 😐
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        Granville
        14 years, 11 months ago
        Don't double up, it's not worth it and you'll need to spend another precious transfer removing one of them.
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      2. Drip Doctor
        14 years, 11 months ago
        He already has Coleman & Cahill. Think he means hes trying to decide on a 3rd. I've got Coleman but am not expecting a lot, he's been poor recently, wouldn't be surprised if he's dropped for one game.
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    2. Granville
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Fellaini Fellaini Fellaini looks like I'm going to have my differential 😉
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      1. Drip Doctor
        14 years, 11 months ago
        You may aswell -2 right now for 2 inevitable yellow cards 😉
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johnbobman
14 years, 11 months ago
I've decided to do big switch around of my team (swapping 10 players). But the new team would involve 2 arsenal players and a birmingham keeper, of whom none are playing in gw 28. The problem is I'll be playing top of the league...a plus however is that his highest scoring players are arsenal ones (besides nani and adam) such as walcott, RVP and arshavin. Is it best to change my team now or the day before week 29?

Proposed team:

Foster(Stockdale)
Huth Coleman Kelly (Kolarov R.Johnson)
Nani Adam Walcott Meireles (Nolan or Downing)
RVP Odemwingie Tevez

Current Team:
Hart (Kingson)
Huth A.Cole Vidic (Bardsley Foley)
Nani Adam Meireles Dempsey (N'Zogbia)
Berbatov Odemwingie Gyan

I can either keep the current team, which may work with 3 players having a double GW. Or I could do the changes but put the 3 players who aren't playing on the bench?
I could make 1 transfer for gw 28 so I could increase one of the players by £1.1m
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1. In Like Flynn.
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Is this a wildcard?
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2. Namtab Nomolos
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Stockdale isn't 1st choice now, seems odd to buy him in to blank your keeper next week.
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  1. In Like Flynn.
    14 years, 11 months ago
    I think it's for GW29 umo.But agree Stockdale not worth it at all won't play.
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    1. Namtab Nomolos
      14 years, 11 months ago
      It has to be a wildcard right? But sounds like a head to head league so maybe they're trying to get the hits out of the way this week and have a clean shot at the leader. I'm confused 🙂 These changes could have been made on the free WC unless that was used up early.
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  2. johnbobman
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Yeah it is a wildcard. I used the other one the other week, but I had a big assignment due in the same week, so i couldn't really do any research into it.
    
    I was thinking Stockdale as second keeper because he's one of the best at his price.
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    1. In Like Flynn.
      14 years, 11 months ago
      But wont play so anything happens to your first choice you have no keeper or another precious transfer.Al Habsi only .1 more.
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      1. johnbobman
        14 years, 11 months ago
        Oh yes I forgot about him, suppose I could squeeze out another £0.1m.
        The first WC was used like in my 2nd week in the league (its a head to head going from feb till the end of the season). But I've got another one to use.
        I think I'll just leave the team till gw 29, and just hope he doesn't swap van persie for rooney or something.
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        In Like Flynn.
        14 years, 11 months ago
        I'm thinking of losing Odem 29 fixtures tighten badly, Welbeck if fit or Doyle have decent run in fixtures same or less £.
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        In Like Flynn.
        14 years, 11 months ago
        You may also know more DGW dates by GW29,and as umo says below a close look at yellow cards worthwhile.
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    2. In Like Flynn.
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Kelly has a tough run next six.
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    3. Namtab Nomolos
      14 years, 11 months ago
      He is a good keeper alright, but he only played recently because their number 1 keeper was away at the Asian Cup. Be wary of Adam who will miss 2 gameweeks when he gets his next yellow (Nolan is 2 yellows away).
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3. In Like Flynn.
  14 years, 11 months ago
  If you link your team under FAQs top of page,we can see your budget.Easier to offer opinion if not overspending.
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  1. johnbobman
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Well I'm not a member at the moment, but here's a link to my team, which I think may work:
    http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=2372907;event_id=27
    
    Ignore the elmander part, odemwingie is instead of him
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    1. johnbobman
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Actually I didn't read it properly. Done it now.
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Drip Doctor
14 years, 11 months ago
Mers is talking a lot of sense today. "Arshavin' goal vs Barcelona was better then Rooney's." Oh i agree!! 😀
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1. Attila the Bum
  14 years, 11 months ago
  A lot of sense (though not so much with the Arshavin bit), cracking goal by Rooney but certainly not the best seen at Old Trafford.
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2. Locarno
  14 years, 11 months ago
  I thought it was brilliant. So many players would have skied it.
  
  P.S. Bangladesh giving it a go!
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  1. Drip Doctor
    14 years, 11 months ago
    It was a great finish, the build up was absolute class aswell. Wonder goal.
    
    It's the start they needed to make to stand any sort of chance, still expecting them to have a batting collapse, India should win comfortably.
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3. Blyth Spartans
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Omg! I actually dont rate rooneys goal as highly as most people seem to although i do think it was very good. But merson is the stupidest man in world footbal! Basically he thinks london is its own country and the rest of the uk doesnt matter. Hes ridiculous. He once said that the newcastle sunderland derby 'isnt even that big' utter moron.
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  1. Granville
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Mersonsiep 😉
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    1. Hank
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Merson: "I can't see the Arsenal losing at OT, no way."
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      1. Drip Doctor
        14 years, 11 months ago
        To be fair, we were in great form going into that match. It was tough to call, but a lot of people were saying we will get a result there.
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4. andy85wsm
  14 years, 11 months ago
  It was a nice goal, nice finish. Not better than Rooneys though.
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Gargamel
14 years, 11 months ago
What a tackle. Haha.
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1. Locarno
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Should get a yellow for the tackle and another one for the ponytail.
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Akers
14 years, 11 months ago
WOW! Thought that was a stone wall pen at first glance.
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1. Hank
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Can just imagine Priest Jnr's reaction to that.
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Locarno
14 years, 11 months ago
Brilliant refereeing. 🙂

Then the Chelsea w*nkers surround the ref - send the lot off.
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Rasping Drive
14 years, 11 months ago
Ramirez dive fail
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Gargamel
14 years, 11 months ago
Tim Howard is such a liability. Worst keeper in the world cup, and one of the poorer in the league this far too. He should be over the moon that Ramires is an idiot who chose to dive.
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Pratik
14 years, 11 months ago
Need the excel sheet which has the fixtures of the cricket world cup well mapped for fantasy cricket. Please post the link.
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1. Boom!!!
  14 years, 11 months ago
  are u looking for this 😕
  http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae77/djwatford/groupfixtures.png
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  1. jamsiep
    14 years, 11 months ago
    That confuses the shit out of me. Classic DJ Watford.
    
    Mine is far better, only I'm not sharing. 😉
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    1. ...---...
      14 years, 11 months ago
      I don't know anything about cricket but why aren't Scotland there? Do they still have a team or did they just not qualify?
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2. Granville
  14 years, 11 months ago
  When I realised that the cricinfo rules allow such micromanagement I just couldn't be arsed so I just went with the random team.
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Boom!!!
14 years, 11 months ago
😯 SIX!
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jamsiep
14 years, 11 months ago
So, who doesn't have Sehwag in their fantasy cricket side? 😉
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1. Locarno
  14 years, 11 months ago
  People who know nothing about cricket.
  
  Quite a few, then...
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2. Boom!!!
  14 years, 11 months ago
  me 😥 ...atleast u doesn't have him as your captain 😉
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  1. jamsiep
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Just wait until Harbhajan takes the next nine wickets... 😛
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3. Attila the Bum
  14 years, 11 months ago
  I have him but gave the (c) to Tendulkar.
  Bah. Just working away like a right little nerd on my ticker 🙂
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Hated, Adored but never Ign…
14 years, 11 months ago
Everton are a joke, every time we take the ball forward they foul us. Coleman is such a little prick, kicking Ashley Cole as soon as he gets it but for such an poor footballer technically it's hardly surprising.

Drogba's cruciate was suddenly fine after a good 10 minutes whinge.

The commentator is a complete idiot, "Everton have completely dominated" no they haven't Cech hasn't had to make one save and Howard has had to make at least 3 good stops and also bring down Ramires when he was clear, Domination.
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1. Drip Doctor
  14 years, 11 months ago
  To sum up... You need Ballack. Lampard is shocking.
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  1. Locarno
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Agree that Lamps is awful, but Ballack??? They may as well sign Veron...
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    1. Drip Doctor
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Should play Essien in the Lampard role.
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  2. jamsiep
    14 years, 11 months ago
    +13243
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  3. Hated, Adored but never Ign…
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Given the ball away a ridiculous amount of times. Yet the commentator still refuses to criticise him.
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    1. njfsdkffslkf
      14 years, 11 months ago
      And yet he hasnt shut up all day giving out about Drogbas "effort and commitment".
      He is borderline racist whoever he is.
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2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  14 years, 11 months ago
  No bias here, then. 😉
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  1. Hank
    14 years, 11 months ago
    lol
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3. jamsiep
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Classic me realising from the start that Coleman is actually shit.
  
  +1 on the rest too, even though I've only just woken up. 😳
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4. njfsdkffslkf
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Ah yes and none of the Chelsea players have fouled Coleman?
  
  Bless those bias eyes.
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  1. Hated, Adored but never Ign…
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Malouda fouled him once after we were not given a foul on the edge of the box.
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5. Hank
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Ramires, dived, i.e cheated by the way. But i guess the ref is working the FA/Utd again right?
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  1. jamsiep
    14 years, 11 months ago
    It wasn't a dive! and Howard didn't touch him, but you don't need to make contact for it to be a penalty..... Players don't just trip over their own feet like that.
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    1. Locarno
      14 years, 11 months ago
      "Players don’t just trip over their own feet like that"
      
      Are you new to this sport?
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      1. jamsiep
        14 years, 11 months ago
        Pretty much. Hi, I'm James, nice to meet me. What's going on here?
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    2. Hank
      14 years, 11 months ago
      *insert facepalm here*
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    3. Locarno
      14 years, 11 months ago
      And you don't need to make contact???
      
      Lucky Howard didn't stand back and yell "Boo!" then - definite pen.
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      1. jamsiep
        14 years, 11 months ago
        Of course you don't need to make contact for it to be a penalty! If a keeper comes out diving, and the forward jumps to avoid him, and so loses the chance to score because he's been impeded, then it's a penalty.
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        Locarno
        14 years, 11 months ago
        Not what happened, though, is it? Howard got the ball, Ramires went all Greg Louganis on us...
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        jamsiep
        14 years, 11 months ago
        Maybe not, it's quite hard to tell...
        
        I was just arguing the case in general there.
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        Hank
        14 years, 11 months ago
        " jumps to avoid him"
        
        You clearly haven't seen it, or have a clue what you are talking about, so i'd just stop. If he didn't have the touch of le rapiste he could have easily skipped round howard and tucked the ball away. Unfortunately he realised he does, so decided to stop his feet moving and dive like a sack of shynola. Hence the yellow.
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        Cheggers
        14 years, 11 months ago
        You lot really love it
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        jamsiep
        14 years, 11 months ago
        ^
        
        That comment was a general point, not specific to the Ramires case. Ramires definitely didn't jump to avoid the challenge.
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    4. Granville
      14 years, 11 months ago
      He tried to make sure Howard caught his leg, but he was too slow and Dowd saw through it.
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  2. Gargamel
    14 years, 11 months ago
    I see what you're doing here, you're trying to start a discussion about Manchester United!
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    1. Hank
      14 years, 11 months ago
      I should have written FA/ITFC. Whoops! 😀
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  3. Hated, Adored but never Ign…
    14 years, 11 months ago
    So if a player slides in, a player moves out of the way of the challenge and loses balance as a result, it's not a foul?????
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    1. njfsdkffslkf
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Is that what your saying happened now?
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    2. Akers
      14 years, 11 months ago
      You are not describing what happened there.
      
      This is as I saw it... Howard slid in alongside (which is important as he was not in front of) Ramires, didn't make contact, Ramires thought contact was going to be made and fell to the ground.
      
      Ramires did not move out of the way, he just all of a sudden stopped moving his legs.
      
      I think he just misjudged the situation, and therefore dived.
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6. Bubbles
  14 years, 11 months ago
  UNBELIEVABLE BREAKING NEWS:
  Shit the Bed whinges about ref.
  
  Yawn, etc.
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  1. Hank
    14 years, 11 months ago
    🙂
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  2. jamsiep
    14 years, 11 months ago
    'Shit the Bed ' 😆
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    1. Attila the Bum
      14 years, 11 months ago
      😆 Noice
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  3. Akers
    14 years, 11 months ago
    "Shit the Bed" LOL
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Syd.
14 years, 11 months ago
Do you remember those days when Chelsea use to score for fun...

Long and distant memories...

I think they need to sign a world class forward 😉
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1. Boom!!!
  14 years, 11 months ago
  they already have one world class forward in kalou 😉
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2. _Freddo
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Like Dzeko? (Lol)
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  1. Syd.
    14 years, 11 months ago
    He isn't world class just yet 😉
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njfsdkffslkf
14 years, 11 months ago
I know its like shooting fishing in a barrel and all but still.
Why do it? Especially after the summer and the WC just gone. English footballers never learn. Could see this coming a mile off after Wednesday night.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12040_6761659,00.html

I agree Wilshire looks a great prospect. But thing is likes of Spain , Brazil etc are churning them out too and never have this weight on their shoulders. Just sets them up for a fall.
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1. Marknlard
  14 years, 11 months ago
  To be fair, if he's asked 'do you think Jack Wilshere is good?' then he's not going to say 'not as good as those Spaniards, yeesh, they're shit hot'.
  
  He basically says Barcelona are better than Wales. It's fair enough really (only coz Ricketts is out, though).
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  1. njfsdkffslkf
    14 years, 11 months ago
    the "England have bright future" has been doing the rounds since 2000 while the Spainairds, Italians , Brazilians have been queitly winning things.
    
    You would think the Press and the players even just to stop being ridiculed so much would lay off it. I can see 2014 already and the hype. It will be like 2010 never happened.
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    1. Attila the Bum
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Arguably though Italian football is going through more of a nadir than English football.
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    2. Blyth Spartans
      14 years, 11 months ago
      I find it highly unlikely that when a young player emerges in spain, italy, brazil e.t.c that the media dont mention it/ask senior players opinions on them. I agree that the britiah media are a joke but what youre saying is just daft.
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2. Akers
  14 years, 11 months ago
  I hate our press.
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3. Bubbles
  14 years, 11 months ago
  SSN are total Wilshere fanboi's lately. So many interviews with people have included questions about Wilshere.
  
  He does look a right good prospect alright, but why can't they just let him develop without all the pressure? Baffling at times.
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jamsiep
14 years, 11 months ago
Why is Tamim pissing around scoring so slowly?!
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1. Locarno
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Think they've given up the chase and they're concentrating on their net run rate, which will be crucial in the next few weeks.
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2. Boom!!!
  14 years, 11 months ago
  😯 because he is facing quality bowlers like 'tool' sreesanth ...;)
  
  P.S. he just hit a good shot for 4.
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jamsiep
14 years, 11 months ago
Another dive from Ramires. F*cking cheat.
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RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
14 years, 11 months ago
lads what channel you all watching the football on tv?
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1. jamsiep
  14 years, 11 months ago
  ESPN.
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  1. Akers
    14 years, 11 months ago
    ESPN HD*
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    1. Drip Doctor
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Haha, you do love your HD Akers 😀
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      1. Granville
        14 years, 11 months ago
        This is why Jamsiep didn't think Ramires dived, he's watching low quality SD. If you want the truer picture ask the HD guys 🙂
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  2. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
    14 years, 11 months ago
    thanks
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2. Boom!!!
  14 years, 11 months ago
  did lampard headed a ball 😯
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Cheggers
14 years, 11 months ago
Good play from Fat Frank Lampard there
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1. Cheggers
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Having a great game!
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Hated, Adored but never Ign…
14 years, 11 months ago
Coleman booked, about time.
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Locarno
14 years, 11 months ago
Coleman got the ball there.
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1. Hated, Adored but never Ign…
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Having clattered through the back of Ivanovic first.
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  1. Locarno
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Ahh... you're watching this on that special TV of yours.
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Locarno
14 years, 11 months ago
Christine Bleakley must be asking for it eight times a night. Lampard is playing like a 50-year-old.
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1. Cheggers
  14 years, 11 months ago
  i think hes having a good game
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  1. Hated, Adored but never Ign…
    14 years, 11 months ago
    For him it's about normal.
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    14 years, 11 months ago
    cancel that
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TO
14 years, 11 months ago
Lol@ Lampard
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Locarno
14 years, 11 months ago
Beckford's a quality Championship striker.
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1. Cheggers
  14 years, 11 months ago
  League 1*
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Hank
14 years, 11 months ago
Beckford - goal machine 😕
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