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KPI Analysis – Lambert and Rodriguez

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Over the last few weeks, a combination of factors have elevated Southampton’s Jay Rodriguez into many pre-season Fantasy squads. The Saints’ kind opening run of fixtures has caught the eye, while Rodriguez’s more budget-friendly appeal over Rickie Lambert has also played a part in how we assess his potential across the Fantasy games. Having scored three times in the opening couple of summer friendlies, Rodriguez has been quick to hit form and as interest in the former Burnley man gathers, we use the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to analyse the impact of Mauricio Pochettino on both Rodriguez and Lambert over the previous season.

As mentioned previously, the KPI helps us track certain key statistics which are indicative of a player’s form over a certain Gameweek range or season. Having ran the rule over Robin Van Persie’s impact at United compared to his final year with Arsenal, we delve into last season’s data to look at the Saints duo’s performances from Gameweek 1-22 under Nigel Adkins compared to Gameweek 23-38, when Pochettino was installed as the new man in charge at St Mary’s. By also utilising the Comparison Tool across the two periods, there’s plenty for Fantasy managers to mull over.

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  1. Michaelangelo
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Swansea's away kit is ugly

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    1. GunsnRoses
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      You got the first comment I see 😉

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      1. Michaelangelo
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        🙂

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    2. Michaelangelo
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      wow, first!. didn't say it in my op because someone always gets there before me.

      I can now happily say that I've accomplished something in my life. Bye fellas. Retiring now

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    3. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I like it. But maybe I've been brainwashed by the Southampton preference for yellow away kits.

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  2. Demel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    By jove I think I have cracked it.

    a) Minimal amount spent on defence and keepers (and 1 Chelsea defender)
    b) A Chelsea captain coption
    c) RVP
    d) A front 7 full of huge potential

    Boruc - Davis
    Cole - Alcaraz - Collins (Brayford - Chester)
    Hazard - Cazorla - Snodgrass - Nolan (Thomas)
    RVP - Kone - Soldado

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    1. GunsnRoses
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Cazorla ... sure ? I don't like Snodgrass and not sure about Kone

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    2. Beautiful Game
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      your defence if not that good!!! nor your goalies!!!

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    3. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Thought about Aspas instead of Kone?

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    4. Jafalad
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Hmmm...I'd want better gk cover. I think you have missed a trick with Migs. Otherswise Foster to go with Borat.
      Is Alcaraz likely to start?
      Caz ahead of Wal is puzzling.
      Would rather wait on Soldado first.

      Otherwise, a reasonably handy team. 6/10.

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      1. Demel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        1) Alcaraz starting is a concern (I will wait until the deadline as Turner may come in)
        2) Cazorla should score better in terms of bonus points
        3) Personally I really like the look of Soldado
        4) Migs costs an extra £1m and goalkeepers are rarely worth the extra (£1.5m if you want a keeper to cover injuries/suspensions)
        5) Not sure about Aspas starting. I would prefer Kone - Everton's number one striker with fixtures to match.

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        1. Jafalad
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          Wal over Caz every time in FPL.
          Soldado is purely a hunch. Go with what you know.
          I lost out last season through missing gks/defs on good cs runs. Migs has great fix and it would be an opportunity missed to leave him out in my opinion. Put him with a 4.0 and you don't have to worry about rotation.
          Is Kone really no 1?

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        2. tw
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          1) yes he is
          2) maybe but walcott is more concistant, and more direct
          3) same here
          4) agreed
          5) is kone even nailed on?? has competition from Jelavic and anichebe. i'd prefer aspas, or dzeko

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        3. jofitz
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          - I agree with Neil, that defence is too weak. I recommend 3x£5-6m DEFs.
          - You *gotta* have a reserve GKP who's gonna play - it'll only cost an extra 0.5
          - Walcott's goals/assists will put him head and shoulders above Santi, regardless of bonuses
          - Give Sold ado a few weeks to see how he settles in
          - I totally agree with you about Line over Aspas, but I'm keeping an eye on both of them!

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        4. FISSH
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          Jovetic has been impressive pre season

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          1. FISSH
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 9 months ago

            >_> jelavic

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      2. tw
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        hey Jafa. what's your uber backline looking like?

        if you wanna participate in the FFS UEFA leagues this year, fill out this form mate

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  3. indiangunner
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Any other Man Utd attacking option apart from RVP?

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    1. GunsnRoses
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Not until first few GWs

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    2. Michaelangelo
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      If rooney keeps getting "injured", Kagawa is potentially a good option. Zaha and Nani are also tempting options. But I'd hold off for a bit or at least wait for the Community Shield

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    3. Sarnab
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Rooney 😉

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    4. LMNO
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      rooney of course

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    5. Mr. Greedy
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Zaha is the secret player that the best FPLers have in their teams. Some even resort to fake RMTs to keep people from finding out.

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  4. Lucy.
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    J-Rod will be in the team if Bale stays. Only logical way I can finance it, without re-jigging the entire team.

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  5. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    6th post. 😀

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    1. Parm
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      -1

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  6. Dougal McGuire
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    I break down and ask for a rate my team.

    Cech - Boruc

    Baines, Zabaleta, Mertesacker, Collins, Chester

    Hazard, Walcott, Mirallas, Kim, Quinn

    Soldado, Lukaku, Dzeko

    0.5 left. Planning to swap out Lukaku before week 3.

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    1. Eboue
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I'd downgrade baines or zab and upgrade Kim or Quinn

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    2. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Is Baines and Mirallas pinning too much on Everton?

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  7. Colonel Klink
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    I'm betting irrationally big on Cardiff, given I've only seen a couple of the players play. Marshall as backup for Migs, Brayford for cheap D, Kim for cheap M.

    Am I being idiotic? They work in my head and hook up the rest of the team, but feel on shaky ground.

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    1. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      The latter two make a great deal of sense but I'd rather have Boruc as my back up 4.5 GK. Southampton have invested in defence and I can see us being a more consistent team than newly promoted teams. I might be biased though. 🙂

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      1. Colonel Klink
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Marshall works pretty well on weeks when Pool have extra-tough fixtures, but I agree Boruc seems the better keeper. (But what do I know--never seen Marshall play...)

        My gut, with no evidence to support it, tells me Cardiff will succeed, whereas Hull and Palace will flop.

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        1. Lucy.
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          I think your gut is on to something. I can see Cardiff being much more solid.

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  8. dillydally1982
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    I now have 4 draft teams....

    1) An RVP-less team
    2) A team with RVP
    3) A team with Bale
    4) A team with RVP & Bale

    Now I just need to sit back and wait. Easy! :S

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    1. Lucky Luke
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      .......until dreaded injuries strike.

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    2. Sarnab
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Not many are as clever as you. 😉

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  9. Lucky Luke
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    To any members with access to the above article and have read it care to summarise who the best pick is between J Rod and Lambo?

    Muchos gratias

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    1. Colonel Klink
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      In a nutshell, both good, and Rodriguez either has Pochettino's faith or just simply improved greatly under him. Made me more comfy going for the 6.0 option.

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      1. Lucky Luke
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Cheers monkey

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    2. Twelve years a slave
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      They say hes rubbish and you should get Lambert

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    3. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I will tell you for 12.50

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    4. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Rodriguez and Pochy are a match made in heaven. Lambert deteriorated as a result of Pochy's presence.

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      1. Lucky Luke
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Thanks boss

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  10. Parm
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Does anyone fancy buying some RMT tokens off me?

    £1.50 a pop or 3 for £4.00 as a pre season special.

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  11. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    I know its only preseason, but the fact that Swansea have kept 7 cleansheets in their 8 preseason games so far, makes me want to pick up Ashley Williams....madness?

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    1. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Have you seen their fixtures?

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      1. TexanRed
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        I love Swansea as a team and for FPL potential but you have to agree with Lucible here.

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      2. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        yes....but ManU looking toothless

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    2. Lucky Luke
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Preseason form bandwagons usually lose a wheel by GW4

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    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      not madness at all, williams is a good defender and will attract the new bonus points system, just no denying they have a very, very tough start.

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    4. Demel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I would love to fit Williams into my team. He will be a bp magnet. Also, Swansea keep a good deal of clean sheets...best £5m player out there.

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  12. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Evening gents, I've posted my team once a day for the last few days just to get some mixed reviews and the general opinion is that it's good and strong, just after some more opinions.

    Mignolet - Davis

    Mertesacker, Ivanovic, Shaw - Brayford, Chester

    Mirallas, Walcott, Hazard, Coutinho - Thomas

    Dzeko, Lakaku, Soldado

    Anyone you'd change? Got 1 mil left in the bank.

    Comments much appreciated.

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    1. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I'd use 0.5 to upgrade Chester to Collins for a pretty fantastic Shaw/Collins rotation. Otherwise there's a risk of relying too heavily on newly-promoteds. You won't want to play Shaw every game.

      Like the rest. Good team.

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      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Cheer Lucible, good shout this, plus i cant really use the 1 mil to great effect elsewhere, makes sense to me to do what you've suggested, cheers 🙂

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        1. Eboue
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          You could also buy a playing reserve gk

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          1. Lucy.
            • 10 Years
            10 years, 9 months ago

            That would be my second change but I can see the logic to not investing in a commonly benched player.

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        2. Lucy.
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          Yeah exactly. There's nothing glaring elsewhere. I think that 0.5 would improve your defence much more than it'll improve anything else.

          Considered the other 4.5 options to Thomas? You've done right to only spend 4.5m on your benched midfielder.

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          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 9 months ago

            Yeah definitely.

            Not really considered anyone else on top of Thomas, think 4.5 is the price i want to keep to though.

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        3. Tommytour
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          Agree

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    2. Eboue
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I like it, I'm not a huge fan of dzeko or coutinho but I can see the thinking. Similar also to mine ( 😉 ) so 8/10 😀

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      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        haha cheers man.

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    3. Tommytour
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      It's good and strong 😉

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      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        haha! thanks 🙂

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        1. GREENDREAMS11
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          Slight risk but ive gone for ravel morrison for the cheap 5th mid

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          1. Lucy.
            • 10 Years
            10 years, 9 months ago

            Same. It'll either be him or Pozuelo but he's even more punty.

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  13. Lambert vs J-Rod Rumbles On
    TexanRed
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    I posted this earlier today I stand by it:

    JROD vs LAMBERT - A huge number of RMT's are including JRod this season but I just wanted to give my two cents on the issue.

    I think that Jrod has been a touch over-hyped on FFS in through the pre-season and because of this Lambert has been massively over looked. We are talking about the 3rd highest scoring striker from last season at a mere 7.5m. Yes there is always a risk of SSN but he has worked his way through every tier of English football and so that is a much smaller risk than it to an English player than it is to foreign ones. Many are hyping up the performance of JRod as the season progressed but yes while he did improve, as he only scored once in his first 8 starts and none in his first 7 sub appearances, Lamberts form also improved as the season progressed, scoring 9 of his 15 goals from GW19 and onwards. In short Soton improved massively mid-late season and so naturally so did both of their strikers but Lambert always remained the main man in term of game time, field position and set piece responsibility.

    Soton's opening 6 home games in the first 11 GWs are SUN, WHU, CPL, SWA, FUL, HUL. Even the good teams there don't travel well and other than Liv and ManU away the other fixtures should see a Soton team that has been very well invested in over the summer off to a flyer.

    I am not saying that JRod is not a good punt at 6.0m as I think he will score points (not as many as Crouch imo) but by including him you are effectively ruling out the best sure thing value up front by some way in Rickie. 1.5m extra spend for me looks like being worth 60-80 pts and when many are taking even bigger punts on the likes of Lukaku, Dzeko and even a reserve OOP massive potential for rotation in the form of Aspas all for practically the same money he may not be a differential in the grand scheme of things but compared to the educated players that you are actually competing with then a chance of being a differential in your private leagues.

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    1. GunsnRoses
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Now that I have settled on Jrod you are confusing me 🙁

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      1. TexanRed
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Jrod is much easier to settle on as the funds help elsewhere but an easy choice is rarely the right one!

        But all just opinions Guns and so always stick with your gut. Not changing and me saying I told you so in a few weeks will be a lot easier to stomach than changing and you watching your personal pick bang em in!

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    2. Woeisme
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      The 1.5 is a huge factor. Funds are at a premium.
      Good points made though

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      1. Tommytour
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        This is the real decider

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      2. TexanRed
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        In my books it gets you 60-80 points which in my books you take all day long. Depends on how it affects your individual team though.

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    3. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Very helpful post, and plenty of food for thought.

      I have avoided JRod - and at 6m I believe Wiemann is the greatest value prospect, but at 7.5 I have overlooked Lambert too in jostling for big club coverage. When Lukaku feels my gw2 boot, Lambert will now be on my short list alongside the hopeful City stars and Bony.

      Thanks!

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      1. TexanRed
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Cheers 🙂 I don't believe in coverage personally but long term will definitely have a bit of Bony if I can't squeeze Michu into a very packed midfield.

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    4. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Great post. I even considered doubling up on saints fwds for the opening games as a massive differential. I didnt tell anyone. You charmer.

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      1. TexanRed
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        My first ever Hot Topic........thanks fellow FFS managers 🙂

        /wipes tear from eye
        /prints off and frames for bedroom wall
        /emails link to all living relatives

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    5. thetinkerman
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Spot on.

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    6. Dino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Well said Texan, hard to argue against any of your points

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      1. TexanRed
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Cheers Dino and cheers Tinker.........although now there is no way I can take Lambert out of my team or else I'm the ultra hypocrite 🙂

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    7. OShaughnessy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I feel it boils down to our individual needs to be honest, right?

      I've got Rodriguez because that extra cash helps me upgrade my 4th mid to the likes of Silva or Coutinho.

      Too often we get stuck looking at players in a vacuum like this, when we really need to assess each of our teams as a whole.

      I agree Lambert is the superior choice however, in & around the 6mil mark I feel we'd be hard pressed to find a better option than Rodriguez.

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      1. TexanRed
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Yep totally, I think by in large a RVP-less team should have Lambert and possibly an RVP team should have JRod!!!!!

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  14. Eboue
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Superb ball from deep there

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  15. GunsnRoses
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Mannone Boruc
    Dawson,Koscielny,Collins,Yanga-Mbiwa,Chester
    Mirallas,Hazard,Walcott,Kim,Nolan
    JRod,Benteke,RVP

    Latest draft
    Any comments ? Specially on goalies ?

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  16. indiangunner
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Will Soldado start GW1 surely?

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I' guessing he will, he's got to in my opinion, don't pay something like 26 million for a player just to bench him.

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      1. indiangunner
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        cool... thanks man

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    2. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      The risk is the Spain friendly the week before. I would think a sub appearance is more than likely... and I say this, yet I put him in my team. LOGICAL.

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    3. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      the only thing that worries me is that when Adebayor first came in, he was eased into the starting lineup

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      1. Tommytour
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        I got screwed over by that

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  17. tw
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    2 chelsea attackers + 1 defender
    1 chelsea attacker + 2 defenders
    3 chelsea attackers

    which will you be going with and why?

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    1. indiangunner
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      1 fwd, 1 mid and 1 gk for me

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    2. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      3 Chelsea attackers

      Not liking the Cech option, Cole is too safe. If I'm gonna go for not nailed on players I'll take attacking potential please

      Hazard, Lukaku + AN Other, currently Oscar

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    3. Tommytour
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      3 attackers, more potential and don't want to be having to downgrade my defence, start cheap.

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        which 3 you got?

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    4. Michaelangelo
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Hazard, cole, lukaku, and benteke

      Prefer messing up than thinking about what could have been

      bad idea, i know

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      1. Tommytour
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Exactly what Marks says

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      2. Baines on Toast...
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        worst case scenario is a couple of transfers needed and best case is a shed load of points, not gonna mess up either way. Benteke FTW.

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      3. 7shadesofsmoke
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        My fantastic 4 for the double too.

        Cole and Lukaku out before GW3, Hazard and the almighty Benteking for the long haul.

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    5. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      If you want 100 percent nailed on players there is only cech cole and hazard
      If you want to spread your risk then first option
      Third option seems way too much from such high rotation potential plus it's mouriniu - there is always a chance for 0-0 or 1-0 from a late Torres/ramires goal and then what?

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    6. Misunderstood Genius
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Cech best defensive option for me as he's the only player truly nailed on for both games

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  18. Mr. Perfectionist
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Feeling strange posting here after over 2 months. Can I have a RMT to start with plz??

    Boruc Price
    Garrido Koscielny Collins Baines Cole
    Coutinho Silva Cabral Mirallas Hazard
    Dzeko Soldado Hooper

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    1. indiangunner
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      looks good mate!

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  19. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Pozuelo looking lively....get innnn

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    1. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Raheem Sterling version 4.3.3

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    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Looks decent. So many Swansea midfielders though. Rotation nightmare!

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    3. TexanRed
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Ignoring fantasy value for just 5 milliseconds he looks like a cracking signing for Swansea. Their scouts need a pay rise!

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  20. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Why is Dzeko such a popular choice atm? Is he not likely to rotate with Negredo for the big striker role?

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Hold on Count, I'll go and dig out my post on Dzeko

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    2. TexanRed
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Nope........he is likely to rotate with Negredo for the first off the bench role! Pele plays one up front and that will be Aguero. And I don't care what one sound bite of preseason interview bigging up squad players anyone gives me 🙂

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  21. Rinseboy
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Thoughts on this team

    Mignolet Davis
    Terry Ivan Collins Coleman Baryford
    Walcott Hazard Mirallas Coutinho Zaha
    Soldado Dzeko Anelka

    should I dgrade Zaha and upgrade Anelka to anyone else? Or upgrade Dzeko to Negrado?

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  22. Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus…
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    With clean sheets so difficult to predict at the start of the season, what about doubling up on Baines and Coleman who are two of the most likely defense candidates for attacking returns? I'd then get in big club defenders over Christmas.

    I'm thinking by getting Baines I can free up a lot of funds with just 1 FT if I need to, say, get RvP in an emergency.

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    1. Wings Fan
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Baines will be at Man United before the end of the window

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    2. TexanRed
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I don't believe that they will start 3-4-3........I hope that they do partially for fantasy potential but mostly because I am a Liverpool fan and it won't work for them 🙂

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  23. Eboue
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Why don't fpl put the player's kit on their away one when a player plays away? Always a factor in selection for me, and I'm sure it would be good advertising for the clubs?!

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    1. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      i'd like that

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    2. TexanRed
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I think that Swansea's current away kit today answers that question 😉

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  24. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    @Count

    http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/08/07/community-round-up-2/?hc_page=5#hc_comment_5181529

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    1. Baines on Toast...
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      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Interesting points. Honestly though I think there's better options at his price even if he does play a fair bit. He'd have to absolutely explode to be worth it, when there's already DGW striker punts to be had GW1.

      He's definitely someone I'd consider getting in for Lukaku GW2, but starting with both just seems to be asking for trouble come GW3. On a one GW basis I'd fancy several players to match Dzeko week 1 if they're fit and all start, especially Sturridge and Carroll.

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      1. Baines on Toast...
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        • 13 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        I'm starting with Luka and Benteke though, so...if I only had one of them, Dzek would make a lot of sense.

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  25. Acquafresca
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Lukaku, Hazard, De Bruyne, Benteke, Migs all named in Belgian squad for the game vs France on the 14th.

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    1. Acquafresca
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Oh and Mirallas.

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    2. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      No massive travelling involved though? I think travel was the main fear with the Spain friendly.

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  26. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Michu yellow

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  27. Jairzinho
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    • 13 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Wow, Michu is dirty!

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  28. Lucy.
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Is anyone fearing that Dzeko AND Lukaku is too punty? I want to put them in but every time I look at it, it scares me.

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    1. Jairzinho
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      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      If you don't buy a ticket, you won't win the raffle.

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    2. Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus…
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Yep. I'd start with Lukaku then switch him to Dzeko GW2.

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    3. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      it is punty, but who else is worth the risk. Both explosive players, one with a double gameweek

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    4. GREENDREAMS11
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Got both myself but Lukaku wont be there too long. Plans on changing him to soldado early on. Dzeko is in until he starts getting rotated, A risk I'm willing to take.

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  29. Twelve years a slave
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    • 13 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Thats the downside of Michu a card magnet

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    1. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      6 YC, 0 RC in 38 games last season, that's not so bad.

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  30. PINKFISH (SANCTIONED AND GA…
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Michu. Bit of a hot head.

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