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FPL GW24 Scout Picks - Final Selection

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
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	91.6%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.8m	75.7%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.5m	85.5%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.4m	85.0%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.4m	77.5%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	89.0%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.6m	84.4%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.8m	81.0%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	7.0m	70.8%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.6m	69.7%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	75.1%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.6m	63.3%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.7m	67.8%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.3m	67.9%	Unlikely
Ayari	BHA	4.8m	71.3%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	7.8m	65.0%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	65.3%	Unlikely
Estêvão	CHE	6.4m	65.2%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.3m	54.5%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	61.9%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	59.5%	Unlikely
Summerville	WHU	5.5m	54.5%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.8m	50.1%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.3m	56.0%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	53.0%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	51.3%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	50.5%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	44.1%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	49.7%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.3m	46.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	47.0%	Unlikely
Collins	BRE	5.0m	47.9%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.3m	42.1%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.0m	43.0%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	37.9%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	43.0%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	6.1m	37.2%	Unlikely
Nallo	LIV	3.7m	40.3%	Unlikely
G.Jesus	ARS	6.4m	37.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	37.6%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.7m	106.1%	Very Likely
Schade	BRE	7.1m	92.1%	Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.2m	100.6%	Very Likely
Bradley	LIV	5.0m	99.8%	Likely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	88.2%	Likely
Møller Wolfe	WOL	4.3m	99.5%	Maybe
Saka	ARS	10.0m	89.2%	Maybe
Kovačić	MCI	5.9m	97.4%	Maybe
Nichols	ARS	3.8m	95.8%	Maybe
Meslier	LEE	4.2m	95.2%	Maybe
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	96.5%	Maybe
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	93.3%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	93.3%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	93.3%	Unlikely
Kamara	AVL	4.9m	92.5%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	92.0%	Unlikely
Acheampong	CHE	3.8m	90.7%	Unlikely
Brierley	BUR	4.5m	91.4%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	6.0m	86.7%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	85.8%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	86.4%	Unlikely
Yoro	MUN	4.2m	86.3%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.8m	84.7%	Unlikely
Wood	NFO	7.2m	86.6%	Unlikely
Bajcetic	LIV	4.3m	86.6%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	86.6%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	77.4%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	85.9%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	83.1%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	82.1%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	79.8%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.2m	78.0%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	79.7%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	70.8%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	74.5%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.1m	71.3%	Unlikely
Isidor	SUN	5.2m	71.4%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.2m	73.0%	Unlikely
Vicario	TOT	4.8m	71.1%	Unlikely
Dennis	BOU	4.0m	72.3%	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 Minute Men

22 October 2010 624 comments

Mark

In one of our most intriguing Members articles so far, I decided to investigate how players faired on a per minute basis when it comes to some of the vital statistics available in our Opta tables. Taking a look at Influence, Passing and Goal Threat, I investigate those players who recorded the most touches, passes, key passes, crosses and shots per minute in the Premier League so far.

The findings turned up several surprising statistics, with some major food for thought available to those considering a “route to recruit” for Cesc Fabregas this week.

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NotoriousDRE
15 years, 3 months ago
nice analysis Mark!
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Attila the Bum
15 years, 3 months ago
Love a bit of stats. Some interesting ones here, glad to see both Konchesky and Elmo ranking in the crosses - both are in my wildcard team, hopefully Bosingwa will carry a similar attacking threat against Wolves.
Sort of suprised that Carroll doesn't feature in the shots or passes list. I thought as the target man he would have huge influence in the opposition half.
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1. Churchill
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I'm going to put a brew on before I digest this. Looks meaty.
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  1. Mark
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Just done that...cheese on toast too and Jaws 3 on telly...not a bad setup.
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    1. Attila the Bum
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Was that the 3-D one?
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      1. Mark
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Yeah, dreadful stuff. Gone for the Blackadder II option instead.
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        Attila the Bum
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Ha! I remember my Dad taking me to see that when I was 6, started out with a disembodied leg floating around and quickly went downhill from there. Not quite as bad as Jaws IV though, how Michael Caine got roped into that I'll never know, he must have been paid a fortune!
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    2. _Greg
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Mark: what a legend!
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2. Darth Paul
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Can I ask what is your current WC team, Attila?
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SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
15 years, 3 months ago
Great article
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1. Drip Doctor
  15 years, 3 months ago
  SD just saw the pilot of The Event. Loved it!!
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  1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Nice mate, i think it's got potential You can watch up to episode 5 on hulu
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I hate Craig Gardner
15 years, 3 months ago
Malouda>Cesc after this week... its not madness taking out Malouda is it? I mean I've had him from the start and couldn't really bring him back any time soon if I made this move, due to the value rise
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1. Raccoon
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I think a lot of us are pondering this (plenty of people did it last week, too). For me it's either Malouda or Tevez who's got to go, and at the moment I'm leaning towards getting shot of the Argentinian. Tough call though, as Malouda's fixtures really aren't too appetising - there's the lovely FUL SUN in GW12-13, but that's the jam in a sandwich made of some rather unpleasant bread (bla liv and bir), but with Chelsea's you kinda feel he's fixture-proof. On the other hand Tevez has wlv wba MUN BIR for the next 4 after Arsenal, which really aren't too shabby at all.
  
  Doubtless I'll change my mind a few dozen times before next week, though 🙂
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  1. Churchill
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Not considering spreading the risk a little? Gives you exposure to both Chelsea & City's attacking points.
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    1. Raccoon
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Avoiding Fabregas altogether you mean?
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      1. Churchill
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Misread that slighty. Was suggesting Malouda to fund the Fabregas move.
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        Raccoon
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Ah, gotcha. Yeah, that's a good point, I'll add it to my ever-expanding list 🙂
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        Churchill
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Wait for Ancelotti's press conference. If Malouda is due to start, no point transferring him out.
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  2. Pigvig
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Malouda's points haven't been that great the last three weeks: 2, 3, 3. I feel he has one more week to produce otherwise he is probably getting swapped for Fabregas. Its no good having 10 million odd tied up in a player that isn't bringing home the bacon. Also not that keen on bringing in Fabregas before the away trip to Man City. Would be nice to see if he makes it through 90 minutes with De Jong first.
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    1. Raccoon
      15 years, 3 months ago
      True, true. Certainly wouldn't consider bringing him in this week. Shall be interesting to see how the Wolves game goes (assuming that Malouda plays at all following his midweek endeavours).
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      1. Pigvig
        15 years, 3 months ago
        He bloody better otherwise it really is the end.
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    2. don parcheesi
      15 years, 3 months ago
      great user name MMT
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Raccoon
15 years, 3 months ago
Encouraging stuff for Konchesky, knew I had him for a reason...
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1. Mark
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Yep, Liverpool's lack of width down the left (with Cole tucking inside), may well see Konchesky turn into a big supplier of crosses.
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Drip Doctor
15 years, 3 months ago
Great Article Mark. Nice to see bale still there, i still have high hopes for him.
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njfsdkffslkf
15 years, 3 months ago
Dont know if this is old news but have the stories about the men outside Rooneys house been discussed tonight?
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1. Drip Doctor
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Whats this?
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  1. njfsdkffslkf
    15 years, 3 months ago
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/oct/21/wayne-rooney-manchester-united-city
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    1. Attila the Bum
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Unsuprising if unsavoury.
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    2. Churchill
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Complete nonsense. He wants to leave the club, not commit treason against the Crown.
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2. Drip Doctor
  15 years, 3 months ago
  It was to be expected and that is sickening. It is just a sport at the end of the day.
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3. Alex Hunter
  15 years, 3 months ago
  about the death threats?
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smurph
15 years, 3 months ago
is this strong enough for the weekend??

Foster
Alex,Mummy,Konchesky
Nani,Nasri,VdV,Malouda
Drogba(c),Chamakh,Berbatov

Myhill,Ferguson,Figueroa,Foley

my defence is what worries me, and also chamakh for this week, but plan is to replace him with tevez in the near future.

Thanks guys
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1. NotoriousDRE
  15 years, 3 months ago
  talk is that Alex most likely will miss the Wolves game.
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2. pstokes2010
  15 years, 3 months ago
  nice team!
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3. njfsdkffslkf
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Play Figueroa bench Nasri.
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Churchill
15 years, 3 months ago
The article pretty much reinforces the view that Adam & Fabregas are both the fulcrum of their respective teams.

We know Bale can whip in a delicious cross. If only (am I really saying this?) Spurs had a prolific physical striker. That'd make Bale a viable alternative to VDV.

If/when those divine double gameweeks rear their heads. Wilshere may be worth a cheeky punt.

The Konchesky part I had to read twice. Just to be sure!

It would be great to have the same analysis say, just before Christmas.
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pstokes2010
15 years, 3 months ago
police have been called and they're gone now
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1. bamowo
  15 years, 3 months ago
  is that you, wayne?
  
  tipping your hand with the alias?
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NotoriousDRE
15 years, 3 months ago
Hey guys, im looking to bring in Dembele. I watch him (pre and post injury) and i like his game. I've had Carroll for the past few gameweeks though. Thinking about playing my WC - just wanted to get some opinions on switching Carroll to Dembele.
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Attila the Bum
15 years, 3 months ago
Righto then, I'm sticking with my wildcard team. Doing best man duties at my mates Stag Do tomorrow so just have to hope that nothing untoward happens. Don't like missing Ancelotti's press conf though 😐
Have a good gameweek chaps, should be back to see the aftermath of the wildcard late sunday evening
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1. njfsdkffslkf
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Enjoy it.
  
  Wedding back in Engerland is it?
  
  Btw I wouldnt go with your 3 big guys uptop as I think a nice scoring midfield has better value.
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  1. smurph
    15 years, 3 months ago
    im planning on WCing next week the get the golden 3 up front and fab into my midfield, worth using a EC on with the team ive got now?
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  2. Attila the Bum
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Yep, wedding in the northwest and the stag is in Newcastle - the lad getting married is a non-geordie toon fan as well so we're gonna drag a load of disgruntled and hungover Liverpool, Man U, Everton, Spurs, Wolves etc fans round SJP saturday avo (no doubt making dozens of quips about bringing your own trophies).
    You could be right over the midfield, time will tell. I feel I have enough big hitters in the mid to cover until I change the team again in January. Plus if you look at the points of the dreamteam players there is no difference in total points between Malouda 57, Nani 58 (who I have) and Tevez 57 & Berbatov 56.
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2. Churchill
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Have a sausage roll for me please. Ta.
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  1. Attila the Bum
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Will do. And a kebab, and a heroic amount of Carlsberg 🙂
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Switchfoot4
15 years, 3 months ago
VDV the new Fabs and a whole bunch cheaper???
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1. Drip Doctor
  15 years, 3 months ago
  No. Cesc is the chosen one.
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  1. Churchill
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Simpson is the chosen one. Attila swears by him. Probably going all misty eyed over the thought of lad in first team action.
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    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      15 years, 3 months ago
      I got to see it first. He was useless for us
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2. Pigvig
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Really, really not.
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Clintymints
15 years, 3 months ago
alrite fellas 2 freebies this week

I know getting coleman is slightly bandwagonish, but hes been on my list for a while and after spurs away this week, pretty nice fixtures, SO

coleman in for samba/faye/konchesky..

anyone favouring either or... or pros n cons of each...

Samba: missing this gameweek then has chelsea next week
Faye: Man U this week then moderatly hard fixtures after
Konch: least likely to sell.. wanna see liverpool at home this weekend too so, between faye and samba

I prefare to keep samba since stoke arent knocking the cleanies much this time round... So faye out for coleman, even with sambas missing gw and fixture?

Also

Gerrard out for Fab this week, i know its a week early, but everyone is going to do this week i wonder if he'll take off this weekend instead... get in before everyone gets...

So thats my 2 issues 🙂
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1. Syd.
  15 years, 3 months ago
  get rid of faye and keep gerrard for one more week
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2. Churchill
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Faye is a red card & injury just waiting to happen. Stoke Rugby Clubs defence is complete cack this season.
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  1. Clintymints
    15 years, 3 months ago
    I know stoke arent up to par as last season esp at home
    
    But is samba suspended for 1 game or 3?? straight red last week
    
    😐
    
    my initial thought was faye also, but samba is out this week (at least) and chelsea next, + i made .1 on him if i sell now
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    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Just 1 game. Think it's only 3 for violent conduct
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      1. Clintymints
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Yeah thats what i thought, samba is by far the better pick than faye but suspended for 1 then chelsea!
        
        Or! i could leave gerrard in this week instead of getting fabs
        
        get coleman for faye, and Adam for etherington!?
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funkhunts
15 years, 3 months ago
Hi

Need some advice regarding team selection.

Who to play out of: Carrol away to West Ham, Adam away to Birmingham

Carrol have the assult court-case to think about, however I think the Birmingham defence is better compared to West Ham.

If i go with adam i might switch Carrol for Ameobi to free up cash..

Would love some advice....
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1. Syd.
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Get Adam.. Great player and Blackpool love to attack.. attack.. attack..
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pstokes2010
15 years, 3 months ago
id personally play caroll if i had him although is my 1st sub..bar the everton game a few wks back b'ham are generally very difficult to beat at home
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1. Alex Hunter
  15 years, 3 months ago
  agreed, but their form could be slipping, we'll see. i have foster and adam, so if they don't get a cleanie, then adam damn well better be the reason.
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john29
15 years, 3 months ago
Any advice for my team? have 2 free transfers?
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1. Churchill
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Linky linky?
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2. Onwards
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Make it visible
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Hektik
15 years, 3 months ago
Have i got this spot on for this gameweek??

Foster(Al-Habsi)

Jara Coleman Konchesky (Faye O'Shea)

Adam Bale Arteta Nani (Etherington)

Drog(c)Tevez Carroll

Thanks in advance for advise
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1. Onwards
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I would say yes. Well done.
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Barkerov
15 years, 3 months ago
Best Midfielder for 5.7 or less?
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1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Adam or N'Zog. Blackpool probably have better fixtures with back to back home games coming up
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2. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
  15 years, 3 months ago
  nzogbia or brunt
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3. Alex Hunter
  15 years, 3 months ago
  zog, adam, nolan, petrov in that order.
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4. Clintymints
  15 years, 3 months ago
  has to be adam or zog.... they come out first
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5. Churchill
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Adam just edges it for me. Penalty & set piece duties.
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6. rabm122
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Has to be Adam, solid, consistent
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rabm122
15 years, 3 months ago
Coleman, Dann or Simpson over next 5-6 GWs?
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1. Onwards
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Jara
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  1. rabm122
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Already have Jara
    
    I want Coleman but questions over how long he has in the first team
    
    Hard to part with Dann
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    1. Churchill
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Hard to part with Dann? Punt on Coleman.
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2. Scratch
  15 years, 3 months ago
  IF you don't have Foster then Dann is a good one to keep for the season.
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  1. rabm122
    15 years, 3 months ago
    I've got Foster too. Coleman may make sense coming in for Dann next GW.
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andy85wsm
15 years, 3 months ago
I can only get Fabs next week if I make my decision on Ashley Cole soon.

Either way Im swapping Dempsey to Adam. So it boils down to

Bosingwa and Malouda or VDV and A.Cole

What do we think?
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1. Scratch
  15 years, 3 months ago
  VDV & Cole. You can always increase money down the line with Cole > Bosingwa if he gets back to his form of 2 seasons ago.
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2. Onwards
  15 years, 3 months ago
  VDV / Cole
  I reckon Malouda's role will change when Fatty returns and Cashley is in less danger of rotation than a man returning from long term injury. Plus VDV has been a BP magnet.
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SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
15 years, 3 months ago
That tweet is not good news for Alex owners. Looks like Bosingwa Ivanovic Terry Cole might be the back line for Saturday
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Scratch
15 years, 3 months ago
How're ye folks, need to make a decision in the next 20 minutes, wondering if should:
Downgrade O'Shea > Coleman - That'd leave me 1.7m Exactly what i need to bring in Fabregas for Malouda next week. But it would mean having to play either Coleman or Faye (if Alex is injured) this week which seems like a step backwards.

Alternatively i could wait and maybe bring Bosingwa in for Alex and get 6 easy points, but it'd mean taking a hit for Fabregas next week.
Opinions / suggestions always welcome.
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1. Churchill
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Coleman is a decent bet short term. Gives you some exposure to Everton's attacking points.
  
  The Alex/Bosingwa/Ivanovic has been the subject of considerable debate in here. It remains to be seen who will nail down a starting position.
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  1. Scratch
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Yeah I could just leave it altogether this week. But like i said, if im gonna bring in Coleman i have to do it in the next 15 minutes or so to get the finances right.
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2. Will
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Difficult one. It's pretty unlikely that Coleman will keep a CS this week, so I'd be inclined towards Bosingwa.
  
  Do you have any other players you want to get rid of next week-other than Mal? would make it easier to take the hit to bring in Fab.
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  1. Scratch
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Nah not really, out of
    Robinson, Carson
    Alex, O'Shea, Dann, Elmo, Faye
    VDV, Nani, Malouda, Ferguson, Albrighton
    Tevez, Drogba, Berbatov
    
    The only players i'm really willing to part with are O'Shea, Alex, Faye, Malouda Ferguson. I want at least 2 Chelsea lads so i figure Drogba + defensive cover would do.
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    1. Will
      15 years, 3 months ago
      What about Bosingwa in for Alex this week.
      
      O'shea out for Coleman+Fab in for Mal next week?
      
      Would mean a hit, but at least Coleman has Stoke at home as the fixture-better chance of making the points hit pay off?
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      1. Scratch
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Yeah that's what im thinking i'll do. Might even downgrade Faye to a bargain bin def instead of O'Shea next week to raise the beans for Cesc.
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_____JR_____
15 years, 3 months ago
Walcott or nasri???
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1. The Holy One
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Neither.
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2. Camzy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Nasri.
  
  He's in better form and more likely to play.
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SuperDorrans
15 years, 3 months ago
Just done Jones > Coleman.
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ClaireT
15 years, 3 months ago
I'm looking into options for my two free transfers this week. Should I downgrade Toure to Coleman. And bring VDV IN for Bale? I have 0.3 in the bank. It would leave me with 12.4, so still enough to get Fabregas next week.

My team is:

Krul, Foster
Shawcross, Konchesky, Dann, O'Shea, Toure
Adam, Gerrard, Nani, Bale, Etherington
Drogba, Tevez, Carroll
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1. Scratch
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Coleman and VDV arent that likely to get much returns this week. you'd be pitting your 2 transfers against one another. I'd reorganise your defense with two transfers to work with.
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  1. ClaireT
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Do you have any suggestions how to to reorganise my defence, Scratch? Thanks in advance.
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    1. Scratch
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Not really no. Shawcross & Konchesky seem a bit pricey for the returns they give. Dann is good for this week but don't see the point in keeping 2 Brum defenders after that. O'Shea will play this weekend but after that you never know if it'll be Rafael or Neville. Toure is good but i'd think about Kolarov in the next few weeks since he'd be cheaper & more attack minded.
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  2. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    15 years, 3 months ago
    I wouldn't like to bet against good VdV returns this weekend. His games at the Lane this season have resulted in 9 points against Wolves and 15 against Villa. Why wouldn't he reproduce that against Everton?
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    1. Scratch
      15 years, 3 months ago
      I didn't say he wouldn't i said it's unlikely.
      A. Spurs 10 men killed themselves last night. Not VDV i know but if his team is knackered then it affects him.
      B. Everton have been very solid at the back, something like 3 clean sheets in a row, so you'd assume it'll be a tight game.
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_____JR_____
15 years, 3 months ago
Walcott or nasri??
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King Yid
15 years, 3 months ago
Just did my transfers guys! Can you see my team link my the way?

OUT Nasri/M Petrov
IN Adam/Essien

....b4 price rises due

What say you?
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1. everyday, i'm shufflin…
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Nice.
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  1. King Yid
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Essien may present better value than the malouda debate
    
    adam speaks for himself right now
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2. _____JR_____
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Very nice i tink good solid team... wat u tnk of mine? iv 3.1 in bank and am tinkin of gettin rid of albrighton b4he drops again and gettin in either nasri or walcott???
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  1. King Yid
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Decision doesnt seem the most obvious- not for this GW anyway
    
    anyway I think albrighton will rise before falling
    
    upgrade ferguson to someone in a team with good matches coming up
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andy85wsm
15 years, 3 months ago
Anyone with Konchesky thinking of keeping him and giving him a chance?
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1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
  15 years, 3 months ago
  cant say i am
  
  konchesky for bosingwa
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  1. andy85wsm
    15 years, 3 months ago
    I either get rid of Konchesky or O'Shea for Bosingwa or A.Cole
    
    cant decide which to get rid of though
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  2. Blocked Hoilett
    15 years, 3 months ago
    will boswinga start this week? No doubt he's gonna be a poor mans ashley cole. Will they not more than likely start ferarri?
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    1. Scratch
      15 years, 3 months ago
      I think Ancellotti said he'd start against Wolves, but not positive. And going by his 2008/9 performances he was better than Cole for a lot of that season.
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2. Blocked Hoilett
  15 years, 3 months ago
  had him and got rid, the team is too crap, he can cross all he wants, but someone in the stand will more more of a chance of getting a head to it.
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  1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
    15 years, 3 months ago
    u never kno reinas bold head needs to be useful for smething
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3. Churchill
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Am keeping him for the mo. Liverpool will come good. Eventually.
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Blocked Hoilett
15 years, 3 months ago
I really want to get in stephen hunt this week, what are the chances of him starting against chelsea?? thanks! Its just he loves playing his best against chelsea.
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1. The Holy One
  15 years, 3 months ago
  You're crazy :p
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