| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Sus |
| Up |  Kelleher | BRE | C, Vs |
| Down |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C, Inj |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | C |
| Up |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Up |  Marc Guehi | CRY | A |
| Up |  van den Berg | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | C |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| Up |  Szoboszlai | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Schade | BRE | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| Up |  Ekitiké | LIV | B |
| Down |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| Down |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
Mark With the gameweek safely locked away for posterity, Members can take time out to plunder their OPTA data to fully assess the key performers.
Once again we’ve put in the leg work for you, mining the statistics to answer some vital gameweek questions – did Rafael van der Vaart and Samir Nasri have off days? Did Robin Van Persie deserve yet another set of Bonus Points? And just how good was David Luiz?
Oh no. AP if you're there mate, wake up. You'd rather fletcher than modric 😕 worse signing since veron 😕 😕 Modric would be your best player if he signed. I've said all season I rate him higher than vdv and bale and he'd walk into any side in the England. Wake up son! 😛
i understand his point that it's not just a simple modric is better than fletcher thing but fletcher is better suited to the current man utd side. don't agree with it, but do understand it
obviously the style would be adapted to adopt a world class midfielder, and as you say modric is very versatile.
Erm ... so the style of United would be shifted to adapt to Modric? Seriously?
I admit, though no one cares or asked, that I agree with AP. Frankly, I think Modric benefits from being in a Tot midfield -- he's good, but 'world class' cheapens the designation.
[Not, of course, that Fletcher is, either]
😯 someone agrees with me! 😯
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76RrdwElnTU#t=6s
It only took 2 years.
Ah right, is this the Modric for United call again.
He isn't suited to a 4-4-2 which means he isn't suitable for United. Same with Veron, Fergie signed him and then didn't know what to do with him. You could argue that Veron should have adapted if he was good enough, but really no, it was a bad transfer. Basically he was the last creative midfielder Fergie signed.
surely modric has been playing in a 4-4-2 for the last year (4-4-1-1 potato potato). is there soemthing i'm missing here? during which time tottenham rose to a 4th place side, champions league contenders and modric is now being praised left, right and centre
I'm here + wide awake!
As i said, Modric is a far better footballer, absolutely no doubt about it. But Fletcher's defensive duties and general cover every blade mentality is crucial to our team at the moment. He's missed when he's not in the team. It's why i love Anderson so much too. Yeah, he can't shoot and he's got a fat ass, but he's got so much energy and drive when he isn't on the injury table, coupled with some silky samba skills.
" Fletcher’s defensive duties and general cover every blade mentality "
i think you , along with alot of other people in the fantasy world forget that those traits MAkE fletcher a footballer of a certain degree- ie, just cos he does that, doesnt make him a worse footballer than modric.
Bottom line is Modric has fu.ck all major impact in games, id rather 2 fletchers in my football team than three modric's.
thats FOOTBALL team- yep, that stuff that includes " Fletcher’s defensive duties and general cover every blade mentality ".
Oh and Anderson is a fat joke. Those faces he involuntarily pulls are deeply unnerving also
Fantasy world? Eh?
I think you are basically agreeing with me. Maybe. Dunno.
oh i am agreeing. Fantasy world as in fantasy football world..sort of. Im just pointing out above in general that fletcher's perceived 'non-footballing' traits (for want of a beter designation) are the very things that would MAKE him a beter and more valuable player in my team than Modric.
+1, +1 all 'round.
Now, if I was starting a Boys Band, and needing some wispy, long-haired, non-threatening lad for the girls to swoon over --- then, maybe, Modric.
I'm only slightly joking when I say I'd rather O'Shea. And, BTW, I like Modric ... just don't understand where all the crazy love for him is coming from. He didn't exactly perform world-class last week.
anderson isn't fat, he's just a bit ghetto
I very much see the point in the Fletcher/Modric discussion but I feel compelled to say something about Anderson here. I won't though, bbwbbwbwahahahahahah
Watch your mouth RBJ, you to Garg!!!
If I knew I'd get this I wouldn't have stayed quiet. Disastrous mistake.
He's got a long way to go yet, but he's improved a lot this year imo
Or maybe improved isn;t the right word, fulfilling his potential.
SAF has been extremely guilty of misusing Anderson. At Porto he was very much an attacking midfielder, but Fergie has primarily used him as a combative centre mid who sticks to the opposition danger man. He was brilliant in this role in his first season (merking Gerrard and Fabs in the process) but his schooling from Iniesta and Xavi has still really knocked his confidence i think. Thankfully SAF has returned him to an attacking role this year but his attitude still needs sorting out and he keeps getting frustrating knocks.
^ Completely agree.
And yes I do understand the gravity of "world class" and I think modric's just that. He's been tottenham's best player and a great leader for the last couple seasons and same goes for Croatia.
Same happened with Lucas, but he's a legend and is now way better than Anderson
'Legend' joins 'World Class' in the debased coinage of football lingo 🙂
sammy is looking for attention!
Yet Anderson is rated by every United fan on the planet after a couple of good games
Lucas is a Legend for the way he dealt with huge amounts of undeserved criticism in my opinion
I agree with Granville - legends for me are people like Ian Rush, Roy Keane, Schmikes (the dog in Corry not the keeper), Alan Shearer etc. Playing to an exceptional level for a good length of time.
I do agree Lucas was sometimes the kicking boy for the general disdain people had for Liverpool's less than exciting football under the Rafa regime. He's not a bad player.
sammy stay out of this until you a) support man utd or b) adopt the dinosaur attitude that 'hustle' wins football matches
Nah, just the overating of Carrick and Anderson really grinds me, the fact that they were playing against teams trying to deal with Rooney, Tevez and 40-goal-Ronaldo had a lot to do with it.
Hah, and AP just reinforces my point perfectly
p.s i don't think he means legend as in pele legend, more like you call you're friend a legend for jumping into a hedge when you're srunk
Sammy has a point about the criticism, one of many reasons I love Bobby Z.
People generally get over frothy over their own players - some Man Utd fans more so than the norm. Which is sort of odd if you think about it, surely supporting a team which has been packed with truly talented brilliant players would mean you'd have a proportionately extremely high standard of expectation of current players.
Maybe that's too logical. 🙂
classic mis-use of 'you're' there. and classic case of fat finger breaches s and d divide
Haha indeeed, steady on with the dictionaries guys
My second favourite football chant 🙂
In fergie's current 4-4-2 formation modric can play next to fletcher, he's shown this season he can play the deep lying role better than carrick in every aspect. In a 4-5-1 he could play the AM role or on the left. He's much more versatile than veron and also has a much better attitude and willingness to work hard in any position. IMO there's no modric wouldn't make utd a much better football team however he's used.
Molde, Rosenborg, Wimbledon, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Lyn, Strømsgodset
Which player has won the champions league, uefa cup, premiership, fa cup, league cup and also been relegated from the premiership?
Quiz questions are getting annoyingly repetitive. If we're this desperate on Day 1 it's not a good sign for the rest of the break 🙂
Johnny Unitas posted something hilarious about that earlier.
lol so true. it would probably be good for us if the site was closed down for week
Not spreading the risk in cricket?
If NZ/WI win you'll run out of transfers!
Although I haven't actually worked this out yet, maybe it's better to do it your way
WI wont win for sure. NZ do have a chance
not sure the best way to do it. team of 11 i've hedged my bets with bopara and clarke so best case scenario i only need to make 2 transfers, worst case scenario i have to make 9 and only have 1 left for the final.
i see it as you have to guess 6 results and as long as you get at least 3 of them right the 10 transfers should last comfortably. if more come off then you'll have the luxury of switching round a bowler just for the one game for example
I just remembered I have one of those bumper quiz books upstairs, we'll be alright lads!!
I Norwich agree City these Newcastle quiz United questions Tottenham are Hotspur getting West annoying Bromwich let's Albion stop!
I Ruel that game over. Now Fox off.
Are Atlético you Mineiro googling Örgryte these Malmö questions FF Heerenveen Middlesbrough Al Sadd Al Rayyan?
I only Afonso googled the one about teams winning the league after being Alves promoted - the others I just know (apart from this one, which is a guess).
why eric google any because if you do then djemba djemba it ruins it for everyone else
I googled eric that one because no-one else djemba was djemba answering djemba it and it was annoying me. I honestly haven't djemba googled the others! djemba
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Cor Bellamy. Gibbs me a Blake.
I'm Sorensen, but that joke's a Given. Zamora you go on with this Zamora I'm Keane to Stech a hot Reo-Coker Upson your Carlton Cole and Insua your Pantsil be Whelan Toure on fire.
Im Dunne with this cos its gone Agbonlahoring.
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hey lads, anyone know a website thats good for hearing music for free? i remember a good one starting with an E but forgot it, it played the music in the same genre as the song you picked.
if you didn't give all your money to comic relief you'd be able to buy the songs you want. i was trying to help you taz
spending money on music is a complete waste of well earned money, just put the radio ffs. some people just annoy me....
you tried Spotify?
too much hassle, thanks anyway, funny how you and garg said the same thing at the same time
To download or just listen to? Couldn't you just use youtube or the radio to listen to?
to listen to, im juts trying to remember that site, wondered if any of you knew it, i know that dan on totalfpl defo knows it but i cant go on totalfpl to ask him. would appreciate if any of you guys could ask.
Great minds think alike
...and so do me and Garg.
"spending money on music is a complete waste of well earned money, just put the radio ffs. some people just annoy me…."
😯 have u heard the shite on the radio?!!
i have to agree with that, its not even music anymore. just someone talking with a dodgey beat in the back
You tube and heres the tricky bit .com 😉
whats this?
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So Tevez has a slight muscle tear and is to be back in 'two to three weeks' which makes him a doubt for the Sunderland match. Doubt they will risk him for that one tbh with harder games coming up.....
he will play.
They'll want him for the Semi after that so it's one to watch for further news.
tevez and kolarov to van p and luiz - last gw 🙂
Loving that move after being so scared to let tevez go
hello to the Man of Glass, no not Saha, RVP, duh
Just thinking - if there was an option now on FPL to buy another wildcard - say for £20 how many people would do so?
I'll start the ball rolling: Me. I certainly would. 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmV3BZTFirk
Interesting documentary on the Sharm el-Sheikh shark attacks for anyone whose bored.
Yeah seen that before, mad stuff. Some people were blaming Israel if I remember rightly!
Yeah there were a few theories. But the one about diveres training the sharks to take fish from their hands sounds seems pretty accurate. Mad to see how they figured it out.
See I always think fecking around like that is going to lead to trouble - like when you see people in South Africa etc chumming the water with blood to attract sharks then lowering a cage full of holiday makers into the water.
Surely that will have a Pavlovian effect
Yep, 50 thousand dollar fine now for anyone caught feeding the fish. They said that little kids feeding bread to the fish created vibrations which attracted the sharks to shore. Crazy.
Hill's have opened a book on when Torres, Andy Carroll and Edin Dzeko will finally get off the mark in the Premier League.
Edin Dzeko (Man City)
Games: 8
Shots: 18
Shots on target: 3
Andy Carroll (Liverpool)
Games: 2
Shots: 5
Shots on target: 3
Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
Games: 5
Shots: 10
Shots on target: 1
Which striker will score first in the league? (William Hill)
Fernando Torres @ 2.50
Andy Carroll @ 2.62
Edin Dzeko @ 3.0
Over 100m right there, sickening, even Bendtner has scored in the league.
+1
Hmmmm tough one, I'd put my cash on Dzeko though - Sunderland can struggle against a big target man.
January transfers are always chancy, I still think each of those players will be good next season.
Dzeko looks like a bust to me. He is totally hampered by his lack of pace, and unless you have oodles of guile and time on the ball you will never make it in this league. His best chance is in a 2 up front but that means their best player Tevez is sacrificed to play a deeper role.
+1
Not impressed with him. Apparently the City players aren't either. I read something that he's awful in training. Not a good sign for Mancini who was desperate for him. He'd be in trouble if they didn't have so much money.
Really? I had high hopes for him, I thought he'd fit right in and be a good powerful striker in the Shearer mould. Ach well.
I'd definitely rather have Dzeko than Balotelli though 🙂
Haven't really thought about it properly, but is there actually any substance behind the 'taking time to settle' thing for strikers with respect to coming over from another league? RVN, Suarez, Torres, Tevez all did well as soon as they got here (I think). People would be all over the Torres needing time to adjust to premier league excuse if he'd just joined Chelsea from At Madrid rather than Liverpool
Still trying to figure out why the hell Capello hasn't called up Smalling. Walker has played just as little first team football, is u21 but is in the squad. Can he say with a straight face that Lescott and Cahill have played better?
Can he say that Carson is better than Steve Harper? I've given up on him, I had high hopes for a good while and even defended him a good bit during the world cup.
walker is a rb, lescott and cahill are more experienced. none of them will play anyway so it doesn't really matter
Would be good for Smalling to get more experience in the squad though. Just flat out bizarre decision to me. Give peaceyouth a chance.
Where the f*** is Richards too. Hate Capello now, he doesn't have a scooby doo.
Looking back on the u21 championship a few years back. Neuer, Hummels, Khedira and Ozil were all playing and who have easily stepped up to the first team.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/5606074/England-U21-1-Germany-U21-1-match-report.html
Yet Capello is picking the same middle of the road hackers trying to grind out a result vs Wales. Minus Wilshere and Hart obviously. It's depressing! I agree with Attila, the old guard have had their chance and f*cked it up big time.
Germany have a ridiculous amount of centre backs, does Hummels start these days?
maybe because he needed cover for the rb spot and cahill > smalling imo...
Are you saying Cahill could play RB? If he wanted cover at RB, Micah Richards would be in the squad.
But tbh it doesn't matter, none of them will play and it's only Wales. Bale vs. Walker though? *Could* be costly.
no i said that walker is selected bcoz he need rb cover and cahill deserve a chance to be in the squad then smalling...i agree micah should have been selected ahead of walker...
We're in serious danger of falling out boom! Not only has it been days since a +1 but now this! 😛
Erm nah, being serious, Smalling would get a lot out of playing with Terry. He needs an experienced head barking orders at him when Vidic isn't there.
i gave u '+1' you when u were not here and atb and jamsiep were criticising you 😛
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2011/03/19/the-knee-jerk-would-you-adam-and-eve-it/comment-page-8/#comment-1488353
Just when I start to like you Boom you feck it all up by brown-nosing.......
😛
From all this banter on here, i've figured out one thing. You English are not as passionate about football as we Indians are about cricket.
Not saying that you are not, but just saying that you arent as much.
we aren't fans per se, just people with a competitive streak and too much time on our hands!
lol. people (atleast on this website) have such peaceful arguments over football. if there were indians discussing cricket, then by now every1s mom n sister wud have bin sworn at, minimum.
Peaceful? Haha you must have missed every Man Utd dugout discussion then Mihir 😉
Though to be fair when you've seen one you've seen them all, always the same eld arguments. Entertaining enough though.
actually, i meant the banter on the international level. every1 just seems to dislike capello and that is probably it. back home, we dislike every opposition player lol
incase u arent aware, back in india every underperforming players home is thrown stones at n theres demonstrations outside their house, regardless of if they'd won a game for india 2 months ago.
i like the premier league arguments though, they're more to my liking.
As a Yank, seems to me the English have such a deep self-loathing stemming from their frustration at the international level that they can't get to steps 2 and 3 (criticism of their players/other teams) without getting past their 'woeful coaching' ...
I mean, they couldn't beat the US and finished second to us in the WC group. The shame and humiliation ... 😉
Ah I see! Well that's because we've been worn down to little nubs of depression. Every major tournament the media hypes us up to the point where some of it sinks in, you start to think "maybe this time" but no, the team plays shite. They go home with tail between legs like the spineless curs they are.
Utterly depressing, particularly if like me, you are English living abroad where the locals are not particularly predisposed to England and revel in them getting humiliated.
+1 i feel a bit sad for you English lot, because you've got the players, the talent, the reputation, the media 'hype' but something just always goes wrong. usually the coach.
P.S. im sitting here in england and always waiting for india to beat england lol
I dont think its the coach at all, capello is a fantastic manager. Our players just simply cannot play together. I dont know the reason and they dont either. Noone does. My suggestions (which are probably wrong) are that its because the players believe their own hype so dont try hard enough. The players simply dont like each other. The players arent proud to be english.
It's not that they can't play together, the players are just nowhere near as good as in spain, brazil etc. The hype is not justified so it wouldn't matter if they bought into it or not.
Can I introduce you to RBJ?
🙂
na im good thanks
Tonight's price changes:
Up: Carroll, Jarvis
Down: Walcott, Vidic, Silva, Muntari
fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun which seat should i taaaaaaake?
Hey Jafalad, you got something wrong yesterday.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/entryhist.mc?id=1501973
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/entryhist.mc?id=76324
You win.
Have I read the draw correctly and my Mum is to face Nomar (Kaiser Chefs) in the 2nd round?
Would be cool if that is the case.
I already traded Bosingwa for Luiz , is it a sound moved? Just don't feel right with so much could happens till next GW but I hit the transfer button right after he scored. I hope he's a real deal.
there's a decent chance you'll get at least one injury in your team from the internationals that would have changed your transfer priorities. Even worse it might be luiz gets a knock.
But yes he is the real deal.
It's true and I'll have to deal with risk when I want profit from early transfer.
FPL Open Update.
Scores have been marked.
29 seeds go out.
The seed numbers out are 6,9,13,17,18,19,21,23,28,29,30,31,32,36,37,39,40,41,42,44,46,47,50,52,56,57,58,59 & 61.
Whoosh: back in the FPL Open after being "out" yesterday
Whoosh: up 400 in Metro
Whoosh: it's sunny
Whoosh: anyone can win the cricket
Whoosh: Seamusgate is over
🙂
Seamus Gate? Brother of Bill Gates?
I see you're looking at the world in a brighter side today. 🙂
When you use the force, Neo, the world always looks brighter 😉
The Force is overrated. Like Ashley Young.
Jafalad, Are you still in FFS Cup? I think I made it through first round thanks to "no hit", my opp took 8 pts hit made it easier for me to squeze through. 🙂
Oh dear, must be some kind of disaster week for you, kind of like Ars being knock out of 3 cup in a week. Well, I hope to get lucky and try to go as far as I can. I still have 1 wc left any suggestion of when I should use it?
FPL open is shit 😉 I am out. Thanks Figueroa!!!
Still got my wildcard- should I go with Adam, Carroll and Lampard or Tevez,Nasri and Gardner?
1st one equals no brainer imo.
At present my team is
Foster Mignolet
Walker, Assou E. Luiz, Smalling and Coleman
O Hara, Gardner, VDV, Nasri and Nani
Tevez, Rooney and RVP
Ideally I wanted Adam in, but can not afford him- I thought about the three switches above in light of the fact Tevez might not be back in a fortnight
+1 on first set
Firstly I would like to apologise to everyone for transferring Ashley Young into my team...he's clocked a 0 and a 1 since he came into my team..HAHA...with that aside...what is everyone thinking in terms of alternatives?
Would Downing still be an option or are Villa losing the plot now?
Dempsey springs to mind or a drastic drop in value for say Jarvis/O'Hara or someone around there...
Is anyone else sitting with the same issue regarding Young?
Thanks
Pistol - yes, I have Young. Was lucky enough to get him in 3 gameweeks ago when he scored 18 odd pts. The he missed a peno and scored 0. That could have been 7. I beleive he also hit the crossbar this last gw, so it could have been a lot different had those tw ogoals have gone in.
It's not as if he is not on form like Drogba was early in the season. He does tie up lots of cash though.
I have defensive issues though, and Im waiting to see og Kelly will be back in the Livpool side vs WBA before making trsfrs.
The problem with Villa (and Young) is that they are very incosistent and 8.5M is a lot of cash being tied up in a player playing for a club fighting for survival.
Villa's fixtures are too good to ignore though. I'm going to keep Young for the season although Downing looks the better option at the moment. I have more pressing transfers to do elsewhere.
whats the deal with Hoillet - is he a starter for Blackburn these days?
rather, who is the best forward for 4.5 or under? I want Luiz in my team, and I'd wait a few weeks were it not for the fact that his price is going to rocket, making him unaffordable...
Thinking of him myself.
Seems to get starts. Only £4m so wouldn't exactly play every week, especially if you have 5 mids you can play.
I prefer 3-5-2 anyway as cheaper mids are more likely to get bonus points and assists than cheap strikers.
So, getting Hoillet should clear the way for you to get a top tier starter you can play every week.
Nailed-on. He's been their best performer over the last month.
+1
Certainly from an attacking pov
Any vidic owners thinking of getting rid? Served me well, however need the cash to upgrade midfield.
Scraped through in the FPL Open 59-58 .... bring on 162 in the world 😉
Oh, blimey! 🙂
